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RELEASE: The Sirens Call Zine Halloween 2023 – Issue 63 | #FREE Online #Horror and #DarkFic #Zine #magazine @Sirens_Call
The 63rd issue of The Sirens Call is humongous! It’s 344 pages made up of 231 pieces of fiction in the form of short stories, flash fiction, and dark poetry from 136 different authors and poets! With a Halloween sub-theme, this issue contains Mike Lera’s Corridor of Horror which offers us four horror film gems that are Buried, Yet Undead (and they’re all awesome)! Our Featured Artist, Photographer Gerrie Paino, gives us a glimpse into her world and shares 16 of her gorgeous images, including the cover art for this issue. Our Featured Project this October is The Final Guys Podcast, a witty horror and humor filled streaming show that brings us all things freaky and creepy! And our Featured Author, L. Stephenson, talks about his early creative endeavors and the adversity he’s had to overcome in his writing career. He also offers us a peek into his newly released novel, The Boatmore Butcher! #Free #Zine #SirensCallPub #TheSirensCall
RELEASE: The Sirens Call Zine Summer 2023 – Issue 62 | FREE Online #Horror and #DarkFic #Zine #magazine @Sirens_Call
The 62nd issue of The Sirens Call is a whopping 274 pages made up of 169 pieces of fiction in the form of short stories, flash fiction, and dark poetry from 105 different authors! With a sub-theme of Cryptid Horror, this puppy has a little something in the mix for everyone! Mike Lera’s Corridor of Horror presents ‘The Worst Shark Attack Films You’ve Never Seen’, a glimpse of what makes bad shark flicks so good! Our Featured Artists, The Flash Nites (Katie & Chris Robleski), introduce us to ‘painting with light’ and offer 15 of their amazing photographic images – including the artwork on the cover of this issue! This quarter’s Featured Project is ‘Paper Cuts Live Show and Podcast’ hosted by Brad Proctor and Jason Grell. They tell of how their separate BookTube channels birthed a show that hosts interviews with authors on their live stream – so hit ’em up, guys! Our Featured Author, Brent Abell, tells us ‘It’s Time to get Things Started’, and offers us a peek into his latest double-dose release of White Creek Horror: ‘Dragonflies’ – a novella, and ‘Small Town Terrors’ – a collection of short stories. Please, grab a copy for free, and don’t be shy about sharing it around! #horror #darkfic #darkpoetry #zine #ezine #free #read #fiction
RELEASE: The Sirens Call Zine Spring 2023 – Issue 61 | FREE Online #Horror and #DarkFic #Zine #magazine @Sirens_Call
The 61st issue of The Sirens Call weighs in at 236 pages made up of 173 pieces of fiction in the form of short stories, flash fiction, and dark poetry from 100 different authors! Mike Lera’s Corridor of Horror presents ‘Short, But Scary’, an introspective on anthology film making. Our Featured Artist, Ksenya Lumitar Drozd, speaks about ‘The Power of the Wild Mother Wolf’, as well as offers 14 of her watercolor illustrations. This quarter’s Featured project is ‘What A Scream’ podcast, hosted by Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana, not only does she detail ‘Turning Nightmares Into A Dream’, she’s also picked out her top 5 episodes and tells us why each is so significant. Our Featured Author, Gwendolyn Kiste, discusses ‘Everyday Horror: The Existential Terror of Daily Living’, and offers us a peek at her novel, ‘Reluctant Immortals’. Please, grab a copy for free, and don’t be shy about sharing it around! #horror #darkfic #darkpoetry #zine #ezine #free #read #fiction
RELEASE: The Sirens Call Zine Spring 2023 – Issue 61 | FREE Online #Horror and #DarkFic #Zine #magazine @Sirens_Call
The 61st issue of The Sirens Call weighs in at 236 pages made up of 173 pieces of fiction in the form of short stories, flash fiction, and dark poetry from 100 different authors! Mike Lera’s Corridor of Horror presents ‘Short, But Scary’, an introspective on anthology film making. Our Featured Artist, Ksenya Lumitar Drozd, speaks about ‘The Power of the Wild Mother Wolf’, as well as offers 14 of her watercolor illustrations. This quarter’s Featured project is ‘What A Scream’ podcast, hosted by Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana, not only does she detail ‘Turning Nightmares Into A Dream’, she’s also picked out her top 5 episodes and tells us why each is so significant. Our Featured Author, Gwendolyn Kiste, discusses ‘Everyday Horror: The Existential Terror of Daily Living’, and offers us a peek at her novel, ‘Reluctant Immortals’. Please, grab a copy for free, and don’t be shy about sharing it around! #horror #darkfic #darkpoetry #zine #ezine #free #read #fiction
RELEASE: The Sirens Call eZine Winter 2022 Edition – Issue 60 | FREE Online #Horror and #DarkFic #Zine #magazine @Sirens_Call
The 60th issue of The Sirens Call Zine closes out 2022 with 226 pages filled with horror and dark fiction goodness! It offers 164 short stories, flash fiction pieces, and poems celebrating all things horror, with a sub-theme of death! We also feature Mike Lera’s Corridor of Horror that takes a peek into the ins and outs of short filmmaking and why you should go for it! Our Featured Artist for this issue is David Paul Harris who shared 12 of his amazing pieces of art with us; our Featured Project is Strong Women – Strange Worlds with links to their Quick Reads handouts and YouTube videos; and our Featured Author, Kristi Petersen Schoonover, offers us insight on how dark fiction has the ability to heal, along with an excerpt from her novel, Bad Apple. Please, grab a copy for free, and don’t be shy about sharing it around! #horror #darkfic #darkpoetry #zine #ezine #free #read #fiction
RELEASE: The Sirens Call eZine Halloween 2022 Edition – Issue 59 | FREE Online #Horror and #DarkFic #eZine #magazine @Sirens_Call
The 59th issue of The Sirens Call is a massive 287 pages containing 223 pieces of dark fiction and horror in the form of short stories, flash fiction, micro fiction, and dark poetry! This issue spotlights Robert Bravo, Enter ‘Bravo FX’:A Unique Preservation of Practical Horror and Gore in Mike Lera’s Corridor of Horror. Our featured artist is Tero Porthan who has shared 12 pieces
of his artwork (including the cover art for this issue) and an essay titled, ‘Finnish Gods, Creatures, and the Dead’. Our featured project is the on-going Horror Anthology Audio Drama – Victoria’s Lift.
And our showcase author, Andrew P. Weston, discusses Keeping Things Real, and also offers us a peek into his Cambion Journals saga with an excerpt from book three, The Siren’s Song. Please, grab a copy for free, and don’t be shy about sharing it around! #horror #darkfic #darkpoetry #zine #ezine #free #read #fiction
RELEASE: The Sirens Call eZine Summer 2022 Edition – Issue 58 | FREE Online #Horror and #DarkFic #eZine #magazine @Sirens_Call
The 58th issue of The Sirens Call comes in at whopping 239 pages containing 166 pieces of dark fiction and horror in the form of short stories, flash fiction, micro fiction, and dark poetry with an optional sub-theme of summer horror! This issue also features a new addition – Mike Lera’s Corridor of Horror – which will be an on-going column spotlighting those in the film industry.
Our features this month include artist Jeanette Andromeda who has shared 12 pieces of her artwork along with her beautifully crafted tale, Alice and the Toy Maker; a spotlight feature for the charity anthology, Dancing in the Shadows: A tribute to Anne Rice, which focuses on the team behind the project; we’ve also been given the opportunity to showcase Rebecca Rowland as our featured author who discusses The Question of Gender in Horror, and also offers us a peek into her newly released book, Shagging the Boss. Please, grab a copy for free, and don’t be shy about sharing it around! #horror #darkfic #darkpoetry #zine #ezine #free #read #fiction
RELEASE: The Sirens Call eZine Spring 2022 Edition – Issue 57 | FREE Online #Horror and #DarkFic #eZine #magazine @Sirens_Call
The 57th issue of The Sirens Call comes in at 198 pages containing 143 pieces of dark fiction and horror in the form of short stories, flash fiction, micro fiction, and dark poetry with a sub-theme of bizarre fiction! This issue also features artist Bob Lizarraga who has shared 12 pieces of his artwork with us; a spotlights podcast feature for The Horror Collector, Terry M. West; and our featured author, Armand Rosamilia, who has kindly offered an excerpt from his novella, Trapped. #horror #darkfic #darkpoetry #zine #ezine #free #read #fiction
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