Generally speaking, it is the memories you don’t remember that define you. I’m not talking about traumatic experiences that are suppressed in the mind and then go on to shunt a personality one of several ways, although that can sometimes happen (and I’m not just saying that because I’ve been watching a lot of Dexter… Continue reading School to desired temperature: Mr Moody
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Terry Pratchett: Neither gone nor forgotten
Hello. My name’s Luke Kemp, or at least that’s what my parents tell me. Through what I can only presume is a series of mistakes similar to those leading to Mr Bean vandalising Whistler’s Mother, I have been allowed to contribute a story to this upcoming anthology. Remember, 100% of profits go to Alzheimer’s Research… Continue reading Terry Pratchett: Neither gone nor forgotten
Introducing your authors – round A!
The other day Sorin asked me why on earth we have author announcements ’round one’ and ’round a’. I explained it’s because both groups are equally awesome! With no further ado, here are the other authors participating in the ‘In Memory’ anthology: Anna Mattaar, Netherlands, www.annamattaar.nl. Writer for computer games and soon-to-be novelist. Charlotte Slocombe,… Continue reading Introducing your authors – round A!
Recipe no. 231
OK, let me bite the bullet here. What kind of story can you write for an anthology dedicated to the memory of Terry Pratchett? How do you honour a person that meant so much to you, a person that educated you, soothed you, made you laugh out loud and made you hide a little inner… Continue reading Recipe no. 231
Meet your authors (round one!)
Now that acceptances have been sent out, we’re happy to let you know who our authors are. Round one is below (round ‘A’ will be following shortly!). We judged submissions based on their quality, not on whether the writer had been published before. As such, we have a fantastic mix of published and unpublished authors,… Continue reading Meet your authors (round one!)
All authors have been notified!
All authors who responded to the call for submissions have now been emailed, and all rejections and acceptances sent out. In the end we had hundreds of submissions, 43 short-listed authors, and 19 selected. We saw an amazing variety of texts, from people in all kinds of positions and all over the world. We had… Continue reading All authors have been notified!
Submission are closed!
Thanks to everybody who submitted their ideas and writing samples. Further correspondence will be going out in the next few days, so don’t panic if you haven’t heard from us yet. In the interim, this is where our several hundred submissions came from:
Final day for submissions!
It’s the final day for submissions for the anthology, so if you want to take part, get in quick! We must receive your submission by midnight on May 31st (check the current time here). We’ve received a huge number of fantastic submissions so far, and look forward to producing a truly excellent collection. We have… Continue reading Final day for submissions!
Call for Submissions
In memory of Sir Terry Pratchett, we are putting together an anthology of short stories to raise money for one of his favourite charities. If you are an author (or suspect you have the makings of one!) and are one of the millions of readers out there who has been touched in some way by the… Continue reading Call for Submissions