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Issue #10 is out!
So, yeah. This isn’t the newsletter, though October’s is coming real soon now. This is… This is something new. (Or old.) This is, dare I say it, a try at an e-issue, starting small, seeing where it goes. Let me know if … Continue reading
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2015 Manly Wade Wellman Award preliminary eligibility list announced
The preliminary eligibility list for the 2015 Manly Wade Wellman Award for North Carolina Science Fiction and Fantasy has been announced, including 79 titles published by NC authors last year. Cover gallery time? Cover gallery time!
Announcement: author Robert V.S. Redick joins the lineup for the Summer Speculative Fiction event
I’ve very excited to announce that we’ve added another author to the already amazing lineup for the 3rd annual Bull Spec Summer Speculative Fiction event. That author is Robert V.S. Redick, author of The Chathrand Voyage Quartet, recently completed with … Continue reading
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As of late last night, this is what you’ll get if you submit a story:
Thanks for sending a story to Bull Spec! We are indeed open and reading submissions as of October 1, and yours has been received and tagged into the submissions process. Where it goes from here is: a first reader (right … Continue reading
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Bull Spec: Year 3, with fiction editors Natania Barron and Eric Gregory.
Wait. Just wait a minute. Year 2 has barely started and I’m talking about Year 3? I’m talking about Year 3. When I started Bull Spec, I committed to two years. Thanks to an awful lot of support (and trust, … Continue reading
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Whew. Announcements a-plenty a-go-go!
OK. Here we go, announcements time! 1. Bull Spec #5 is available now! IN PRINT: You can (1) come to Quail Ridge Books tonight for the launch party at 7:30; (2) wait until early next week for the issue to … Continue reading
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Well, BULL SPEC is a quarterly. Issue #4 now available!
While print copies won’t be available until the launch party at The Regulator on Wednesday, January 12th, BULL SPEC #4 is available now for orders and downloads and sample previewing in the usual places. Again the cover is from Carrboro’s Jason … Continue reading
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We Want Poetry!
With issue 3 available for pre-order, our poetry editor is hungry for more poems. Please feed him! We want poetry that takes one outside the ordinary, grabs the reader in the guts, and offers up a feast. The best guide … Continue reading
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BULL SPEC #3 has gone to the printers! (Pre-orders, anyone?)
Whew. It’s been quite a ride, but Bull Spec #3 is now in the printer’s hands. That means: Sample is up at Issuu! (Includes the complete “Happenings” section so dig in!) You can pre-order issue #3 right now! If you are … Continue reading
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Welcome aboard, Alex and Dan!
Folks may get the idea that I need to get help. Well, I have. Alex Granados is coming on as associate editor. He’ll be doing some fiction editing, handling the rewrite process, copy editing, and, when I get things sorted … Continue reading
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