SNM Horror Magazine

WE'RE NOW LIVE WITH OUR NOVEMBER TO REMEMBER ISSUE! *COME CHECK OUT OUR NEW SNM DARK POETRY DEBUT PAGE! *CHECK OUT SNM EDITOR'S SUBMISSION "I DREAM OF DEATH" *WE HAVE 8 NEW SHORT STORIES PACKED INSIDE OF 2 ISSUES!  *COME MEET THE NEW DARKEST HORROR AUTHORS AROUND!

Welcome to SNM Horror Magazine, a premiere online publication featuring the best new talent in horror today. We will showcase 8 new short stories each month and publish on the first day of each month, unless posted otherwise. The best part is it’s FREE! Whether it’s to browse around and read the featured authors or even submit a story yourself, we welcome and embrace you into our dark realm of true horror. This mortuary was built by my own grimy appendages from sordid ceremonial grounds and drenched in the blood of disdain and rejection. My ghoulish hands have woven together this underworld to feature some great works from horror authors who haven’t had their imaginative scrolls of horror presented in this inner sanctum from the crypt and into the daylight. We dare to publish what other mags don't, but only in the best of taste! Now come and see why we are the new underground of true horror. You will soon be coming back for more.

Welcome Home to the Mausoleum...where the Dead come to play!

       POE                         H.P.                          BRAM                         

                         Attention Horror Readers:                             

Yes, you heard right, SNM Magazine is FREE to the public! We are here to bring you the best new voices in horror with a new issue every month. Are you ready for the next generation of Stephen King? By previewing the author's featured stories for free, you can decide which authors you like best. All we ask is that you patron the ones you like by buying their novel with the link to their website on where to buy their book. Sign our reader's guestbook and subscribe below to get our free updated monthly newsletters. These guys work hard to entertain your brain and appreciate your verbal support and interest!

                         Attention Horror Writers:

Do you have an original short story you want to see published? All first and second time published and self-published writers welcome. If we publish it we will  showcase your story and promote your book or website right underneath your featured work in the hallowed halls of our magazine. If available, we will also post your featured author bio and picture on the site for the month your story is published.We have bi-monthly paying contests and we have published a horror anthology with paying royalties to the contributors featured therein. Submit us your best unpublished fiction! You can promote your book directly through your own channels of distribution and still get your name out to the masses. We charge no fees for any of our services. We are the new Bootcamp of Horror! We can also help get you into HWA with our paying contests. Our philosophy is this: since no one gets famous overnight it's imperative for new writers to get exposure and acquire a good fan base. So it's all about having your stories read, initially. We have become a launching ground for authors, who get feedback from our editors to learn and grow before submitting to pro paying markets. Moreover, we are a theme based magazine, which means by hosting a challenging theme, we force writers to write fresh, new stories instead of just submitting older material or recycled rejects. So dream dark, be unique and write brilliant! Anyone published by SNM can make it in the pro paying markets. We're here to trigger that dark inspiration. 

                               SNM Mag Promotion:  

Fear not, we have covered all the bases. We are registered with all the major horror directory venues such as Duotrope, Preditors & Editors, Ralan, Horrorfind, Horrorgenre, Every Writer's Resource and more. Additionally, we are listed on all the major search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing, Ask & Aol. We usually post weekly bulletins, blogs and blasts on Myspace where our twisted congregation of depraved freaks eagerly devour our raw carnage offerings. Between our members and readers, writers, interviews and goth girls we've mutated like a tumor! We are averaging over 2,000 unique visits to the website each month and word of mouth helps. Make us become the number one source of FREE horror by telling your friends about us. It's free for them, too! Thanks for visiting SNM Horror. We hope you find it...disturbing.  

                                  Submissions:   

We are open to submissions all year and the floodgates have opened! Horror writers wanted dead or alive for dark, cryptic weavings and grim scribe offerings! If you have an original work of horror between 2000-5000 words then send it here, we want to see it! We will also provide feedback if we do not accept it -- usually within thirty days.

Please read our submission page guidelines before submitting.

Subscribe below and receive free monthly SNM newsletters.

THE SNM HORROR STAFF,

STEVEN, DAVID, LILITH, THERESA AND CRYSTAL

Thanks to everyone who submitted for November theme. We received a total of 58 new submissions for December and have selected our (8) featured stories for this issue. We're CLOSED for November and December submissions. We'll be reviewing for January Jambalaya December1st. *More details are available on the submissions link page.

To commemorate the 200th birthday of writer Edgar Allan Poe, (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) SNM Horror Mag pays homage by dedicating the November theme issue in honor of Edgar Allan Poe & H.P. Lovecraft. Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor and literary critique, considered as part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of detective fiction/science fiction stories. He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career. His adversary and naysayer was Rufus Griswold, who depicted Poe as a depraved, drunk, drug-addled madman and included Poe's letters as evidence. Many claims were either outright lies or distorted half-truths. Griswold's book was later denounced by those who knew Poe well. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Poe's publishing career began very humbly with an anonymous collection of poems. Only after his death was Poe a legend. 

H.P. Lovecraft's major inspiration and invention was cosmic horror the idea that life is incomprehensible to human minds and that the universe is fundamentally alien -- like mankind. Those who genuinely use reason (like his protagonists) gamble with sanity. Lovecraft has developed a huge cult following for his Cthulhu Mythos, a series of loosely interconnected fiction featuring an eerie panthenon of non-human nullifying entities, including the Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire of magickal rites and forbidden lore. His works were deeply pessimistic and cynical, challenging the values of Romanticism and Christian Humanism. His protagonists usually had the mirror-opposite of traditional gnosis and mysticism by momentarily glimpsing the horror of alternate realities. He was born Howard Phillips Lovecraft on August 20, 1890.

Although H.P. Lovecraft's readership was quite limited during his life, his reputation has grown over the centuries and he is now commonly regarded as one of the most influential horror writers of the 20th century, along with Edgar Allan Poe, who has exerted "an incalculable influence succeeding generations of newer writers of horror fiction." Stephen King has labeled Lovecraft "the twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale." Therefore this issue of SNM Horror Mag is dedicated to both of these horror pioneers. Here in this issue you will find the darkest, most eloquent writers of the highest caliber and darkest minds.

*This just in: article published by Stark Raven Press. Guys… SNM finally made #1!

Just in time for Halloween...

We have gathered together the top 10 online magazines that publish horror, sci-fi, and dark fantasy stories that you can read for free. The only criteria is that the magazines have fiction that can be read free of charge and that it contains an element of speculative fiction. Although Weird Tales does charge a fee for their print issues, they do offer free fiction, so...they made the list. Each of these online magazines differs in their content and quality but they are arguably some of the best available on the web; they are all devoted to the genre and serious about what they do. This is the best list for 2009. So if you're looking for some good Halloween reading with no strings attached...click the links below.

1. SNM Horror Magazine
http://www.snmhorrormag.com

2. Weird Tales
http://www.weirdtales.net

3. Horrorbound Online Magazine
http://www.horrorbound.com/news.php

4. The Absent Willow Review
http://absentwillowreview.com

5. Yellow Mama
http://blackpetalsks.tripod.com/yellowmama/index.html

6. The Three Lobed Burning Eye
http://www.owlsoup.com/3LBE/index.html

7. Aphelion
http://www.aphelion-webzine.com

8, Clarkesworld
http://clarkesworldmagazine.com

9. Flashes In The Dark
http://flashesinthedark.com

10. Alien Skin
http://www.alienskinmag.com/main.htm

*These sources referenced from Duotrope, Ralan and Preditors & Editors Directories. They are based on the e-zine’s published content, graphics, and navigation of site.

Published by Stark Raven Press LLC. Online Magazine ISSN 1942-8693  

Just wanted to share this piece with our loyal readers! *Be sure to check out some of these other top horror publishing mags. Now back to our November issue!

This month’s issue features 8 darkly eloquent writers:

Letter to Arthur Fisk - Brett Graham / Claustrophobia

Opium Fingers - Paula Ray / Dark Surreal Romanticism

To Unsee a Thing - Richard Marsden / Inhuman Grimoire

Innkeeper’s Daughter - Nathaniel Johnson/Gambit Insanity

Night of Stolen Dreams - Liz Strange / Transformation

Born in a Dead World - Daniel Fabiani / Morbid Macabre

Behold The Retch - Danny Rider / Physical Personal Horror

The Deep Blue Doom - Robert Nicholas / Mythos Cthulhu

Editor’s Submission Bonus Stories:

Bred of Land and Sea – Theresa Newbill

I Dream of Death – Steven Marshall

Dark Poetry:

Anthony Bernstein

Jason Hughes

Brett Graham

Karen Davies

Adrianna Michelle

Timothy Alan Clark

Stephen Charles Long

Kyle Hemmings

Interviews: Brett Graham, Liz Strange, Nate Burleigh, and Kay Jakabs. SNM Featured Goth Covergirl: Miss Almathea.

This is our annual classic wordsmith issue dedicated to Edgar Allan Poe's 200 birthday and HP Lovecraft’s prose.

Now this will truly be a November to Remember! SNM finally made and is proud to be… #1 free online horror magazine of 2009! Thanks to everyone for their vote! Does this mean we finally get our very first Dark Quill Award? And we are damn near 20,000 unique visits to the site now!

Our editorial staff now consists of 5 little pumpkins:

Steven Marshall -- Senior Editor/Moderator

David Saliba -- Grammar and Text Editor

Kasandora Lilith – Author/Director Interviews

Theresa Newbill – Poetry Editor/Contributor

Crystal Adkins – Author Press Kits/Cover Art Design

So have a grim and haunted Halloween everyone. Stay scared! Warning: SNM Horror Mag is not for everyone, thank God. We may have to post a disclaimer saying: harmful if ingested! If we offend you, well then maybe you need to be offended -- we’ll sure keep on trying! For everyone else, we embrace your inner glutton for more. Drop the writers guestbook comments and let them know what you think. They really appreciate your support

Order your copy of the original Bonded By Blood today! Why not do it now before you forget? We have even dropped the price down to $15 during this hard economy. That’s 25% off the retail price! Thank you on behalf of all of us here at SNM. Just type in Bonded By Blood on Amazon or Barnes & Noble.com, snag a copy and show support to the online horror community. Haven’t we earned your respect by now?

Bonded By Blood:

SNM Horror Anthology

  Available through Amazon & B&N.com

Darkest Wishes,    Grim Fantasies,  Bites and Kisses,

Steven Marshall      David Saliba     Kasandora Lilith

*Welcome to our dysfunctional Addams Family; a Force of Five.

Senior Editor / Moderator - Steven Marshall* Simon

Grammar and Text Editor - David R. Saliba* Randy

Author/Director Interviews - Kasandora Lilith* Kara

Poetry Editor / Contributor - Theresa Newbill* Ellen

Author Promos / Press Kits - Crystal Adkins* Paula

And THIS...is American Evil. (Insert spooky music)

1st Place -- Liz Strange -- Night of Stolen Dreams

2nd Place -- Paula Ray -- Opium Fingers

3rd Place -- Daniel Fabiani -- Born in a Dead World 

SNM Mag presents debut anthology: Bonded By Blood available through Amazon and Barnes & Nobel Oct 08

SNM Mag went live on blogtalk radio with Lesa Trapp,  Nov 08.

SNM Mag rated #2 online horror magazine of 2008, Dec 2008.

New staff author interviewer, Kasandora Lilith, in Feb 09.

SNM Mag exclusive interview with Director George A. Romero from our March to the Kingdom of the dead issue, March 2009.

SNM Mag breaks over 10,000 visits the site as of April 2009.

SNM Mag’s official one year anniversary in May of 2009!

James Cheetham, winner of SNM's Author of the Year Award.

New SNM Author’s Book link is now posted, June of 2009.

SNM July issue has record breaking month of 2569 visits!

Bonus issue with 50% more content and 12 featured stories in our August 09 issue and exclusive new film director interview.

                                                      2010:

Open themed horror submissions from only previously published SNM authors.

Creepy crawly things: spiders, bugs, snakes, rats, infestations or new diseases.

Stories of comas, being buried alive, suffocation, being trapped or imprisoned.

Stories of monstrosities, deformations, mutations, or physical abnormalities.

Stories of irrational fears, paranoia, fears of the unknown, or childhood fears.

Stories of catastrophes, forces of nature, worldwide disaster or multiple deaths

Stories of unspeakable acts, taboo subjects, forbidden fantasies, dark religions.

Stories of serial stalkers, crazed obsession, fond fixations or erratic impulses. 

Bizarro horror, grim atmospheric fantasy, weird worlds, or inhuman characters

Stories of forgotten youth, old age and senility, shades of a former self, ghosts

Stories of the anticipation of death, the act of death, or the aftermath of death. 

*Means royalty contest paying months for top 3 spots.

**Each month we will add a new SNM SOTM author. **BBB II will feature 16 SOTM from Sep 08 - Dec 09. **Here is the lineup so far, in order of appearance:

September - James Cheetham / Bumper Shine 

October - Dianna Street / Making Of A Monster

November - James Woodcock / The Suffering

December - Jen Conley / Old Hag's Syndrome

January - Allison Rogers / Gravedigger

February - Elizadeth Hetherington / Immortal Stone

March - A.J. Brown / Sarah's Playground

April - J.C. Lira / A Head Full Of Bad Animals

May - Jack Burton / The Gambler

June - A.R. Braun / The Interloper

July - Brett Graham / Dr. Spindle's House

August - Brian Johnpeer / Peek-A-Boo

September - Adrian Ludens / Cold Feet

October - Stacy Bolli / Behind Dark Corners

Night of Stolen Dreams / Liz Strange

Steven Marshall - Joel Peterson / Love Gently Bleeds

Purely for your addiction and to see what high score you can get, we have added in a Haunted Hangman to the site which is different for each holiday when you play it. The current one is up for Thanksgiving and the high score to beat is still 1195. See how far you can get or how much the hanging skeleton can ruthlessly taunt you! The high score is set by Crystal Adkins.  

            http://www.dedge.com/flash/hangman  

CLICK ON THE ABOVE LINK TO PLAY THE GAME AND GO BEAT 1195.

CLICK BACK BUTTON WHEN DONE OTHERWISE YOU WILL CLOSE SITE.

*See The SNM Horror Magazine Theme Video now on our staff page!

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This site may contain material that's not suitable for younger children. Neither me nor any of our contributors/staff will be held responsible for any material viewed by anyone under 18 years of age and no one over age 81 for fear of getting sued over having a heart attack! Keep in mind, the name of the site is SNM Horror Mag. it's not a brand name for a type of horror, rather my initials... although we do welcome a good, well-written, depraved one from time to time!

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