SNM Horror Magazine

Thanks to you guys, SNM Horror Mag has finished #2 on the Preditor's Polls for Best Online Horror Magazine of 2009! We are proud to place second of 60 nominated magazines, even though we started out in 1st. Thank you for making it happen! We actually prefer silver to gold!

We were also nominated for Best Horror Anthology of the Year in 2009, even though the release was technically slated for 2010. We've climbed all the way from 22nd place to a respectable # 6! We also had 3 of 6 nominated authors finish in the top 15 best!

This just in: an article published by Stark Raven Press and Macabre Cadaver. SNM placed #1 independently.

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  

       May                             June                          July  

Jeanna Tendean*           Teri Jacobs                Jason Keene*        Jade Eckert                   Jason Keene             Mari Mitchell        Anthony Bernstein         Ben Eads                 Jessica Penot         Daniel Bachleda        Wayne Summer           Ken Kupstis          Alistair Canlin             Laura Bickle*           Jeanna Tendean      Joshua Thays                 Jon Bautz                Alan Draven           Jimmy Gillentine         Shawn Oetzel           Stephen Patrick      Steven Marshall         Norman Rubin         James Cheetham

     August                      September                  October

Charlotte Gledson*     Jeanna Tendean         Alison Pearce         Jade Eckert                 E. Hetherington         Allison Rogers        Tamara Wilhite           Wendy Brewer           Tonia Brown          Norman Rubin               Ron Ebner               L.B. Goddard        James Cheetham        James Cheetham*       Dianna Street*       Jim Kelley                    Jason Lavertue        E. Hetherington      Jim Daly                    Mary Ann Loesch        Barbara Bates         Wendy Brewer           Sheldon Higdon          Joel Peterson

  November                    December                  January

Doug McIntire               Jen Conley*           Allison Rogers*      Michelle Howarth         Ollie Haney              Jade Eckert           Joel Peterson            Sigrid MacDonald         Ken Kupstis          Rachel Zellers             Myrrym Davies           Ron Ebner            Travis James*              E. Hetherington       Pavelle Wesser        Laura Bickle                Sean O'Connor         Barbara Bates          Justin Holley            Gavin Wainwright      Doug McIntire        John Grover                 Brian Johnpeer         Jessica Penot    

  February                          March                       April

A.J. Brown                    Johnny Dorsey            J.C. Lira*              Damian Newton            Garry Charles         John Leonard         Stacy Bolli                       Eric Brown              Ryan Dailey          Sherry Decker               Joseph Mulak            Dave Rex            E. Hetherington*            Kelli Meyer*            A.J. Brown           Dianna Street                Tyler Hardin          E. Hetherington       Johnny Dorsey               Killian Lang          Suzie Bradshaw       Ted McAuley                Lisa Clausen           Alison Pearce     

    May                                 June                         July 

Joel Peterson             Catherine Graham      Liza Sanzalone        Hayley Bernard          Matthew Lowes         Kerry Morgan        Pavelle Wesser             Derek Hayes              Stacy Bolli             Leo Rogers                  Phillip Roberts          Brian Johnpeer        Jack Burton*                  A.R. Braun*             Brett Graham*       Jade Eckert                    John Grover            Daniel Fabiani         Marquis Dufek              Carole Gill             Stephen Roberts       Steven Marshall           G.A. Buchholz           Shells Walter 

  August                          September                  October   

A.R. Braun                  Theresa Newbill            A.J. Brown          Jason Brock                  Daniel Fabiani               Lisa Strong         Sara Tribble                  Brett Graham           Hayley Bernard     Ken Goldman             E. Hetherington             Jack Burton         Brian Johnpeer*            Nate Burleigh               Kay Jakabs         Suzie Bradshaw               Jim Daly                   A.R. Braun         Kevin Mackey             Robert Nicholas          Nate Burleigh       Josh Ludeker               Adrian Ludens*            Stacy Bolli*         

 November                      December                  January

Brett Graham              Stephen Roberts       James Cheetham      Paula Ray                    Bruce Memblatt         Travis James          Richard Marsden        Anthony Castro            A.J. Brown           Nathaniel Johnson     G. Allen Wilbanks          Jen Conley          Liz Strange*                  Brian Johnpeer*       E. Hetherington      Daniel Fabiani                Lisa Strong              Nate Burleigh        Danny Rider                   Eric Grawe             Allison Rogers        Robert Nicholas              Ray Prew              Suzie Bradshaw*

 February                           March                      April

Sierra Brown               Adrian Ludens                                    Paula Ray                      John Barnes                                     Daniel Fabiani              Curt Jeffreys                                 KerryMorgan                Travis Gates                                      Leo Rogers                    Carole Gill*                                            A.J Brown                John Arthur Miler                                     Joel Peterson              Paul Mannering                                     Trevor Donaldson*     Norman Rubin

Presented to:

Brett Matthew Graham

For Outstanding Literary Achievement

3 X Top Placer In SNM Horror Magazine

*New Breakthrough Author of the Year!

Brett will receive $50.00, an award plaque, and a copy of  BBB.

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*Coming in April: New collaborative novella by SNM & BMG!

Presented to:

James Cheetham

For Outstanding Literary Achievement

*As chosen by our 2008 SNM Reader's Votes

Meet the 2008 SNM Horror Author of the Year. This writer truly personifies the darkness of the human heart. Some may classify his work as dark fiction over horror, but this is just a recently categorized classification of the new generation. When it comes to multilayered twists that unravel like a tapestry of terror, Cheetham captures raw human emotion with some good in-depth character development. James has enough universal appeal to be a top bestseller in the horror & DF genre. Concisely written and totally absorbing the reader into turning the next page, he has had not one but two SNM Stories of the Month with "Bumper Shine" and "The Wilting May Flowers." James also appears in both the SNM Anthologies. He is the co-creator of the Dark Fiction Guild, a newer horror forum for writers and editors to share stories, opinions and ideas. He hails from Canada, an ex-prison guard. Be sure to check out his featured story in BBB II, Bumper Shine. His debut novel, Fade to Pale is now available on sale through Wild Child Publishing, so order your copy today or become zombified! Congratulations, James!

www.myspace.com/jamescheetham

James Cheetham

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