At last! DOORWAYS TO EXTRA TIME is available for preorder on Amazon! The book’s out August 13 … that makes it almost exactly two years from conception to publication. For your amusement, I thought I’d dredge up the original call for submissions that I sent to the Write to the End and Dragon Writers groups way back in September of 2011:
DOORWAYS TO EXTRA TIME
In our busy world of meetings and microwaves, car radios and cellphones, you always hear people wishing they could get an extra hour in the day.
But what if you could?
DOORWAYS TO EXTRA TIME is an anthology that explores ways to get extra time (be it an hour, a day, or a decade) and the impact it would have (whether upon a single life, a family or an entire world).
We’re looking for stories with a touch of the fantastic—whether mystical, magical, mechanical, or just plain mysterious—but they can be set in any time or any genre: contemporary or historical, science fiction or fantasy, horror or magic realism. We could even find a place for a nonfiction essay if it was truly exceptional.
In short, show us something showstopping, and we’ll make time for you.
Suggested Length: full stories from 3,000 to 7,000 words and flash fiction under 1,000 words. We will accept good stories up to 10,000 words but it’s a hard sell.
Due Date: January 31st, 2012
Editors: Anthony Francis and TBD
The theme’s still the same, but due date January 31st, 2012? Really? HAHAHAHA no. As you all probably know, the estimable Trisha J. Wooldridge signed on as my coeditor and helped me make this a much stronger (and more diverse!) book. Thank you, Trisha, for helping make DOORWAYS possible!
So, please, everyone, preorder and enjoy!
-the Centaur
