Argh! We be reading for a new issue of Delirious Doubles. And if you can't tell, the theme for this issue is pirates!
Delirious Doubles
In our ongoing effort to publish whatever the hell we feel like, we give you Delirious Doubles. Some of you may be old enough to remember the Ace Doubles, well, this is something like that. We will be pairing two stories together from two different authors and publishing them together. The theme for the current collection will be PIRATES. We want science fiction stories of at least 5,000 words that have pirates as their main characters. Your stories can be set on a future Earth, or they can be set anywhere in the universe, but pirates have to be central to your story. We are most interested in a good story with believable characters. Good writing is what will give you one of the two spots that are available in this Double.
We will be open to submissions until October 1st. Stories that are submitted will get a pass or hold within one month. Shortly after October 1st, we will pick the two stories that will be included in this Double.
PAYMENT: Payment will be on publication for first rights. Each story accepted will receive $30, but wait, there's more! This is a small press publication, so we don't expect to sell 500 copies, but if we are able to sell 500 copies (print and e-book combined, but not including authors' copies), we will pay each author an additional $30. Payment will be made by PayPal, so you must have a valid PayPal address. Each author will also receive two contributor's copies, which will be distributed by by our book printer, so you must have a regular street address...no P.O. Boxes.
We are looking for first rights, so no reprints. We also do not want to see stories set in other people's universes. Other than that, we want you to entertain us. It's always a good idea to read some of the publications that we've released in the past to get some sense of what we're looking for.
Stories should be submitted as Word or RTF attachments to editor (at) nomadicdeliriumpress (dot) com. Each submission should have the subject line "Delirious Doubles Submission:"
All works must be completely original. We will not accept AI generated work or AI assisted work. If you submit this to us, your work will be returned unread, and we may even blackball you from all future NDP publications. AI has no place in writing!
