Faster than life - the new Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror zine for alternative gender and sexuality

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Writers guidelines for "Faster than life" magazine.

 

We welcome Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy stories, essays, poetry and artwork.

stories packed with action, suspense and interesting characters, individuals crossing the borders of society, strong women and gay men, shape changers and compassionate vampires.

Stories should be 1000-8000 words. Basically we will be inclusive of everybody. But we will publish prominently stories, which feature a transgender or lesbian/bi/gay protagonist. We will however also welcome stories, which involve the classical metaphors aka "sorcerers coming out" or shape changers. Or someone crossing a border in more than one sense. Erotic elements are welcome.

Reviews (books, music, movies, art... whatever you think is relevant) should be 1000 to 3500 words. Short reviews are also welcome and should have should be 150 – 350 words.

Artwork will be published on our web-site only if it is in color, only black and white artwork will be printed as so far we cannot afford color prints.

Essays should be 2000-4000 words. Possible Topics: Sam and Frodo: Male/male affection in Lord of the Rings. Landscape and science fiction/fantasy, The development of lesbian characters in Science fiction in the past decades, Coming out as a sorcerer – a metaphor for a gay coming out? Science fiction and politics, (Feminist) fantasy and gender stereotypes....

Business Advertisements: Most welcome. Please contact us for prices.

Contributors retain all rights for their work. We "buy" only a one-time print right. If you submit something we take this as proof that you own all rights for your submission and have not sold them to someone else. Please indicate if you prefer to use a pen name and if you are OK with us possibly also putting your work on the web-page of FTL to increase the potential of our site. Please submit ASCI files in the body of your e-mail via Electronic submission to fasterthanlight@yahoo.com

  Payment is one free issue of FTL if we print your contribution. If you have already subscribed we give you an extra one to give it to one of your friends.

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