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Twelve authors, twenty-one stories, twelve poems. 12/21/12. The eighth Underdog Anthology has ended up with something of the Mayan about it. Very appropriate to some of the stories even though none of them are about Mayans.

The stories range from the light-hearted to the very dark indeed. From the short, quick read to much longer tales.

All editing is complete, all author contracts have been sent out and most are already back. Some authors have already been paid, some have elected to be paid in copies of the book, a few still have cash coming their way. Book assembly has begun and the cover image is being processed. This book is on schedule for early April release.

The next anthology will be Halloween themed. Submissions will open in mid August.

These have started going out. Please be patient if you don’t have yours yet – we’ve had more stories and poems submitted and are determined to keep up with editing.

The submissions deadline is midnight on March 25th and the stories keep coming. It’s therefore vital to stay ahead with the editing because there will only be a week or so after that before publication.

All contracts will be done, and all payments made (other than those who elect to be paid in copies of the book, of course), before Underdog Anthology 8 goes live – and that must happen in the first week of April.

There’s a lot more to do once this is finished.

Underdog Anthology 8 now has nine authors and twelve stories, and the deadline is still over a week away.

For the first time, there will be a poetry section and as this is a non-genred volume the poems, like the stories, can touch on any topic. This anthology so far contains five poems by one of the authors. There is time, if you have the musical muse, to add to that section.

This could be the biggest anthology so far. The challenge now is to make the next one even bigger.

Makes a pleasant change from ‘Winter is coming’, doesn’t it?

Well, the Spring Anthology (Underdog Anthology Eight) now has seven authors in it and there is time for more. As with all other anthologies, we have a new author to add to the list for this one. It’s become something of a tradition and let’s hope it continues.

Stories range from the humourous to the very, very dark this time. It will appear in print and eBook formats in the first week of April.

The eighth Underdog Anthology is open for submissions. Short stories of around 1000 – 2000 words (the size is not set in stone, the payments are negotiable if the story is very short).

No fixed genre or theme for this Spring anthology. It’s a free-for-all. Anything goes, within legal limits of course.

General submission guidelines are here. Specific Underdog Anthology guidelines are here.

Where to send them? The contact email is here.

Previous Spring anthologies are ‘Tales the Hollow Bunnies Tell‘ (number 2) and ‘Six in Five in Four‘ (number 5). You can click to look inside these on Amazon to get an idea of how this works.

The closing date for submissions is March 20th. Again, this can be flexible for a few days only, as long as you let us know it’s on the way. Publication will be in the first week of April so please do try to stick to that date.

Okay, let’s see what stories you have to tell…