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A YTP of a bowhunting instructional VHS. I picked up a copy of this tape at a flea market and was delighted to find that it had been digitized and uploaded to YouTube.

Initially I had some inexplicable technical headache with the project file and had to start the whole thing over, but I'm happy I could preserve what I'd started and produce a hefty 10+ minute video.

Full YTP with captions here!

HELLO yes, I can do that!

For reference: in SFF magazine publishing 8 US cents a word is considered a professional pay rate.

Clarkesworld: 14 cents a word. maybe the most prestigious and one of the best paying markets out there. also they are on top of their submissions to an incredible degree so if you don't make it through the initial sift you can expect a polite 'no' within 24-72 hours.

Strange Horizons: 10 cents a word. currently a complicated submission set up as they only open a few days a year so u want to keep an eye on when the window opens.

Analog & Asimovs: two magazines from the same publisher; separate editors so you can sub the same piece to both. Analog is looking for science-oriented science fiction and Asimovs is looking for character-oriented stories. 8-10 cents a word.

Apex: 8 cents a word. Speculative fiction magazine, I think tends towards more literary work.

ok off the top of my head I think those are the main magazines that make me go 'oh wow!' when I see them in someone's author bio and are currently open for subs.

here are a couple more that are currently long term closed to submissions:

Uncanny Magazine: 10 cents a word. I am unsure how long they have been closed but quite a while. they are still publishing issues with the most recent being this month.

Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine: the OG, as it were. founded 1949. 8-12 cents a word. closed to submissions in 2023, officially to catch up on a submission backlog, and haven't published since 2024.

Fantasy adventures and disaster thrillers, mostly! All of them are available as ebooks or physical copies through most major online retailers, or you can request them from your local indie store! You can also request all of them at your library.

The ebooks are also available through my Payhip store, including in a discounted bundle!

The Pits

A fantasy western adventure about siblings, love, and strange magic that wants something no one quite understands. Learn More.

Camp Daze

A survival thriller about a young woman trying to keep hope alive through an apocalypse she knows how to survive alone, but not how to survive with everyone else. Learn More.

Lie Down in the Ashes

An epistolary young adult novel about how far and how fast the consequences of a wildfire can spread, and just how many people will come together to try and help. Learn More.

Poison in the Blood

* I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream

*The King in Yellow

* The Lottery

* The Masque of the Red Death

* The Monkey’s Paw

* The Most Dangerous Game

* The Nameless City

* The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

* There Will Come Soft Rains

*The Yellow Wallpaper

* The Veldt

* “you think those were fucked up? What about [X]!”

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison

The King in Yellow by Robert W Chambers*

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson**

The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe

The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs

The Most Dangerous Game by Richard O'Connell

The Nameless City by HP Lovecraft

The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula K LeGuin

There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The Veldt by Ray Bradbury

Honorable Mention from the comments/reblogs:

All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury

*note: this is actually a collection of short stories and clocks in at about 72k words

an airplane stuck on a toyota minivan

this miata built by rocket scientists

the mr2 boat

the nyan cat bmw that i think actually played the song at all times

the homer simpson car built by uranium workers

this limo whose brakes caught on fire

the dumbest corolla and supra wearing funny hats

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