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Recently, we had a reader of the blog voice a concern about sending in their story. It went something like this:
Dear Dan,
I’m kind of interested in entering your writing contest, BUT…
…my ghost story isn’t scary – does that disqualify it?
Signed,
Nervous Writer
Good question!
Here’s the answer:
You should send it!
The CONTEST is very lenient about what we’ll accept. GOOD WRITING is the key there.
proposed TBUTB book 2 cover
The resulting ANTHOLOGY will also have a wide margin for stories we accept, and the majority I choose will be in the scary realm.
But!
Once I feel we have enough scary/strict horror stories for the anthology, I will allow people to join who have other stories that might be sentimental or even funny, but that aren’t strictly scary and still fall under the general banner of scary/Horror.
Why?
The…
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