Twighlight Manor Press

 Title:

 Moonsnails: Maine’s Literary Journal

 Contact Info:

 Wendy C. Allen, editor-in-chief, twighlightmanor@yahoo.com

 Layout: 

  5″ x 8 1/2″, 96 – 132 pages, 60 lb bright white paper, B&W text, perfect bound, 10pt laminated cover in full color 

 Payment: 

 copies only at this time, buys one time rights, responce time: 2 – 6 months, contributing authors can buy extra copies  at production cost.

 Needs:

Short stories up to 13,000 words.  Literary & Genre fiction. Cross-gen OK. 

Action, Adventure, Alien Invasion, Alien Realms, Alternative Histories, Amateur Detective, Americana, Ancient Civilizations, Animal Stories, Biographical Fiction, Christmas, Classic Literature, Colonial America, Cryptozology, Dark Fantasy, Dragon Tales, Easter, Ethnic Fiction, Espionage, Faerie Realms, Fairy Tales, Family Sagas, Fantasy, Folklore, Frontier Sagas, Furries, Futuristic, Ghost Stories, Gothic Romance, Halloween, Hard Science Fiction, Haunted Houses, High Fantasy, High Seas Adventure, Historical, Horror, Humor, Inspirational, Kung Fu, Literary, Mad Scientist Sci-Fi, Mermaid Tales, Military, Mystery, Murder Mystery, Paranormal, Pirate Tales, Psychological Thiller/Terror, Regional: Maine, Regional: Quebec, Romance, Science Fiction, Serials, Short-Shorts, Slueths, Space Fantasy, Space Travel, Spiritual, Sword & Sorcery, Supernatural, Suspence, Thiller, Time Travel, Twilight Zone style, UFO stories, Unicorn Tales, Utopian Realms, Victorian, War, Western, Wizard Tales, Young Adult.

 Rejects:

 Rejects all stories that contain: hatred, sex, gore, drugs, smoking, politics, drinking, suicide, cutting, depressive self-pity, swearing, vulgar verbology, hunting, death glorification, animal abuse, child abuse, elder abuse, expose`, abortion, and stories about “how my teenage years were crap”.

 Advice:

 We like to see strong characters. Character driven stories. Well written plots. We like fantasy realms, dreamscapes, and alien planets. Creativity is always welcomed. Pirates are always good, we need more pirates.

 Poetry Needs:

 Sometimes accepts poetry, if it tells a story and has strong characters. Same as fiction needs, plus: seeks longer “epic length” story poems akin to Robert Browning’s, Pied Piper of Hamlin or Edgar Allan Poe’sRaven or Dr. Suess’ Green Eggs & Ham. Prefers long rhyming poems with strong characters and a story plot.

 Poetry Rejects:

 Same as fiction rejects, plus:  Does not accept free-verse poetry, haiki, poems without characters, poems without plots, or poems without rhythem.

 Art:

 INSIDE ILLUSTRATION:

Rarely uses illustrations. Usually done “in-house”. B&W, pen & ink, line art only … no pencil, no shading, no grey-scale, no color, our printer well not accept them. We do not resize or edit artwork. All illustrations must be 4″ x 6″ or smaller and camera ready. Do not send originals. Email files as atactment. Files must be compatible with MSWorks, MSPaint, or MSPublisher 97. Note that we can not accept .tif files, our email treats them as a virus and deletes them. See fiction for needs & rejects list.

COVER ILLUSTRATION:

Usually done “in-house”, but well consider submissions of full-color photography or paintings, covering any genre. See fiction for needs & rejects list. Always seeks beach and ocean themed photos or paintings. Do not send originals. Email files as atactment. Files must be compatible with MSWorks, MSPaint, or MSPublisher 97, .jpg files prefered. Note that we can not accept .tif files, our email treats them as a virus and deletes them. See fiction for needs & rejects list.