tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87383920199741006392011-07-08T02:47:01.742+01:00Publishers of new horror and speculative fiction since 2003.Dark Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11368342361385619523noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738392019974100639.post-30612326218573053172010-01-10T14:53:00.002Z2010-01-10T15:01:13.507Z<strong>Latest Dark Tales Contest Results<br /><br /></strong>October 2009<br /><br />1st - <em>After the Party</em> by Philip Parkin<br />2nd - <em>The Whole World to Swim In</em> by Nemone Thornes<br />3rd - <em>Missed Call</em> by D Gavin Guddi<br /><br />September 2009<br /><br />1st - <em>The Sunflower Seed Man </em>by Priya Sharma<br />2nd - <em>The Rock </em>by Rachel Amphlett<br />3rd - <em>Mrs Ely </em>by Andrew Stockton<br /><br /><em>Also shortlisted</em><br /><em>White</em> by Richard Anthony<br /><em>The Scoop </em>by Lesley Grint<br /><em>Hands in Healing </em>by Jean Thewlis<br /><br /><strong>Prize Money doubled<br /></strong><br />The prize money for our monthly contest is now £200 for the winner, £100 for the runner-up and £50 for third place, while the entry fee is still only £3.<br /><br />Go <a href="http://darktales.co.uk/contest.php">here</a> for more details.<br /><br />And if you subscribe for only £15 ($40US if you're outside the UK) for 4 issues you get free entry.<br /><br />Go <a href="http://darktales.co.uk/subscribe.php">here</a> for subscription details.<br /><br /><strong>Brand new e-shop!<br /><br /></strong>Hop over to our new shop at <a href="http://www.darktalesbooks.com/">www.DarkTalesBooks.com</a> to purchase books for just £2.99 and e-books for just 99p.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8738392019974100639-3061232621857305317?l=darktalesuk.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dark Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11368342361385619523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738392019974100639.post-13601749353040581492009-11-20T11:33:00.005Z2009-11-20T11:42:00.440Z<u>Here is the August contest result<br /><br /></u>1st: The Beekeeper by Christina Derbyshire<br />2nd: In Munro House by James Ward<br />3rd: The House on Melton Street by Stef Hall<br /><br />As you will discover in an upcoming <em>Dark Tales</em>, The Beekeeper is an astonishingly original tale with, ahem, a sting... We're looking forward to publishing Christina, James and Stef for the first time.<br /><br /><em>September result in soon...<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G68l0s9wCGo/SwZ_YLgznZI/AAAAAAAAAB4/m23RxSdQVOo/s1600/dtnewbanner.jpg"></a><br /></em><u><a href="http://www.darktales.co.uk/">We now have a new website</a></u><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G68l0s9wCGo/SwZ_q4fkOsI/AAAAAAAAACA/RePjmq7cpXA/s1600/dtnewbanner.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 49px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406148777400875714" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G68l0s9wCGo/SwZ_q4fkOsI/AAAAAAAAACA/RePjmq7cpXA/s320/dtnewbanner.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Go and have a look <a href="http://www.darktales.co.uk/">here</a>!<br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="left"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G68l0s9wCGo/SwZ_YLgznZI/AAAAAAAAAB4/m23RxSdQVOo/s1600/dtnewbanner.jpg"></a></p><br /><p align="left"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G68l0s9wCGo/SwZ_YLgznZI/AAAAAAAAAB4/m23RxSdQVOo/s1600/dtnewbanner.jpg"></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8738392019974100639-1360174935304058149?l=darktalesuk.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dark Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11368342361385619523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738392019974100639.post-76920525564885779542009-10-08T23:08:00.004+01:002009-10-08T23:21:08.356+01:00<div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G68l0s9wCGo/Ss5kZfzzE_I/AAAAAAAAABg/OQLCxPp-fs4/s1600-h/Goldeneye_web.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 276px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390356193207325682" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G68l0s9wCGo/Ss5kZfzzE_I/AAAAAAAAABg/OQLCxPp-fs4/s320/Goldeneye_web.jpg" /></a> <strong>July Competition Result</strong><br /><br />1st: <em>Fifty One</em> by Chris Barnham<br />2nd: <em>The Wraiths of Winter</em> by Kevin Chant<br />3rd: <em>Seventeen Mouths, None to Feed </em>by Nemone Thornes.<br /><br /><em>All of these stories will be published in an upcoming issue of Dark Tales.<br /><br /></em>Remember that by subscribing to 4 issues of Dark Tales you can enter each monthly contest for free. Details here: <a href="http://www.darktales.co.uk/page_1212096192061.html">http://www.darktales.co.uk/page_1212096192061.html</a><br /><br />And you get all of our first 5 issues as e-books for free - so effectively you get 9 issues for just £15 sterling (UK) or $40 US (if you're outside the UK).<br /><br /><strong><em><br />Dark Tales: Volume </em>XIV preview <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_G68l0s9wCGo/Ss5la70fIXI/AAAAAAAAABw/poxXK0_6c7o/s1600-h/The+Unnameable+Made+Flesh_for_web.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 170px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 126px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390357317417902450" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_G68l0s9wCGo/Ss5la70fIXI/AAAAAAAAABw/poxXK0_6c7o/s320/The+Unnameable+Made+Flesh_for_web.jpg" /></a><br /><br /></strong>Go to <a href="http://www.darktales.co.uk/page_1254434361610.html">http://www.darktales.co.uk/page_1254434361610.html</a> to preview stories from our next top quality, professionally illustrated issue. Halloween here we come...!<br /><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8738392019974100639-7692052556488577954?l=darktalesuk.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dark Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11368342361385619523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738392019974100639.post-87332455367357388312009-09-04T18:44:00.002+01:002009-09-04T18:52:39.329+01:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G68l0s9wCGo/SqFSMNg0kXI/AAAAAAAAABY/aU8FhRthqfY/s1600-h/main+image.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 125px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377669799796314482" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G68l0s9wCGo/SqFSMNg0kXI/AAAAAAAAABY/aU8FhRthqfY/s320/main+image.jpg" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Here is the result of the Dark Tales June Short Story Contest<br /><br />1st - <em>Descension</em></span> by Steven Maxwell<br />2nd - <em>The Ordinary Course of Events</em> by Michael Law<br />3rd - <em>A Presence in the Spring </em>by Graham Andrews<br /><br />All of these stories will be published in <em>Dark Tales</em>.<br /><br />Thank you to everyone that entered. Critiques will be sent out soon.<br /><br />Don't forget that by subscribing for four issues (just £15 in the UK, $40US elsewhere) you get free entry to our monthly contest. Not only that, but we'll give you Dark Tales issues 1-5 free as e-books too. Details <a href="http://www.darktales.co.uk/page_1212096192061.html">here</a>.<br /><br />Don't forget, also, that we now have a non-genre-specific monthly short story contest website at:<br /><a href="http://www.storyfeedback.com/">www.StoryFeedback.com</a> .<br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8738392019974100639-8733245536735738831?l=darktalesuk.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dark Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11368342361385619523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738392019974100639.post-51330544386112933932009-08-16T11:20:00.004+01:002009-08-20T23:36:56.898+01:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G68l0s9wCGo/SofUaJ_cH3I/AAAAAAAAAAM/jYVbsbF3DiY/s1600-h/DT14+cover_webedit_smaller.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 100px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 149px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370494626486296434" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G68l0s9wCGo/SofUaJ_cH3I/AAAAAAAAAAM/jYVbsbF3DiY/s320/DT14+cover_webedit_smaller.jpg" /></a><br /><div><em><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;">Dark Tales</span> XIV </strong></em><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>is almost here... </strong><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />With a terrific opening story from Georgina Bruce (the cover illustration by Candra Hope gives you a good idea of what to expect!) this is shaping up to be a classic.<br />Two former contributors return - Ilan Lerman and Michael Law - and there are some splendid DT debuts. Subscribe <a href="http://www.darktales.co.uk/page_1212096192061.html">here</a> or <a href="http://www.darktales.co.uk/page_1198069024687.html">here</a> for just £15 ($40) for 4 issues if you haven't already and get free entry to our monthly competition - and we're really spoiling you if you subscribe by <strong>giving you the first 5 issues of Dark Tales as e-books, absolutely free!<br /><br /></strong><em><strong>Not much longer till we announce the June contest result...Watch this space.<br /></strong><br /></em><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G68l0s9wCGo/SofcyvKFFDI/AAAAAAAAAAs/UUQh8isl5QY/s1600-h/Volume11Cover+NEWWEB.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 75px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 107px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370503844872918066" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G68l0s9wCGo/SofcyvKFFDI/AAAAAAAAAAs/UUQh8isl5QY/s320/Volume11Cover+NEWWEB.jpg" /></a>Don't forget the back issues!</strong><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G68l0s9wCGo/SofYWmicN_I/AAAAAAAAAAk/b49Bex57Eys/s1600-h/Volume11_small.gif"></a>If you've already subscribed you may have missed out on some excellent back issues of Dark Tales - you can resolve this easily enough by purchasing our e-books for just 99p <a href="http://www.darktales.co.uk/page_1250419943935.html">here</a>. Also, <em>Volume 11</em> (or should that be XI?!) can be snapped up for only £2.99 ($3.75) <a href="http://www.darktales.co.uk/page_1212095675947.html">here</a>. And there is, of course, a printable order form <a href="http://www.darktales.co.uk/page_1198069024687.html">here</a>.</span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8738392019974100639-5133054438611293393?l=darktalesuk.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dark Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11368342361385619523noreply@blogger.com0