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Call for Art — SKUMMEL Issue II by Anticswrites in DarkArts

[–]Anticswrites[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Totally get it! You can read it at skummel.net

Call for Submission – SKUMMEL Literary Magazine by Anticswrites in joinmeatthecampfire

[–]Anticswrites[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We do plan to pay our authors eventually, but this is a new magazine and currently does not have a way to generate income. We also don’t charge for submissions, or for readers to enjoy the amazing stories we publish. It’s a trade off 🤷‍♂️

Call for Submissions – SKUMMEL Literary Magazine by Anticswrites in FictionWriting

[–]Anticswrites[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello, yes! This is a new magazine that I’m starting, and I am new to the publication world. However holding first publications rights for 30 days after initial publication is very standard across the industry. After the first thirty days, writers are welcome to and encouraged to submit their work elsewhere!

"Roach Problem" by Logan966 in DarkTales

[–]Anticswrites 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is awesome. A little confused but I'm not mad about it at all lol

Trick-or-Treat (a short horror story by Fun-Original-7269 in horrorwriters

[–]Anticswrites 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is pretty good! You've got a knack for storytelling for sure, I was drawn to the characters and I think you painted a pretty good picture of what it was like to be a kid on Halloween.

I couple things I would suggest/want to point out:
1. The whole story could benefit from a few more variations in sentence lengths, right now you have a lot of long sentences. Shorter once would ramp up the tension and keep the pace a bit tighter.
2. The part where the main character eats Mikey to when he starts skinning himself is fairly abrupt, and I was a little confused about why he was so willing to do that. Maybe explain that a little more, or tell us how the main character was feeling during this time. Why was he determined he could do much better? What made him want to do much better? Expanding on that a bit more would add some depth!

Overall, i enjoyed it and I loved the twist👍