Watch for the new SLESAR’S
TWIST for 2004 Contest - coming soon
FUTURES
MYSTERIOUS ANTHOLOGY MAGAZINE lost a great friend in April
of 2002 when Henry Slesar, multiple Edgar winner and multiple
Emmy nominee, died unexpectedly. Mr. Slesar contributed
more scripts to Alfred Hitchcock's TV programs than any
other writer, and was well known for the twist endings
to his stories. At FMAM Henry generously shared many of
his stories with fans in a continuing feature "Good
Evening". FMAM dedicates this contest to the memory
of Henry Slesar to honor a man we feel wrote the very
best TWISTS, the man with a innate love and talent for
the ironic! To you -Henry!
FMAM's
annual "Twist" contest will now be called SLESAR'S
TWIST and features prizes for the best twist ending short
stories as characterized by the Hitchcock style of stories
written by Henry Slesar. Hitchcock called Henry the 'master
of the ironic'. Keep that word in mind as you write. You
will find many examples of Henry's twist stories, one
of the best collections is Death On Television The Best
of Henry Slesar's Alfred Hitchcock Stories. Another great
collection-Murders Most Macabre. We have featured one
of these great stories, or more, in each of the FMAM past
issues, so read back, too. Entries must be submitted
to FMAM by Dec 15, 2003.
Prizes,
too!
First
through third prize winners will be entered in the New
Century Short Story contest with the $30 entry fee paid
by FUTURES. New Century is seeking material for Hollywood
productions, and we believe YOU have the talent to provide
what they're looking for.
CASH!
$300.00
First
prize includes $300 CASH! And will be published in
DIME! and a caricatoon by Jim "Toonman"
Oddie featuring the winner and Alfred Hitchcock. The second
prize winner will receive $100, while the third prize
winner will be awarded a one-year subscription to FMAM.
In addition, there will be five honorable mention awards
with original art certificates by Pete Welling and a copy
of the Summer FMAM to those winners!
Send
your 1000 to 4500 word TWIST short story (in the best
Slesar style) in an EMAIL to babs@
fmam.biz include your name, email, mailing address,
phone number, word count, and a short bio. In the SUBJECT
line write SLESAR TWIST FOR 2003.
Send
the $15 entry fee check made out to Futures, mail
to: Slesar's Twist Contest, 3039 38th Ave South, Minneapolis,
MN 55406 OR you may also pay
online with PAYPAL.Checks are preferred because we
pay no fees.
Include
your name, address, phone number, email address, and make
out your check to Futures, please. If you'd like to be
notified of the winners regardless, send a SASE post -card,
too. Final judging for this contest will be done by babs
and others from our elite
group of judges!
NOTE:
You MAY ENTER REPRINTS please tell us that it is available
for 1st time rights or is a reprint, or is not available
at all, and you may also enter your story and specify
that you do not want it published in FMAM if it wins –that
is always your choice!
Please
note: If you’d like to have your story considered
for an issue of FMAM, too, please write to Babs for instructions
at babs@fmam.biz
That’s
it! simple to ENTER! And it’d be a CRIME not to.
So what are you waiting for? Send in your entries TODAY!
Insider
Tips: We LOVE
a GREAT title. Use your imagination from the get go. We
also love a great mystery that keeps us on the edge of
our chairs. We want a great beginning and a great ending.
Surprise us on occasion. If you need some tips, go to
G. Miki Hayden’s HOW TO WRITE A MYSTERY. Give us
characters to love and hate and don’t be afraid of
unusual settings. Take us to the future, back to the past,
or right here to today, but make it the best you’ve
got!
FMAM
SLESAR'S TWIST 2003 - for PayPal payments ONLY!
Although
we prefer that you send your entry fee by check (as stated
above), we are now offering you a choice of paying for
your FMAM SLESAR'S TWIST 2003 fee via credit card
(PayPal) or by check.
Please read
the two notes below - important and necessary information.
NOTE: Below
is the entry fee payment button for PayPal. Once you have
made your payment you will be taken to an entry form page
where we ask you to fill out ALL information along with
your PayPal payment reference #
and your entry of course. Please be sure to follow all
contest RULES. Click Submit and it's done!
NOTE: Although
you can pay for more than one entry through PayPal at
the time of payment, please, when you're taken to the
entry form page only ONE ENTRY PER FORM. Click your browser
Back button after you Submit the first entry and fill
out another form.
FMAM Slesar's Twist
2003 - Contest Fee $15.00
FINALISTS
- FMAM Slesar's Twist 2003
SEMI-FINALISTS
IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER!
ADDIO,
MIA MADRE BY MJ JONES
DOLLY
AND HANNAH BY JUDITH LAMB
REVENGE
OF A RUGRAT BY JK CUMMINS
THE
UNSUSPECTING PREY BY CHELLE MARTIN
ICY
COLD FIRE BY H. SUSAN SHAW
CRASH
AND BURN BY BOBBYE TERRY
SOOTHSAYER’S
CHRISTMAS BY SHANNON RIGGS
IT’S
MY JOB BY VAUGHN C. HARDACKER
THE
TELLTALE SCREEN BY GEORGE BRYJAK
OUT
OF THE FRYING PAN BY SUNNY FRAZIER
A
PRESENT FOR JACK BY JOSEPH R. IMPICCICHE
COVER
LETTER BY DOROTHY FRANCIS
THE
TRUTH ABOUT HITCHHIKING BY JUSTIN CIOPPA
SORRY
ABOUT THAT BY GEORGE BRYJAK
HYPOCHONDRIAC
BY FIONA L. WOODS
THE
BODY IN THE PARK BY LAURA ELVEBAK
THE
GRAVE DISASTER BY JACCI STEPHAN
A
NOVEL IDEA BY JEFF MCCUNE
RED
PAINT BY KRISTA RAVENSCRAFT
JOURNALISTIC
INTEGRITY BY GEORGIANN BALDINO
PRINCE
CHARMING #9 BY LINDA S REILLY
TONGUED
WITH FIRE BY MAL KING
THE
BOOK OF PASSING BY RICK MAGERS
NICE
TIE BY ANN WIGGINS
STARR
SIGHT BY SYLVIA NICKELS
A
KISS IS JUST A KISS BY ROBERT TINSLEY
REMORSE
OF A DIFFERENT COLOR BY CHARLES SCHAEFFER
NO
ROOM AT THE TOP BY PEGGY JAEGLY
WHERE
DEATH LIVES BY JOSEPH GOODRICH
BEING
KAREN HARPER BY CATHERINE CAIRNS
THE
LITTLE BIMBO WHO COULD BY KAREN SIDERIS
THE
HIT BY CHARLES BENOIT
MELANIE’S
GIFT BY CHRIS MORROW
BUKOWSKI
WINS BY JAMIE BRADISH
A
FLEETING TALE BY LORI G. ARMSTRONG
THE
DEVIL IN JAMES MCBRIDE BY DAVID WILCOX
HARRY
SNEADE’S LAST DAY BY J.C. TILTON
STRIKE
OUT BY CHARLES SCHAEFFER
THE
LAST DANCE BY JK CUMMINS
HIGH
POSTAGE BY BRYNN BONNER
A
THIEF IN PARADISE BY REBECCA P. DAHLKE
THE
OLD WOMAN BY CHRISTOPHER TOCHUKWU
HAPPY
BIRTHDAY, NOODLES BY TODD OUTCALT
JUST
UNDER THE NAIL BY JOSEPH R. IMPICCICHE
A
PROBLEM SOLVING BREED BY MELANIE LAWRENCE
THREE
PIECE SUIT BY MARK HAMMER
RETALIATION
BY WENDY S. DELMATER
THE
HUNGER BY EVE FISHER
DON’T
LITTER BY SHARON KING- BOOKER
STRIKEOUT
BY CHARLES SCHAEFFER
THE
NAME SHE POINTS TO BY MAL KING
JUDGES
FOR ROUND ONE OF THE 2003 FMAM ANNUAL SLESAR TWIST
Sarah
Glenn has a B.S. in Journalism, a term she considers
redundant. She wanted to grow up to be Kolchak, but would
settle for Scully. She has edited two Pagan newsletters
(The Trellis and Rainbow Wind ) and has had several stories
published in the mystery/horror genre. More importantly,
she is a lifelong reader and loves a good story.
Shannon
Riggs currently lives and writes in Victoria, BC.
A college writing instructor, Shannon enjoys writing fiction,
poetry, essays, and articles. She currently serves on
the editorial team of Write Away, a publication of the
Victoria Writers' Society. Visit her website at: http://members.shaw.ca/shannonriggs/
Dale
Stoyer is a reader, writer and reviewer holed up in
Buffalo, NY. He has published dozens of articles in the
computer industry press and is a long time contributor
to The Thrilling Detective website and member of SMFS.
April
May
Christine
Speakman
Kit
Sloane Kit Sloane was the first fiction editor of FUTURES,
FuturesMysterious
Anthology Magazine. She has published numerous short
stories and articles on the art of writing. LAST WORDS
is the fourth in her Margot O'Banion series from Deadly
Alibi Press. It follows FINAL CUT, GRAPE NOIR, and
BAD ACTORS. Booklist cited Kit's first novel, FINAL
CUT, naming Deadly Alibi Press one of the "Best
New Mystery Imprints" for 2001.
Kit is a movie buff who
lives on a hilltop Northern California ranch with
her college professor husband, four horses, four
cats, two goats and a boxer named Sally. She shares
her gardens with the local deer and is an avid San
Francisco Giants baseball fan.
Where available: all
titles are available from the press at 1-800-695-9003
or at www.
deadlyalibipress.com, from the usual sources
online or order from your neighborhood bookstore
Kit Sloane
The MARGOT O'BANION series
from Deadly Alibi Press, Ltd.
G.
Miki Hayden G. Miki Hayden, the author of Writing the Mystery,
an Agatha and Anthony nomination, Macavity winner,
teaches at Writer's Digest online school. Her latest
fiction is New Pacific, can be found at http://www.silverlakepublishing.com/catalog/pipeline.html
FMAM
presents our First annual short mystery anthology in
BOOK format, publisher Quiet Storm Publishing-release
date 5/04.
FMAM
Issues 2003
FMAM
2004
NOTICE:
FMAM's annual shut downs for new submissions are June
1 to Aug. 1 and Nov. 1 thru Jan. 10
These
two periods of time allow our editors to catch up on the
large volume of submissions.
REMEMBER
that we are always accepting your contest entries, year
round, AND, we also have occasional theme issues that
stay open to new subs during these hiatus times, as well
as our annual DIME mystery
anthology.
Look
into our new FMAM list for new and not so new writers
and artists—this includes cartoonists and screenwriters
and you name it, we welcome YOU to join us! The original
plan for Futures when I started it was a world wide writer’s/
artist’s community. I felt we could help one another
and together do what we might never achieve by ourselves.
This list is the next step to the dream! You might be
interested in this for any number of reasons, to learn,
to teach, to network, you name it. Let me know if you
have a special suggestion, otherwise, welcome, jump on
in! - babs
