None of Them Knew the Color of the Sky

Just wanted to let you (and your comment-reading friends) know that GUD Issue 1 is now available for purchase!



Issue 1 comes to life with Darby Larson's "Electroencephalography" where an experiment in robot-building goes terribly awry. And if you've ever woken up with an unexpected physical deformity—say, an arrow in your heart—you'll truly enjoy the next story. There's also a smattering of flash fiction and psychedelia; a straight-out story where things aren't what they seem, poetry that takes you from the perverse to the sublime, some magic realism, science fiction, and a few letters to another species thrown in for good measure. We haven't forgotten those of you with a literary bent. In addition, the artwork in this issue is particularly strong, with oil paintings, watercolors, photography, and photo illustrations complementing the words with which they are paired.

Thanks for being a friend!

'City Smells' is a new literary project set up by the Edit Red Writing Community.

We are running three writing competitions, Flash Fiction, Creative Non-Fiction and Poetry, all with the theme 'City Smells. The winners of each of these competitions will win $100. But more than this, we will take the best work from each competition and compile a paperback 'City Smells' anthology. The writers who make it into the 'City Smells' anthology will each receive free copies of the book and be paid a royalty in book sales.

To submit to these competition and stand a chance of being published in the 'City Smells' book you must be a member of Edit Red, as the submission process is automated. Joining Edit Red and entering these competitions is 100% free. If you make it into the book, we will pay royalties based on book sales.

Edit Red has existed for many years and was created and is still managed today by non-fiction author Alan Emmins, creative writing teacher Chris Lee Ramsden and literary reviewer Sean Merrigan.

If you are not already a member, we hope you will join and take part in this great literary event. Visit editred.com for free membership and free entry.

Regards
Alan, Sean and Chris

Thanks for the add! Take a peek at our lineup and teasers at http://www.gudmagazine.com/vault/0!



Check out our profile for a way you can get a free piece of writing from Issue 0!

Hey, thanks for being a friend to the anthology. And because you're a friend, I'll do my best to keep the mutants and marauders off your back while you're in the ruins searching for the last remaining cans of food.

What's the anthology? Glad you asked:

Wastelands
edited by John Joseph Adams
Night Shade Books, Summer 2008

Featuring really, really good post-apocalyptic stories from: George R. R. Martin, Jonathan Lethem, Orson Scott Card, Elizabeth Bear, Neal Barrett, Jr., James Van Pelt, Cory Doctorow, John Langan, Paolo Bacigalupi, Carol Emshwiller, Dale Bailey, Richard Kadrey, M. Rickert, Catherine Wells, Jack McDevitt, Gene Wolfe, Nancy Kress, David Grigg, Tobias S. Buckell, Jerry Oltion, and more!

I just read what you submitted for the group and was wondering how much more of the story its done? I like it so far!