Richard Martin

Richard started reading horror at a young age, beginning with R.L Stine's 'Goosebumps' and 'Point Horror' series. He traumatised himself at the age of twelve when he read Stephen King's 'IT' and never looked back. He is currently based in the UK where he lives with his partner and an inappropriate amount of books.

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LIMINAL MADNESS now open

 M PRESENTS PUBLISHING is now accepting submissions of 3,000-5,000 words for it's next anthology, Liminal Madness.  M Presents Publishing is looking for short stories for its forthcoming anthology: Liminal Madness.  Liminal Madness is a slight departure from the straight horror that previous anthologies had focused on; while horror is definitely a theme in this book the stories can be about anything so long as the idea of liminal space is priority. Think of the popular  Backrooms  or any place that is an eerie transition between places, a place that seems normal yet there is something... wrong: a hallway in a school that is strangely silent or a staircase that seems to keep descending with no discernable bottom. Liminal : adj: relating to a transitional or intermediate state, stage, or period Liminal Space:  noun: a state or place characterized by being transitional or intermediate in some way; informal: any location that is unsettling, uncan...
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Liminal Madness Progress

 LIMINAL MADNESS IS PROCEEDING AS PLANNED I finished choosing the stories to be published in Liminal Madness. Accepted authors have been contacted and the Author page on this website is slowly being updated. As expected, the number of stories warrants the release of a second anthology. That second anthology, tentatively titled 'Consuming Madness', looks to be roughly the same length and (while still liminal) leans more toward fear and paranoia. I confess that I'm excited by all of the stories, from those that are liminal in the popular sense, to liminal in the traditional sense, to stories of fear. To the point that I'm excited to share these stories as soon as possible. With that in mind, I intend to release both books as soon as possible. The plan is to release the digital version of both before Halloween (with 'Liminal Madness' released first) and, at least, 'Liminal Madness available as a physical book before the greatest holiday in horror circles.  With...
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Liminal Madness closed to submissions

 I'd like to thank all of the authors that submitted stories for the Liminal Madness anthology. I'm going to be reviewing the stories over the next few weeks and send out contracts once that is completed.  Once contracts are in I will begin the formatting phase. Expect publication in mid-late September. Additional information will be posted here as it becomes available.
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