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Call: Straight, GLBT, Vanilla, and Kinky stories of Disabled Sensuality
Edited by: A.J. Bray
Title: TouchAble
Format: E-book, possibly print
Publisher: Phaze
Projected release date: mid-June 2010
Passion knows no boundaries. Nothing, not even disability, can bar the way to a hot, sexual interlude if the moment is right – and that’s what I’m aiming to showcase in the upcoming anthology, TouchAble.
I’m seeking literate, well-written stories of an erotic nature with a central character that has a disability. Wanted are pieces that empower and demonstrate the sensual abilities of those who are mobility, visually, speech, or hearing impaired. Not desired are stories that fetishize or marginalize individuals in the disabled community or that contain the standard taboos (incest, bestiality, non-consensual sex, snuff, bloodplay, underage sex (even in flashbacks), or anything involving toilet functions).
Special preference will be given to tales crafted by writers with a disability from their own perspective. This is your chance to tell the world what you love, how you love, and who you love.
Deadline: 1 February 2010
Editor receives one-time electronic and print rights to works, and contributor receives a one-time payment of $50 after publication for selected stories, plus one contributor’s copy per format (e-book initially, and paperback if chosen for print publication)
To submit stories with fewer than 12,000 words, send them in RTF format to touchablebook@gmail.com.
Make Your Own Adventure:
Writing Tips:
Before submitting a story to a contest, editor, magazine, or website, triple check your spelling and grammar. Unless it's integral to the plot, don't overuse colloquialisms or slang.
For the love of the Gods and Muses, please don't end sentences with the word, "at"! Generally speaking, it's not even necessary. Think of the godforsaken travesty, "Where's it at?" The "at" isn't even needed, as "Where's" is short for "Where is." So the sentence already says, "Where IS it?" Enough said.
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