ANNOUNCEMENT: Sin and Redemption

The fourth issue of Ballyhoo Stories will be arriving at the home office in days. "Sin and Redemption" features seven fantastic stories and six outstanding comics.

In the issue you'll find:

Love Falling by Susan Woodring
The King and the Beast by Ray Fenwick
Goatsuckers by Stephanie Dickinson
Please Forgive Me by Corrine Mucha
Cuff by David Barringer
A Fall Apart by JP Coovert
The Landlord and Jeanne Hebuterne by Charles Antin
May the Bones You Have Crushed Rejoice by Joseph Holsapple
The Regular by Charles Haverty
The Rise and Fall of Yip the Wonder Dog by Andy Hartzell
The Dream by Mary Grabar
The Carrot and the Sausage by Simone Lia
Bunker's Chirstmas by Will Nixon

The issue also features front and back cover art by Paul Pope.

We'll be debuting this issue at MoCCA 2007 in New York City and hope those in the area can attend. For those of you who can't make it to MoCCA be sure to order a copy at the Ballyhoo Store for only $8.

We are currently accepting submissions for "Particles and Galaxies."

ANNOUNCEMENT: Crossroads & Weigh Stations Available

Ballyhoo Stories Volume 2 No 1, "Crossroads & Weigh Stations," has arrived.

In "Goldene Medene" Amy Gustine tells the story of three Polish immigrants and a doctor at Ellis Island whose lives collide at the entry to the new world; in Irina Reyn's story, "Baba Yaga," an unmarried woman becomes a thing of Russian myth; a worker on the Golden Gate Bridge tries to take on work he is unprepared and unable to handle in Andrea Worth's "Swimming the Gate, 1935"; the narrator in Felicia Sullivan's "The First Abandon," recounts her failed marriage to the tourists trapped on her tour bus; in Cass Cross's "Tracks" a family conflict leads to a long journey, while the young narrator in Cathy Barber's "No Way to Go" refuses to go anywhere; a family rebels against a mother's big career move in "Absconed"; and another family comes together after years apart to discover a hidden secret in Ginnah Howard's "Amends."

You can order "Crossroads and Weigh Stations" and our upcoming "Sin and Redemption Issue" at store.ballyhoostories.com.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Crossroads and Weigh Stations Available for Preorder

Ballyhoo Stories Volume 2 Number 1, "Crossroads and Weigh Stations" is available for preorder.

You can order "Crossroads and Weigh Stations" and our upcoming "Sin and Redemption" issue at the Ballyhoo Store. These issues are also available as a special gift to donors at the $20 to $100 level. Tax-deductible donations can be made through our fiscal sponsor, Fractured Atlas.

SUBMISSIONS: Crossroads and Weigh Stations

A reminder that the deadline for submitting to Ballyhoo Stories, "Crossroads and Weigh Stations," is November 30. We look for both literal and imaginative takes on the theme. Please see our Web site for complete guidelines.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Special Subscription Offer

Ballyhoo Stories is offering Volume 1 Number 1, "Portraits and Snapshots," for free when you subscribe for one year--three issues for the cost of two. Volume 1 Number 2, "Songs and Cacophony," will be in the Ballyhoo offices by November 7 and will feature work by Andrew Bomback, Bill Cheng, Judith Cox, Jennifer Haley, David Jordan, Paul Michel, Emily Moore, Pete Nicholson, Lara Tupper, and Kyla Wetherell.

By subscribing you help ensure that Ballyhoo Stories can continue to publish fiction and creative nonfiction. For more information on both "Portraits and Snapshots" and "Songs and Cacophony" please visit our store.