Crooked replaced by Eastern Standard Crime

Change is always for the better or else nothing would be changed.

I have a new plan for Eastern Standard Crime, which will now incorporate my sister site Crooked Web Zine. Starting on August 5 (or maybe later that month since this is kind of short notice), Eastern Standard Crime will become a bi-weekly .PDF publication.

And guess what? I'm looking for...

CRIME FICTION SUBMISSIONS

I'm looking for award-winning, unique, pulse-pounding, face-grabbing, ubercool crime fiction. Similar to Crooked, I want something with a hardboiled kick or a crunch. I'm not looking for anything dark, poetic or disgusting. The guidelines are as follows...

• Must be 500 words or more.
• Must include a crime or something criminal.
• Must be new and unpublished.
• Format preference: block paragraphs on a Notepad or Word file. Submit them this way because that is how they will be published.

And since this is a non-profit site, this is a non-paying publication. I'm sorry. I still love you, though.

CRIME FICTION REVIEWS

Whether it be a novel or short story, I am looking for a few new reviewers to add more voices to this publication. A few people have asked me since I started this site if I would be interested in having other people do reviews. That time has finally come! Contact me if you are interested and we will discuss things. If you review for other sites, that's fine but I am not going to put something in the publication that has been posted elsewhere so this has to be original.

OTHER

• THE BULLET AWARDS will still be a monthly happening for flash fiction authors. It looks like the lack of Micro Fiction in the crime fiction genre may force me to only give out a Mini Fiction (Under 500 words) and Flash Fiction (Under 1000 words) award. Check out the guidelines in the right column over there for more info.

• Authors can feel free to plug upcoming novels in the ESC publication. Contact me if you have something coming out that you wanna put out there.

• I'd also like to put some cheesy artwork (similar to the old school Alfred Hitchcock and Ellery Queen issues) with stories. Black and white only.