SpectralBoo Zine Announces First Issue

[Gary Compton]

SpectralBoo Zine is a collaboration between the award winning Spectral Press and Tickety Boo Press Ltd.

As well as a short story competition, there will be poetry, reviews, SFF news, Vintage Genre Films, interviews with the great and the good. Columns by James Scott Marryat, Aty on Art, and the Judge will be laying down her writing law.

Both Simon Marshall Jones of Spectral and Gary Compton are said to be very excited about this opportunity.

The Zine willl be published quarterly for the moment on various platforms including Amazon and will be completely FREE. A paper version will also be available but there will be a cover price on that to cover printing costs.

Check out our website Spectral Boo | Ezine from Spectral Press and Tickety Boo Press and here is the March cover:

 

[Boneman]

Onwards and Upwards!! Great collaboration, well done, Gary!

 

[Mouse]

Sounds good, Gary!

Shouldn't it be Preditors and Editors though? Not pre-editors.

 

[thaddeus6th]

Sounds great

When's the first issue due?

 

[Gary Compton]

Thanks Mouse. Have sorted that. It's coming out 1st March

 

[Mouse]

Luvverly. (Do we win a weekend break at your house? )

 

[thaddeus6th]

I'll keep my eyes peeled for it.

Mouse, surely a weekend at Gary's house is the booby prize?

 

[Gary Compton]

Luvverly. (Do we win a weekend break at your house? )

No it's at a old coaching house owned by the Duke of Northumberland click here. It's amazing inside.

I will if the winner wants to, take them around some of the attractions like Bamburgh or Alnick castle. There is loads to see up here.

 

[Stephen Palmer]

Good luck with this, Gary.

 

[ratsy]

Good stuff Gary. Congrats and best of luck!

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Ooooh, looks good! Congrats!

 

[Mr Orange]

looks good gary...

did i notice a banner advertising your next anthology, (Magic, Metal and Steam) as well?

 

[Mouse]

Um... just having a quick shoofty at the site (instead of doing any actual work in the office) and I'm wondering if you're confusing the term 'bromance' with something else? You're saying no bromance stories. A bromance is just two close male friends. So no stories with male friends? Seems odd.

If you're thinking it means gay romance, it doesn't. And surely gay romance (which presumaly would include bi & lesbian romance?) would all just be covered under the romance banner.

Confused of Somerset.

 

[Rafellin]

"W H Pugmire
Talks about his passion for J P Lovecraft"

Shurely shum mishtake.

 

[Gary Compton]

Um... just having a quick shoofty at the site (instead of doing any actual work in the office) and I'm wondering if you're confusing the term 'bromance' with something else? You're saying no bromance stories. A bromance is just two close male friends. So no stories with male friends? Seems odd.

If you're thinking it means gay romance, it doesn't. And surely gay romance (which presumaly would include bi & lesbian romance?) would all just be covered under the romance banner.

Confused of Somerset.

Just no love stories. It's horror, ghosts, the supernatural or variations of.

 

[Gary Compton]

"W H Pugmire
Talks about his passion for J P Lovecraft"

Shurely shum mishtake.

No, why?

 

[Mouse]

Should be H not J, Gary.

Just no love stories. It's horror, ghosts, the supernatural or variations of.

Ok, cool. You might want to get rid of the no 'bromance' thing then. Bromance isn't a genre (Merry and Pippin in Lord of the Rings are a bromance, for example). You just need 'No romance/erotica or YA.' (I'm presuming no erotica.)

 

[Ursa major]

H P Lovecraft.




(Now if ever a name should have become associated with saucy romances.... )

 

[Gary Compton]

Should be H not J, Gary.



Ok, cool. You might want to get rid of the no 'bromance' thing then. Bromance isn't a genre (Merry and Pippin in Lord of the Rings are a bromance, for example). You just need 'No romance/erotica or YA.' (I'm presuming no erotica.)

That's what it says, Mouse, Ursa - on erotica, don't mind if it's done right.

 

[Mouse]

That's what it says, Mouse, Ursa - on erotica, don't mind if it's done right.

You've lost me. What what says?

It says JP Lovecraft and it should be HP.

Also, your ezine page says: just about everything except romance, bromance or YA. Which is deeply confusing as 'bromance' isn't a genre - what you're saying by 'no bromance' is 'no stories featuring male friendship.' Which is weird.