A few months ago I announced that I was beginning a website
for mystery/thriller/crime writers and their fans called thrillsandmystery.com.
The basic idea was for indie pulp writers to post a fraction of a short which
readers would upvote for inclusion in an anthology. But the community never got
excited about that idea. So I’m tweaking it.
Beginning next year, I’m adding a podcast element. Once a
week I’ll release an audio version of one of the stories, so people who find
the website can subscribe to the podcast, or vice versa. Stories included in
the podcast will be bookended with front and back matter promoting the featured
writer so we can promote your website, your blog, your Amazon author page, or your
newsletter, or whatever you like.
Stories featured on the podcast will also appear in the
anthology, and the writer can have the option to read his/her story him/her
self if he/she prefers.
The idea here is discoverabilty. This only works if we blog
about it, share on social media, mention it in interviews, etc. I’m paying for
the webhosting out of pocket. There will be an rss feed and availability through
iTunes. And all YOU have to do is submit stories and tell people about YOUR
story.
So come on, dust off that revenge story you wrote a few
years ago, or finish that heist yarn you began but never finished, or write up
that nightmare you had last week where you were being chased through an old
vacant apartment building, and submit it. I don’t ask for any ownership, just
the right to podcast it and include it in an anthology.
What are you waiting for?
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