Amaranth (original fiction zine)

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Zine
Title: Amaranth
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Date(s): 1991
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Medium: print
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Fandom: Original Fiction
Language: English
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Amaranth is a 76-page anthology of fiction, art and poetry in the "supernatural vein" by Dovya Blacque. It has the subtitle: "Tales of the Supernatural."

Submission Request

From a 1992 submission request in Zine Scene v.2 n.1:

Original character supernatural stories. No vampires, "sword & sorcery," devil-worship themes or horror. Looking for work that stresses the sensuous in nature, the unique and unusual in theme, plot, characterization and writing style. Please SASE for guidelines before submitting! Reading and schedule; April 30-August31 of each year. Pays 1 cent per word for fiction, $2.00 per poem, $5.00 minimum per illustration. [1]

From a 1992 ad in Zine Scene v.2 n.1:

Full-color cover by Alayne. 75 perfect bound pages. Original character tales include Glitch by Delia Van Hise: Was it only a subconscious action on her part when her computer journal started answering the questions he put to it each day? Or was there truly an intelligence of some kind within the inner workings of the machine? "The Thin Place" by Wendy Rathbone: The old woman said Payne should tell no one of what she'd shown him. But Payne had always told Angelo everythinq -- absolutely everything. Plus fiction by McCrady, O'Connor, Hoffman, Bodenlos, Stuart, Bryant, Buburuz Gelfand, Grymewicz, Hensley, Howard, Reedman, Schwader, Alexander, Borkowski, Klosterman, DuPuy and more.

References

  1. ^ It appears this submission request was printed after the zine was published, probably an oversight on Zine Scene's editor.