black bomb books
sEEKS
writers on the edge.
VOICE
If you have a unique voice and a completed manuscript, send us a query email to [email protected] with QUERY in the subject line.
Write a short, emphasis on the short, description of your project,
and paste your sample directly in the email.
We rarely open attachments or click on links.
We publish periodically, depending on resources and the quality of submissions.
What we like:
Speculative fiction, emphasis on cynical attitudes/sexual motivation, Chuck Palahniuk-ish, edgy themes, strong voice, interesting or unique narrative, but no pedophilia or bestiality.
What we don't like:
Genre fiction, commercial fiction, anything too mainstream, knockoffs of classics, family histories, rhymed verse, traditional romance, anything historical, or Nicholas Sparks.
Write a short, emphasis on the short, description of your project,
and paste your sample directly in the email.
We rarely open attachments or click on links.
We publish periodically, depending on resources and the quality of submissions.
- FICTION: We are looking for SHORT books of fiction of between 25K-40K words. An immediate pass: commercial, historical, or genre fiction. Email us the first 3,000 words.
- MEMOIR: Make us laugh, cry, get angry, or scratch our heads. Manuscripts should be fewer than 40K words. Email us ten pages.
- POETRY: Prose, free-form, book length, haiku, show us what ya got. Email us three pieces or three pages. We're looking for collections of 20-35 poems.
What we like:
Speculative fiction, emphasis on cynical attitudes/sexual motivation, Chuck Palahniuk-ish, edgy themes, strong voice, interesting or unique narrative, but no pedophilia or bestiality.
What we don't like:
Genre fiction, commercial fiction, anything too mainstream, knockoffs of classics, family histories, rhymed verse, traditional romance, anything historical, or Nicholas Sparks.
