If you don’t already know, Indie April started as a way to bring attention to small press and self-published authors. Traditional presses often have the support of large-scale marketing teams and bigger budgets which helps them get noticed in reader communities. Indie April (#IndieApril) is an informal event during April of each year to celebrate […]
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Last year we put out a call for stories written by marginalized individuals with the theme “We Deserve to Exist.” Our goal is to showcase stories featuring marginalized characters within the realm of fantasy, science fiction, and horror. We had an overwhelming number of submissions, which made choosing which stories to feature extremely difficult. There
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Release Date: Sept 2022 Estimated ARC release: Feb – March 2022 Genre: psychological horror Trigger warnings: Alcohol, self-harm, suicide Blurb: Joseph can’t live with the fact that he’s responsible for his daughter’s death. He checks into The Gate as his final destination, but after the disappearance of a guest everything begins to unravel. Days go
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Each year, during the Inked anthology open call, we also host a contest, run by our judges. Our judges read every story, grading it on a multitude of different criteria such as style, hook, theme, and pacing. Together, the judges decide the best fit for our collection. All entries are anonymous, meaning the judges are
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2022 Anthology Open Call This new open call is one that is very special to us here at Inked. The past 10 months have felt like 30 years, and it seems in many ways we are going backwards instead of making progress. So this time, we’re going to grab a spot on the stage, demand
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Inked is proud to announce that we’ve acquired Frank L Tybush V’s sci fi punk novel One Night Only! Live at the Inter-Universe Space Station! It’s Planet Claire! and their epic fantasy novel Dawn of the Betrayers. One Night Only! tells the tale of how Gabriel stumbles (literally) over an illegal punk concert and an
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The realm of psychology is fascinating. It’s ever-changing and evolving as we discover more about ourselves as humans, delving further into everything from the psyche to DNA. What we’ve realized, with all this research, is that there is this loose framework of theories that seeks to explain why we are the way we are, but
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As many of you may know, our founder is also one of the co-founders of the amazing organization known as WriteHive. Inked has hosted booths at their conference, workshops on their discord, and sponsored their most recent Horror Contest, which featured ten amazing authors who will be published in an anthology coming June 2021. But
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I finally get to announce the 15 talented authors who will be featured in this year’s Inked in Gray anthology! We are so excited to showcase these stories, all of which center around the aspect of survival. It blew my mind the vast array of interpretations of the theme. With this release, our authors tackle
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To my family this is not new knowledge, but I feel like I need to update the community and those who have supported us for so long. In every project there are always hurdles, roadblocks and other barriers to success. No dream, project, or organization is without them. We had a few things planned for
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