It's out guys!!!!
http://www.surrealgrotesque.com/
Yes, we have an official website.
It will link you to issuu where the actual mag is to read it, all you have to do is sign in with your facebook id with one click and you are in. It will give you a warning that this is for adults, blah blah blah.
Eventually we will host the entire mag through our site but for now we are going through issuu. It takes two seconds to sign up and read it.
I really would like more submissions from you guys. I am getting a shitload of art subs but surprisingly few writing ones. Future themed issues are serial killers, sex & death, mutations & mutilations. Things we can all relate to.
I am also not opposed to subtle stories like maybe a serial killer who likes kittens and has a family. He just happens to kill prostitutes for fun.
Hey Danny, I think I'll have something else for you soon. Remember the snippet I posted a while back that was from a 'mothers day story'?
Well I was stuck on that one and never finished it. But I have a new idea, think I might have finally cracked it. When War and bizarro workshop are through I will finish that up. Maybe sooner depending on how much writing time I get.
I think it could a good one. Right up your street. Will be a fit for either Sex & Death, or Mutations and Mutilations. Probably more likely for the latter.
Oh, your finished draft for the issue 2 story is ready man. I'll send it you over tomorrow when i'm not posting from my phone.
Officially have 345 views on Issuu and 102 likes on Facebook. That's not bad for the first week! Tell your friends, spread the word so we can expand our readership. I have made a lot of sacrifices for this project, buying the webspace and the program Adobe Indesign to layout the mag. Total price tag so far: 500 dollars.
You didn't shell out for the newest version, did you? You can torrent that shit, I did and got InDesign and Photoshop both for free. I love the way InDesign magazines look. They're a thousand times more professional and well-done than ones made in other programs. Yours looks fantastic.
Thanks Courtney. I tried to torrent it but I kept getting ones with viruses. I just bought it with my student discount. Sighs, doing the honest thing sucks and is expensive.
@Ryan--I'm sure I will, considering the subject matter, how other people will react is up to them. At least your not writing a story about how 9/11 was a lie or the holocaust was made up. Then I'm sure I'd get death threats.
Danny are you on duotrope yet? I'm sure you'll start getting a ton of subs. You should go to all the other horror zine websites and introduce yourself on the comments page so other readers/writers will see it. You'll probably start getting so many subs you won't be able to keep up.
Yes, I am on duotrope and I have been posting on other writerly websites now. Thanks guys! I have laid out 50 pages of issue 2 so far. I am very pleased with the results.
Just so you know for Issue 3, I am looking for a male serial killer model. If you know anyone let me know.
@ typewriter: hey duder. I still exist. Still write too. Just don't spend much time in the workshop anymore. Seems like few do actually, and so likewise I'm just treading the writing and rewriting waters alone, save a couple individuals who've been proofing my work.
I hope all is well, man.
Have I ever mentioned that my brain doesn't work right? If you saw this post before I edited it, then you know that my brain doesn't work right.
But I love the layout of the magazine, maybe some clearer sub-pages would be helpful on the website though, Like tabs or something, instead of one long page.
Well, I'm not sure he'd be up for modeling. He doesn't really do self-portraits. I could easily find some hot bitches to do the photo shoot, though. I'll talk to him tonight and see what he's got on the schedule, I'm pretty sure he could have a couple shots in by the end of next week if that isn't too late.
Jeremy is my new best friend. I'm glad you liked my story. That was my real blood on the suicide note. I used my diabetic poker. I literally bled for art.
Issue two is pretty full.
We have a cool model who did her own psychotic version of Alice in Wonderland based on the American Mcgee game.
serial killers is obvious.
For the sex and death issue, I want stories that combine the two is a disgusting erotic, violent bizarre parasitic way. Stories that give you herpes just by reading them.
Then with the mutations and mutilations stories, I want people who are deformed in some way. Either psychologically or physically.
Nicely done, Alien! Not sure if my style of writing would mix in with the horror show crowd, but I may give a stab to the mutation / deformities piece. I've had an idea brewing for awhile that may fit in with that theme. I used to write a ton of horror but looking back, I wasn't especially good at it. My stuff may be a bit too tame for your site, but I'll give it go!