From the Asylum regretfully announces that it will be shuttering its doors in the coming months.

At this point, the online portion will run through July.

As of April 1, 2009, we are closed to all future submissions.

We are finishing selecting fiction for the final issues.  You will hear from us by the end of April one way or the other.

The Things Aren't What They Seem anthology is in process and *will* be published while FTA is still up and running.

Similarly, the final yearly anthology will be coming out during the last month of our online presence.  It will contain all stories that have not yet been anthologized, including those of the last months of FTA.

While it was a fun run, and we have hopes of bringing it back, at this time life and financial constraints are making it too difficult to come out with a monthly paying publication.

Thank you for all your readership and submissions in our years. 

Good luck!

From The Asylum is currently looking for:

• Flash Fiction (1,000 words or less)
• Short fiction (1,001 words to 10,000 words)
• Poetry (no length requirements)

Flash fiction and short fiction should be some form of speculative fiction - science fiction, fantasy, horror, or just plain strange.  Humor is a definite plus.  Make sure it is speculative, not just a run-of-the-mill we find aliens in deep space piece.  Do not send war stories or romance stories.  Those stories have their place, but it is not on this website.  Poetry should be interesting.  Free verse is preferred, but we judge more on creativity and enjoyment than anything else.  No love poetry.  No "dark" poetry about how wonderful it is to be a vampire.  Read what we have bought in the past.  We reject more poetry than anything else at this point because it does not fit our needs.

CURRENT NEED:
Right now, we're looking for quality short fiction, flash fiction and poetry. 

  Send us your best fiction and your strange poetry!

You can submit your work by email (paste your documents into an email - no attachments, please) or by snail mail.  If you do your submission by snail mail, please be sure to include a SASE if you'd like your work returned. 

• Please make sure that your Subject line states “Submission” at some point (we don’t care where, as long as it’s in the line).
• We accept simultaneous submissions, as long as it is noted in the submission that it is a sim submission.
• We accept multiple submissions, but we suggest that you don’t send too many at once.
• Some additional guidelines that we didn't think were necessary (but after getting seriously creeped out, they had to get added):
  • NO necrophilia. NONE.
  • NO bestiality. NONE. (This includes anyone in animal form having sex with anyone NOT in animal form.)
  • NO "snuff" stories. Really, really NONE.
  • We're not an erotic e-zine; if you want to write a story in which the main purpose is sex, find another market. We have nothing against sex scenes; it's just that when a story is composed of interlocking sex scenes with a plot tacked on in the last three paragraphs, we probably don't want it.
• General Additional Guidelines that have nothing to do with us getting creeped out.
  • No photos of yourself, please.
  • We currently do not need any artwork. We will post when we are looking. We are working exclusively with one artist right now.
  • Cover letters are not necessary. All we need is your name, phone number (in case there is a problem with your email), and email address. Please provide a short bio that can be used if we choose to publish your story. If you do wish to write a cover letter, please feel free, but it is not a requirement.
  • If you're sending a hard copy manuscript to the PO Box, please remember to send a SASE and let us know if the manuscript is disposable or not.
  • Nothing good comes folded in three.
    

Generally, we take approximately 4 to 6 weeks to respond to submissions, but occasionally we do take longer. You will receive an email confirmation if your submission is received, and it will tell you our current response time. If you don’t receive a confirmation within 48 hours of submission, assume it got lost somewhere (whether filtered to SPAM or whatnot).

Please send your work to:
From The Asylum Books and Press
PO Box 1519
Dickinson, TX 77539-1519