.... because it's by no means a certainty that there will be one. Self having made such a bodge of providing finishing touches to 'The Worst of the Vault Advent Calendar' sampler (now scheduled for
2018 2019), could be there's little appetite for another dose of seasonal suffering, but thought I'd ask. To save time, have paraphrased relevant stuff from last years appeal.
Chrissie Demant ****
What we need! Short horror & supernatural fiction, conte cruels, illustrations, bonus stuff for exciting 'Vault stocking fillers' department that nobody ever reads. Everything.
Guidelines.
Just look at previous calendars.
Alternatively, suggested themes include spectres, mummies, pervy priests & creepy nuns, trad. ghouls, man-eating plants, black sorcery, gorgons, sport-horror crossovers, nature is revolting, women in peril, giant insects, MAD SCIENTISTS, werewolves, haunted benches, vampires, spicies, grave-robbers,
The Festering rip-offs ... whatever you fancy.
NO BRAINY STUFF NOBODY CAN UNDERSTAND. NO NICENESS.
NEW FACES, OLD FACES EQUALLY WELCOME.
Want to join the VAC scene? Please send your stories & pics, etc to whitechapelgothic
AT.gmail.com and will get back to you ASAP .
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Advanced warning. Without being even more of a drama queen than usual, run up from now to new Year will see much of my idle time consumed in battling a substantial amount of real-life crap. Consequently, opportunities to scan vintage material/ fire off aggressive begging emails to friends and associates will be so limited as to be non-existent. If there's been little by way of proof-reading in the past, I can guarantee that this time there will be none whatsoever. Even should we achieve minor miracle of acquiring 24 stories, potential for entire project flat-lining at any given moment is very real.