short fiction
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publication that labeled itself a "megazanthus" (a
portmanteau
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This publication was distinctive in that all stories were published
anonymously
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, with the identities of contributing authors being normally withheld until the following issue, an arrangement intended to temporarily strip the reader of any prejudices surrounding the author's name (including popularity, gender and place of origin), and thus level the playing field for the writer. (Later issues did not follow this exact model.)
History
The first issue of ''Nemonymous'', subtitled ''A Journal of Parthenogenetic Fiction and Late Labelling'', appeared in November 2001. Nine issues were published through July 2010. The final four editions were more like books than journals: ''Zencore'' (2007), ''Cone Zero'' (2008), ''Cern Zoo'' (2009) and ''Null Immortalis'' (2010).
All stories saw their first publication in ''Nemonymous''. A few notable republications after appearing in ''Nemonymous'': "The Assistant To Dr Jacob" by Eric Schaller and "England and Nowhere" by Tim Nickels were chosen for
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror
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anthologies. "Scenes From an Unfinished Film" by Gary McMahon was chosen for Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror. "The Lion's Den" by Steve Duffy was chosen for ''The Weird'' edited by
Ann
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Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the ...
and
Jeff VanderMeer
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Two stories apparently remain anonymous in perpetuo: the influential "Vanishing Life and Films of Emmanuel Escobada" and "George the Baker." Also, Nemonymous Two in 2002 is reputed to have published the world's first blank story. And Nemonymous Six existed only through its non-existence, according to records.
''Nemonymous'' published brand new fiction by many authors including stories by:
Allen Ashley, Daniel Ausema, Stephen Bacon, Tony Ballantyne, Rosalind Barden,
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, David J. Brown, Tim Casson,
Mike Chinn
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Chinn has been nominated for the British Fantasy Award for Best Collection and Best Short Story.
He created the Anglerre fantasy series and Robot Kid ...
Brendan Connell
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, Lesley Corina, Gary Couzens, Jetse de Vries, Steve Duffy, Lawrence Dyer,
Scott Edelman
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Career
In the 1970s, he worked in American comic books, in particular writing horror comics for both Marvel Comics and DC Comics. For Marvel he cr ...
Rhys Hughes
Rhys Henry Hughes (born 1966, Cardiff, Wales) is a Welsh fantasy writer and essayist.
Career
Born in Cardiff, Hughes has written in a variety of forms, from short stories to novels.
His long novel ''Engelbrecht Again!'' is a sequel to Mauric ...
, Derek John, Paul Kane, Michael Kelly, Rachel Kendall, A. J. Kirby,
Jay Lake
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Joel Lane
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Bob Lock
Bob Lock (born 1949) is a Welsh science fiction and fantasy writer.
Biography
Bob Lock was born in 1949, in Gower Peninsula, Gower near Swansea.
His work first appeared on Youwriteon.
Bibliography
* ''The Leaf in the Stone'', published in C ...
, Tony Lovell, Gary McMahon,
William Meikle
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Cameron Pierce
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Joseph S. Pulver
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, Jamie Rosen, Iain Rowan, Eric Schaller,
Ekaterina Sedia
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, Jacqueline Seewald,
Marge Simon
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Biography
Early life
Marge Simon was born in Bethesda, Maryland, but grew up in Boulder, Colorado.
Education and career
She received her B ...
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Sarah Singleton
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Biography
Singleton was born in Thornbury in 1966, and was educated at the Univers ...
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Steve Rasnic Tem
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Rasnic attended college at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and also at Virginia Commonwealth University. He earned a B.A. in English educ ...
, G. W. Thomas,
Lavie Tidhar
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, John Travis, S. D. Tullis,
Mark Valentine
Mark Valentine is an English short story author, editor and essayist on book-collecting.
Short stories
Valentine's short stories have been published in a number of collections and in anthologies. ''The Collected Connoisseur'' (Tartarus Press, 2010 ...
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Jeff VanderMeer
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Science fiction magazine
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Science fiction magazines traditionally featured speculative fiction in short story, novelette, nov ...
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Fantasy fiction magazine
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Horror fiction magazine
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Major horror magazines
Defunct magazines
*''The Arkham ...
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