Guy Riessen

@GuyRiessen
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Author of dark fiction and horror. Published in more than a dozen magazines and anthologies. Read my latest in Madame Gray's Poe-Pourri of Terror, and in the upcoming January issue of Cosmic Horror Monthly

VFX artist for film.

TTRPG (CoC, Delta Green, Indies mostly) and heavy board game connoisseur.

https://www.guyriessen.com

Websitewww.guyriessen.com
Guy RiessenApr 22, 2023
@[email protected] ah I rarely see the no payment markets because ive filtered them from my searches on Submission Grinder….so I’m right there with ya, ignoring those markets
Guy RiessenApr 21, 2023
@[email protected] not sure what you’re getting at here. Are you saying you feel like the semi-pro and token publishers are exploiting their anthology authors?
Guy RiessenFeb 21, 2023
Yes! Thank you @Chaosium for once again leading the TTRPG pack!
Guy RiessenJan 31, 2023
Wendy ParciakJan 31, 2023

THE FIRST LINE.

Do you spend a lot of time crafting it into the perfect hook?

Some come to me right away; others I have to work at. But not too much - or they start to feel overdone, almost tropish in their attempt to be "hooky."

#WritingCommunity #writing

Show threadGuy RiessenJan 31, 2023

@wendyparciak

The first line can't be poorly constructed, obviously, but merely needs to be an encouraging guide to the next.

Then the first couple paragraphs should be 'bait.' The metal of the hook needs to be the end of the first chapter.

As you point out, hooky first sentences are always (for me) overly contrived and 'trying too hard.'

Look at this opening line: "I smell it in the air." Intriguing...but not "hooky." Yet opens one of the most famous trilogies of all time.

Guy RiessenJan 22, 2023
JayHenge PublishingJan 6, 2023

Deadline announcement:

The deadline for The Nameless Songs of Zadok Allen and Other Things that Should Not Be is now set for March 15, 2023. Oh, yes, the Ides of March. Seemed appropriate. :)

https://jayhenge.com/callforstories.html

JayHenge Publishing

Guy RiessenJan 22, 2023
Undertow Publications ✅Jan 10, 2023

Please boost.

We're seeking help to fund issues 6 and 7 of Weird Horror magazine.

We're using our Ko-Fi to sell subscriptions.

Our target funding goal is $4800. If we reach this goal we'll double our fiction rates to 3-cents-per-word.

$2250 - writing
$2000 - art
$400 - website
$150 - design

If you're able, we'd be grateful if you helped us towards our funding goal. You'll get some great fiction, and will be helping independent publishing.

Warm wishes,

-Michael

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Guy RiessenJan 22, 2023
Maxwell MaraisJan 16, 2023
Come visit Arkham! We've got:
-scenic view of the lovely Miskatonic river valley
-the horrors
.
Illustration for Cosmic Horror Monthly
#illustration #penandink #lovecraft #arkham
Show threadGuy RiessenJan 16, 2023
@Mgellis if a story loses steam like that for me I too simply shelve it—it hasn’t fully ripened. I don’t take notes or write ideas down for later because if the idea is good, it will come back of it’s own volition and demand to be written.
Guy RiessenJan 6, 2023

Hey #Horror family,
Cosmic Horror Monthly Magazine
is now available directly through Amazon, so you can get that sweet free Prime shipping for a paperback copy!

This month features my noir horror short Not Everything Buried is Dead:
https://www.amazon.com/CHM-Magazine-31-January-2023/dp/B0BR98712Y

Amazon.com