TOO MUCH BOOGIE:
Erotic Remixes Of The Dirty Blues
Edited by Cole Riley (Robert Fleming)
To Be Published by LL Publications (Scotland)
Deadline: August 2010
Payment: $50 and 1 copy of the anthology
Robert Fleming is looking for stories that feature
the imagination, creativity and erotic heat which were originally
used in the writing of the rural and urban “dirty” blues classics.
These torrid tales, which will be collected in the first
of a projected series, will celebrate the blues
as surrealist poetry, blues as cultural hymns, and
blues as sexual anthems.
The selected stories, a contemporary retelling of some of the most familiar themes from the blues idiom, will be gleaned from the recorded gems of the Delta blues, Chicago blues, Memphis blues, and Texas blues by such musicians as Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Robert Johnson, Bo Carter, Lil Johnson, Victoria Spivey, Charles Patton, Leadbelly,
Jimmy Reed, and Tampa Red. Some of the themes cover every facet of sexual abandon, betrayal, and obsession: the virile man, the willing woman, and the needs, impulses, cravings and urges of the sensual mating dance.
The suggested material for these stories can be found in the following albums:
Raunchy Business: Hot Nuts & Lollypops, Risque Rhythms: Nasty 50s R&B, Sugar
In My Bowl: Vintage Sex Songs 1923-1952, Dirty Blues, Sex-Rated Blues, Copulating Blues, Eat To The Beat: The Dirtiest of Them Blues, and Let Me Squeeze Your Lemon: The Ultimate Rude Blues Collection.
Stories due: August 31, 2010.
Word count: between 3,000 to 5,000 words.
This collection is primarily heterosexual but we will consider GLBT and IR themes.
Nothing gross or vulgar. Double-spaced: 12 point New Roman or Courier New.
Indent the first line of each paragraph one-half inch and do not include extra lines between paragraphs.
Please send a synopsis, author bio and story to writerrf@aol.com
Original stories only.