{"id":670,"date":"2010-09-02T10:28:51","date_gmt":"2010-09-02T14:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gwellstaylor.com\/blog\/?p=670"},"modified":"2010-10-27T10:57:49","modified_gmt":"2010-10-27T14:57:49","slug":"the-variant-effect-at-dark-valentine-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gwellstaylor.com\/blog\/?p=670","title":{"rendered":"The Variant Effect at Dark Valentine Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Thank you <strong>Dark Valentine<\/strong> magazine for <strong><a title=\"The Variant Effect\" href=\"http:\/\/darkvalentine.net\/index.php\/2010\/09\/some-of-the-best-things-in-life-are-free\/\" target=\"_self\">The Variant Effect<\/a><\/strong> shout out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/darkvalentine.net\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-673 aligncenter\" title=\"dvlogo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gwellstaylor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/dvlogo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"143\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.darkvalentine.net\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-672 aligncenter\" title=\"dvmagazine1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gwellstaylor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/dvmagazine1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"59\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gwellstaylor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/dvmagazine1.png 678w, https:\/\/www.gwellstaylor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/dvmagazine1-300x35.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I lifted the following out of Dark Valentine&#8217;s <strong>About<\/strong> section:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Dark Valentine<\/em> is a quarterly journal devoted entirely to dark  fiction, which we define as any story in any genre that is disturbing,  provocative, haunting, scary, dangerous, or any combination of those  things.  Think of classic stories like \u201cThe Mummy\u2019s Paw,\u201d \u201cThe Open  Window,\u201d \u201cThe Tell-Tale Heart,\u201d and \u201cThe Lady or the Tiger?\u201d Think of  Jack London\u2019s \u201cTo Build a Fire,\u201d William Faulkner\u2019s \u201cA Rose for Emily,\u201d  Harlan Ellison\u2019 \u201cI Have No Mouth and I Must Scream,\u201d J.D. Salinger\u2019s \u201cA  Perfect Day for Bananafish,\u201d and Tanith Lee\u2019s<em> <\/em>\u201cBecause Our Skins are Finer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ve assembled a great cast of writers, artists and editors. Check out their first <strong>FREE<\/strong> issue <strong><a title=\"Dark Valentine Summer Issue\" href=\"http:\/\/darkvalentine.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Dark_Valentine_Summer_20101.pdf\" target=\"_self\">here<\/a><\/strong>. I&#8217;m a friend and fan of many in the crew so PLEASE pop over and download an copy. Great Reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you Dark Valentine magazine for The Variant Effect shout out. I lifted the following out of Dark Valentine&rsquo;s About section: Dark Valentine is a quarterly journal devoted entirely to dark fiction, which we define as any story in any genre that is disturbing, provocative, haunting, scary, dangerous, or any combination of those things. 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