BOOKS BY D.L. RUSSELL

Is the Corona Virus the end of the world, or just the end of the world as we know it?No ,atter how you view tomorrow, the consensusis nothing will ever be the same.

NOBODY GOES OUT ANYMORE asks 16 of todays most diverse creaters of Speculative Fictionto show us their visions of the future and the results ranged from hopeful to full blown Conspiratorial Paranoia.

NOBODY GOES OUT ANYMORE explores tomorrow with a critical, unflinching eye. A tomorrow jeaporized by our actions in the past. Is Covid-19 our Extinction Level Event or just another step in our evolution?

Tales of Speculative Fiction from today's most creative and paranoid minds. If a secret society exists, this anthology gives you an inside look at their playbook and why they need to control every aspect of our lives.

Follow M. Francis Patterson into the realm of "Neo-Negro Folklore." Embrace his brutally honest protrayal of our most memorable neighborhood characters in ways we can't, even though we see them daily; on the corner, at our post funeral gatherings, and even our coveted soul food establishments.

With A SCANDLE AND OTHER THINGS..., Patterson visualizes the black experience with a leap into the unusual situations we're most often to afraid or embarrassed to talk about. The ghost we saw in the hall the other day, the little man who believes his mother has been trying to kill him, or the seemintly harmless inanimate object we've always suspected of having a mind of its own.

A SCANDLE AND OTHER THINGS..., is truth and life from the mind of a master of observation and will leave you convinced you know someone just like every character within its pages.

 Vampires, Werewolves, Ghouls, Witches, Ghosts, Invading Aliens, Dealings with the Devil and more... believing every writer of Horror should create a distinctive take on these classic themes and characters D.L. Russell offers 15 thrilling and unforgettable tales...Hell is an Awfully Big City: Annexation is an expansion of D.L. Russell's 9-story collection and is sure to have something for every lover of Horror! 

 Those everyday items, most created to serve the living, are all around us. Our homes, our furniture, and even that can holding the peas you added to last night’s casserole, are usually not given a second or sometimes, even a first thought. They all came from somewhere, someplace with a history that shaped them. Imagine them being aware of their own existence, their own purpose, and their own well being. Now imagine them being just like us; filled with love, ambition, fear, anger, and even hate. After reading THE INANIMATES I, you will never look at your surroundings in the same simplistic manner, you will never take them for granted, and you will never blindly trust them again… 

 An anthology of the Best Horror, Fantasy, and Science Fiction from Strange, Weird, and Wonderful Magazine online. Master works of speculative fiction from Abra Staffin Wiebe, Drew Arrants, D. L. Russell, Mary Patterson Thornburg, Todd Robinson, Matt Walker, Mason Kuldinow, Matthew Sideman, Joel Arnold, Stephen Goldsmith, R. J. Sullivan, M. Francis Patterson, C. L. Rossman, Dina Leacock, Terry W. Ervin II, A. K. Sykora, Mary Brunini McArdle, & Bruce Memblatt.

Second anthology of Strange, Weird, and Wonderful Publishing of material previously published in the former magazine, Strange Weird and Wonderful.
Sharon Black and D.L. Russell always knew they presented good
material in the stories and artwork for Strange, Weird, and
Wonderful Magazine, so to put together two anthologies of the
best material from the past, was a no brainer. 'But from this day
on, we must prove ourselves all over again.' 

 Erotica. Short stories written with African-American readers in mind. Modern themes of sexuality and it's evolution throughout the early years of the new millennium. 

It's been happening since the beginning of time and this first series highlights just how common it is when two or more consenting adults decide to barter goods, services, money, and sex.

BOOKS BY D. L. RUSSELL is primarily a publisher of all sub-genres of Speculative Fiction. Although we have only published collections and anthologies to date, we are open to novels within the same category.

Before initiating a submission, Writers should query us via email to submissions@booksbydlrussell.com

BOOKS BY D. L. RUSSELL is primarily a publisher of all sub-genres of Speculative Fiction. Although we have only published collections and anthologies to date, we are open to novels within the same category.

Before initiating a submission, Writers should definitely read some of our previously published erotica and then query with a 500 word example of their style of erotica via email to submissions@booksbydlrussell.com

SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED MARCH 31, 2025

WORKING TITLE:

Zombies in the New Normal

STORY QUANTITY  - 12 TO 15

WORD COUNT - 3000 TO 12,000

PAY - $100/Story

GENRE - Real World Based Zombie Horror

SUBMISSION DEADLINE - 31/MARCH/2025

RELEASE DATE 1/MAY/2025

FORMAT - Word document. Un-indented. Single space with double spaces between paragraphs.

Stories from editor's prompts have the best chance of acceptance.

SUBMIT TO - submissions@booksbydlrussell.com

The stories in this anthology will be by individual writers, but each story will share a common thread of parameters as background.

THE REASON FOR THE SUBMISSION EXTENSION IS THAT BASED ON THE KINDS OF STORIES SUBMITTED, THERE WAS A HUGE MISUNDERSTANDING WITH THE ACTUAL THEME. THIS WAS 100% OUR FAULT AND NOT THE FAULT OF ANY OF THE WRITERS.

MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, ZOMBIES IN THE NEW NORMAL IS AN ANTHOLOGY ABOUT AMERICANS YEARNING TO GET BACK TO DOING AMERICAN THINGS IN A WORLD WHERE ZOMBIES ARE A THREAT TO OUR WAY OF LIFE. EACH STORY SHOULD EITHER BLATANTLY, SUBTLY, OR EVEN SUBLIMINALLY CONVEY THIS THROUGH ACTION, PLOT, CHARACTERIZATION OF HORROR AND ALL ITS SUB GENRES.

THINK AMERICANS REFUSING TO LIVE IN A DYSTOPIAN WORLD!

ANTHOLOGY PARAMETERS

* No Zombie is just a Zombie. They were all once human and deep inside they still have aspects of their general and personal humanity. They know they have become Zombies, but that doesn't mean they all have to like it. They can't help what they have become.

* All Zombies must eat human brains. There is something within human brain tissue that Zombies ingest in order to stay in their undead state. If they don't consume enough of this tissue, they will die-die. There is no coming back from this state of dead.

* Zombies can't speak in the way humans do but they can communicate with other of their kind telepathically. This is a learned skill and the better one becomes, the more Zombies they can reach out to and communicate with at once. Most Zombies can only communicate with those they know, and for many there must be a direct line-of-site between them. When a Zombie tries to speak using their mouth, the only sounds they can make are monster-like gibberish, full of snarls and growls.

* Just like Humans, any Zombie with a physical or mental handicap will have limitations based on that handicap. A Zombie with a damaged or missing leg will not be able to catch a human running with two good legs, for example. And a Zombie with ADHD as a Human would still be hampered by such a diagnosis. Bad teeth and any other illness could impact how effective a Zombie is at surviving. Zombies also do not have eyes rotting out, limbs randomly falling off or teeth falling out.

*Stories CANNOT take place near the time of the initial outbreak. Stories should be well established beyond the 5th year of the beginning of the Zombie Apocalypse timeline.

* At its heart, this anthology is about America and the sometimes blind resilience to carry on. These stories hint at that resilience and acceptance of this "New Normal."