Crime Fiction is a large category that has many sub categories within it. But, we want to give a general overview of what to expect here. Within the Crime Fiction category, we accept short stories or flash fiction in any genre. Historical, Modern, Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Western or anything else so long as it isContinue reading “About Crime Fiction”
Author Archives: Chris Bunton, Publisher
About Crime Travel
Are you a travel writer, or going on a vacation? How about doing a little crime travel and writing about it, and sending it to us? What is crime travel? It is non-fiction. It’s where you travel to a location of infamous crimes, or infamous criminals. Write a concise article about the trip. Give linksContinue reading “About Crime Travel”
Book Store Guidelines
If you are a writer and would like to post a link to your book, or instructions on how to purchase your physical books, we would like to help you. Make sure your books are crime related, and fit into our theme. No erotica, or extreme gore, or subjects that are extremely rough. We don’tContinue reading “Book Store Guidelines”
About Victim Recovery
Have you been affected by criminal acts? We care and would like to hear your story. It could help others. Tell us what happened. Tell us how you are coping or have over come. We care and want to give you a voice, and a way to make use of what has happened. But, weContinue reading “About Victim Recovery”
About Recovery
Tell us your true story about recovery from Drugs/Alcohol and/or the Criminal Lifestyle. What happened to you? Who helped you? How did you change your life? What was you like before? What are you like now? What are you doing now? Give us good writing in about 1500 words. Follow the Submission Guidelines.
About Reviews
We accept Book, Movie and TV reviews about books and movies that are crime related. We love movies and books on this subject and would like to see what you have to say. We would like for it to be well written, with links to the film, actors, or however you choose to do it.Continue reading “About Reviews”
About Flash Fiction
Flash Fiction for our purposes will be any writing that is fiction and is under 1000 words. Again, as with everything else in The Yard, you can write in any genre, so long as it’s crime related. A regular crime story, or a story about cops, or thieves, in a fantasy world, or space bountyContinue reading “About Flash Fiction”
About Poetry Submissions
We accept and love poetry of any style so long as it can be linked to crime in some way. For example, poems about a crime committed on you. Poems about poverty and the affects, poems about escape from the lifestyle, or drugs, or alcohol. Poems about prison. Poems about dark urges. We want truthContinue reading “About Poetry Submissions”
Submission Guidelines
These are the guidelines for submitting to The Yard. It is our intent to try and give every writer a fair treatment. Please use Times New Roman in 12 pt font. Double Spaced. Please no simultaneous submissions Please do not submit things published elsewhere. We will try to get to you in a timely manner.Continue reading “Submission Guidelines”
