Just sold three short stories to one publisher.

I've just sold three erotic/horror short stories (A Night of Hunger, The Den of Inequity and The Countess) to one publisher. The owner of the small publishing house had read one of the stories in the trilogy, liked it, and then wanted to see the other two. She enjoyed all three stories so much that she were purchased them after just a couple of days with plans to publish them one at a time in April, May and June of 2012. I've signed the contract and sent back my biography, the blurbs for each of the stories, along with ideas for the cover designs. I also went through a complete polish on each story this past week, hoping to catch any mistakes or errors that needed to be fixed. They're going to have an editor go over them as the publication date draws closer and get back to me with any ideas.

I'm now writing an erotic/horror short story (The House on Palomino Lane) for another publisher, who seems eager to read it. I have two thousand words written so far, but suspect it will run between 8,000 and 10,000 words in length. If they buy the story, it will be published sometime in 2012 as part of an anthology.

It's strange that I've been trying to break into the horror genre for the past two years with only a few minor sales and publications. Erotic/horror fiction, however, is a horse of a different color. I've never had any problem selling my erotica or erotic/horror fiction. The only problem is that nobody in the horror genre takes a writer of erotic/horror fiction seriously. Still, it's nice to finally have someone who enjoys reading my work and actually wants to buy it. It's definitely a shot of adrendaline in the arm.