Crimson Melodies is announcing its intention to make an official foray into the wide world of publishing, as Crimson Melodies Publishing, LLC. We haven’t filed our articles of organization just yet, but this announcement is our way of getting the word out there because…

We need writers.

With the world of digital publishing continuously opening new doors, the only real limit to what’s being done is what can be imagined. Crimson Melodies is a genre environment – specifically urban fantasy, dark fantasy, paranormal, supernatural and just a hint of romance dealing with any of the above. There are teeming masses of these kinds of stories being released every day, and our intention is to continue producing our own additions of unique and quality works.

New for this year, we’d like to introduce Bloodtide.

It’s not a novel. Or at least, it’s not just one novel.
It’s not an anthology. Or at least, it’s not just any anthology.

Digital books are now mainstream. This would be a digital magazine, akin to a pulp magazine in digital format.

It’s called an Ezine. There’s no real formula to how to make or offer an Ezine because it’s a specific territory of e-publishing that hasn’t been completely explored yet.

Here at Crimson Melodies, we have ideas a-plenty about presenting an Ezine that will be welcoming both to readers and the writers that contribute to it. There will be a website. There will be Kindle format. There will also be B&N, Apple, Sony, Kobo, Diesel, and Smashwords distribution. There will be promotions, and circulation, and possibly even an annual, or semi-annual, print edition.

But what it really will be is a collection of stories from talented writers who author fiction of the urban fantasy, dark fantasy, paranormal romance varieties. Some of the content will be serialized novels that span across several issues of the Ezine, others will be serial short-stories that readers can look forward to every month, and the rest… well, that’s where we’re hoping to solicit interest beyond our already established contacts.

If you’d like to know more about Bloodtide,  follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, or add our RSS feed to your favorite reader. More announcements will follow as we work out concrete details with the authors who have already agreed to contribute.

Writers, if you think you might be interested in being a part of Bloodtide, please check out our submission guidelines.

We’re also looking for contributors to an untitled short-story anthology slated for 2012 publication. More details can be found on the submission guideline page.