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Bad-Ass Faeries 4 - It's Elemental
edited by Danielle Ackley-McPhail, L. Jagi Lamplighter,
Lee C. Hillman, and Jeffrey Lyman
Submit To: Danielle Ackley-McPhail
Familiarity with the existing Bad-Ass Faeries titles is recommended if you have not submitted to us previously. They are your best guide to the types of stories we are looking for in this series. You can fine excepts at www.badassfaeries.com/excerpts.htm or you can find the complete books for sale in print or ebook via the publisher's website or on the major book-selling sites.
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Deadline: July 1, 2011
Release Date: May
2012
Word Limit: 3500 to 7000 words, MAX
Premise: A collection of unconventional stories about
bad-ass elemental faeries with a focus on urban fantasy. Faeries should
interact with the human world in some capacity visualized as tough, and for
this collection, in a logical profession that is linked to their element:
truckers, deep-sea fishermen, cowboys, police, firemen, freedom fighters,
crocodile wrestlers, paratrooper, sled-dog driver, etc. We are not really looking for specific known figures from faerie mythology so
much as types of faeries from myth and legend with a very clearly defined
affinity for one specific element. (Please see below for some recommendations, and also note the category for those already spoken for).
Earth Air Fire Water Spirit Taken
Book will have four (or five) sections, one for each element:
Earth, Air, Fire, Water, (Spirit). This means that competition will be fiercer
because we will be accepting stories by section as well as by overall quality.
Submission Don’ts
1) Don’t call your faeries elementals, we want specific
faeries from myth and legend that are affiliated to one of the elements. Please see below for some recommendations.
2) Don’t include faeries from all of the elements in your
story…it will not improve your chances and it will limit us in our ability to
select and place a story. Each story should have one primary element
incorporated into the plot. Not saying you can’t mention the others or have
them as secondary aspects of the story, but we don’t want a bunch of
submissions that are Gang of Four style or this element against that element.
We want bad-ass stories of elemental faeries using their unique natures to get
the job done…whatever it is.
3) Please note that we are not looking for erotica, or extreme violence, language, or gore.
Submission Do’s
1) Use standard submission format: Double spaced, tab
indent (NOT auto indent), double hyphen with no spaces before or after to
indicate emdashes. Ellipses with no spaces before or after. Use the actual
formats for bold, italics and underline. Formatting Guidelines.
2) Include COMPLETE contact information at the top of your
submission. Snailmail and email address, including phone number.
3) Include a short author bio with your submission (do
NOT use all caps or quotation marks to indicate titles, please make sure they
are Title Case and in italics.)
4) Authors MUST submit a proposal before writing and
submitting their stories. This is the only way we can avoid overlap among the
submissions. The editors do not want to be put in a position of having to
reject an otherwise exemplary story because it happens to have too many
similarities to something we have already accepted.
5) Include an author’s note about the specific type of
faerie you have selected for absolute clarity and to provide some background
information to the editors about the particular myth dealing with that faerie.
This is optional, but helpful. Anything that makes the editors’ jobs easier is
a good thing.
Specifics:
Publisher: Mundania Press, www.mundania.com
Collection will be published in print, ebook and possibly
limited edition hardcover.
Contributors will receive one comp copy of the book and
an equal share of the royalties, which are 20% for print and 50% for electronic.
ELEMENTAL FAERIES
All the below faeries have been gleened from internet searches and the recommendations of others so please do research whatever faerie you chose to confirm it is appropriate for the indicated element. You are not limited to the below selections, but if you chose something else you need to provide references to why that particular faerie is affiliated with the element you propose.
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Earth
Bally Bogs - forest spirits
Dockalfar - (Norse) dark elves that are blacker than pitch and live beneath the ground
Dwarves - They are short, stocky and strong. If they are struck by sunlight, they
will turn to stone.
Faun - faerie creatures of fertility, agriculture, and wine. Their lower body is that of a deer and they play the flute.
Fauni - guardians of the forest and fields
Ghillie Dhu - (Scotland) tree guardians that dislike humans.
Goblins - evil or mischievous creature related to the gnome.
Gnome - An elemental being that governs and exists within
the Earth. Guardian of the mines.
Grim - wail foretells death of those who are ill. Appears as a large black dog or an owl.
Naga - night elves that have transformed into vengeful sea serpents.
Oni - (Japan) demon creatures, fearful, strong and giant.
Piskies - mischievous faeries that love practical jokes and lead travelers astray. They like the land and caves.
Satyr - A lascivious woodland deity that is part man and
part goat, also called the hairy one. (Greek)
Shefro - male faeries that lead travelers astray in the woods. The wear a red cap and green coat.
Wichtlein - A mine-fairy that announces death by knocking
three times. (German) Also called Knockers.
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Air
Anthropophagi - (England) A headless cannibal faerie. Name translates to man-eating.
Ariel - the king of air elementals, and controls all the powers of air.
Caccavecchia - elves that cause nightmares and strange sounds in the night.
Guriuz - bring good weather to farmers.
Hyter Sprites - (East Anglian) faeries that appear as birds, admonish parents for neglecting children, and return lost children.
Kamaitachi - Japanese wind spirit (appears as three
weasels)
Kumbhandas - Hindu wind spirits
Lauru - a race of sprites affiliated with air. Diminutive and rarely seen during the day.
Orchi - mean-spirited giants that live in the clouds.
Sila - (Inuit) a spirit that lives far above the earth and controlled the weather, but punishes human
misdeeds with sickness and bad weather.
Thunderbird - (Native American) a supernatural bird of power and strength, not one you wish to anger
P-son-en - native American snow bird
Vily or Vile s. Vila or Veela
[‘Whirlwind'] - (fairies that appear during storms.
Zephyrs - (air) the guardians of the winds.
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Fire
Djinn - (Arabian) the offspring of fire, the good are beautiful the evil hideous. They can shapeshift as various animals or be invisible as they wish. (jinn or genie)
Drachen/Drake - Dragon, fire elemental
Efreeti - demon/djinn like creatures with a code of honor, associated with volcano. They enjoy evenly matched fights.
Firebirds/Phoenix - magical bird that never dies, reborn from the ashes of its own pyre.
Querciola - spirits that are particularly friendly to lovers.
Raiju - Japanese Thunder beast...animal but made of
lightning or fire.
Salamander - A nature spirit that dwells within the
element of fire.
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Water
Alp Luachra - (Irish) evil faerie, invisible unless someone falls asleep by a stream. Turns into a newt and crawls down the person's throat to their stomach where it eats any food that is consumed.
Alven (Netherlands) faeries that trap themselves in a bubble to fly since they don't have wings. They can also appear wearing an otter skin. They live in lakes, rivers, and ponds. Their enemies are fish.
Ceffyl-Dwr - A flying water horse related to the fairy.
Each Uisge - A supernatural water horse that feeds on
human flesh.
Encantado - A dolphin-like being with the ability to
shape shift into human form.
Fir Darrig - (Irish) faerie known for being a practical joker. Can appear larger than he is, depicted as ugly.
Glaistig - could change her shape from woman, to half-woman, half-goat, to full goat. Lure passersby to carry her over the water then would devour them.
Gwragedd Annwn - traditionally Welsh
water fairies, who occasionally take human men for husbands.
Gwyllion - A Scottish water fairy. They are mostly seen as a hairy
men or hideous female spirits who waylay and mislead travelers by night on the
mountain roads. Mountain fairies like to sit on rocks on either side of a
mountain path and silently watch people as they pass by.
Kelpie - A supernatural water horse found near lakes and
rivers in Scotland.
Merrow - A mermaid with green hair that lives off the
coast of Ireland.
Naiad - A nymph associated with streams, lakes, springs
and other bodies of freshwater.
Nixies - Faeries with green teeth and hats.
Nucklelavee (Scotland) malevolent sea faeries.
Octomaid - A being with the upper body of a woman and the
lower body of an octopus.
River-Witch - A mermaid-like being.
Rusalka - (water) A type of mermaid known for seducing and killing
human men. (Slavic)
Sea-trow - A monkey-faced sea creature with webbed
fingers and seaweed hair. (Scottish)
Selkie - A seal-like being with the ability to shapeshift
into human form.
Sprites - faeries found in cool, serene places. Very creative.
Urisk - (Scotland) a male water faerie, lonely but frightens people away because he is very ugly.
Vodyanai - (water) an unfriendly faerie that lives in a crystal palace at the bottom of a river, lake or sea. Decorates his palace with treasure from shipwrecks and can trap humans underwater as slaves, allowing them to breath as he does.
Water Nymph - A female nature goddess or spirit living in
or near water. (Greek)
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Spirit - Aether (or Spirit) was one of the five Greek elements - Aristotle talked
about it as the immutable stuff in which the heavens exist.
Amatsu-Otome - Japanese angel-like female spirits.
Deva - (Persian) Appear as small spheres of light. Nature spirits.
Filendieres & Spinners of the Night - They are average human size.
They are known to punish the lazy. They will encourage people that work hard and
give them strength. They appear as ghosts. They are seen as ladies of long white
dresses, extremely beautiful, pale with blonde hair.
Fylgiar - (Iceland) Attached to one person, they appear to them at the time of their death, letting them know if it will be peaceful, painful, or calm. If they appear mangled, the person will die a horrible and painful death.
Ikiryo - Japanese spirit dog.
Leanan Sidhe - bad spirit fairies, vampiric. Appear to only one person and to them they are beautiful. To everyone else they are invisible. They inspire poets and minstrels but as they do they draw on their life force until they die.
Palos - elemental sprits of the North linked to creativity
Tien - actually means
heaven or sky. So the sky fairies are also called Heavenly fairies.
Willies - from Giselle, which was a favorite when I was
a kid...they are wispy things who came from the spirits of women who died due
to love.
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TAKEN
Akua - (fire) shapeshifting fae from Hawaii.
Aguane - (water) female spirits that love to wear red. They have a red cap that imparts invisibility.
Angiri - (fire) Hindu, divine messengers that give fire.
Apsuras - (air) Hindu cloud spirits.
Banshee - (spirit) When someone close in the family is dying, a Banshee, (female spirit) will make
a wailing sound. This wailing sound is the signal that death is approaching
Basadone - (air) (Italy) Known as the woman-kisser. He rides the noonday breeze and steals kisses from women.
Boggarts - (earth) A breed of half elf and half fairy. a type of gnome only dirty and unkempt. Malicious and bad-tempered.
Bogles - (earth) Villainous goblins that will do harm to liars and murderers.
Bakeneko - (fire or spirit) Japanese ghost cat that can create ghostly
fires.)
Daemon - (spirit) Greek spirits of wisdom or the intellect
Disir - (spirit) Norse, spirit
women associated with fate.
Disir - (earth) landspirit
Dryad - (earth) A forest nymph, each one born to live with and
protect a certain tree.
Efreeti - (fire) demon/djinn like creatures with a code of honor, associated with volcano. They enjoy evenly matched fights.
Fates - (spirit) they control the destiny of men
Folletti(o)- (Italy) (air) faeries that ride storms and cause dust devils. They are male. Mischievous and annoying, their feet point backwards.
Gargoyle - (earth) A grotesque creature with the ability to
appear as a stone statue.
Gianes - (earth) Wood elves known for their master weaving and divination, scrying by means of their spinning wheels.
Green Man - (earth) a spirit of the forest
Hu fa - (spirit) Buddhist guardian spirits that protect the
faithful from evil.
Huldra - (earth) a beautiful faerie with either a hollow or bark-covered back, or animal tail. Good to those who are polite, but they turn on who are not nice.
Huupírit (rakiciirikiisu) - (Pawnee) warrior spirit
Kobold - (German) (earth) faeries that dwell in mines and torment humans.
Liosalfar - (air) (Norse) light elves that live in the air, Alfheim [or Gimle] situated in the third heaven. Pretty and benign.
Lorelei - (German) (water) similar to the Greek sirens, she sings from the rocks and lures sailors to their deaths.
Lung - (water) Chinese river-spirit dragons.
Menehunes - (fire) the faerie folk of Hawaii, the children of Pele.
Mermaid - (water) A being with an upper body that resembles a
human and a fish-like lower body.
Nereid - (water) A nymph associated with the Mediterranean
Sea.
Nickar - (water) A sea demon.
Oceanid - (water) A nymph associated with the oceans and other
bodies of saltwater. (Greek)
Oreads - (earth) mountain nymphs
Pari - (Persian) (fire) A beautiful fairy born of fire.
Phooka - (Irish) (air) a mischievous shapeshifting kobold that entices people to mount, leads them a wild ride and then dumps them in the water.
Redcap - (fire) murderous, solitary fae whose red cap is dyed by the blood of his victims.
Qarin - (fire) subspecies of Djinn.
Siren - (water) A sea nymph with the upper body of a woman and
the lower body of a bird.
Spriggans - (earth) faerie bodyguards and thieves.
Sylph - An elemental being that governs and exists within
the element air. A solitary faerie that often guards mountain wildernesses and high peaks.
Tengu - (Japan) (air or spirit) celestial dog
Trolls - (earth) Rich hill spirits that dislike noise.
Undine - (water) An elemental being that governs and exists
within the element water.
Xiuhcoatl - (fire) The fire serpent of Aztec mythology. (Aztec)
Will-o-the-wisp - (fire) (also called ellylldan, ingnis fatuus, or hinkypunk) a family of fairy-beings characterized by their fiery appearance and their
tendency to lead nighttime wayfarers astray.
Windhorse - (Mongolian) (air or spirit) soul, spirit beings at the center of the cardinal points that allowed shaman to communicate with the other elemental spirits.
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Blog Call for Submissions
The BAFB&W is looking for both flash fiction and short articles about Bad-Ass Faeries. For articles
the faeries should exist in current world mythology.
We are not looking for quiet, unprepossessing faeries, but
those with attitude. They don't have to be
bad, but they have to be Bad-Ass. Think, rather, Mischievous, Malevolent, Warlike. Articles should focus on specific types of
faeries from existing myth and legend. It can be a profile of a specific type of
faerie from one ethnic tradition, or a comparison of similar types of faeries
across cultures, such as contrasting Loki with Coyote and
other tricksters. Please provide confirmable sources of a reputable nature.
Usage in games and fiction can be mentioned--are, in fact, desired--but should
not be the primary source unless that is the specific focus of the
article. Articles should be entertaining, enjoyable and well-written, but not
dry and scholarly. Think of this as faeries for the everyman.
Articles will appear first on the blog, with the author being notified when
it has posted, and then will be compiled into a faerie glossary resident on the
Bad-Ass Faeries website.
Submissions can be sent to greenfirephoenix @ aol . com. Queries encouraged
to minimize overlap of specific faeries.
*If sufficient interest and material is received we will consider pursuing
publication, in which case, terms will be negotiated with all of those
participating.
Artists needed to provide simple illustrations of bad-ass faeries to
accompany faerie profiles on the BAFB&W. Artwork will be protected to avoid
viewer download, it can be color or black and white and should be of a specific
type of bad-ass faerie from world mythology. Art needs to be provided in both
web- and print-resolution. Query for specific faerie articles needing
artwork.
Submissions can be sent to greenfirephoenix @ aol . com. Queries encouraged
to minimize overlap of specific faeries.
*If sufficient interest and material is received we will consider pursuing
publication, in which case, terms will be negotiated with all of those
participating.
General Submission Guidelines
All submissions must observe industry formatting standards.
Any story not observing the below will be kicked back to the author.
Author's full contact information in the upper lefthand corner of the page, including legal name, mailing address, email address, and phone number. (This information is for contact purposes only and is not shared out in any way.) The approximate word count of the story should follow the contact information.
Halfway down the page should appear the title and by line as it should appear in the finished collection, should the story be accepted. The text portion of the manuscript should be in 12 pt Courier or Times Roman, double spaced. Italics should be indicated by italics formatting, ellipsis should not have a space before or after, and em dashes should be represented by double hyphens with no spaces before or after. Paragraph indents should be denoted by a tab, and NOT auto formatted. Please check your document before submitting it.
Included with your story should be a brief author bio and a list of any prior publishing credits. If your story has been previously printed elsewhere, you must provide the full details of the original publication for acknowledgement purposes. As a note, if two stories of are equal quality, we will always chose an original story over a reprint.
Thank you,
The Editors
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