On 20th November 2009, a catastrophic event dubbed The Cataclysm wiped the world's greatest heroes and villains off the face of the planet, and created a death toll stretching into the millions.
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NO MORE HEROES: - SUBMISSIONS CLOSED!
Here it is ya mooks; read it and weep!
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Though most of the world survived, it is now in the grip of super villains who avoided The Cataclysm. It may not have been quite the victory they expected, but it is the outcome they wanted: all the heroes are dead and the world is theirs.
Or so they believe...
NO MORE HEROES
The No More Heroes Anthology is based on a shared universe. We'd like YOU to write stories about the aftermath of The Cataclysm, using the created characters however you see fit. The Prologue to The Cataclysm and character rosters are listed on the No More Heroes blog [http://nomoreheroesanthology.blogspot.com/]. We've got a mix of goofy and serious characters, to allow you to chance to write anything from Mystery Men/The Specials style humour to darker, grittier plots. Everything (prologue/characters/contact info and guidelines) is also available to download in this snazzy PDF!What we're after:
*Stories must be set after The Cataclysm, although they can reference events before (eg via flashbacks or exposition). Please bear in mind that no-one knows exactly what caused The Cataclysm as all forms of life on Australia were obliterated by it!
*Stories must take place on Earth, in our reality (but once again, other planets/realms/dimensions can be referenced).
*Stories do not all have to revolve around the pre-determined characters, but at least one of them should feature in the piece somewhere (in fact, we'd quite like to see how normal people handle events after The Cataclysm - this is their world, too).
*And following on from that point: you can use as many pre-determined characters as you like, from 1 to (if you feel like going mental) all 60.
MANUSCRIPT FORMAT
Standard manuscript format [check HERE if you’re unsure] paying particular attention to these changes/points:
Rich Text Format only
Courier font - size 12
Indent paragraphs with one press of the Tab button
Double space the entire manuscript
Use italics - do not underline
Place your contact information on the first page, in the upper left corner - name, address, phone number, and email
In the upper right corner please put the approx word count
No page numbers
No other headers or footers, please
Place your name/pen name under the title
Send submissions to nomoreheroesantho@gmail.com with ‘Submission – Story Title’ in the subject heading. We will send you a ‘story received’ email. If you do not get one of these after 4 days, please query.
Please also mention any of your previous work and a brief explanation of who you are.
Multiple submissions allowed, but please only send one story at a time.
You do not have to live in the US to submit.
WORD COUNT
A very lenient 3000 to 9000 words!
DEADLINE
Anthology is open from Monday 8th Match 2010 until filled. Advance notice of a deadline will be posted on both this site and the No More Heroes blog.
PAYMENT
1 cent (United States) per word, plus a contributor copy of the anthology.
This anthology is being edited by myself and Bill Tucker.
Feel free to contact us via this site [Bill's username is grinder, for those who don't know], the No More Heroes blog, or nomoreheroesantho@gmail.com.
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We'd like you to bear in mind that, as far as all the villains are concerned, there are no more heroes left (see what we did there?). Therefore, there's no-one left to stop them doing whatever they want. Plus, the very thing most of them have dedicated their lives too has finally happened, although it's (technically) not a victory any of them earned themselves. How do you think this would affect them? Would it affect them...?
How are the remaining heroes going to handle the prospect of defending the rest of the world when they're outnumbered? How will they show themselves to the remaining villains?
And what of the civilians and governments of the world? How do they handle the fact that, as far as
they're also aware, there are no more heroes?
These are all points for you to consider, so have at it!
Bill and I look forward to reading your subs! Good luck!
Wayne Goodchild
nb We'll post updates on here and the blog as the submission, then editing, process goes on, so keep 'em peeled! The publication date for the antho is TBC.
Details updated 15th March! It's all gravy, baby
oooooooooooooooooooooooooh! heheheheheh...
Awesome.
I forgot to say: Please attach stories as a RTF document - do not paste it into the body of the email. Thanx!
Oh.
My.
God.
..ya mook!!! heheheGoatman??? awww GoatBOYheheh ne're mind lol..a MANC??? he's a Kentish thing heheh..Im a cult! I AM! IM A CULT!! I've heard people cally me it! Im the biggest cult around here!!! hehehI forgot to say: Please attach stories as a RTF document - do not paste it into the body of the email. Thanx!
-reverendaustin
Names were changed to protect the guilty 
Does anyone know if there's anywhere on the Dread Central forum I'd be allowed to post a sub call for this? There's a book section but I don't know if it'd be inappropriate to put something like this in there.
And for anyone coming across this thread from elsewhere - you don't have to be a 'Good Librarian' to submit! We welcome "outsiders" hahaha
We encourage all to join in the madness and fun! Wayne and I are going Wonder Editors Powers - Activate!
Hooray! Oh, I've been mulling around ideas all weekend.
I revel in my guilt!!!!!!..mind you I could work it into a plot device that Goatman is a buisness name because of my Goatboy kiddyparty day job! hehehe
What else to say, but: Spiffy!
THIS LOOKS FUCKING AWESOME!!!!!!
hahahahahaha
Marry me, Mr Moon!
oh crap I completely forgot I was going to do a 'you' and put something about what would happen to rejections, something like:
Anyone who does not follow these guidelines will have their story printed out with the sole purpose of having it turned it into a papier-mache replica of your head, then given to some special needs kids so they can play football with it.
Jonathan,
You hit on the head Jonathan! Spread the word...for truth, justice, and the Library way!
Alas, I apparently failed to inspire a super-character for the pantheon. *sniff*
Anyone want to explain precisely how a "Mexican skull" is different from a regular skull? The mind boggles.
Maybe he is a sugar skull? *mmmm...tastiness of doom....*
erm..is a mexican skull one where they all look up one after the other? heheheh
I mean in it's look, like thus:
I edited this to be a bit more coherent haha
i thought there'd be a hat heheh
Good grief goatboy, I'm eating my tea whilst posting - you can't expect me to multitask enough to draw a little hat on that pic do you?
And sorry Micheal - it doesn't seem right that someone who's associated with superheroes should have been overlooked...people are welcome to create their own super-powered characters to use, but only in flashbacks etc
