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 Welcome to the Vampire Fiction Issue! I have really been looking forward to this issue. Right below are links to three new short stories. I do want to thank everyone who has submitted work for publication in MT. The competition has been fierce due to all the submissions I have received, and because of that, I have had to reject many manuscripts that I really would have liked to publish. I have been considering some ways I might accommodate the publication of additional works in MT, so perhaps down the road I will be accepting more than twelve stories per year.
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I am also publishing another one of my own works of fiction to coincide with this issue of MT. ALEXANDER PEARL'S LETTER is actually a chapter (i.e. "Interlude #2") from the vampire novel NIGHTMARE, which is currently a work-in-progress. It is a stand-alone chapter, so it is very readable outside the context of the larger work. The "Letter" is written in a style that emulates the first vampire stories in English that were published during the later part of 1800s and the early 1900s. I am also including a third installment (i.e. Part I, section 2: "The End of Life") of my epic vampire poem, WASTELAND. I hope you enjoy the Vampire Fiction Issue!--JFM 4/1/04
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 NEW VAMPIRE FICTION!
In Black Leather by Tim Scott. Tim lives and writes on the northwest side of Chicago, though he travels at every opportunity. He has a strong interest in the vampire motif in literature and film.
Tears She Cried by Jennifer Hettenbach. Jennifer is the mother of two boys, one daughter and one big-hearted husband. With her days filled with laundry, dishes and never-ending trips to the store, she still finds time to do the things she loves most. She can find herself a quiet place all her own in the books she reads or the stories she writes--her own personal escape hatch to a world where nothing is as it seems.
Weddings... by Jason Arbogast. Jason is a teacher in Michigan, as he refuses to accept that Toledo is part of Ohio. That whole Toledo Strip deal never happened as far as he's concerned. He graduated from Western Michigan University with degrees in creative writing and elementary education.
Author works are presented in the PDF document format. If you need Acrobat Reader to view PDF files, click here and download it from the Adobe web site.
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NEW POETRY!
Echo Sigh by Joseph Griffin. Joseph moves across the country wherever work takes him. The one constant has been paper and pen which he wields whenever time allows. He's had several poems published through the International Library of Poetry and several college literary magazines. He hopes to one day become a novelist and playwright, but poetry will always be in his heart.
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MT PUBLICATION INFO
If you are a new or beginning writer interested in an opportunity to get published, and you have written work with a "darkness" theme, I encourage you to take a look at the submission guidelines for the Midnight Times. The next issue of the Midnight Times (Summer 2004) will be published July 1 and feature ghost stories.
 | A list of previously published works and the contributing authors can be accessed in the Fiction Archive. MT back issues are located here. |
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MT UPDATES
 I have added a new Writer's Resources web page to the Midnight Times that provides links to web sites featuring resources and information for writers. I spent a lot of time searching for only the best web sites I could find, so this is a good selection. The MT Writer's Discussion Group message board is also now available. I provided a few forum topics to get things started. I'm new to the software myself, so I guess we will work out the bugs together. I hope we find it useful.--JFM 1/8/04
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The Epic Café
Think of the Epic Café as that lonely coffee shop off the beaten path. It's located somewhere down a dark side alley from what used to be Main Street a century ago. It's a place you only know about because some languid stranger who likes to frequent poetry readings shoved a flyer in your face at the local bookstore. The Epic Café is a metaphorical focal point that pulls together the literary threads of the Tower in a unique place that provides a single point of virtual access. What is accessible from this discrete establishment includes the featured poetry reading for tonight, the gallery next door (a place where visual inspiration and creative thought meld within the vast reaches of Cyberspace), and a back alleyway leading to the darkest recesses of the imagination. The metaphor is enhanced by the multidimensional nature of the Web. Feel free to explore, but keep in mind that this is the realm of the imagination...
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The Tome
 The Tome, featuring original works by Webhead, is an online preview of fiction, poetry, and other works by the Midnight Times editor. The Tome is a work-in-progress, and I contribute new material whenever I can find time. Check below in the "Poetry" and "Fiction" sections for a selection of works that I am currently highlighting. My New Year's resolution is to contribute considerably more work in 2004.
Wasteland
"Le Prince d' Aquitaine à la tour abolie¹/These fragments I have shored against my ruins..." Two lines of T. S. Eliot best describe this dark inferno of The Midnight Times. Herein the Wasteland you will find the eternal depth from which we cannot escape. This is darkness everlasting.
¹ "The Prince of Aquitaine in the ruined tower." One of the cards in the Tarot pack is the "tower struck by lightning."
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FICTION
Coinciding with this issue of MT I have added another chapter to Nightmare. "Alexander Pearl's Letter" is a stand alone chapter that can be read outside the context of the larger work as a quasi short story. In the Winter 2004 issue of MT I included the short story "Cheri", which I suppose is a tale of how idealistic expectations inevitably set people up for even bigger disappointments. For additional works of fiction please visit my Work-in-Progress page.
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POETRY
Coinciding with this issue of MT I have added another installment to the epic vampire poem Wasteland. In "The End of Life" the narrator relates the endless turmoil he has experienced since the night he became a vampire. Other past poetry additions include "Pharaoh of the Pyramids", "A Moment of Your Time", and one of my personal favorites, "I am the Cyclops". For additional works of poetry please visit my Work-in-Progress page.
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