Matters Most Extraordinary is released!

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We're proud to announce that Matters Most Extraordinary is finally available for reading! Let's give a round of applause to all of the talented writers who contributed to this anthology.

Let us know how you like it, and if you'd like to see similar projects in the future. Editing an anthology was a new experience for both of us, and the process took longer than we expected it to, but it has been rewarding. Also, we can try to work on publishing MME in other formats (such as for the Kindle), if there is sufficient demand.

Happy reading!

Alex and John

Leia Mais…

January Update

Submissions are now closed.

Our editorial staff (that is, the two of us) will work hard to try to prepare the anthology in PDF format by the end of the month. If all goes well, you'll see Matters Most Extraordinary soon!

Alex and John

Leia Mais…

December Update (This One's Important!)

We apologize for the lack of recent updates, but the pace of submissions has slowed considerably, suggesting that interest has begun to die down for Matters Most Extraordinary.

In light of this, we're setting December 31st as the deadline for submissions. We might offer a couple of days of wiggle room, but it's strongly recommended that all submissions be sent by this deadline.

With this deadline in place, we can confidently say that Matters Most Extraordinary will be coming out as a free PDF sometime in January 2011. Thank you to everyone who's contributed and who's stayed with us for so long - it has taken awhile to compile all of these stories, but it'll be worth it. This will be a fun anthology to read - take it from us.

Oh, and one more thing: We still haven't gotten any art submissions. We strongly encourage any visual artists among you (and I'm sure you're out there!) to send us a piece of cover art. (Please see Artwork Guidelines for details.) Don't be shy!

Alex and John

Leia Mais…

Artwork Guidelines

Attention artists! We're looking for a piece of cover art for the Matters Most Extraordinary anthology. The cover art is an essential piece of the anthology, and the selected artist will receive their own acknowledgement page within the published document (as well as our gratitude).

The cover art should:

• Be 8.5"x11" in size.
  
• Relate to our theme of superheroes throughout history.
  
• Contain the title "Matters Most Extraordinary".
  
• Be in the PNG, JPEG, or GIF format.

Please email your submissions to mostextraordinary [at] gmail.com . We're not picky about the art style - be as creative as you wish.

We look forward to seeing your submissions!

Alex and John

Leia Mais…

August Update

• What inspired Heraclius's amazing military victories?
  
• What was Nero doing as Rome burned?
  
• And what exactly happened at the bloody Battle of Red Cliffs?

These are the subjects of three stories that we have accepted into our anthology this month.

Our apologize for the lateness of this update. Unfortunately, we received very few submissions over the past couple months, and at the moment, Matters Most Extroardinary has 9 accepted pieces out of the 15-20 that we're aiming for before online publication. We're still hoping for 2010 publication, but we may have to push the date to early 2011 if we don't receive enough submissions in the coming months.

Alex and John

Leia Mais…

March Update

• Was Einstein the first to postulate that energy and mass are equivalent?
• Who first spread the word of the existence of the massive dinosaurs, and why?
• Just who was the Invisible Man?
• And could the Egyptian gods have simply been New Jersey laundromat workers?

We are pleased to announce that we have accepted four more stories into our anthology this month. Many thanks to all of you talented authors who have sent us your work!

Matters Most Extroardinary currently has six accepted pieces, and we're ultimately hoping to have 15-20 stories in the anthology, so we're about a third of the way there now. We're definitely on the lookout for more submissions, especially in the c.1000 BC - c.1850 AD time period at the moment. Keep the great stories coming! :)

Alex and John

Leia Mais…

Current State of the Anthology

Exactly what did Martin Luther King Jr. see when he looked down from the metaphorical mountaintop? And what was jazz legend Buddy Bolden's secret?

These are the subjects of two wonderful stories that we will be including in our anthology.

Unfortunately, turnout hasn't been as high as we've expected these past few months, and we will try to advertise MME more in the days to come. This is a rather unique anthology project and we hope that we'll be able to lure many more prospective writers into our (virtual) pages.

Alex and John

Leia Mais…