Waupun
Friday, January 8, 2010 at 07:51PM 
A local publisher recently announced themes for this years' anthology.
The themes for the 2010 anthology are (1) imaginary worlds and (2) evil and villains.
I've only written one "fantasy" or "sci-fi" story ever, and it was published online last year. It was a pretty good story, and maybe I'll post it here sometime. But speculative fiction is not my forte.
As for evil, as for villains, that's a tough one. I initially attempted a story based on a woman I used to work for. At the time, she struck me as about the coldest, greediest person I'd ever met head on. After I quit working for her, she was disbarred and lost her job. I have to admit, I thought she had it coming. But looking back on it, Carolyn seems less evil to me and more pathetic than anything.
Of course, the obvious story would be about a terrorist or serial killer. But because it's so obvious, there will be hundreds of submissions to Scott's anthology that involve terrorists and serial killers going about their business.
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