Dissections:

The Journal of Contemporary Horror

Dissections is a new international horror and dark fantasy e-journal that provides a rich opportunity for academics, critics and creative writers and artists to publish alongside each other. We welcome essays on 20th and 21st century horror and dark fantasy, including film, fiction and images. We also publish some short creative fiction, poetry and artwork. Dissections is peer-reviewed and ‘published’ twice yearly.

It is edited by Gina Wisker and Michelle Bernard and operates out of Anglia Ruskin University and the University of Brighton.
Artwork on this page by Deena Warner.
Editorial Board: Michael Arnzen, Frances Auld, Brian Attebery, Clive Bloom, Lawrence Connolly, William Hughes, Marie Mulvey-Roberts, Nickianne Moody, Stephanie Moss, David Sandner, Andrew Smith and Gina Wisker.

 

Call for Papers for Feb. 2009 Edition

Dissections is calling for papers on the teaching of horror for edition 4 (Feb. 2009) – its joys, pains and surprises, the strategies, bureaucracies and practices in the classroom, uniting some theories of learning and teaching with the key examples of horror which we use to teach, and focusing on such questions as:

*Why do we teach horror?
*What are the internal politics of teaching it? Have you met with any bureaucratic problems in teaching horror, any misunderstandings? What did you do to get it accepted?
*What is the 'use' of horror, eg to engage students in reading enjoyably and thoughtfully, to develop thoughts about social and cultural issues, to scare them so they work harder(?)
*How do we teach it? What classroom practices do you employ to engage your students? to ensure they are working at a theorised level, as well as one which reflects their enjoyment?
*What are the key, useful, thought-provoking horror texts and theory or critical texts we find useful and why?
*How do we assess student learning when teaching horror?
*What do our students say about studying horror?

Essays (up to 5,000 words) and surveys are invited for this special edition. See below for details of where to send submissions.

Submission Guidelines

We only accept electronic submissions

Get to know Dissections before you submit
You may read Dissections and decide your work would not fit the style.

Keep a record of exactly what you have sent and when.

If you submit material to us, you will be acknowledged immediately but must be prepared to wait at least 4 months for a response about possible publication. We apologise in advance for this and thank you for your patience. We like to read submissions carefully.

Please submit text in Word or PDF format only.
Please submit images in JPG, JPEG, PNG or GIF format only.
You may submit your work via e-mail or, for larger pieces exceeding 1Mb, please send a CD-ROM containing your submission to our postal address below.

Dissections does not accept erotic or pornographic work, unless it is clearly essential in terms of the cultural engagement or the exploration of horror and dark fantasy.

Please note: We regret that we are unable to give you any financial remuneration or feedback on your work or enter into any correspondence about rejected work.

Please also note: We do not accept unsolicited reviews and are not looking for new reviewers.

If you decide your work is right for us, please send your essays, poems, stories (stories can be up to 5,000 words in length), or images to:

Dissections
Gina Wisker: GinWskr@aol.com
and
Michelle Bernard: m.bernard@anglia.ac.uk

Post CDs only to:
Michelle Bernard
INSPIRE
204 Eastings
Anglia Ruskin University
East Road
Cambridge
Cambs CB1 1PT
UK

Please remember:

o It can take 3-4 months for us to reply.
o We cannot give any feedback on your work.
o There is no payment for work published in Dissections.

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