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The San Cicaro Experience: June 22nd

The wait is over on June 22nd. The San Cicaro Experience is finally here. Return to America’s strangest city with eight new tales by eight fresh authors. Tour the unusual Wilam Sisters’…


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Open Call: Return to San Cicaro (Now Closed)

This submission window is now closed, and editors are parsing through stories. Please expect first wave of rejections on October 18th. If you do not hear from us by then and are worried, feel free to…


I Left My Sanity in San Cicaro: Anthology Launch Day Update

Welcome to San Cicaro Release Date Hello again, dear readers, we hope June is treating you all well. In today’s blog post, we bring glad tidings and exciting news! We can officially confirm…


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San Cicaro Pulse – Anthology News and Updates for 8/24

San Cicaro is now closed. We’re heads down, working our way through a slush pile of more than fifty submissions. Diving into these tales, Andrew and I find a number of intriguing patterns…


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San Cicaro Closing Date

The closing date for San Cicaro is now set to August 10th, 2018. This date grants authors more than three weeks to submit their work. We’re aware that some authors are only just finding out…


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San Cicaro Pulse - Anthology News and Updates for 7/6

It’s time again for another installment of the San Cicaro Pulse. This week covers tips for proofreading, our concerns regarding word minimums, and a note regarding the submission closing. The…


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San Cicaro Pulse - Anthology News and Updates for 6/15

So we have a fair bit to talk about with the second update of the San Cicaro Pulse this week. We’ve received several stories and are starting to see patterns in the questions and themes worthy…


San Cicaro Pulse - Anthology News and Updates for 5/24

Every one or two weeks until the anthology’s release, we’ll be presenting updates entitled the San Cicaro Pulse. Not just a catchy title, it may also be the name of a local newspaper…


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San Cicaro: Call for Urban Fantasy Short Stories (Now Closed)

This submission window is now closed and acceptance letters have been sent on October 5th, 2018. A big thanks to everyone who submitted. San Cicaro: On the coast of California lies the city of San…


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Anthology Open Call Next Week

We’re back! Thunderbird Studios has been on hiatus not (only) because of laziness, but because its members are hard at work on various publishing projects. From comics to original novels to…