Far Horizons: Tales of Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror. Issue #22 January 2016 | Page 3

> CAPTAIN’S TRANSMISSION > ENTER DATA DATE: 18/01/2016 > ENTER STARDATE: 6010.8 > ENTER VESSEL NAME: SS FAR HORIZONS > ENTER TRANSMISSION: From the Captain’s Chair: A new year has rolled around Far Horizoneers! It’s looking to be a great one for us, especially with the news that we are nominated for the “18th Annual Preditors and Editors Reader’s Poll” hosted by Critters.org. Though the Poll closed on the 14th, we’ll let you know how we went with the votes! If you got our posts on Facebook and Twitter and voted for us, thanks! We know you love us, but it gives us a warm fuzzy feeling to know that you really love us… or maybe that’s the cosmic radiation from going through that wormhole the other day? All at Far Horizons were saddened to hear of the passing of Jareth, the Goblin King, none other than David Bowie this month. And only a few short days later, Alan Rickman also lost his battle to cancer. While classically trained in theatre, most of us fell in love with him as Hans Gruber and followed his career through Robin Hood and the Harry Potter series. We will be having special tributes to their lives and contributions to the world in our February issue. We have another fantastic issue to kick off the new year with, we are coming up to our second anniversary and hope to keep going well into our next year. STACY WELSH, CAPTAIN, SS FAR HORIZONS <<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Publisher Stacey Welsh Editing Pete Sutton Kimberly Nugent Valery Riddle Production Ana Marija Meshkova Valery Riddle Art Content Valery Riddle Jeff Durkin Lex Hooper Stephen Briggs Proofreading Valery Riddle Cover by Lex Hooper If you would like to contribute to Far Horizons, please feel free to contact us at [email protected] Contributions can be artistic in nature or literary. **Submission Guidelines** We accept: *Fast Fiction (up to 1200 words) *Short Stories (1200-2500 MAX) *Poems *Artwork Submissions should follow basic formatting: Times New Roman 12 point font Indent of 1.25 Standard paragraphing (New paragraphs for dialogue) UK English spelling is preferred ** PUBLISHING DEADLINES ** Writing submissions should be submitted on or by the 1st of the month. Artwork submissions by the 7th. Any questions, queries, or concerns about quantum singularities eating your work, or sea monsters hiding in your drains let us know.