Repeat after me: Fear Zone is not a fiction market... Fear Zone is not a fiction market... Fear Zone is not...

And yet, during the first week of November, Fear Zone will present an original piece of fiction--not an excerpt from a published novel or novella--for the first time.

Repeat after me: Fear Zone is not a fiction market... Fear Zone is not a fiction market... Fear Zone is not...

When our Gaming Zone reviewer, Michael Louis Calvillo, called my attention to a new, unpublished story by Benjamin Kane Ethridge (sounds like a super villain, doesn't he?), I agreed that the 7,000 word story was ideal for Fear Zone. I'll tell you why in a little more than a week.

Repeat after me: Fear Zone is not a fiction market... Fear Zone is not a fiction market... Fear Zone is not...

SURGEON DELTA, written by Benjamin Kane Ethridge, will be serialized on Fear Zone in three chapters--each one featuring an original piece of full color art created by the author (neither the author nor his artwork are pictured)!

Repeat after me: Fear Zone is not a fiction market... Fear Zone is not a fiction market... Fear Zone is not...

This is an experiment. We're testing the fiction waters. I like the idea of trying something new. We may never do this again--or we might make fiction a monthly--or quarterly--feature. PLEASE DO NOT submit any fiction, or even queries. Fiction won't be read and queries regarding fiction won't be answered. Honestly, we're not interested. And if we decide that we do want to run more fiction here in the future, we have plenty of very talented authors in our contributor pool.

Stay tuned for SURGEON DELTA!