Criminal Element to Publish The Malfeasance Occasional, a Collection of Original Short Stories

The Criminal Element announced on its blog this morning that it will publish an e-collection of original short stories three times a year — with the stories coming from the public — called The Malfeasance Occasional … or The M.O. for short.

You can read all the details on their blog post, but here's a summary of the important dates:

September 7th: Site visitors vote on a cover for the inaugural issue, which has as its theme, "Girl Trouble".

September 26th: The site opens for submissions, 3000 to 6000 word stories that have not been published elsewhere. The window for submissions closes just a couple of weeks later, on October 10th.

October 31st: Authors are notified whether their story has been accepted for publication — and if so, will be paid $350 for a year's exclusive use after publication.

November 7th: The e-collection contents is announced.

December 6th: The first issue of The Malfeasance Occasional is available to purchase for $3.99.

Follow along as each milestone is reached on The Malfeasance Occasional feature page.