A: You don't. The 15 June 2002 deadline has passed. If there is an Imaginings 2, two things will happen: 1) I will be very happy. 2) The guidelines will be appropriately updated, and then you can send stuff again.
Q: What stories will be in Imaginings? (Updated answer to question, as of 1 November 2002.)
A: The full table of contents are now posted on the front page of this very site.
Q: Who are the authors? (New question as of 1 November 2002.)
A: The author biographies have also been posted to this very site.
Q: What's a novelette?
A: A novelette is defined by the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America as a story of at least 7500 words but less than 17,500 words. I've cheated a bit, and made the requirements for the stories in Imaginings be between 8000 and 15,000 words because I think that's more manageable.
Q: Who's publishing Imaginings and when? (Updated answer to question, as of 1 November 2002)
A: Pocket Books in August 2003, in trade paperback.
Q: Since when does Pocket do original SF? I thought they just did Star Trek and gaming and comics tie-ins.
A: Actually, they've been doing it for some time, just not with much fanfare, and they've been expanding the line of original genre material, from Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens' technothrillers to Peter David's Sir Apropos of Nothing to Armin Shimerman & Michael Scott's The Merchant Prince to, well, Imaginings.
Q: What does the royalty split mean, exactly?
A: Albé-Shiloh Inc. will receive royalties from Pocket Books. Whatever monies ASI receives (which will be a percentage of sales, which we'll start getting once ASI's advance from Pocket Books has earned out) in royalties will be split evenly among the ten contributors. In real terms, this means each author will get 10% of all the money the book makes.
Q: Does that mean ASI doesn't get any royalty money?
A: Yes.
Q: What're you, nuts?
A: Quite probably, yes. But that goes without saying, given that I'm doing this project in the first place.
Q: So it's not a pro-rata share?
A: Not as such, no. Since the stories are all approximately the same length, the authors will all get an even split.
Q: What other anthologies have you edited?
A: Publicly, The Ultimate Alien and The Ultimate Dragon, coedited with Byron Preiss & John Betancourt (both Dell, 1995); OtherWere: Stories of Transformation, coedited with Laura Anne Gilman (Ace, 1996); Urban Nightmares, coedited with Josepha Sherman (Baen, 1997); Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester, coedited with Robert Silverberg & Byron Preiss (Vintage, 1998). I've also been involved in behind-the-scenes work on another half-dozen anthologies.
Q: You're described as a "best-selling author." Of what?
A: See my web site for all the gory details.
Q: What does the name "Albé-Shiloh" mean?
A: Click here for the explanation.
THE NEXT FOUR QUESTIONS DON'T REALLY APPLY ANYMORE, SINCE THE ANTHOLOGY IS CLOSED. IF THERE IS AN IMAGININGS 2, THEN THEY'LL APPLY AGAIN (AND I'LL BE DAMN HAPPY), BUT FOR NOW, DON'T BOTHER READING THESE NEXT FOUR.
Q: Can I send you a reprint?
A: Sure, but I'll send it back unread. Imaginings is an originals-only anthology. No reprints will be accepted. The purpose of the anthology is to spotlight new original fiction, not to regurgitate old stuff.
Q: What if it was only published in an e-zine or a web-zine? (New question as of 24 October 2001.)
A: Doesn't matter. I won't accept anything that's been published before.
Q: Can I send you more than one story? (New question as of 18 October 2001.)
A: Yes, but I won't take two stories by the same author(s). So by sending me multiple submissions, you are, in essence, competing against yourself.
Q: If the story is accepted, how soon after publication can I sell second publication rights? (New question as of 9 November 2001.)
A: This is not definite yet, but my guess would be one year after publication -- with the obvious exceptions of year's best or award anthologies that are time-particular.
Q: I've read this FAQ and I've read the guidelines. I still have a question. What do I do?
A: Drop us a line at imaginings@albeshiloh.com and ask.