The Superhero Chronicles: A Collection of Superhero Stories Written & Illustrated by Children - Available now!

The Superhero Chronicles: A Collection of Superhero Stories Written & Illustrated by Children is out now and available to purchase! It makes a great gift for parents, grandparents, godparents, teachers and others! The stories are wonderful for children too!

To make buying the books easier, you have three different versions of the anthology to choose from: the black and white edition, the full colour edition and the special edition, all at different prices. 

the black and white edition

the full colour edition

the special edition

If paperback books are not for you, you can also buy the books in Kindle format.

From the blurb:

What does a child like best about superheroes? If a child could create a superhero, what kind of superhero would he or she create? Find answers to these questions in this collection of superhero stories, written entirely by children. Fourteen young authors, from six years old to thirteen years old, from all around the world, have come together to create this anthology of twenty-two superhero stories. Delight in these short stories of superheroes, from super animals and eco-warriors to masterminds and super witches. Enjoy reading about superheroes who have special powers and abilities, as well as superheroes who have no special powers and yet still manage to make the world a better place.

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Progress on "The Superhero Chronicles" anthology

This year, the subject for the anthology written and illustrated by kids is "superheroes." It was chosen by one of my daughters. We have quite a few stories, but many of the stories this year needed additional work, and we have had very few pictures submitted. My daughter is helping create some pictures to go with some of the non-illustrated stories, and some of the children are revising and building on their stories.

However, all of this additional work means that the anthology is taking longer than I had hoped to complete. It will be completed and published sometime in December, but whether it will be mid-December or late December, I can't be certain.

I think the subject of superheroes was a bit more difficult for some children to write about because the topic was so narrow. So, what we are going to do for the next kids' anthology is we will be returning to the original format where the children will pick a charm and write about that charm or about the character in the charm. This leaves the topics more open for children to write about (and illustrate). It will be Volume Two of "The Talisman Chronicles."

In the meantime, let me apologize right now for anyone waiting on "The Superhero Chronicles" who was hoping to buy a copy in time for Christmas this year. I will do my best, but I'm afraid I can't guarantee it will be ready in time.

On a positive note, some of the stories that came in were absolutely brilliant and inspired. And the cover is already being created for the anthology so I will be able to share it with you soon.

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Now taking submissions for "The Superhero Chronicles"

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"The Superhero Chronicles: A Collection of Superhero Stories Written and Illustrated by Children"

The original anthology, "The Talisman Chronicles: A Collection of Stories Written and Illustrated by Children," is an anthology of stories written and illustrated by children. It has been requested by some kids that we create another anthology and the topic requested is superheroes.

This is the new topic for children to write about for a new anthology in 2014. I think the world needs to read more stories written by children. Don't you?

The anthology will be published in both kindle and print formats, and in both color and black and white formats.

Artwork, when sent in by children should be line drawings. If the drawings are colored-in, when the drawing is optimized for print, the same colors will be used. The cleaner the image, the easier it will be to optimize it for print.

If enough submissions come in, it would be nice to be able to divide this anthology into three: one for the 2 through 6 year olds, one for the 7 through 10 year olds and one for the 11 through 15 year olds. This can only happen if there are a minimum of 25 stories in each category though, so if you like the idea, PLEASE spread the word about this anthology.

Kids should shoot for 300 words or over, in the story section of their writing,  but because these are kids writing, shorter stories will be accepted. Stories should be written as if they are a scene in their superhero's movie and should tell us something important about the superhero. Superheroes should be BRAND-NEW. No using superheroes that have already been created by someone else or telling a story that you have seen at the movies or read in comics. This superhero should be entirely the child's creation.

A list of charms will be added here later. Children are to select a charm that best represents their characters' superpower (or just one they like). I will do my best to send that charm to the child. Once they have written a story for a selected charm, they may select another one and write another story. Instead of charms, medals, certificates or something else might be sent in its place.

Before writing the story, these details about the superhero must be filled in:

Superhero name:

Name of human alter ego, if different:

Superhero Appearance (hair, eyes, body type, etc.):

Human alter ego appearance (if he/she has an alter ego):

Costume:

Personality:

Brief description of how the superhero gets his/her powers (i.e. born with them, radioactive accident, mad scientist experiments on her, etc.):

Powers:

Anything else important:


Story submissions need to be in Word or Open Office format, and illustrations need to be in jpeg, bmp or png format. Send to Rebecca (at) Fyfe (dot) net.

Parental release form needs to be signed, scanned and sent in (or you may contact me at the above e-mail address for a snail mail address to send it to).

Deadline: October 15th, 2014

Note: Your Kids' Creations is a division of Melusine Muse Press.



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