Phaze
Phaze is the Erotic Romance arm of Mundania Press, LLC, launching in late 2004 with novel and novella length erotica in e-book and trade paperback formats. Phaze primarily publishes Erotic Romance and some women's Erotica, specializing in all sub-genres, including paranormal, contemporary, BDSM, historical, and sci-fi.
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Awards and Honors
Awards and honors bestowed on Phaze titles include:
- 2007 EPPIE Award, Best Erotica (fine flickering hungers by Alessia Brio)
- 2007 ARIANA Award Best Mainstream/Single Title Cover Art (Lipstick and Other Stories by Petula Caesar, art by Stacey L. King)
- 2006 Preditor and Editor's Award for Best Romance Short Story (Twice the Cowboy by James Buchanan)
- 2006 Preditor and Editor's Award for Best Story (Switch by Alessia Brio and Will Belegon)
- 2006 Love Romances Golden Rose Award for Best Romance (Twice the Cowboy by James Buchanan)
- 2005 Love Romances Golden Rose Award for Best Erotica (Dare Me by Leigh Ellwood)
- 2005 Passionate Plume 2nd Place Award for Best Romance (Waking Annabel by Jayelle Drewry)
- 2005 Lories Award 3rd Place (The Arrangement by Emma Wildes)
- 2005 ERWI Fruity Award 2nd Place Best Pansexual Romance (Dare Me by Leigh Ellwood)
HeatSheet Promotions
Since 2005, Phaze has offered special themed HeatSheet stories. Selection of these stories are limited to 6-12 titles per promotion and are selected through limited calls for manuscripts:
- Sparkler - Summer theme (2005)
- Shiver - Halloween/horror theme (2005)
- Surge - Electric theme (2006)
- Samba- Latin/South America theme (2006)
- Snuggler - Winter/Holiday theme (2006)
- Fetish - BDSM theme (2007)
- Fury - Revenge theme (2007)
- Force - Law enforcement/Military theme (2007)
- Frontier - New territory theme (2007)
- Frost - Winter/Holiday theme (2007)
- Overture - Music theme (2008)
- Outlaw - Bad Boys/Gals theme (2008)
- Obey - BDSM theme (2008)
- Obsession - Obsessive behavior/fetish theme (2008)
- OZ - otherworlds/other realities theme (2008)
- Oh! Oh! Oh! - Winter/Holiday theme (2008)
Special Lines
Phaze also produces or plans to produce special themed lines, including:
- Umbra - Dark Erotica
- Phaze Fantasies - 4-6 author anthologies of erotic romance, primarily by in-house authors
- Urban Phaze - Erotic romance with metropolitan settings
- Coming Together - multi-author anthologies benefiting various charities
Authors
- Jenna Allen
- Piers Anthony
- Lily Ashford
- M. Barnette
- Will Belegon
- Mychael Black
- Iona Blair
- Eden Bradley
- Alessia Brio
- L.E. Bryce
- Estelle Byers
- Petula Caesar
- Shayne Carmichael
- Adrianna Dane
- Bianca D'Arc
- Vivien Dean
- Jayelle Drewry
- Tysche Dwai
- Leigh Ellwood
- Dreama Faire
- Jade Falconer
- Anna Fallon
- Eva Gale
- Philippa Grey-Garou
- Karen Harley
- Mara Kelly
- Cassidy Kent
- Kelly Maher
- Selah March
- Jude Mason
- Ava McKnight
- Bridget Midway
- Derek Musgrave
- Madeleine Oh
- Audra Price
- Stella Price
- Sapphire Phelan [1]
- Ann Regentin
- Robin Slick
- Devi Sparks
- Trixie Stilletto
- Emily Veinglory
- Jessie Verino
- Cassie Walder
- Trinidad West
- Emma Wildes
- Kate Willoughby
Staff
- Dan Reitz - CEO
- Kathryn Lively - Publisher
- Crystal Bright - Promotions
- Stella Price - Asst. Promotions
- Debi Lewis - Chief Cover Artist
- Alessia Brio - Anthology Editor
- Robin Slick - Editor
- Denise Jeffries - Editor
- Michelle Dowdey - Editor
- Jade Falconer - Editor
- Stephanie Ballistieri - Editor
- Kent Miller - Editor
- Leigh Ellwood - Webmistress
Submissions
Phaze is always open to submissions. See the current guidelines. Review ALL submission criteria (content AND formatting) before submitting your work to Phaze.
Phaze sells fiction in the following lengths. Stories of 35K words and higher are eligible for print.
- HeatSheet: 5,000 - 12,000 words (short stories)
- Themed HeatSheet: 5,000 - 18,000 (stories with a special theme, 4-6 lines published annually)
- Photon: 12,000 - 30,000 words (novella)
- Comet: 30,000 - 60,000 words (category)
- Eclipse: 60,000 - 90,000 words (novel)
- Quasar: 90,000+ words (mega-novel)
Phaze classifies their erotic romance on a one to five scale:
- 1 - Exclusive pairings, heavy sensual to explicit scenes, mainly vanilla
- 2 - Exclusive pairings, explicit scenes, maybe some toys or daring situations
- 3 - Exclusive pairings and maybe multiple partners, toys, anal play, light bondage
- 4 - Exclusive pairings, multiple partners and/or menage, anal play, BDSM
- 5 - No holds barred, heavy BDSM, menage and more, fetishes
