Epitaphs Magazine Save 10% on Tastefully Simple! Home Photos Surveys & Banners Suggested Reading Links Blog Calendar Genealogy Corner Join Our E-mail List JOIN OUR E-MAIL LIST! Sign up here for the Interview with the Taphophile group list. Meet others with the same cemetery interests as you and keep up-to-date on happenings with TheCemeteryClub.com. Epitaphs Magazine Subscriptions About NEW! Writing Tips for Epitaphs Shop! Online Catalog & Store Disarming Charms View Guestbook Sign Guestbook A Note from the Editor About Prices I suppose it had to happen eventually--the prices of printing Epitaphs Magazine have gone up. This, of course, means that the cost of the magazine to you has also gone up. I'm not happy about this, but am considering ways to bring the costs down without lowering the integrity of the magazine. The price of the full-color magazine at 28 pages is $15.98 plus $5.90 shipping/handling. And the $5.90 is the media mail rate. This shocked me when I discovered it today while placing orders for customers. I actually had to pay out money to cover the increase in costs to send the magazine out to someone! It's not like EM is a big money-maker anyway, but that's ridiculous. I will be sending out an e-mail soon to my group list asking for opinions. An easy way to cut costs is to go back to a black-and-white format. The cover would still be in color, but the insides would not be any longer. If color is an issue, then perhaps cutting back on pages is the answer. At this point, I'm not sure. I want to hear from the readers and supporters of EM before I make a decision. Until then, know that I am doing what I can to continue making EM the best magazine it can be. Sincerely, Minda IMPORTANT NOTE: If you will be ordering multiple items at the same time, e-mail Minda at minda.epitaphsmag@gmail.com to receive a PayPal invoice and save on shipping charges (the PayPal buttons do not offer shipping discounts on more than one item at this time). If you would like to pay by check or money order (U.S. residents only, please), e-mail minda.epitaphsmag@gmail.com for your total. About the Magazine Epitaphs Magazine is an independent, ad-free print magazine for cemetery lovers (or taphophiles). Photo and article submissions are received from all over the U.S. and even the world. Each issue starting with #5 is in full color and consists of 28 pages of fascinating articles, photography, poetry, artwork and more. It is edited and designed by founder Minda Powers-Douglas and comes out approximately three times a year. Submissions are accepted on a volunteer basis (no payment is remitted). The magazine is published through Lulu.com. It is available only online through Lulu.com and TheCemeteryClub.com. EM #7 (6/25/08) EM #6 EM #5 Subscriptions Submit Your Work Advertise on Our Site Order Epitaphs Magazine #7 EM #7, our summer 2008 issue, features tons of photographs of wild and wonderful gravestones and much more. - Angels & Oddities: Expected and Unexpected Finds in the Cemetery - Featuring photography by: Tracy Carlson, Ryan Coffman, Colleen Ann Cross, Kellee Flesch, Alan Gangi, Steven Hernandez, Lynn Johansen, Sidney Levesque, Dusty Smith and Polly Yuill - Lest We Forget: The Hurricane Katrina Memorial in New Orleans - By Ryan M. Seidemann - The Cemetery is My Home - By Wenzday - More Than Words - By Lori. J. Butts - Angel in Repose (cover) - By Jeane Trend-Hill - The Oldest Continuing Free Will Baptist Church & Cemetery in Texas - By Sherry Hightower - Mourning Comes to Mardi Gras: A Farewell to the Cajun-Chinese Cowboy--Sheriff Harry Lee - By Ryan M. Seidemann - Minnesota Mourning - By David Krahmer - Cemetery Superhero: Mark Davis - Everything Old is New Again - By Minda Powers-Douglas - Three Views of the Eastin Monument - By Paul Ramey - Why I'm a Taphophile - By Steven Hernandez - Book reviews: "Cemeteries of Seattle," "Haunted Daytona Beach" and "Life in Parts: An Interpretation from the Cemetery" To order your copy through PayPal, click the link below. To order multiple copies (and receive a discount on shipping) or to send a payment by mail, e-mail Minda at minda.epitaphsmag@gmail.com to receive a PayPal invoice. Order Epitaphs Magazine #6 Epitaphs Magazine is the magazine for cemetery lovers by cemetery lovers. It is an independent publication that accepts submissions from around the world. For more information about EM, visit www.EpitaphsMagazine.com or www.TheCemeteryClub.com. Issue #6 features: - The Taphophile's Photographer: John Thomas Grant - The Taphophile of the Year 2007 - Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis - A Brief History of Coffins - Photography from Kensal Green Cemetery in London - And more! Price: $15.98 plus s/h $5.90 • Click the "Buy Now" button below to pay with PayPal. Or send a check or money order to: Epitaphs Magazine, PO Box 1163, Moline, IL 61266-1163 • You can also download an electronic version through Lulu.com. Order Epitaphs Magazine #5 Issue #5 is still available! It features the photography of Jeffrey Netz, articles by Dusty Smith, "The Proper Way to Clean a Headstone," an interview with the Gravestone Girls, Greenlawn Cemetery in Columbus, Dog Pond Press, "Why I'm a Taphophile" by Barbara Dobson, Cemetery Etiquette, and much more. Price: $15.98 plus $5.90 s/h • Click the "Buy Now" button below to pay with PayPal. Or send a check or money order to: Epitaphs Magazine, PO Box 1163, Moline, IL 61266-1163 • You can also download an electronic version through Lulu.com. minda@thecemeteryclub.com New and Current Subscriptions Purchase EM Issue #5 Submit Your Work Advertise Printed Issues Current Subscriptions (updated 10/27/07) Starting with issue #5 of Epitaphs Magazine, the magazine changed its format. It is still available as a print magazine, and it is also available electronically. Subscriptions, though, are no longer being accepted. Current subscribers will still receive the magazine until their subscription runs out. Subscribers will receive their final issues in e-book format. If you have a subscription and have not received an e-mail with your special link yet, e-mail me. For easier assistance, please include your method of payment, approximate date of payment and how many issues you have received so far. The reason for the change in the magazine is because Epitaphs Magazine went bankrupt. I am keeping the magazine alive through sheer will-power and many sleepless nights between dirty diapers. It's an arduous process, but I want to make good on all subscriptions as well as keep the publication going as long as possible. So with that comes change. I appreciate your patience and understanding during this shift. If you have questions, please e-mail me at minda@thecemeteryclub.com Submit Your Work Submissions are open to anyone with an interest in cemeteries. All submissions MUST BE ORIGINAL WORKS. TheCemeteryClub.com cannot use previously published works without the express permission of the author and original publisher. Submissions are to be offered on a volunteer basis (no payment is remitted, though you maintain the rights to your work). You will receive a complimentary electronic issue. Print copies may be ordered by e-mailing minda.epitaphsmag@gmail.com or directly through Lulu.com. Submitting your work makes you eligible for publication in Epitaphs Magazine or TheCemeteryClub.com, but does not guarantee publication in either venue. The writer/photographer/artist retains the rights to her/his submissions published by TheCemeteryClub.com. Epitaphs Magazine Online accepts the following: Articles on cemeteries or cemetery-related stories First-person essays on cemeteries Interviews Original poetry Original photography Original cemetery-related artwork Letters to the editor Critics' Crypt--Book and video reviews Tomb Traveler--Cemetery Road Trips Dead Man Talking (favorite epitaphs) Examples of acceptable topics: Cemetery preservation/restoration Historical information about an individual cemetery Genealogy/cemetery articles Photo essays of one or more cemeteries Educational information Cemetery-related artwork in a variety of mediums United States or international cemeteries Unacceptable topics/themes: Graphic articles or poetry (i.e. anything having to do with viscera, vampires or gore) Promotion of illegal activity Pornography Anything using foul language All submissions should include your contact information and a brief bio. Send queries/submissions to: minda.epitaphsmag@gmail.com Advertise with TheCemeteryClub.com You can advertise with TheCemeteryClub.com. Banner ads: • 260 x 60 • one month • any page but home • $10 (limited time offer) Side banner ads: • 160 x 160 • one month • any page • $10 (limited time offer) Long tall banner ads: • 120 x 500 • one month • any page • $50 (limited time offer) Ad creation service: Need an ad created but don't have the time, skills, etc.? Let us create it for you. Any ad, any size (listed above) designed for you for $20. You can use your ad on this site or any other. A great price for a great service. Contact: To advertise with us or have an ad created, e-mail Minda at minda.epitaphsmag@gmail.com Issue #4 (through old publisher) From Fall 2005 to Spring 2007, Epitaphs Magazine was a printed publication (issues 1-4). Issue #4 is still available for purchase by clicking on one of the links on the right side of this page. Each issue is $10 U.S. and $14 international (prices include shipping). Here's what issue #4 is all about: Issue #4 Fall/Winter 2006 (Issued April 2007) Articles: Interview with Ghostvillage.com's Jeff Belanger by John Bald and Jay Rakus Fun with Superstitions by Dusty Smith May the Work I Have Done Speak for Me: A Mysterious Engraving in Springfield Cemetery by Ryan M. Seidemann Mystic Ghosts Brings Girl Power to Ghost Hunting by Minda Powers-Douglas Tales From the Darkside: The Truth About Being a Ghost Hunter by Dusty Smith Monsterguts.com: Making the World a Scarier Place, One Haunt at a Time by Minda Powers-Douglas Chicago's Deadliest Blaze - The Iroquois Theater Fire by Lori M. Barrett The Witches Tower: A Legendary Monument or Monument to Urband Legends? by Mark A. Middleton, II With poetry, photography and original art by: Eric Quarry, Sal Amico M. Buttaci, Joshua Inayat, Sarah Wagner and Tracy Carlson STOCK IS LOW - order today! 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