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Deadline: February 28th, 2017 Payment: 2 cents a word and a contributor's copy Triangulation is open for submissions. This year’s theme: “Appetites”. We are Parsec Ink’s speculative fiction annual, now in our 13th year. We’re looking for outstanding fantasy, science fiction, and horror–from new and established writers. Take the theme and run with it. Tell us a story we won’t forget. Theme:  “Appetites” Submissions Open: December 1, 2016 Submissions Close: February 28, 2017 Word Count: We consider fiction up to 6,000 words, but the sweet spot is 3,000. There is no minimum word count. Genre: We accept science fiction, fantasy, and horror–and enjoy intelligent blends of the three. Stories without a speculative element will not be considered. Compensation: Pay is semi-pro: 2 cents a word. Authors will receive an e-book and one print copy of the anthology, plus wholesale pricing for additional print copies (typically 50% off the cover price). Rights: We purchase North American serial rights, and electronic rights for the downloadable version(s). All subsidiary rights released upon publication. Submissions: We are a meritocracy. New authors are as welcome as those with a laundry list of accomplishments. But it’s going to be the story that wins us over. Grab us by the lapels, drag us onto that plane, take us for the ride of our lives… but get us back on the ground safely and home in time for dinner. “Appetites” is our theme. Make us hungry, make us beg… then feed us until our eyes cross. Or you can go beyond the dinner table. People hunger for vengeance. Lust for power. Some have drives for the unimaginable. P.S. We know Soylent Green is people, but if you’re going to send us a cannibalism story, make sure it knocks our socks off. 🙂 We do not accept reprints, multiple submissions, or simultaneous submissions. If...

Deadline: February 28th, 2017. Payment: 1 cent per word and $25 for reprints NOTE: There is a PDF linked to down below with a lot of details you should really read before submitting. Welcome to Occult Detective Quarterly (or ODQ, as the hip kids call it), where the doomed meddlers lurk. This page and other entries will keep you up to speed on what’s happening with ODQ – submission openings, new writers joining us, progress on each issue and what’s going on in general. Occult Detective Quarterly is a quarterly magazine with fiction, articles, reviews and art. Print is our first priority, but e-formats will be available as we go along. THE CONCEPT Don’t be fooled. This is no ordinary foray into the world of occult detectives. We are looking for great stories of psychic investigators, worn-out private eyes, supernatural sleuths and doomed meddlers of every kind in every setting. We want protagonists and antagonists who challenge us, who set old standards on their heads as well. We still offer a home for the amateur sleuth in his tweeds, creeping through the cursed house, but next to him we want his counterparts: the cynical socialite in thirties Berlin with a luger in her bag; the gay French police detective daring to enter the catacombs of Paris in the sixties; the black investigator learning the true history of her brother and the Chicago slaughterhouses; the Hindu priest facing weirdness amongst the remains of British forts in India; the South American bruja who finds that Montevideo has a heart of darkness. We welcome weird explorations of what it might mean to face the unnatural, including what many call ‘literary’ horror. At the same time we have room for classic adventure, folk-horror and out-and-out ghosts. Anything, in fact, which has an occult investigation...

Deadline: February 28th, 2017 Payment: $.02/word. Alternative Truths Anthology is open for submissions on the post-election era. What does the future hold? Endless alternative facts? Brilliant leadership? Alien invasions? Zombies in the Whitehouse? The submissions are not restricted to a political bent and may run the gamut from political satire to dystopian visions. The common thread to is that the election, the transfer, and the future are some how part of the vision. We are looking for well written visions of the post-election world in the near or far future. We are looking for thoughtful complete pieces that well demonstrate and inspire thoughts on the country. We want to look past the stereotypes and find interesting visions of the adventure our country is embarking on. Good luck. Submissions should be in standard manuscript format in either RTF, Doc, or Docx files. Queries are welcome complete stories are more welcome. Submissions should be made to [email protected]. Target lengths are 1500 to 7500 words. Hate speech, gratuitous sex or violence is not our objective. A face book group: Alternative Truth Anthology, is open to provide an ongoing status of the effort. Editors, Bob Brown and Irene Radford Payment is $.02/word. February 28 deadline. Via: Alternative Truths Facebook.

Deadline: February 28th, 2017 Payment: 6 cents per word So, for 2017 we’re opening short story submissions for the following titles: Lost Worlds, Supernatural Horror, Time Travel & Heroic Fantasy. As always we need between twenty to thirty short stories by new writers to complement a selection of classic tales. We are keen to encourage new writers, without prejudice to age, background or previous publication history. It’s the story that matters, and the quality of writing. Submit by email to [email protected] Beautiful and Powerful Oh my, it seems like yesterday when we announced our first short story collections, in 2015. Forget Pandora’s box it feels like we’ve tunneled deep into a mountain and found a pit of eternal imagination. Our first deluxe edition short story compilations, Chilling Horror, Chilling Ghosts and Science Fiction are still in print and we’re currently deciding how much of the 2016 crop to reprint: Murder Mayhem, Crime & Mystery, Dystopia Utopia and Swords & Steam, all are fantastic. Our anthologies are designed to be read in print. They look and feel fantastic. You’ll feel proud to hand them to your friends, family, colleagues. We’ve had so many great reviews (which really makes a difference to us), such as: Beautifully bound book with silver foil pages full of excellent short stories. (5.0 out of 5 stars | By soso on 11 Mar. 2016) An awesome collection of old and new. The opening story, "Stay Away from the Accordian Girl" is absolutely splendid. We’re just about to release two special editions with H.G. Wells and Lovecraft Short Stories as we seek new ways of growing this part of our list, and we’re reading through some wonderful submissions for our new full novel list, Flame Tree Press (more on that soon). The 2017 Short Story Titles Lost Worlds will be...