Taking Submissions: It Came From The Boiler Room
Deadline: May 5th, 2017 Payment: $10, contributor's copy, and royalties We're going a little bit different for our summer anthology versus our winter one. Think Evil Dead or Shaun of the Dead. Dark with a humorous, tongue-in-cheek, or ironic bent. We don't need to be rolling on the floor laughing when we read your submission. Getting a chuckle or an eye roll out of us will do. As usual, this is a non-themed dark fiction anthology. WHAT WE WANT: 100% original short stories. We are not accepting reprints. We are purchasing the exclusive world-wide first print and electronic rights to your work. Minimum 1,000 words. Maximum 5,000 words. Anything above or under these guidelines will be discarded, unless you get a written exception from us. Stories can be set in any time period you choose and any genre you choose, except romance, erotica, hard science fiction, historical fiction, extreme horror/splatterpunk. Characters and plots that are three-dimensional. Neither are required to be likeable, but they are required to be believable. Immerse us in your characters' lives and fictional world. We want to see pieces from all background and experience level. Having diverse characters is a plus for us, too. We support diversity every chance we get. This anthology project is no different! Manuscripts must be in .DOC or .DOCX file format and formatted in standard manuscript format. We will not accept RTF files. We will discard any story that doesn't follow the standard manuscript format outlined here: http://www.shunn.net/format/story.html. No exceptions. Simultaneous submissions are okay, but we ask that you let us know if your story is accepted elsewhere as soon as possible. WHAT WE DON'T WANT: No parts of novels or novellas. The story you submit must have a defined beginning and end. No multiple submissions. No trunk (unfinished) stories. We...
