Author: Stuart Conover

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Taking Submissions: Samhain Screams!

Deadline: May 30th, 2025
Payment: $50 AUD and a contributors copy
Theme: Halloween

Edited by Greg Chapman and Cameron Trost

Halloween.

So much more than costumes and candy, it’s the time when the veil between our world and the other side is at its thinnest. The hour when dark forces come into the light in search of innocent souls. A time of blood and evil.

Australian Shadows Award-winning and multiple Bram Stoker Award-nominated author and artist Greg Chapman, and acclaimed author Cameron Trost, are seeking new original Halloween tales for this anthology, planned for release in October 2025.
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Indie Authors Rejoice: How E-Books & Audiobooks Are Shaping Publishing’s Bright Future

Riding the Digital Wave: The The Future Looks Great For Publishing!

The future of publishing is bright—and indie authors stand to benefit significantly.

According to a recent industry report by Fact.MR, the global book publishing market is expected to grow substantially, reaching $137.36 billion in 2024, with consistent growth at 5% annually until 2034. What’s driving this promising outlook? Digital formats like e-books and audiobooks are quickly reshaping how readers engage with content, opening exciting new avenues for authors and indie publishers.

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Writing About a Game of Wits? Poker Players to Draw Inspiration From for Your Next Horror Novel

Writing About a Game of Wits? Poker Players to Draw Inspiration From for Your Next Horror Novel

Writing a good horror story is often more complex than it seems. While the thrill of the chase is essential in building suspense in horror, a satisfying resolution is the cornerstone of ensuring your work leaves a lasting impression and provides readers with a sense of closure. 

To guide your readers towards this resolution, you’ll need appealing characters who can help move the narrative forward and keep your audience hooked. Seasoned writers know the importance of drawing inspiration from real life when building their characters. But if you’re looking for characters who are larger than life, you may want to focus on one demographic in particular: poker players. After all, poker and horror writing, while both distinct, are similar in several ways. 


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Ohio’s Haunted Stadiums: Where Sports and the Supernatural Collide

Ohio’s Haunted Stadiums: Where Sports and the Supernatural Collide

Ohio’s sports culture is legendary, but beneath the roaring crowds and championship dreams lies a chilling side—its haunted stadiums. From eerie apparitions at Ohio Stadium to ghostly whispers at Progressive Field, the Buckeye State is home to some of the most haunted sports venues in the country. 

 

These haunted arenas have captivated both sports fans and paranormal enthusiasts alike, fueling the imagination of those who believe in ghosts and spirits lingering in the shadows. 

 

The intersection of sports and the supernatural makes these venues the perfect inspiration for horror fiction, where haunted stadiums could serve as the eerie backdrop to spine-chilling tales.

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Eerie River is open to Novels and Novellas from Canadian Authors

Submission Window: April 15th – June 1st, 2025
Payment: 40% royalties for net eBook sales with a chance to increase to 50% should a specific threshold of sales be met.
Theme: Novels and novellas in dark fiction, horror, dark romance, and horror romance.

Publishing Opportunities for 2026

We are happy to announce that our focus for 2026 is to highlight the voices of underrepresented Canadian authors.

We are seeking submissions from Canadian authors who identify as BIPOC, 2SLGBTQIA+, or are from marginalized communities.

We are seeking two novels or novellas in the genres of dark fiction, dark romance, horror romance, or horror, to be published in the latter half of 2026.

If you are a Canadian author with a unique story to tell, we encourage you to submit your work for consideration. Let’s bring your voices to the forefront of the literary world.

Our submission window will be from April 15 – June 1.

We are seeking completed manuscripts.

Eerie River Publishing only publishes a handful of novels a year. Regrettably, this means we will have to pass on some fantastic writing. We wish we could publish them all but the truth is we wouldn’t be able to put the resources needed behind each project to make them a success. And that is what we are here to do.

We are an inclusive company that accepts submission from anyone regardless of race, gender or sexuality. We accept agented and non-agented submissions during our submission window.

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Taking Submissions: The Necronomicon of Sherlock Holmes

Deadline: June 15th, 2025
Payment: $125 and a contributor’s copy
Theme: Insert Sherlock Holmes into the realm of Lovecraftian Horror

Edited by Derrick Belanger & Brian Belanger

Description: Imagine Holmes investigating the disappearance of a college student in the mysterious town of Innsmouth, matching wits with a man who can reanimate the dead, or using his deductive skills to help fight creatures from beyond the realm of time and space. These are just some of the stories which could be included in the new anthology The Necronomicon of Sherlock Holmes. The anthology will feature traditional Sherlock Holmes stories blended with one or more of Lovecraft’s tales.
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Taking Submissions: Hellbound Books’ Anthology of Extreme Horror

Deadline: June 30th, 2025
Payment: $5
Theme: Extreme horror, brutal, splatterpunk, etc

We are looking for your most brutal, bloodied,horrific stories – no holds barred; we challenge you to disturb our most seasoned, desensitized curators with your tales of extreme horror and mind-bending terror…

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Celebrating 20 Years of Apex Book Company: 20% Off All Titles!

Apex Book Company Turns 20: Celebrate Two Decades of Groundbreaking Horror & Sci-Fi!

March 16th, 2025, marks a major milestone in genre publishing—the 20th anniversary of Apex Book Company! To honor two decades of groundbreaking science fiction, horror, and fantasy publishing, Apex is offering readers 20% off all available titles and issues (excluding subscriptions, merchandise, and pre-orders) from now until their anniversary date. The discount will be automatically applied to all qualifying purchases.

Founded in 2005 by Jason Sizemore, Apex Book Company emerged from Sizemore’s creative response to an early mid-life crisis and a monotonous city job in risk management software. Inspired by a local DIY fantasy zine, Sizemore initially launched Apex Science Fiction & Horror Digest, quickly gaining respect within the speculative fiction community. Over twelve issues, Apex Digest featured iconic authors such as Ben Bova, Lavie Tidhar, Eugie Foster, Cherie Priest, and Brian Keene, setting the stage for greater things to come.
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