Novel
Submission Window: August 1st – 31st, 2025
Payment: An advance of $500 to $2000, royalties, and copies.
Themes: Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Dark Age Press is a small, independent publisher. We presently focus on Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Literary Fiction.
Our mission: to support local, independent bookstores and pop-up bookstores, and, as such, we only sell to those bookstores.
Submission Window: July 1st – 15th, 2025
Payment: Royalties
Theme: Horror novels, novellas, short story collections
Submissions are open from July 1st to July 15th, 2025. Submissions outside this window will be deleted unread.
We want horror in all its forms—from literary to weird, Gothic to psychological, and (almost) everything in between. We’re looking for amazing stories from amazing authors, regardless of race, gender, religion—if you’ve got something good, we want it. (Please do not submit YA, romance, erotica, or religious fiction; we do not deal in those genres. Also note that anything involving vampires, werewolves, zombies, or serial killers will be a hard sell, currently.) Need a firm idea of what we’re looking for? Check out the JournalStone website.
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Payment: Royalties
Theme: Horror of all kinds
We are thrilled that you’re considering publishing your spine-chilling tales with Twisted Dreams Press, where nightmares come to life!
At Twisted Dreams Press, we embrace diversity and inclusivity while celebrating your unique voice and twisted perspective. The more variety, the better!
Here are the steps needed to get your creepy creations and scream-inducing tales into our haunted hands, along with answers to your most burning questions about what you can expect when publishing with Twisted Dreams Press!
Payment: 50/50 royalty split
Theme: All horror sub-genres, except extreme horror
Deadline: July 31st, 2025
Payment: Royalty split of 60/40 (author/publisher)
Theme: Speculative fiction novels or novellas by UK authors
We are seeking novel and novella length fiction, which takes us to those dark places. We want the unsettling, the uncanny, and the eerily plausible. We want submissions from UK authors of all backgrounds.
Please note: While elements of horror, fantasy and sci-fi are welcomed, we are not looking for out and out horror/fantasy/sci-fi. We do not want any splatterpunk, or romance and submissions of these genres will not be read or responded to.
Payment: 50% royalties
Theme: Short stories, novels, and novellas – Horror stories for younger readers (middle school to YA)
Beware the children…
We’re asking for your tales again, this time not for Graveside Press, but for GRADEside Stories!
Gradeside is your haunted carnival for the tales geared toward younger readers—still spooky, but with a little restraint. Both middle grade and young adult titles are considered, however, if we feel your YA title skews to an upper YA older audience, we may ask to publish it as a standard Graveside title.
Requirements:
The standard horror elements are allowed, but keep in mind who you’re writing for. Topics such as extreme body horror, assault, torture, etc., will not be considered. MG stories should maintain a PG rating, and YA should stick to PG-13.
Submission Window: Jun 16-30, 2025. Extended Period for authors who are BIPOC, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and other marginalized communities, Jul 1-15
Payment: $50 advance on novellas, $75 advance on novels, 50% net royalties on all eBooks and 30% net royalties on paperback books
Theme: Horror
Novels and Novellas
Submission are Open Jun 16-30, 2025
Extended Period for authors who are BIPOC, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and other marginalized communities, Jul 1-15
What We Want
Timber Ghost Press is looking to publish high-quality horror fiction to include cosmic horror, weird horror, sci-fi/horror, gothic, and contemporary. We especially love cosmic horror, wilderness horror, stories that fill you with creeping dread.
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Payment: $1000.00 to $2000.00 cash Royalty Advances, industry standard or better royalty rates and a big box-o-books (22 free author copies)
Theme: Strong elements of Horror and/or Dark Fiction as well as strong characters and character driven storylines
Lefthand Path Press is a new horror and dark fiction publisher with big plans. We will be launching our publishing house along with our awesome upcoming website later this year, probably close to Halloween.
While we are gearing up for the launch, we ate still looking for one or two incredible new novels.
We are currently open to submissions for NOVELS only.
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