Payment: 50 cents per short story sold
Theme: Single short stories from authors, primarily horror but open to most speculative fiction
Pyschotoxin Press is now open to short stories in an ongoing effort for their Eye Tales production. The Eye Tales store focuses on single short stories from genre authors. We format and create a cover, (if we need to) and we sell it for $1.25. The author gets $.50 per each copy sold.
Payment: $30
Theme: A mix of speculative fiction and literature stories with singular visions and points-of-view that are still very grounded in character
We like stories with singular visions and points-of-view that are still very grounded in character.
We’d like to sit somewhere between speculative fiction and literary fiction, taking aspects of both and creating something new and original.
We’re also keen to read pure literary fiction, especially if it challenges the reader to think about something in a new or different way.
Payment: 4 cents per word
Theme: Short fiction is back in Eric Flint’s 1632 universe
Note: Yes the magazine claims to have rights to be able to produce fiction set in the 1632 universe!
Short fiction is back in the 1632 Universe!
Eric Flint’s 1632 & Beyond will publish six issues per year,
on the first day of odd-numbered months.
Is this from Ring of Fire Press or 1632 Inc.?
It’s from a new company, Flint’s Shards Inc.
Do you have permission?
Yes, we have a contract with Lucille Robbins, Eric Flint’s widow and heir.
We will also coordinate closely with Baen Books to maintain the canon continuity for which the 1632 series is known.
Payment: Royalties
Theme: Speculative Fiction Novels that recently lost a publisher.
It’s come to our attention recently that several small and medium publishers have decided to close their doors, leaving the authors they once published out in the cold. Such announcements are sad for me to hear, as I’ve always felt like it was less a competition among smaller publishers than a community that we at Epic Publishing are a part of. Obviously, not all publishers feel that way, but I’ve done my best to help other publishers, as they have helped me, so why not keep paying it forward? We all love books, right? And that’s what publishing is all about: loving books and supporting others’ love of books and those who write them.
Payment: Paying $500 signing bonus + $500 advance upon publication, and a 60% (author) royalty share on physical and electronic editions of the book.
Theme: Horror
We’re looking for submissions for 40k+ word manuscripts from authors who’ve never published a novel. Paying $500 signing bonus + $500 advance upon publication, and a 60% (author) royalty share on physical and electronic editions of the book.
You’re welcome to submit (1) complete, original, and unpublished 40k+ word manuscript to [email protected] if you have at least (2) paid horror writing credits and have never published a novel. If you have novellas and short story collections in print, you’re still eligible.
Payment: $10 per story, $25 per cover art
Theme: Stories that may *sort of* fit into the genres of horror, dark fantasy, or speculative.
Nocturne Magazine accepts work that may *sort of* fit into the genres of horror, dark fantasy, or speculative. However, we can be convinced of branching out as long as there’s something deeply unsettling about your submission.
We want something that makes us stay awake at night. Or have strange dreams. Or wake up still thinking about your piece while we drink our morning coffee. We don’t just want “eww,” or “yikes.” We want to scroll through your submission with trembling fingers.
We vibe with Stephen King’s weird dream scenes, Shirley Jackson’s “castles” and murderous young women, and Grady Hendrix’s fierce vampire-fighting book club, and anything else surreal, unusual, or downright terrifying.
But we also have some things we don’t love:
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Payment: 4¢/word rounded to next dollar, minimum $4. One copy to all contributors. Non fiction that fits here of 1 cent per word
Theme: Science Fiction Poetry
Star*Line is the official print journal of the SFPA, established in 1978. It is a literary venue for speculative (including science-fiction, fantasy, and horror) poets and poetry enthusiasts, and features interviews, articles, reviews, member news and letters, association business, and poetry—by members and nonmembers.
Payment: $25
Theme: General Horror
What we’re looking for:
Fiction: Wondering if your story will be a good fit? Check out our current issue to get a better feel. We’re looking for stories in the range of 1500 to 6000 words. Also, if yours is a voice that has been traditionally underrepresented in these genres, we’d especially like to hear from you.
We’re in the mood for something particularly scary! Send us whatever scares you the most, the story you wouldn’t be able to read alone at night.
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– Ryan Benson.
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