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Taking Submissions: Trash Tales

Deadline: December 31st, 2024
Payment: Contributor’s copy
Theme: The stories must be ‘trashy’ in some way (ideas below.)

Deadline for submissions: midnight, 31 December 2024

We are excited to invite submissions for a new anthology of trashy fiction – TRASH TALES – due to be published in August 2025!

All profits (after expenses) will be donated to literacy charities in the UK and US.

The full submission guidelines are available below.

The collection will be produced by me (CriminOlly) and Alex from micro press Kilter and Rammel. Check out Kilter and Rammel’s site here.

We’re looking for short story submissions, no longer than 5000 words and previously unpublished. It can be in any category or genre you like, as long as it’s what we might all consider of a trashy nature!

Some ideas (this list is non-exhaustive):

  • Naughty nurses and sexy shifters: spicy or sweet category romance
  • One man armies: men’s adventure
  • The Wild, and sometimes Weird West: westerns
  • Trashy Tales of Terror : cheesy horror fiction featuring creepy kids, killer animals, mutants and monsters, etc.
  • Science Fiction Shenanigans: Alien invaders, technology gone haywire
  • Crime, Pulp, That Sort of Thing: Gritty detective fiction, real world or with an added twist of the supernatural/paranormal/occult
  • Mystery-solving Moggies: Cosy crime involving animals, baked goods and such like
  • Level Up: LitRPG (Literary Roleplaying Game) stories.

So get thinking up those trashy stories, and we look forward to seeing what you’ve got for us to read!

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Taking Submissions: Book Worms Horror Zine Issue #7

Deadline: December 15th, 2024
Payment: 8 cents a word for fiction and essays (1500 words or less). $25 for short poems (ten lines or less), $50 for longer poems. Includes one contributor copy.
Theme: Space and Science Fiction Horror (must have horror elements, not just sci-fi.)

Seeking original short stories, essays, and poems for our Winter 2025 issue.

THEME: Space and Science Fiction Horror (must have horror elements, not just sci-fi.)

DEADLINE: December 15, 2024

PAYMENT: 8 cents a word for fiction and essays (1500 words or less). $25 for short poems (ten lines or less), $50 for longer poems. Includes one contributor copy.

No reprints or multiple submissions, please. Exclusive rights for six months after publication.

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Taking Submissions: Dracula Beyond Stoker Issue 6

Deadline: December 31st, 2024
Payment: 5 cents per word and a contributors copy
Theme: Jonathan Harker

Issue 6: Jonathan Harker(To Be Published May, 2025)
What happened on the way from the castle to the hospital in Buda-Pesth? What happens after the story ends? What is his relationship with his son? Jonathan is often perceived and portrayed as impish and weak, but he might just be one of the bravest characters in the book.

Submissions open November 1, 2024-December 31, 2024. Submissions received earlier will be read and considered but will not be responded to until the window opens.
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Taking Submissions: RDG Books Press Untitled Horror Anthology

Deadline: December 30th, 2024
Payment: $20 or a contributors copy
Theme: All horror

SUBMIT: HORROR ANTHOLOGY

There will be ten short stories accepted.

Word count: 3,000-5,000

We ask for 1st publication rights to new stories only. We accept ONE submission per author, so send us your best! Contract with all details will be provided to accepted authors. Submissions will Close on DEC 30th

USE OUR SITE CONTACT FORM

We will provide an email address to send your story to.

Acceptance Letters Will Go Out By Jan 28, 2025

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Taking Submissions: Stories To Take To Your Grave #3 High Seas Edition

Submission Window: November 1st – 30th, 2024
Payment: $25 and a contributors copy
Theme: Stories of pirates, sea monsters, deserted islands, the Bermuda Triangle, and anything else taking place on or in the world’s oceans.

Undertaker Books is putting out the call for horror tales from the high seas! We’re looking for stories of pirates, sea monsters, deserted islands, the Bermuda Triangle, and anything else taking place on or in the world’s oceans. From the ice floes of the Arctic to the nuclear wasteland of Bikini Atoll, the seven seas are your canvas for amazing horror!

This collection of stories is part of our Stories to Take To Your Grave series, and we’ve made some changes to how we’re doing it. Individual stories will be released once a month, then be compiled into an anthology at the end of the year!


Theme: 
Horror Stories of all subgenres that take place on the High Seas.

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Taking Submissions: Frost Zone Stories Issue 1

Submission Window: November 2nd – 16th, 2024
Payment: Canadian author will be sent a flat rate in CANADIAN DOLLARS of $15.00 and one print contributor’s copy or two print copies. Author located outside of Canada will be sent two print copies of the book in which they appear or a flat rate in CANADIAN DOLLARS of $15.00 (less currency conversion and Paypal fees) and one print contributor’s copy.
Theme: Dark Literary Fiction, Quiet Horror, Literary Horror

Canadian biannual publication of dark literary fiction.

 

Submissions due to open November 02 – 16

First issue/BOOK 1 to be published Spring/25

Frost Zone Stories is biannual: with Spring and Autumn publications.

 

Please do not include your name in the story manuscript, nor in the file name, so that submissions can be read anonymously. Name your file with your story name.

 

Short Fiction: We are seeking original, clear and concise, unpublished short stories preferably 1800 – 3800 words. (leeway of 200 words if you story requires it).

Submit only one story per submission period.

Simultaneous submissions are fine, but please let us know as soon as possible if accepted elsewhere.

Dark Literary Fiction, Quiet Horror, Literary Horror

 

This covers a wide range of subject matter including shadowy, bleak literary stories, tales of the supernatural, folk horror, hauntings, misadventure, psychological horror and more – including the unexpected, the dreadful, the chilling, and the strange. If you’re not sure – send it, but  –

–  we’re sorry even though we are fans of a wide range of dark fiction and horror this is not the best place for extreme horror, ultra violence, or erotica.

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Taking Submissions: Muses of Mythology: Vampire Visions

Deadline: December 31st, 2024
Payment: Contributors copy
Theme: Vampire Visions

We are excited to announce the submissions period for the annual anthology from Storm Dragon Publishing! The title of the series is Muses of Mythology (MoMa for short). Each yearly anthology will have a specific theme. This year’s title is Vampire Visions. Historically, vampires have been portrayed as monsters. However, that perspective has shifted considerably and often in the last forty years or so. The opportunity of this anthology is to showcase vampires with an eye toward unique perspectives. Because interpretations of the blood drinking undead have been so diverse in recent years, this will be especially challenging but hopefully fun for writers. The collection will include both short stories and poetry. Below you will find the instructions for submission for both the short story and the poetry.

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Taking Submissions: Silent Nightmares December 2024 Window

Cover artwork by Ben Baldwin.

Submission Window: December 1st – 31st, 2024
Payment: 10 cents per word and a contributors copy
Theme: Dark holiday horrors

Silent Nightmares will be open for submissions the month of December, 2024. This anthology of dark holiday horrors will be co-edited by Chuck Palahniuk and Michael Bailey, who will be eagerly sifting the slush for Haunting Stories to Be Told on the Longest Night of the Year.

If you want to play along, send a submission using the guidelines below between 12:01 a.m. on December 1st (your time zone) through midnight on December 31st to be considered. Submissions sent before or after that window will go unread.

A portion of the anthology will be filled by invited writers, but submissions open to the public in December. Expect nothing but the best. The list of personally invited writers is incredible, and both Chuck Palahniuk and Michael Bailey want to showcase your work alongside them.

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