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Taking Submissions: Horror-tica

December 30, 2012

Deadline: December 30th 2012
Payment: All contributors are will be paid £3.00 for every 150 copies of their respective anthology sold. This payment is cumulative, meaning that, if a given anthology sells 300 copies, each contributor will receive £6.00, if it sells 450 copies, each contributor will receive £9.00 and so on. This applies to all sales of the anthology, in every format.

Royalties will be payable for the first two years of the book’s existence.

Cruentus Libri Press is pleased to announce its forthcoming anthology, now open for submission.

Horror-tica is an anthology for stories that combine horror and erotica into a seamless whole – voluptuous vampires, sensual succubi, well-hung werewolves or any other combination of blood and lust that comes into the dark and sordid back alleys of your mind.

WHAT WE WANT

Stories of evil and eroticism. We run a broadminded church here at Cruentus Libri Press, so whatever you particular little kink of pecadillo might be, it will find a home here, so long as it involves horror in equal measure to horniness. The erotic elements must be integral to the story – don’t just send us a normal tale with a graphic sex scene shoehorned into the narrative; weave it into the plot, make it the focus of the story. We want tales that are character and story driven rather than just heavy-panting descriptions of sexual acts.

WHAT WE DON’T WANT

Pedophilia, lolicon, child abuse…whatever term you use to describe it, underage sex is a HUGE no-no and any stories involving such will be rejected without further comment. Beyond that, we’re not bothered – it is highly unlikely that your particular fetish will shock us. As long as it’s chained and bound to a strong story, we’ll give it a chance.

This is a horror anthology intended for an adult audience. Whilst we have no qualms about including sex (obviously), violence and swearing in the stories, don’t make it gratuitous – ask yourself whether the scene in question adds to the story or if it is simply there to shock.

THE RULES

First, check out our Writer’s Guidelines and, specifically, that part pertaining to Anthology Submissions. They should tell you all you need to know about sending us your work.

Word Count: 2500-7500 words.

Reading Period: 01 October 2012 to 30 December 2012.

Reprints: Yes

Multiple Submissions: No.

Simultaneous Submissions: We understand that writers want to find a home for their work and, as such, we have no problem with sending you story to other markets as well as our own. We ask only that you inform us if your story gets accepted elsewhere before the end of the reading period, so that we can remove it from our slushpile.

Payment: This anthology is a paying market, paying shared royalties based on sales. Please see our royalty guide here for details.

Rights: Cruentus Libri Press request One Time Print and Electronic Publishing Rights for each story published. This means that, once your story is published with us, thereafter it can only be marketed as a reprint. This can limit the number of markets that will accept it, as many publications will not accept reprints and those that do may offer a reduced pay rate as a consequence. Please bear this in mind when submitting your story for inclusion in this anthology.

Once you’re satisfied with your entry and you’re sure it meets the guidelines, submit it as an attachment to [email protected]

[via: Cruentus Libri Press.]

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December 30, 2012