Taking Submissions: Once Upon a Moonless Night
December 16
Deadline: December 16th, 2024
Payment: 5 cents per word
Theme: Suspenseful stories about what goes bump in the night
It’s the fear—not of the dark—but rather what lurks in the dark.
The terror that the mind can feel, but cannot see.
The whisper on the wind, heard but not understood.
The ephemeral mist that curls around your legs and sends chills deep into your bones.
You know that you shouldn’t go out in the night, shouldn’t heed its seductive call.
Night after night the darkness beckons. You know that one day soon you’ll lose your resolve, give in, and become the darkness. There’ll be no going back once you do.
These are the tales whispered in dark corners. Of good people pushed too far. Stories of revenge and redemption for past wrongdoings. Stories that excite the mind where what seems to be true isn’t always the case.
Dark, foreboding, full of suspense, can you weave the story of what happens during the moonless night?
Submission Guidelines for Once Upon a Moonless Night
- All genres welcome. Submissions must be all ages appropriate.
- Original, never before published content (no reprints)
- Submissions are to be 250-15,000 words
- Standard manuscript format (https://www.shunn.net/format/classic/)
- No AI generated work
- No simultaneous submissions
- Period of exclusivity until three months past publication
- Author grants non-exclusive global, English language hardcover, paperback, eBook, and audiobook licenses in perpetuity for use of the work in the anthology “Once Upon a Moonless Night.”
- Those authors whose stories are selected for inclusion within “Once Upon a Moonless Night” will receive a complimentary copy of the book, access to a special author discount rate for copies of the book, and paid at a rate of $0.05 per word, maximum payout of $400 (submissions longer than 8,000 words will only be paid for 8,000 words). No other royalties or payments will be made.
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Stuart Conover is a father, husband, published author, blogger, geek, entrepreneur, horror fanatic, and runs a few websites including Horror Tree!
