Deadline: April 30th, 2025
Payment: 2 cents per word
Theme: Spicy monster romance horror stories,

Graveside Press’s next themed anthology will be MONSTERS.

Open for Submissions: April 1, 2025 through April 30, 2025
Expected Publication: February 13, 2026
(Yes, it’s a little ways out, but it’s Friday the 13th and the day before Valentine’s Day. We can’t pass that up!)
What Are We Looking For?
Monsters! Specifically … people who love monsters.

Like … a lot.

Give us your spicy monster romance stories, but keep in mind this is still horror; we aren’t looking for sweet urban fantasy tales. Your submission should still have a heavy horror factor.

Submissions Requirements

Your story:

• should be approximately 2,000 – 6,000 words in length.
• contain some kind of monster, creature, or cryptid from folklore, mythology, or your imagination.
• contain some level of spice (all heat ranges accepted).
• any character involved in adult activities must be 18+.
• NO: non-consensual, rape, or other sexual assault

STANDARD PAY RATES

• Standalone works (novels, novellas, short stories “Tiny Terrors”) – 50% royalties of net earnings paid quarterly
• Anthology submissions – 2¢ per word to be paid 90 business days after publication
• Illustrations – $75

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

When submitting, please do not send your manuscript already formatted as a book with fancy chapter headers, fonts, margins, etc. We would greatly appreciate if you can follow the formatting guidelines below:

• file type: *.doc or *.docx
• Font: Any legible serif, e.g., Times New Roman, Garamond
• Include author information at the top of page 1 (see sample below)
• Use formatted indents and not tabs to begin each paragraph
• Use hard returns to start new paragraphs
• Use page breaks to begin chapters on a new page

If you would like an example of what a properly formatted manuscript looks like or need help with any of the above, check here.

When in doubt, just remember we want your MS as clean and readable as possible!

More information can be found here on our website.

Have a question you can’t find an answer to?
Hannah Rebekah Graves (Aquisitions Manager) – [email protected]

Via: Graveside Press.