Taking Submissions: Darker Minds
Darker Minds Deadline: January 31st 2012 Payment: £10 The most merciful thing in the world... is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.” H P Lovecraft Dark Minds Press is now open for submissions for their second anthology, Darker Minds, to be published early in 2012. We’re looking for submissions of between two and eight thousand words of dark fiction on the loose theme of “the power of the mind”. How you choose to interpret this is entirely down to you but we’re looking for tales that will disturb and horrify. Please e-mail your submissions to [email protected] formatting your story in .doc or RTF format. Manuscripts should be double spaced, 12pt Times New Roman and use Italics, Bold or Underline as required. Please also supply a brief biography which will be included in the book if you are successful. Payment is a flat rate of £10, on acceptance by Paypal, plus a contributor’s copy of the book. Closing date for submissions is January 31st 2012
Taking Submissions: King David & the Spiders from Mars
King David & the Spiders from Mars Deadline: January 31st, 2012 Payment: $50 advance against equal share of royalties - to be paid out no later than publication. Due to the positive response to She Nailed a Stake Through His Head: Tales of Biblical Terror, I will be editing another Bible-themed anthology. Tentatively titled King David & The Spiders from Mars: More Tales of Biblical Terror, this will be a Bible-themed horror anthology specifically based on The Book of Samuel. Some of my favorite stories from the first anthology were David centered including Elissa Malcohn's "Judgement at Naioth" and Christi Krug's "As If Favorites of Their God." What I'm Looking For: Short stories, ideally between 1000-12000 words. All stories must be based in some way on the book of Samuel (usually edited to be 1 & 2) which is the story about how Israel transitioned from a Judge based society to a kingdom under King David. Even though this is primarily a horror anthology, I'm willing to look at stories that fall into different categories including bizarro, science fiction, fantasy, literary and romance (although if you write a romance between Tamar and Amnon, I'm going to be worried about you and not in a good way). There are several stories within Samuel including the madness of Saul, the end of Eli's family as the major priesthood, David & Goliath and the death of Absalom so feel free to use whatever inspires you. Also, even though the Book of Ruth is a completely different book, it serves as a prequel to the David saga so if you got a great Ruth story, I will read it. Check out this Amazon List for reading suggestions. Please at least read the book of Samuel once to get the flavor of the stories. If...
Taking Submissions: Suction Cup Dreams: An Octopus Anthology
Suction Cup Dreams: An Octopus Anthology Deadline: January 31, 2012 Payment: $20 and 1 Contributor's Copy What We Want SUCTION CUP DREAMS: An Octopus Anthology, features ca. 15 short fiction stories dealing with the most fascinating and noble of marine lifeforms, the octopus. We welcome all subgenres and forms of fiction, spanning genres and styles, from romance, historical fiction, crime dramas, to sci-fi horror. We are looking for short stories which either showcase or are inspired by the octopus as a central theme. Deadline for submissions is January 31, 2012. No entries will be accepted beyond this deadline. What We Don't Want We will not accept stories which have the octopus theme obviously shoehorned in after the fact. We do not want stories about tentacled, non-octopus creatures. We do not want tales about Cthulhu - there are enough stories dedicated to him, and he isn't an octopus (although a Lovecraftian style tale would be allowed if it dealt with octopodes specifically). We are not looking for poetry. And we don't want a large amount of vulgarity or sexual perversion, though erotica is accepted. Multiple Submissions and Reprints We accept up to two (2) multiple submissions for review. Each one must be sent via its own separate email. Reprints are permissable, as long as prior publication is mentioned and described in the cover letter. Pay Rate We offer one contributor's copy of the book as payment. How to Submit Please use our submission webform to submit your manuscript. We do not accept e-mail or postal submissions except for compelling exceptions. Each submission will be reviewed and considered based on creativity, originality, concept, and style. Not all works will be accepted. We recommend tracking your submission on duotrope.com. Keep Social Make sure to follow our Twitter feed @obsolescentinfo and like our Facebook...
Taking Submissions: Nasty Snips 2
Deadline: January 31st 2012 Payment: £10 for first World e-publication rights Nasty Snips 2 NASTY SNIPS II is now open for submissions! In 2012, Pendragon Press will be publishing its first ever e-anthology – and a sequel to Christopher C Teague's original Nasty Snips in 1999 (which kick-started the entire journey into madness which is book publishing). This time around, he will be joined by Katy O'Dowd, Ross Anthony Warren and Esther Sherman in the unenviable task of reading for this, a truly OPEN anthology for anyone! We are looking for short, sharp and shocking tales of the flash fiction variety – that is 1000 words or less. Pendragon Press will be paying a token £10 for first World e-publication rights (which equates to roughly 1p/word). The reading period will close on 31st January 2012 with publication scheduled, with a virtual launch to coincide with next year's FantasyCon. Submissions in standard format to submissions pendragonpress . (If you would like to find out what sort of short, sharp and shocking tales then copies of the original Nasty Snips are available….)
Taking Submissions: Dark Faith 2
Dark Faith 2 Deadline: January 31st 2012 Payment: 5 cents a word, up to 4000 words Apex will be publishing a follow-up to the Nebula, Bram Stoker, and Black Quill-nominated anthology Dark Faith. The book will be 80,000 words and pay five cents a word (up to four thousand words). It will debut late-summer 2012. We buy First World anthology print rights and digital rights (for three years). We’re looking for the story only you could write, something deeply personal and at the same time universal. Everyone believes in something and we want you to put those beliefs to the test. We’re looking for smart, literate stories that don’t proselytize or stereotype. Stories that make you think, that comment on the human condition and the social order. Stories that are rich in their use of language. However, as much as we love social commentary, don’t forget to entertain us. The best way to get a feel for what we’re looking for is to read Dark Faith. Submissions will be accepted from 1/1/2012 until 1/31/2012. Unsolicited stories received outside this timeframe will be deleted, unread. Please include a cover letter with your submission–even if we know you. Please send no more than one submission at a time. No reprints. Simultaneous submissions will be accepted as long as you tell us up front (and immediately withdraw the story if you sell it). All submissions must be emailed as an RTF file to Maurice Broaddus and Jerry Gordon at [email protected].
Taking Submissions: The Dead Walk Again
Deadline: January 31, 2012 Payment: Exposure Only prose fiction The Dead Walk Again is a conceptual piece oriented around a few basic concepts: A zombie apocalypse has occurred. The Dead have risen from their graves and anyone that dies from anything besides serious head trauma will reanimate as a member of the walking dead. A group of survivors somewhere in the United States have set up a website to allow very basic communication among other survivors through surviving PDA and wireless devices. That people from all over the country have sent in their personal narratives to be told on their site. I want to see an emphasis on realism whenever possible in storytelling. We are very much focused on the few survivors of a society that has shut down by zombies roaming in hordes around the country. Outside of that one conceit, the world is pretty much just a blasted out facsimile of our own. A few solid resources exist to tell what would happen to our country and world if our cities were suddenly abandoned and taken over by wildlife and can be found in the master reference list below. Zombies in the world of The Dead Walk Again are very traditional. They are shambling monstrosities with no recognizable brain function outside of walk and eat (humans). Outside of humans and dogs, they show no sign of interest in eating any traditional North American animals. They can only be killed by damage to the brain. They suffer from rot and decay, but will not continuously rot until nothing is left of their bodies. A bite from a zombie will pass the infection on. Any concerns about the nature of zombies in the world should be put towards the e-mail listed on the account below. What We Want: The Dead...
