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Deadline: September 30, 2014 Payment: 1 contributor copy, $5.00 for poetry/flash; $10.00 for short stories Submissions are NOW OPEN for Fossil Lake II: The Refossiling! Anticipated Release Date: February 2015 in print and ebook. What we’re looking for: the dark, the transgressive, the controversial, the surreal. Horror, humor, bizarro, erotica, suspense, fantasy, historical, Lovecraftian … pretty much anything goes genre-wise and content-wise as long as it’s well-written and entertaining to read. Bonus points for somehow involving thematic elements of fossils and/or lakes. What we’re NOT looking for: Crap writing (hey, let’s be honest).  Some editorial pet peeves and tough sells include adverbs, non-”said” dialogue tags, passive voice, “was (verb)ing” and “could (sense)” phrasing, excessive blocking or stage direction. What we’re hoping for: close communication with authors who are willing to work with an editor, can handle criticism, and are just generally personable and fun. What we’re asking: One-time non-exclusive anthology rights. Reprints are welcome; just let us know where and when the piece has appeared before. Deadline: September 30, 2014. Word Limit: poetry/flash fiction up to 1000 words; short stories 1000-5000 words. Compensation: contributor copy, $5.00 for poetry/flash; $10.00 for short stories. Standard manuscript format; Times New Roman 12-point preferred. Italics for italics and whatnot.  Send submissions attached as a .doc or .rtf to: [email protected]. “Fossil Lake II” in the subject line, please. Via: Fossil Lake.

Deadline: 9/30/14 Payment: Royalties, along with a free E-boo Vampires, werewolves, zombies, demons, creatures from the deep, and all things hideous and terrifying in between! Monsters in exotic locales, monsters in space, monsters laying waste to entire cities, microscopic creatures wreaking havoc on the ecosystem. Use your imagination and scare us silly with your abominable creation. Graphic violence is acceptable if integral to the story. We are not interested in excessive profanity or erotica. Focus on crafting a well-written narrative with a beginning, a middle, and an end. Be sure to give plenty of thought to the following elements: setting, character, plot, conflict. No simultaneous submissions, multiple submissions, or reprints. We are only interested in original fiction. We do not discriminate on publication status. We are actively seeking emerging writers. Please use standard manuscript format for all submissions. See our Short Story Submissions Guide. Deadline: September 30, 2014 or until filled Length: 500-4500 words Payment: Royalty plus contributor e-book copy. Via: Papa Bear Press.

Deadline: September 30th, 2014 Payment: $50 and contributor copy (paperback edition). Firbolg Publishing presents our fifth release in the Enter at Your Own Risk series. Enter at Your Own Risk: Dreamscapes into Darkness is open for submissions. Passions become obsessions. Obsessions become manias. And sometimes, manias turn into nightmares. What happens when one wants so badly that all else, including sanity and self, is consumed by the bonfires of desire? What happens when one achieves the dream, only to discover the nightmares lurking behind the illusions? Firbolg Publishing’s fifth anthology, Enter at Your Own Risk: Dreamscapes into Darkness, explores the old adage of “Be Careful What You Wish For.” We are looking for stories that step behind the veil of dreams and wishes into the unanticipated horrors of fulfillment. Journey down wishful thinking’s twisted pathway and discover what dark ends and detours await–send us your story and share a TOC with D.H. Lawrence, Mary Shelley, A.M. Burrage, H.P. Lovecraft, and more Gothic masters from yesteryear in Enter at Your Own Risk: Dreamscapes into Darkness. Submission Guidelines: 3000-5000 words (this is strict) Avoid excessive gore/ violence. We are most interested in gothic dark fiction rather than splatter style horror. We are not interested in stories that are gratuitously violent, sexual, or graphic. If these elements occur within a story, they must be an integral part of the narrative, but note that we are inclined to pass on tales that rely on these elements for plot. Stories that rely on mood, atmosphere, well-crafted dialogue, and character-driven narrative find a home at Firbolg Publishing over violence and gore. LGBT-friendly press. RTF format as an attachment (include author biography, links to blogs/ websites) Standard manuscript format (http://www.shunn.net/format/story.html) A few formatting musts: No double spaces between punctuation and next sentence. No double spaces between paragraphs...

Deadline: Sept. 30th, 2014 Payment: $10 and two contributor's copies GIVE is the first in a two-part anthology about organ donation. The stories in GIVE will focus on the donor. Publication date is set for February 14th, 2015 (National Donor Day). General Info: We want you to think beyond the traditional organs that get donated. Consider those parts of the human that come in pairs but aren’t necessarily donated. Everything is shareable, transplantable and rejectable, if you are creative. We will be including only one story per body part, so if you are going to write about a more common body part, the story had better be special. Stories should be darker in nature. Horror, sci-fi, and dark humor are all appreciated. Reprints: Reprints will be considered, but previously unpublished workis preferred. Please inform us if you are submitting a reprint. You must hold reprint rights to the work. Word Count: Submissions should be between 500-2,500 words (yes, we want these short and to the point). Submission Instructions: Submissions should follow standard manuscript format, and be sent as .doc, .docx, or .rtf files via email only. Please send to [email protected] with the subject: GIVE-(the body part you are writing about)-your name Rights: One year exclusive worldwide online, ebook, and print rights. The Publisher assumes no rights to the Work beyond those essential to publishing and promoting the Website. All characters, intellectual properties and universes of the Work shall remain the property of their original Authors Submission deadline: All stories must be submitted before 11:59 p.m. on Sept. 30th, 2014. Fee: There is no fee to submit to GIVE. Payment: $10 and two free contributor copies of the anthology (GIVE one to a friend!). All other profit made will be channeled into marketing efforts for this and the second anthology. A portion of the profits from second anthology will be donated to the National Foundation for...

Deadline: September 30th 2014 Payment: 5 cents per word The detective blowing dust off of evidence boxes at 2am after her commanding officer ordered her to leave that particular cold case unsolved; the horrid, unloved rodent-human hybrid who skips ahead in his textbook, ignoring the warnings of his necromancy tutor; the young woman picking at the tape on a box clearly labeled All The Trouble In The World; the whip-scarred homunculus palming a sharp stone; the mad Admiral in his airship ordering a hard bank to starboard and loose all harpoons at his floating Kraken overlords. For our third issue, "Troublemake," we're looking for short and flash Weird fiction and poetry about biters of the hands that feed, timid folk acting out against their tormentors, unlikely disturbers of the status quo, hell-raisers both literal and figurative, and creatures who just plain don't like being told what to do. While we're happy to read sf, fantasy, crime, alternate history and other, non-horror genres, all work should contain strong elements of the macabre. Our reading period is a tidy six weeks, from August 15th through September 30th. Any questions can be directed to hellophobos (at) gmail.com Submission Guidelines: We will only be accepting work that fits with the set theme. Your work could be terrific, but if it's a bad thematic match we can't use it. For general questions, including our rates and rights acquired, see our FAQ Word limits as follows: Short stories and poetry to 2,500 words, flash stories to 1,000 words. With this in mind, here's how you format your email submission: 1. Subject Line: Submission, (your story title & approximate word count), (submission theme) 2. Email Body: Please summarize in a few lines how your story fits the theme. Any submission that doesn't include this will not be...

Deadline: September 30th, 2014 Payment: AUD2c/word and one contributor copy   “Werewolves are much more common animals than you might think.” — Daniel Pinkwater SNAFU brought the pain. SNAFU: Wolves at the Door will bring the bite. In the blackest night or under the full moon, danger is lurking. It’s survival at all costs when you’re fighting against an enemy that could tear you apart – or convert you to the other side. Against the backdrop of an untamed wilderness or the dark depths of the city, the ultimate clash between the forces of man and nature rage on. You could be battling the monster within or a war around you – where the cost could prove too great. Whether it’s personal survival or submission of the pack, we want it all. Bring on the blood, guts and gore. We want military combat: guns and ammo, tooth and claw. Suspense. Tension. Conflict. Whether the wolves are fighting with you or against you is your choice… ~ ~ ~ We STRONGLY suggest you read the first SNAFU volume to see what it is we like. SNAFU – http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LNXHLJG ~ ~ ~ SNAFU: Wolves at the Door will be an anthology of short stories on the theme of werewolf-based military horror. *Payment: AUD2c/word and one contributor copy *SNAFU: Wolves at the Door will be released as an ebook only *Wordcount range: 2,000 – 6,000 words *Submission window: 1st September, 2014 – 30th September, 2014 (anything submitted outside of this window will be deleted without being read) *Projected publication date: Last Quarter 2014 Please follow these guidelines when submitting to us: 1. Please put your full contact details on the first page of the manuscript top left, with word count top right. 2. Standard submission format, with minimal document formatting. 3. Courier or Times...