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Deadline: February 28th, 2015 Payment: Exposure and Royalties Short Stories – 3,000 – 5,000 words H. P. Lovecraft never stuck to any serious continuity with his Mythos. It has always been simply accepted that the return of Cthulhu and the other Elder Gods was an inevitability. So a while back I was rereading Lovecraft’s “The Shadow out of Time” and came across the following passage…. “I shivered at the mysteries the past may conceal, and trembled at the menaces the future may bring forth. What was hinted in the speech of post-human entities of the fate of mankind produced such an effect on me that I will not set it down here. After man there would be the mighty beetle civilisation, the bodies of whose members the cream of the Great Race would seize when the monstrous doom overtook the elder world. Later, as the earth’s span closed, the transferred minds would again migrate through time and space—to another stopping-place in the bodies of the bulbous vegetable entities of Mercury. But there would be races after them, clinging pathetically to the cold planet and burrowing to its horror-filled core, before the utter end.” Now this can easily be interpreted as stating that Cthulhu and the Others do not return during Humanity’s time on Earth! Why don’t they return? What happens that stops them? This is a focused idea that leaves lots of room to the imagination. Did we stop them? Did some one else stop them? Were the stars never right? They decided not come? Did Cthulhu over sleep? It’s all up to you! So get your writing caps on and let those eldritch juices flow! We’re open to all styles of writing. Be it Pulp, Noir, Literary, SF, Gothic or what ever you feel appropriate. Just make it entertaining!...

Deadline: February 28th, 2015 Payment: $15 per story FORMATTING GUIDELINES This is proving to be a recurring problem, so we're putting it up front. Please, for all our sakes, read this next part carefully. All submissions should be sent by e-mail (no letters or telephone calls please) [email protected]. Below are some formatting rules to help us process your submission more quickly. Email and Cover Letters Email is accepted in both text and HTML formats. When submitting, please put this in the subject line: Submission: (Title) - (First and Last name) Include the following in the body of the email and in the attached submission: Your name Name to use on the story (byline), if different Your preferred email address Your mailing address The story's title The story's word count You may also include a cover letter in the body of the email. We get a lot of strange stuff in cover letters, so if you're unsure of what goes in them (and especially what doesn't) please refer to these cover letter tips: How to write a cover letter | What not to put in a cover letter by Jed Hartman Submission Formatting We ONLY accept submissions as attachments! All stories submitted as an attachment must follow standard manuscript formatting. We will no longer read any story not properly formatted. (And we much prefer Courier New to Times New Roman) For explanations and tips on what SMF is and how to do it with word processing programs, please see this article. Please send your submission as an attachment in Microsoft Word (DOC, DOCX) orRich Test Format (RTF) only. Other formats, such as Works, WordPerfect, Open Office, etc., have proven difficult to open. Please note that we no longer accept "inline" submssions - that is: submissions with the stories pasted directly into...

Deadline: February 28th, 2015 Payment: $20 Note #1: This isn't a full on horror anthology. More of a kid's and young adult Halloween one. But.. Halloween! Note #2: I usually don't post anthologies that I had missed with deadlines this close but I know quite a few with Halloween stories that might want to take advantage of this if the story fits the theme. Halloween is over… But it doesn’t have to be! We are doing an open call for submissions for stories that involve trick-or-treating on Halloween night. Your story may be any genre, but the overall feel and mood of the anthology is macabre and spooky. Submissions can be middle grade or young adult age range. Please do not submit adult work or works best for picture books.   Stories Word count: Stories may be between 1,000 and 3,000 words. Deadline: February 28, 2015 for expected publication in October 2015. Pay: This is a paid anthology. If your story is selected and included you will receive payment. Payment for illustrations and stories are $20. Rights: We will not accept anything that has been published anywhere previously. Response: We will review work and respond within 6 to 8 weeks, possibly sooner. If you do not hear back after 6 to 8 weeks, please feel free to follow up.   Illustrations Medium: Any medium is welcome as long as you can provide a high resolution image of the work Theme: You may design any artwork that you like as long as it relates to the theme of trick-or-treating on Halloween night. You’re welcome to let your artwork tell a story of its own. Deadline: February 28, 2015 for expected publication in October 2015. Pay: This is a paid anthology. If your artwork is selected and included you will receive payment. Payment for illustrations...