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Deadline: Just 1st, 2015 Payment: $25 per story selected for inclusion. We are looking for short stories of horror fiction told from the zombie’s point of view. We will consider different, intriguing, and creative spins on the multiple zombie mythos that currently exist. There are many fine zombie oriented anthologies already published, but we’re putting a spin on ours – at least 75% of the story must be told as the zombie from the zombie’s perspective. We’re giving the undead a chance to tell their tale through your words! We will not be accepting the following: Fan fiction of any variety – no characters, names, places, or homage pieces. Preexisting characterization from a story, novella, novel, or series you write. Love stories (no matter how fantastic yours is) – this is a horror only anthology. We encourage you to be as unique as you’d like and bring a new viewpoint to those who have suffered or perhaps sought ZOMBIFICATION! If you have questions about the details for the call, please write to [email protected] before beginning your piece. *** Submission Deadline: June 1, 2015 (midnight PST) Word Count: minimum 4,000 words; maximum: 8,000 words (anything outside that range will be automatically rejected). Payment: $25 per story selected for inclusion. Copyright: First time worldwide copyright for a period of one year after publication. Reprints will NOT be considered. All submissions MUST be submitted to: [email protected] *** Evaluation period: We expect to have the stories read and chosen within two months of the closing date. We strive to move through the decision making process as quickly and fairly as possible. If we find ourselves overwhelmed with submissions, we’ll contact the submitting authors to inform them of any delay. Via: Sirens Call Publications.

Deadline: June 1st, 2015 Payment: 5p/word Note: Not your usual anthology submission so may be of extra interest What if it was accepted that there really were ghosts? That mediums could actually talk to the dead. That your dearly departed continued to exist on a spiritual plane adjacent to ours and that at certain places, or in certain people they could manifest? What if those that disbelieved, that advanced a scientific explanation, are the kooks, freaks and loonies? What if neither model of reality were actually true and there was a third group, of conspiracy theorists, that were right? But which conspiracy? Is it aliens? Are the government spiking the water supply with experimental drugs? Are the military testing new subsonic weapons? Someone, somewhere knows the truth. This is the set up for Sick City Syndrome -my second novel & if you're a writer I want your help. So I'm asking for submissions. Lauren Beukes got her writer friends to write blog posts, news articles and the like for one of her books to help with the worldbuilding and that's what I'm looking for. I'd like news reports, blog posts, twitter conversations, other social networking, TV, radio, internet, academic article abstracts etc The novel will be set in the modern day, in "the City" (which will be closely modelled on Bristol of course) but there's no reason the articles need to be set in the modern day. I'd like a mix from all three viewpoints, choose one and give me a maximum of 750 words. If I use your piece (in any way - Some will be published on this website - http://petewsutton.com/sick-city-syndrome/, some will go in the book itself) you will be credited and I'll pay you 5p/word (upon publication) Send your pieces to BRSBKBLOG (at) Gmail.com by the...

Deadline: June 1st, 2015 Payment: Contributor's Copy Formerly known as Ghostlight, Ghostlight, The Magazine of Terror is open for submissions in 2015 during the specified periods! Please click on the link below to see our updated guidelines. Ghostlight, The Magazine of Terror is a magazine devoted to horror fiction, non-fiction, art, and poetry. It is published twice a year (Spring and Winter) by Great Lakes Association of Horror Writers. Unlike Erie Tales, Ghostlight, The Magazine of Terror is open to all writers of horror, sci-fi, dark fantasy, and dark humor – especially dark humor. It is edited by our very own Nicole Castle. If you have any questions not covered in the guidelines, please feel free to contact Nicole [email protected] READING PERIODS March 1 – June 1 (Summer Issue) (Publishing target: August) We at the Great Lakes Association of Horror Writers (GLAHW) are looking for stories that are well written and character driven, preferably with a Michigan or Great Lakes connection, but any well written story with a dark side has a chance with us. All stories need to be Horror, Dark Sci-Fi, Dark Fantasy, or Dark Humor, especially Dark Humor. If you can make us laugh and creep us out at the same time, you have a good chance of acceptance. Please don’t send us sword & sorcery or space opera stories. Tolkien and Lucas have their place, but not here. Also, we don’t and can’t accept “fan fiction” which includes anything based on a video game, book, movie or any other creator’s work or conception unless you have written permission from the creator. If you don’t own the copyright to the characters in your story, we cannot publish your work. By submitting to GLAHW you, as the author of the work, accept responsibility for any possible copyright infringement....

Deadline: June 1, 2015 Payment: 2.5 cents a word, with a minimum of $75 For the vampire erotica anthology Blood in the Rain, available October 2015, we seek short stories of 2000–7000 words, preferably by Northwest authors—from Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and Alaska. Your story must include both a vampire and an erotic element, but it doesn’t have to be a “true” vampire, whatever that is, and the vampire doesn’t have to be the story’s focus. Erotically, we’re open to anything from a sexy tease to hardcore adult content. We encourage stories nonstereotypically including people who are LGBTQI (or A if you can make it work), people of color, and people any age above 18. Most of all, we want compelling characters having hot sex, with a story that draws us in. And a vampire. Bottom line: Make us horny. Stories due June 1, 2015. We pay on acceptance: 2.5 cents a word, with a minimum of $75. The Nitty Gritty Send your story as a .doc, .docx, .rtf, or .pdf file to [email protected], with SUBMISSION and the story title in your subject line (for example, SUBMISSION: My Sexy Vampire Story). Use traditional manuscript format for your story. If you don’t know what that is, seethis handy guide. And for the love of the gods, proofread before sending. Give us a short cover note, ideally with an author bio. Let us know if your story’s a reprint. We might take the perfect reprint, but original work is preferred. Send as many submissions as you want, but we’re not likely to pick more than one story from any writer. We’re buying first North American serial rights, first North American audio publishing rights, first world online rights, and archival rights (that is, to potentially archive your story on our website). Via: Blood...