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Deadline: June 15th, 2015 Payment: 5% of the net profit will be paid for each accepted story. These payments will be issued to you at quarterly intervals. Stories under 3,000 words will only receive 4% of the net profit. Myths never die. King Arthur cannot be killed with a pike through the chest, or centuries of lies; instead he lays dreaming but not dead in wait for England’s fatal hour. The Ice Queen, in all her frozen fractal forms, does not waste away under summer suns. The Green Man, though a being of leaf and twig and human eyes, cannot be killed with so simple a stroke as leveling his forests and building cities on the cinders (even now, he watches us from his statues and reliefs embedded deep in our buildings). These beliefs predate written language. Something other than the ability to record them has kept these stories alive. Myths never die, but surely they don’t actually live, do they…? 18thWall Productions wants myths alive with life. We want heroes and monsters out of time, legendary characters in unfamiliar settings. We want mash-ups of magic and history, legends that live literally as well was figuratively. We want sirens on the Caribbean shores calling to men of ill-repute for yet another night of sin, we want to doings of the Pickwick Club extended into our dreary age, we want the Strigoi at the Petrograd Soviet…Let your imagination run riot. We want your myths and monsters to feel real, with voices feelings, and rich back-stories interwoven with the familiar tales. Why are they there? Where have they been all this time? We’re open to any style of fiction you care to give us. And please be aware that our guidelines are deliberately vague.  As with our previous anthology, this is a free playground....

Deadline: June 15th 2015 Payment: £10 and contributor's copy Frost pierces through everything. Your bones ache in the icy wind. Harsh winter storms rage and the sun is leaving, not to return for many months. Winter seems to never end. There is however beauty and magic. The snow covered pine trees reaching for the sky, the green northern lights dancing over the mountains, the wolf packs howling at the moon, and the snow crystals glinting like stars in the pale moonlight. When the temperatures drop, people and creatures gather around the camp fires to share warmth, friendship and tales, to chase away the frost and try to ignore the terrifying creatures lurking in the darkness. We are now collecting winter tales, to drive away the grim winter and bring you the wonders and magic of the season. Fox Spirit Books will publish the Winter Tales anthology in the beginning of 2016. The anthology will be edited by Margrét Helgadóttir. We want unusual and elegant speculative fiction stories with full plot and strong characters. We are seeking diversity. The stories can be light with a touch of romance or humour, or dark and terrifying. Stories about creatures, monsters, animals and shapeshifters are welcome. The stories can be within speculative subgenres such as the weird, fables or folkloric, magical realism, adventure, dystopian, cyberpunk, mystery or fantastic, but we ask that the stories take place on Earth and have the winter as frame. Poetry is welcome. We are not looking for nonfiction or fanfiction. We are not looking for satire, erotica, paranormal romance, splatter or overly gory stories. Submission details Submission deadline: June 15th 2015. Response will be given by end of October 2015 at the latest. The manuscript must be written in English. Stories should be 1500 words up to 7500 words. Any stories below or above this will not be considered, with the exception of poems which should be no longer...

Deadline: June 15th, 2015 Payment: $5 a story, plus a share of royalties. With a hearty mwaa haaa haaa and a swagger….we’re looking for villains. Dress them in black or tie dye or frilly pink tulle, but these villains need to be seriously bad. We are looking for tales of truly badass dark lords and ladies. We’re not talking about the guys who stand around monologueing to let the hero win. We’re talking smart dark lords who don’t keep incompetent minions around. Comedy is completely acceptable, as long as it doesn’t detract from the villain’s ability to be a total badass. Genres include:  Science fiction, Fantasy, Steampunk, Cyberpunk, Weird West, Romance, Alternate History Reprints are acceptable Multiple submissions are acceptable, but please wait until we have given a decision on the first story before you submit the second. Simultaneous submission are okay. If you learn you are accepted elsewhere, please let us know as soon as possible. Poetry and art are acceptable. Payment for these will be the same as for the stories. Story length is up to 7,000 words What we don’t want: No fanfic. Characters must be of your own invention. Keep it PG-13. Swearing and violence are encouraged, but keep it within limits that a teen could read. No erotica. Document Formatting: Submissions should be formatted in standard manuscript formatting: double-spaced, 12 point Courier or Times New Roman font, with indentations for paragraphs. Any improperly-formatted manuscripts will be rejected. File Format: We accept .rtf or .doc files only. Send to the publisher, WolfSinger Publications at [email protected] . Title your email:  DARK LORDS AND LADIES (Name of your Story) If you ever send us a virus, we will never accept a submission from you again. Submission Period: March 15 to June 15, 2015. Submissions sent prior to this...