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Deadline: December 10, 2018 Payment: $5 for flash fiction (100-1,000 words); $10 for short fiction (1,001-10,000 words). Note: Reprints Welcome Note from the editor: While the anthology doesn't fit squarely in the horror genre, we accept (and encourage) dark fantasy, and based on the 3 stories we've already accepted, there will definitely be a lot of horror elements sprinkled throughout. I'd love to have more horror authors submit! Neon Druid: An Anthology of Urban Celtic Fantasy Neon Druid is a forthcoming collection of fantastical tales set in cities of the past, present, and future, where the mischievous gods, goddesses, and monsters of Celtic mythology intermingle with unsuspecting mortals. Deadline: December 10th, 2018 Payment: short stories = $10, flash stories = $5 Reprints welcome. Please read the submission guidelines below very carefully before submitting. This anthology is open for submissions until December 10th, 2018. All stories must be between 100 and 10,000 words. (Story title not included in word count.) Writers will be paid a token, flat payment of $10 US for short stories (1,001 – 10,000 words) and $5 US for flash stories (100 – 1,000 words). Writers may submit 1 short story OR up to 2 flash stories. Stories must meet ALL of the following theme/genre criteria: Urban. Stories must take place in an urban setting, whether that’s 18th-century Boston, modern-day Dublin, or 28th-century Edinburgh. The time period is irrelevant. The important thing is that the city (or town) has a presence in your story and influences the behaviors of your characters. Celtic. Stories must take place in a world where Celtic* mythology is woven into the fabric of reality. Think Percy Jackson, but instead of Zeus, Poseidon, Aphrodite, Hades, and Heracles kicking about, you’ve got Lugh, Lir, Balor of the Evil Eye, Brigid, and Fionn mac Cumhail. Instead...