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Taking Submissions: Across The Universe

Deadline: June 14th, 2019 Payment: $200 a story Book Theme The theme of the anthology is “The Beatles – What if?”  What if Brian Epstein hadn’t managed the band? What if George Harrison hated sitar music? What if Ringo had been the true star of the band all along? What if the Beatles had been aliens? Or magic users? Or zombies? Or American? Story Concepts: What to Avoid The confirmed authors have already begun their stories, so please avoid the following ideas: ·         Beatles as zombies ·         Beatles as medieval fantasy adventurers ·         Beatles as super heroes ·         Beatles as time travelers ·         Beatles as “the Scooby Doo gang” ·         Beatles as Tetrad wizards representing the elements ·        Beatles as animatronic robots This is not to say that you cannot do a variation on these, but keep in mind that if we get more than one story with the same theme, your chance of having your story accepted is reduced. That said, do not contact us with your idea first. After all, two authors can take the same basic idea and produce completely different stories. Story Length The story should be no more than 4,000 words. This should be sufficient for what should most likely be a somewhat humorous tale. Payment is $200 a story, so there is no advantage to padding your story. Take as many words as you need to make a great story, but if it is too long, it had better be so great that we can’t refuse it. A good but padded story may get rejected over a concise, fast-moving one, because we want to fit in as many stories as possible. Reprints, Simultaneous Submissions, etc. No to reprints. (We do have one already, and that’s it.) Yes to Simultaneous Submissions but you are obligated to let us...