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Deadline: June 15th, 2019 Payment: Royalty Split Note: Reprints Welcome An anthology of short stories in a Lovecraftian / Steam Punk / Diesel Punk vein. Where is Fearrington Road? It is that road just outside town, the one that leads in a direction travelers rarely take these days. Submission Period: December 1st, 2018 – June 15th, 2019 [email protected] Please put “Fearrington Road” and the name of your story in the subject line. Length: 2500 to 6000 words. Stories outside that range will be considered, but their length will work against inclusion. We admit to a preference for slightly longer work, with four to five thousand words in the sweet spot. We expect the anthology to have approximately seventy-five thousand words. Payment: Royalty Fifty percent of the gross royalties per calendar quarter will be distributed equally among the contributors. Contributor copies will not be offered. A limited number of review copies will be available. Previously Published: Reprints are fine, provided: You have the right to authorize us to publish your story The story has not been published more recently than 2018. We ask for the exclusive right to publish your story for one calendar year following contract signing, excluding publications of those previously published. Title subject to change. For additional information, please contact [email protected] or visit our website at http://www.darkhousebooks.com. Via: Dark House Books.

Deadline: June 15th, 2019 Payment: $5-20, depending on the length and a contributor's copy Untitled TIME anthology DEADLINE: 15 June 2019 …tick-tock-tick-tock-tick-tock-tick-tock-tick-tock-tick-tock… Does time really exist? In Fragments, Heraclitus wrote that “Time is a game played beautifully by children.”  If we take the ancient Greek philosopher at his word, then time is an illusion, and we are not resigned to its callous whims. What would you do if time was not a factor? Now, let's say that time is a very real and unyielding construct, that we are slaves to the clock, trapped within the second hand's constraints.  Can we unlock the power to change the course of its flow, or must we always remain its servants? TRANSMUNDANE PRESS is now accepting submissions for an upcoming anthology focused on the nature of time.  We are searching for unique takes on the subject: unusual stories that feature extraordinary, well-drawn characters in compelling, interesting situations. We want the weird, the stirring, stories that will challenge readers' perceptions and stick with them long after the book is closed. Make your tale worth our time. Remember: time travel is low-hanging fruit, so if you plan on popping your characters in a DeLorean or a phone booth, make sure that you really bring it. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: DEADLINE: 15 JUNE 2019 ​ Send stories that are heavily edited and ready for us to read. These must be original pieces for first-time publication. Limit of two submissions per person, if you have more, make a note of it in your email, and we’ll ask if we’re interested. WORD COUNT:  No longer than 5,000 words. FORMATTING: Your submissions must be in 12-point, Times New Roman font, double-spaced with page numbers. We like headers in the top right corner with your last name and page numbers so that your work can't get jumbled...

Deadline: June 15th, 2019 Payment: $50 plus a percentage of the Kickstarter project profits and a paperback copy of the anthology. The Early Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (edited by David Marcum) Description: In “The Five Orange Pips” Dr. Watson writes that he is faced with so many interesting cases between 1882 and 1890 that it is no easy matter to choose which ones to set down on paper. Despite this claim of many cases, Chronologists agree that the only story which occurs between A Study in Scarlet (March 1881) and “The Speckled Band” (April 1883) is “The Resident Patient”. What happened during this early time in the career of Holmes and Watson? What are some of these early cases? This book aims to answer that question with a series of adventures occurring between 1881 and 1883.   Submission guidelines: A traditional Holmes and Watson story occurring in the above mentioned time frame at a length of 5,000 - 10,000 words (okay to go over or under some). Payment: Authors shall receive a payment of $50 plus a percentage of the Kickstarter project profits and a paperback copy of the anthology.   Rights: Authors shall retain rights to their work. We only retain the rights to the story within the publication.   Submission Deadline: June 15, 2019   Kickstarter will run in August 2019 and publication of book will occur in October 2019. Please send entries to [email protected] or to [email protected]. Make sure to include your name (first and last), title of your story, story length, and attach your story as a word document. Via: Belanger Books.

Deadline: June 15th, 2019 Payment: $50, kickstarter percentage, and a contributor's copy Description:  Solar Pons is noted for being the Sherlock Holmes of Praed Street. But there was a connection to horror in Pons which separated him from his Baker Street mentor. It is noted that Solar Pons wrote An Examination of the Cthulhu Cult and Others. He acknowledged that Carnacki was a legitimate Ghostfinder, and he faced off against a vampire in “The Adventure of the Nosferatu”.  What other horrors did Solar Pons face? What unspeakable evil did he uncover when write his examination of the Cthulhu cults? This book intends to answer those questions with new stories which merge August Derleth’s great detective with Derleth’s Cthulhu mythos.  See Pons face off against vampires, demons, and the Great Old Ones! A new game is afoot!   Submission guidelines: A Solar Pons horror story at a length of 5,000 - 10,000 words (okay to go over or under some).   Payment: Authors shall receive a payment of $50 plus a percentage of the Kickstarter project profits and a paperback copy of the anthology.   Rights: Authors shall retain rights to their work. We only retain the rights to the story within the publication.   Submission Deadline: June 15, 2019   Kickstarter will run in September 2019 and publication of book will occur in November 2019. Please send entries to [email protected] or to [email protected]. Make sure to include your name (first and last), title of your story, story length, and attach your story as a word document. Via: Belanger Books.

Deadline: June 15th, 2019 Payment: $50 The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts is looking for, as you might guess, “compressed creative arts.” We accept fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, mixed media, visual arts, and even kitchen sinks, if they are compressed in some way. Work is published weekly, without labels, and the labels here only exist to help us determine its best readers. Our response time is generally 1-3 days. Also, our acceptance rate is currently about 1% of submissions. We pay writers $50 per accepted piece and signed contract. We are open for compressed poetry, compressed prose fiction (including prose poetry), and compressed creative nonfiction during two reading periods: September 15 – December 15 & March 15 – June 15. The reader for your submission is, during this current round of submissions, the managing editor. Please be sure to submit in the correct category; we’ve been receiving several fiction submissions in the creative nonfiction category. For all submitters, we aren’t as concerned with labels—hint fiction, prose poetry, micro fiction, flash fiction, and so on—as we are with what compression means to you. In other words, what form “compression” takes in each artist’s work will be up to each individual. However, we don’t publish erotica or work with strong, graphic sexual content. In short, we want to fall in love with your work. That might happen in the way we’ve fallen in love with work we’ve previously published, or it might happen in a way we have yet to experience. Maybe reading that other work will help in knowing whether you should send your work to us, but in truth, such a thing might not be discoverable. Here are things that matter: Please do not include any contact information, including your name, in the manuscript. Do not include a cover letter as part of the manuscript document. Please include, as part of your cover letter, a brief bio. Please no more than one...

Deadline: June 15th, 2019 Payment: 2.5 cents (Canadian) per word, to a maximum of $125.00 and a contributors copy Story: Neo-opsis will consider material submitted by any writer, professional or amateur. It is our intention to not set down a lot of ground rules for these stories. We don’t want to miss something that we would really like just because it doesn’t fit our rules, but we are more likely to publish stories that are less than 6000 words and fit a science fiction or fantasy theme. We tend not to publish horror. Poem: The kind of poem that is more likely to be accepted, for publication in Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine, is the kind of poem that will appeal to a wide range of people. Format: If emailed: Each submission should be sent separately (including poems), attached to the email as a MS Word .doc file, .docx file, or .rtf file, but we will not refuse a story that is included within the body of an email. An easy to read format is best, font size 12 or 14, and double-spaced. Submissions should be sent to [email protected]. (If you have a SPAM filter, be sure that our response can make it back to you.) The subject line of your email should include the word Submission, the title of your submission, and if possible the approximate word count. Be sure to include your email address in your contact information at the top of your manuscript. (Your contact information will be kept in the strictest confidence and not sold or spammed.) All emailed submissions will receive an auto reply email usually within two weeks of it being sent. The first stage of consideration may take up to eight weeks. No simultaneous submissions please, and no previously published works. If mailed: (we actually prefer emailed, but if you must) manuscripts must be...

Deadline: June 15th, 2019 Payment: $.05 USD Story Submissions Many of you have shown interest in submitting a story to the anthology. Good. Here are our guidelines and all of that: Grifty Shades of Fey Anthology Guidelines Like the title says, this is a collection of stories about fairies, pixies, gnomes, elves, and all of the hidden folk--specifically how they con and trick and manipulate humans. There is no restriction of cultural origin of the Fey you use in your story. The lil' buggers are everywhere. Genre The stories can be horror, satire, humor, allegory, etc, but must have that fantastical element that comes inherently with the Fey. Length Flash fiction up to around 4500 words. Content In true Fiction Vortex fashion, the content is meant for a wide audience. Content must be PG-13 or lower. Limit profanity, and definitely no F-bombs. Additionally, this is not a platform for preaching social or political agendas. Leave your political or social trends behind. We aren't your soapbox. All stories are subject to the review of Fiction Vortex. We reserve the right to reject any story for any reason. Compensation and Rights Payment is $.05 USD per word. No royalties. Payment will be received upon finalized proof of the completed anthology. Fiction Vortex has first digital, print, and audio rights. The work is free to be published elsewhere after a year (12 months), but the author must attribute  Fiction Vortex and/or the anthology as the first place of publishing. There will be a contract with full details. All work must be original. We are not accepting republished works. Deadline The book is to be published in September. We will accept stories until June 15, but would prefer them before that if possible. Notifications of acceptance and rejection will be sent as the stories...

Deadline: June 15th, 2019 Payment: $0.06USD per word for fiction, .01 per word fiction reprints, $50 for poetry, $15 for poetry reprints. SPECIAL CALL: Helios Quarterly turns 5 in 2020! Over the years, we’ve published less horror than science fiction & fantasy. And, we haven’t published as many BIPOC (Black, Indigenous & People of Color) as we would have liked. We want to change that. For our upcoming call for submissions, we’re especially interested in horror short stories and poetry by Black, Indigenous, and other poets and authors of color. Helios Quarterly Magazine is a quarterly periodical of horror, science fiction, and fantasy published in March, June, September, and December. We accept unsolicited submissions from JUNE 1-15 11:59 EST every year. Anything submitted outside of this window will be deleted unread. SUBMIT Format using Shunn’s manuscript style. Track your submission using Duotrope, The Submission Grinder, and Ralan. Submit via HeyPublisher. A short cover letter is required submitted alongside the text of your submission. Please include your legal name, pen name (if relevant), contact information, PayPal email address (if different), recent publications/awards (if any), preferred contributor’s copy (.epub or .mobi for Kindle™), and a third person bio of 50-150 words. A photo is optional. We take 2-3 weeks to respond to submissions. If you haven’t received a response by then, please query. Email submissions are deleted unread. If you have any questions, email subs heliosquarterly.com. POETRY: Any length paid $50USD per poem. FICTION: 100-17,500 words paid $0.06USD per word. REPRINTS: Any length of poetry paid $15USD and 100-17,500 words of fiction paid $0.01USD per word. RULES Translations are accepted Simultaneous submissions to other markets are accepted Only submit one submission in each category (one short story, one poem, one reprinted short story, and one reprinted poem per person) RIGHTS Copyright remains with the author and poet at all times Non-exclusive archival rights as long...