Taking Submissions: Sick Cruising
Deadline: May 20th 2020 Payment: $20 and a contributors copy Theme: A global pandemic of "Red Lungs" is going on. This book tells stories about how the rich have gathered together to weather the storm. Only, one of them is infected As a new virus rages on land the richest man in the world has invited over five hundred rich and privileged friends, acquaintances, influences and hangers-on to weather the sickness on his private luxury yacht. But one of them has brought a guest along. You guessed it! The Red Lungs virus. It starts like a cold, becomes a raging fever, then floods the lungs with blood. What we want: Snappy short stories with a minimum of 2000 words using our provided writing prompts. Punch everyone’s virus anxieties, fears; anger at inequality in the nuts with your contribution to this anthology! Use wit, gore, action or inaction, (of course, we always love us some good epistolary fiction) you can even throw some sharks in the mix if you want to. What we DON’T want: Torture, adult content, racism, hate mongering, preachiness, bigotry of any kind, sexism, turgid writing. What can help you: Read Masque of the Red Death by Poe And this helpful Pixar information on io9.Gizmodo. Deadline: May 20 2020 Publication: June 20th 2020 at the latest Payment: $20.00 on acceptance, one paperback copy, one digital copy, one audiobook copy. Submission guidelines: Use our provided prompts Final submission must be edited Rights For this collection. Exclusive, one year; first worldwide electronic, audio and print rights for one year and nonexclusive rights afterward. For reprints, we will ask for nonexclusive reprinting rights. Formatting The first page should have: Your name and pen name if you use your pen name. Contact information: Email, phone Title of story: Title of your manuscript 8.5″ × 11″ layout Times New Roman font....
Taking Submissions: Dead Lucky
Deadline: May 20th, 2020 Payment: $25 or $40 depending on the length and 3 contributors copies. Theme: Stories that take place in the world of Adrian's Undead Diary The world of Adrian Ring welcomes you again. Dead Lucky is the third anthology of short stories set in the zombie-ridden Adrian Ring universe and this is the call for submission. I am looking for stories that feature strong main characters that are put into situations where luck rears its head. Call it the Jinx Fairy, call it good fortune, but all stories should feature moments where the storyline hinges on moments of good or bad luck. Maybe your hero runs to the pickup parked outside the farmhouse with a horde on their heels, and when they drop the visor, the keys descend into the lap. Maybe those keys are for the mower. Perhaps your character gets bitten, and when they get into their safe house, they realize they have one bullet left, so they can take care of themselves, and protect their friends and family. Maybe your story features a pilot who has just enough fuel to put their plane down before they have to ditch in a zombie-infested city. It’s your story. Tell it to me so I can help tell it to the world. Dead Lucky will be divided into three sections that are AUD-universe timeline-based. The first section of stories will cover incidents on “That Day.” The second will cover the period of story between that day, and the conclusion of Book Eight. The final portion of the book will cover events after book eight. I will be writing at least three stories, one set in each of the anthology’s time periods. Dead Lucky will be released in eBook format on the Kindle, in print, and in audio...
