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Submission Window: April 5th-18th 2021 Payment: 6.00 CAD for 1000-2500 words and 8.00 CAD for 2500-3500 words Theme: short horror fiction with elements of supernatural, quiet, gothic, eerie, paranormal, strange, folklore, magic POETRY submissions will be closed for this issue. Newly added: drabble 100-word fiction Frost Zone Zine is a quarterly zine that is published in digital and print formats. The print issue is a digest-magazine-size paperback book that averages 80-100 pages. (Print will be changing after this year; see this post for more information.)   What we do want: Supernatural. Quiet. Gothic. Paranormal. Eerie. Strange. Folklore. Magic.       Fiction. Original, unpublished, never-broadcast short stories 1000-3500 words. Submit 1 or 2 stories for consideration. (Longer pieces may be considered if writing is concise, not to exceed 5000 words. Keep in mind only 1 or 2 stories over 3500 words can be included, if any.) Also non-paying opportunities: flash fiction 400 – 1000 words, and drabble (exactly 100 words). Submit up to 3 pieces for consideration.   What we don’t want: Do not send material that is offensive, promotes or describes hate, torture, or abuse, is excessively gory or violent; no slasher. No religious, sexual, explicitly adult situations, or politics. No space opera. No fan fiction. No ‘formula’ stories. No derivative works. No media tie-ins, or current events/pop culture references.   For more insight into what Frost Zone Zine is looking for, read this interview with editor M.M. MacLeod For more info. & tips read this page. Payment Frost Zone Zine does not charge reading or submission fees. Payment is expected to increase with time, but as a small, self-funded publication, the following compensation is offered: PAYING OPPORTUNITIES: These pieces may or may not appear on the website, other than a preview, and listed in the table of contents, but will be published in the eBooks and print books. Short Story: (1000-2500 words after editing) 6.00...

Deadline: April 18th, 2021 Payment: $25 Theme: Think R-Rated HBO styled shows where your story’s main character must be killed at the end of the story, or the narrative must heavily imply that the main character will die just after the story concludes. The Grey Rooms – Season 4 Story Submission Guidelines We are excited to bring you another season of our horror anthology series. But we can’t do it without *you.* Please read the following submission guidelines below, as we’ve shaken them up a great deal for this season! Thanks for joining us in… the Grey Rooms! Submissions Begin: October 1st, 2020 Submissions Close: April 18th, 2021:  9am PT / Noon ET / 5pm BT Content Requirements 1.) Stories must be original submissions. To be considered for the Grey Rooms, stories may not have been published in a printed or ebook format, or produced as a podcast or radio drama narrative. 2.) Your story’s main character must be killed at the end of the story, or the narrative must heavily imply that the main character will die just after the story concludes. 3.) In general, content in Grey Rooms stories is similar to what you might find in a Rated R horror film, or an HBO series. Violent acts, psychodrama, confrontational ideas, torture, and pulpy demonic explosions are all welcome additions to the Grey Rooms. 4.) Sexual encounters with underage characters, of any kind, is not acceptable content for Grey Rooms stories. 5.) Rape or sexual assault of any kind is never acceptable content for Grey Rooms stories. 6.) Abuse or torture of children is never acceptable content for Grey Rooms stories. While horror may happen because of children, or around children, we are not looking to publish fictional depictions of children suffering. 7.) Racially charged violence for the...