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Deadline: July 9th, 2021 Payment: Two-Sentence Stories: $10, Flash Fiction: $25 per story, Short Stories: $50 per story Theme: Deadly Love Note: Reprints welcome at a lower, undisclosed pay rate. The second issue of Dark Dispatch will be a themed issue, featuring stories on Deadly Love. Let your mind wander to the dark places and share your horror love stories about relationships gone wrong. This submission call opens May 5, and will be open until July 9, 2021. Submission Guidelines Opens May 5 to submissions of original works focusing on the theme of deadly love. Clarification: romantic horror should be an element in the story. It should focus on love gone wrong. The stories can fall within the dark fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and crime genres. Submission window closes July 9 at midnight EDST. We accept submission of the following: Two-Sentence Stories Flash Fiction (we favor submissions 300 to 999 words in length) Short Stories (we prefer submissions 2,000 to 5,000 words in length) Pay: Two-Sentence Stories: $10 Flash Fiction: $25 per story Short Stories: $50 per story Reprints will be considered on a case by case basis and will be subject to a different pay rate. Submission format for original unpublished works: All submissions should be attached as .doc or .docx files. – .rtf and PDF files will not be read. All submissions should use Times/Times New Roman/Courier New font. Text should be in black ink, text size should be 12pt, and the file should not display editing changes or comments. The email’s subject line should have the type of content-submission title-author’s name-word count-submission date. For example, if Windbags McBlowhard is submitting a 2,200-word story called Foul Wind, their subject line should read as follows: Short Story-Foul Wind-Windbags McBlowhard-2,200-May 16 The email should include the following: Paypal address 50-100 word bio written in third person A pitch or summary of...