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Submission Window: February 1st - March 30th, 2023 Payment: Contributors copy and 3 cents per word Theme: Never-before-seen monsters! Open for submissions February 1 from Dragon’s Roost Press: a dark, speculative new anthology series, THE MIDNIGHT ZONE. Join featured authors Ramsey Campbell, Gemma Files, Gabino Iglesias, Gwendolyn Kiste, Joe R. Lansdale, Jonathan Maberry, Lucy A. Snyder, Jeffrey Thomas, and Gaby Triana, and the twisted editorial minds that brought you Stitched Lips, Appetites, Burnt Fur, and Harmony & Dissonance, to go to strange-and-dark new places, to plumb the depths of a Twilight Zone with sand in its teeth. For our first sojourn, editors Douglas Gwilym & Ken MacGregor will aim the submersible toward the place where the unseen monsters feed–Novus Monstrum. Send us your original story that meaningfully features a never-before-seen monster (however you define the word). Submissions will be open from Feb. 1 to March 30. Length 1k-5k, with a sweet spot of 3k. 3 cents a word plus contributor’s copy. MORE DETAILS TO COME! This is just an advance notice so that you have a chance to get started! Post will be updated with all of the details ASAP!

Submission Window: February 1st, 2023 - March 30th, 2023 Payment: 3 cents per word plus 1 contributor’s copy. Theme: Stories with original monsters Note: We had previously included a listing for this call, however, it was only a partial one and we now have the full details to share!) NOVUS MONSTRUM OPENING 2 FEB for submissions from Dragon’s Roost Press: volume one of the weird, dark, speculative new anthology series,   THE MIDNIGHT ZONE Our first season of mind-rattling speculations, our volume one, is a menagerie of original monsters. To qualify, your story must feature, meaningfully, a never-before-seen monster (however you define the word) and must contain a speculative element. 1000-5000 words, with a sweet spot of 3k. All land, sea, space, time, earth, wind, and fire monsters welcome. Join featured authors Ramsey Campbell, Gemma Files, Gabino Iglesias, Gwendolyn Kiste, Joe R. Lansdale, Jonathan Maberry, Lucy A. Snyder, Jeffrey Thomas, and Gaby Triana, and the twisted editorial minds that brought you Stitched Lips, Appetites, Burnt Fur, and Harmony & Dissonance, to go to strange-and-dark new places, to plumb the depths of a Twilight Zone with sand in its teeth. The real-world midnight zone is that depth between 1,000 and 3,000 meters in the ocean where no sunlight penetrates.The pressure is intense, life is fleeting, and predators and scavengers abound. Take us to that place only you know, the one that is inhospitable, surprising, uncomfortable, strange, or otherworldly. In The Midnight Zone, we’ll lose ourselves and awake to find an impossible face staring, inches from our own.   THE DETAILS: Novus Monstrum opens for submissions at midnight on February 1, 2023, and closes at 11:59 on March 30, 2023. Please adhere to Shunn format or a reasonable facsimile (but never two spaces after a period, for the love of Ligotti). The goal is nice, clean, professional copy. A readable 12-point font and basic contact information. Attach your document in .doc,...

Deadline: March 30th, 2023 Payment: 2 cents per word Theme: Stories inspired by sea shanties, more on that below! This is a Call for Submissions for We Fear Not the Sea, an anthology of stories inspired by sea shanties. Each tale should be based on, or somehow incorporate, one sea shanty and include a speculative element of some kind. Give us your adventures with ghosts, sea monsters, and mermaids! Put us in the salty sea boots of sailors, whalers, pirates, and privateers! Open for Submissions: January 9, 2023 through March 30, 2023 Expected Publication: June 2023 Submission Requirements Your story: should be approximately 2,000 – 6,000 words in length. should be based on the content of or incorporate the use of a sea shanty. should not contain erotica, or excessive violence or gore. should be an original submission and not previously published. should not be simultaneous submission to other markets. Please submit only one story per submission. Payment Payment (after publication) will be: $0.02 per word one (1) trade paperback contributor edition one (1) hardcover contributor edition access to ten (10) digital contributor copies Manuscript Formats Send us your complete, finished manuscripts in digital (.DOCX, .RTF, or .ODT) format to fearnotthesea (at) paperangelpress.com. Please use a standard manuscript format. If you’re not sure what one is, here’s a good source. Please include “We Fear Not The Sea Anthology” in the Subject line of your submission. Include the following in your cover letter/email: Title of your story Your legal name Your preferred name or pseudonym (if different from your legal name) Your preferred email address Story genre Approximate word count Name of the shanty on which your story is based Short author biography (3-4 sentences) If you’re not sure if your story is something that we’d be interested in publishing, please feel free to...