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Deadline: March 9th, 2025 Payment: Royalties Theme: What happens when magic goes wrong? With guest editor Wally Waltner! Did you stutter over that incantation? Utter the wrong magic words? Do the spirits not understand homonyms? A misread ingredient tossed in the cauldron? "No, I didn't say thigh of newt!" Did Amazon ship your nemesis a blessing instead of the painful affliction you ordered? What happens when spells, potions, and hexes don't go as planned? Your homework for this anthology. Opens: 01/04/25 Closes: 03/09/25 Contracts: 03/23/25 Publication: 04/18/25 Guidelines for all our anthologies (psst! this is important!): 5,000 to 8,000 words. Length and genre are negotiable, as long as the story fits the concept and is entertaining. Any submission must be in Times New Roman (preferred, but you can use Georgian or other readable font), 12PT, double-spaced, with your name, title of the story, and your email on it. Name the file as -—. Send it in a .docx format as an attachment—no links. Refer to the submission guideline graphic below for how to format your story—It has all the information you need! Feel free to download it for reference. Raconteur Press will hold the rights for one year after publication; after one year, the rights will revert to the author, but we continue to pay you as long as the anthology is selling. Authors receive an equal percentage share of the proceeds from the anthology, along with the Press, our editors, and administration. Yes, you read that right. We don’t take 80% off the top and split the 20% left over between all the authors. We’re all in this together. This is why our anthologies are limited to ten stories. IMPORTANT: PLEASE do NOT submit stories until the date the call opens. We don’t want to hang on to your piece for longer than necessary. You might find...