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Deadline: April 1st, 2025 Payment: Royalties Theme: Mad Scientists create their own peer journal because no legit journal will. Who’s ready to blast off from this dirty little rock? In this anthology, we explore the extremes of science and technology as our heroes make there way off of the little blue ball we call home. Theme: Mad Scientists create their own peer journal because no legit journal will. Concept: All original stories. You are writing as your mad scientist . The mad scientists of the multiverse have decided to create a science journal of their very own since all other journals (even World New Weekly) Genre: Pulp Mad Science Fiction Word Count: 5,000 – 10,000 Opening Essay by: To Be Determined Edited by: Doug Triplett Anchor Author: To Be Determined Due Date: April 1, 2025 Email Submissions to: [email protected] with “Eccentric Science” in the subject line Payment: Stories selected for publication in the upcoming Anthology(ies), will receive a percentage of sales divided equally between the contributing authors. We are looking for amazing stories from any genre that are fun to read and will take us on an adventure of epic proportions. Please download our standards template by clicking here ***NOTE*** We publish genre fiction with aspects of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror. If your work does not include one of these aspects, we are less likely to pick up the title unless it is of exceptional quality.   What we are NOT currently accepting: Poetry Single-author collections of short stories. Hard and fast rules of what not to send: Fan-fiction: Just simply don’t. It will be immediately deleted or tossed into the recycle bin. Gratuitous Sexuality: (i.e. smut, softcore porn) (Please, we know that there is a market out there for stories in this genre, but it’s not for us. Contact our affiliate, Tanglewood press for submissions...

Deadline: April 1st, 2025 Payment: 15GBP Theme: Rot (Vol 108) ROT, 1st April 2025 Begin the disintegration. Mind, body, society, the fabric of reality itself. Unearth beauty in the grotesque, the life that springs from decay, the renewal of all things. If you think you’ve got what it takes to terrify, scar and haunt our audience of 10,000 daily listeners, then we want your stories! If accepted, we'll get our fantastic narration team to lend their voices, our editor will sprinkle some magic pixie dust on the track, and you could have your story heard by thousands of listeners each week. *** WHEN WILL I HEAR IF MY STORY HAS BEEN ACCEPTED OR NOT? We carefully review every single submission that comes through our door. If you’ve submitted a story to us, please be patient. We WILL let you know if your submission has or hasn’t been successful. Having said that, if you haven’t heard anything up to twelve weeks after the deadline has passed, feel free to ping us an email to check in on it. Submission Guidelines • Stories must be 2,000 (10% tolerance +/-) • Save stories in a Word document - Times New Roman font, size 12 • Include a 1-2 sentence log line for your story at the end of the document • Ensure that your name and an email address are somewhere on the document • Stories must fit an upcoming theme • By submitting your story to us, you are confirming that you are the original creator of the story • We will consider entrants whose work has been entered and published elsewhere, however please ensure you state where and when your story has been used elsewhere on the document • You will be allowed to place one call-to-action for your own work...

Deadline: April 1st, 2025 Payment: One cent U.S. per word ($2 minimum) Theme: Fantastic Fiction You really NEED to read the description below. The Cafe Irreal is a quarterly webzine that presents a kind of fantastic fiction infrequently published in English. This fiction, which we would describe as irreal, resembles the work of writers such as Franz Kafka, Kobo Abe, Clarice Lispector and Jorge Luis Borges. As a type of fiction it rejects the tendency to portray people and places realistically and the need for a full resolution to the story; instead, it shows us a reality constantly being undermined. Therefore, we're interested in stories by writers who write about what they don't know, take us places we couldn't possibly go, and don't try to make us care about the characters. We would also suggest you take a look at the current issue, archives, and theory (especially the essay, "What is irrealism?") pages on this web site. We accept unsolicited fiction up to 2,000 words in length. Translations are welcome. There is no minimum length. We accept only electronic submissions via e-mail at [email protected]. We cannot, due to the various computer viruses and worms, accept attachments anymore, so please paste your story into the body of the e-mail. Also include your name, address, e-mail address, and a short bio in the text of the submission; please put the word "submission" in the subject heading of the e-mail to ensure that your submission doesn't get lost among all the spam. We pay an honorarium of one cent U.S. per word ($2 minimum) to buy first-time internet rights (the story will then be archived). Payment is made upon publication. PLEASE NOTE THAT WE DON'T ACCEPT SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS and are only interested in reprints in unusual cases (e.g., the story has appeared in print but...

Deadline: April 1st, 2025 Payment: Royalties Theme: Two stories that, together, give us supernatural parables, stories filled with polarities conflicting with each other at their core. The title for the fourth Dead Birds Publishing anthology is Supernatural Parables: Myth versus Reality. What happens when opposing supernatural forces collide? Yang and Yin. Death versus life. Villain against hero. Vampire hunting priest. Senses versus truth. Parables are stories with life lessons woven into the pages. Lessons your characters must confront, lessons they must overcome to survive. We are looking for supernatural parables, stories filled with polarities conflicting with each other at their core. Tell us the morbid of your story. What We’re Looking For Dead Birds Publishing is looking for two short stories from each *author. The stories do not need to be mirror stories of each other, but must contain some element of opposites and some element of supernatural. Angels and devils, tricksters, the undead, myths reborn, cryptids. While we prefer a good horror parable, writing can include magical realism, science fiction, or even dark satire. If you’re not familiar with Dead Birds Publishing, please have a look at our most recent collection, Sasquatch is My Neighbor, to get a sense of what we’re after. What We’re Not Looking For We don’t accept fanfic; any characters or settings featured in your work must be your own original creations. We will not consider any political or covid related stories, unless the topics are buried so well that even Rod Serling would have trouble spotting them. We may accept work that has been previously published as long as the author has regained all rights. Include previously published details when submitting. Absolutely no AI. Anyone caught submitting AI written material will be banned from our wickedly fun publication for life. Editors This anthology will be co-edited by A.M. Symes...