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Deadline: December 31st 2012 Payment: Contributors will receive one hardcover copy of the anthology and can get copies of any binding for their own use discounted to the cost price Rustblind and Silverbright A Slipstream Railway Anthology Published by Eibonvale Press www.eibonvalepress.co.uk "...You are yourself a railway track, rusty, stained, silver, shiny, beautiful and uncertain. And you are divided into sections and bound between stations. And they have sign-boards whereon is written women, or murder, or moon. And then that is the world. You are a railway -rumbled over, cried over -you are the track -on you everything happens and makes you rustblind and silverbright. You are human, your brain giraffe-lonely somewhere above on your endless neck. And no one quite knows your heart." -Wolfgang Borchert (1921-1947), from Railways by day and by night, translated by David Porter Language: English Closing Date: 31 December 2012 Open to: Everyone, anywhere, the wider the better. Submissions to: [email protected] I hereby make confession under oath that I, David Rix of Eibonvale Press, am a train addict. I know too well the slightly puzzled look that comes into people’s eyes when I start getting too enthusiastic on that subject, but hey, just think about this a moment! Can you think of a better way to watch the world go past? Relaxed in a window seat as you pull slowly out of the city, then start flying through the countryside. It is a time of enforced shut-down, in spite of this age of laptops and wireless internet. It is almost meditational – a time of peace and solitude when nothing should be demanded of you – ideally one of the few times of quiet in our hectic modern lives. Trains occupy a special place in the human psyche, the twin threads of the rails forging...

Deadline: December 31st 2012 Payment: Exposure Only - For Charity I am thrilled to announce the theme and the charity for the upcoming annual MDP all for charity anthology. The charity will be The Jim Valvano foundation...http://www.jimmyv.org/ The title will be “The Sick and the Dead” and the theme will be… you guessed it – zombies. However, the hero or protagonist must be a cancer patient or survivor. I realize this may pose some creative difficulties but I have faith in you all. As a reminder, everything including our costs, cover art, and submissions is by donation. That means not only is this just for exposure, but it does not come with a contributors copy either. Every penny of profit generated by the sales of these books is donated quarterly to the charity. Deadline is Dec. 31st 2012. 3000-10,000 words. Send to [email protected] or for questions contact [email protected]

Deadline: December 31st 2012 Payment: It’s 2012 - the year our world is supposed to end. Supposedly, on December 21st, we will cease to exist. But how is it going to happen? Fire? Flood? Earthquakes? Or something manmade, such as an unstoppable virus or a nuclear explosion? You tell us. Morpheus Tales is looking for short stories of how the human race is going to die out. Use your imagination - it can be as realistic (fire, for instance) or as far-fetched (maybe zombies?) as you’d like. Is it quick and painless or slow and excruciating? Make us a little nervous that maybe, just maybe, your scenario is imminent. We know zombies are the in thing right now - but we don’t want to dig through tons of zombie stories. Try to come up with something unique, something that will stand out in the crowd. We want to be freaked out and blown away by the methods you choose to wipe out the Earth. What we DON’T want - vampires, werewolves, science fiction, fantasy, sword and sorcery, biopunk. Otherwise, regular Morpheus Tales guidelines apply - no simultaneous submissions, standard manuscript format, only high-quality character- or plot-driven stories from 1,500 to 3,000 words. Reprints will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Deadline for submissions will be December 31, 2012. Please put Apocalypse Special Issue Submission in the subject of your email and send to: [email protected] Other than that, all regular Morpheus Tales submission guidelines apply: no simultaneous submissions, standard manuscript format, only high quality character- or plot-driven stories of no more than 3,000 words. The Apocalypse Special Issue will be available as an ebook and via print-on-demand services. Contributor copies will be in ebook format. We are currently looking for writers and artists to submit their work. We are a non-paying...

Deadline: 12/31/2012 Payment: 1 Contributor's Copy It's a CREATE your OWN --> DARK SUPERHERO / VILLAIN anthology (HORROR DARK). The SUBMISSIONS DEADline is 12/31/2012 and payment WILL BE a free copy of the book to all accepted authors, along with free publicity. HELPFUL HINTS / LOOSE GUIDELINES: *GO CRAZY with these tales... the landscapes (cities, alternate realities, etc.), the time (future/past/present), and JUST LET LOOSE!!!! Think SO FAR outside of the box that you end up tearing the box to pieces, burning it and stomping on its smoldering ashes :P **Think of powers, abilities and evils/horrors NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN :P **And, a LITTLE bit of DARK HUMOR is ok, as well :P LENGTH: 3500 - 5500 words per tale, in Word doc format; dbl sp NAME ATTACHMENT: "SUPERHERO_AUTHOR NAME" SEND SUBMISSIONS TO: [email protected] QUESTIONS / CONCERNS???: [email protected] PUBLISHER: Jhator Press COVER ARTIST: Robin I. Provorse (and... SHE! ROCKS!) --> PRINT & EBOOK versions of the antho will be created/released in SPRING 2013. ANTHO TITLE: TBA SOON (!!!)

Deadline: December 31st 2012 Payment: 10 dollar payment for story and a free copy of the Ebook upon publication. Authors will also receive a discounted price via Amazon if they wish to purcahse copies to sell at Con and such. Alter Press is pleased to announce that submissions are open for Dread Time Stories. The stories that we all now from our childhoods are just the beginning. The reality is much more terrifying... Alter Press is looking for previously unpublished takes on childhood fairy tales with a splatterific bent! Take them in a new direction. Did Grandmother get eaten or did she eat the wolf? Did Rumpelstiltskin truly offer freedom for the spun gold or was he simply a slave to a vicious demon? These are the questions that we would like to see asked, the scenarios explored! Twist your inner child to its limits! ============================================================== Submission Requirements Word Count 4 - 8k word count. Attach your story as an RTF file please. (this is important as I have had issues with non RTF files in the past) Single Spaced No Headers or Footers or Page Numbers Use Italics, not underlines. Place Word Count and Contact info on first page and a short bio as you would have it appear if your story is selected at the end of the story. Payment will be a flat 10 dollar payment for story and a free copy of the Ebook upon publication. Authors will also receive a discounted price via Amazon if they wish to purcahse copies to sell at Con and such. No reprints or simultaneous submissions please. Meaning that if your story is submitted elsewhere I do not want it. I do not want to feel forced to compete with other publishers, nor do I want to have a story...

Deadline: December 31st 2012 Payment: share of 65% of the net profits of the eBook, share of 40% of the net profits of the POD paperback. If a novella is accepted, payment for this story will be 3 “shares”. We are looking for submissions for Horrific History, a themed horror anthology, for POD paperback and eBook publication. We are looking for tales that show us the true horrific story behind historical events. Zombies in the Civil War, vampires in Renaissance Italy, shapeshifters in the ancient Far East, aliens, demons, and spirits throughout history. If you want to get an idea what we are looking for, check out a couple of stories from our A Quick of Flesh zombie flash fiction anthology. Joseph A. Polega’s “Whitechapel”, and Rose Blackthorn’s “The Lost Colony” give us the real stories behind Jack the Ripper and the Lost Colony of Roanoke. Word Count: 2,000 to 10,000 words. Also, one 20,000 to 40,000 word novella may be accepted. Payment: share of 65% of the net profits of the eBook, share of 40% of the net profits of the POD paperback. If a novella is accepted, payment for this story will be 3 “shares”. Rights: we purchase First Electronic and First Print Rights, with a 6 month exclusivity period. Please remember that you can only sell your various ”First” rights once, and that you will only be able to market your accepted story later as a reprint, once we have published it, which may limit where you can submit it to in the future, and how much you may be paid for it. Only you can make this business decision for yourself. Deadline: December 31st, 2012. Submit the full story to us at [email protected], with “Horrific History” in the subject line. Include a little information about yourself...

Deadline: December 31st 2012 Payment: Shared royalties. That's right, folks! Our new anthology project is all about zombies. Well, zombies and erotica. What's sexy about the zombie apocalypse? You tell us! What we're looking for is short fiction, 1k-2k words, featuring zombies and erotica in some form or fashion. I'll be taking 50 stories for the anthology. Subs may be submitted starting today. The deadline for submission is December 31st. The proposed date of release is February 14th, Valentine's Day. Regardless of the subject matter, stories must be well written and interesting, with definite emphasis on originality. Please read our submission guidelines page and submit accordingly. Payment will be shared royalties. Where did this idea come from? KillerCon of course! It actually began as a joke, but so many people thought it interesting that we decided to run with it. I have to give credit for the title to Benjamin Kane Ethridge. There are already several authors from KillerCon sending stories, so join them and us in this project! What are you waiting for? Get writing! It is the last day of the Coffin Hop blog hop. You can visit the other coffin hoppers here. And you can still enter our contests as well. Remember, a comment on every blog post we put up during the Coffin Hop enters you in the drawing for a frame quality 8 x 10 of our No Place Like Home cover. Three or more comments enters you to win a frame quality 8 x 10 of Satan's Toybox: Demonic Dolls. And any comment at all enters you to win a print book of our newest release, Satan's Toybox: Terrifying Teddies. Happy Halloween!! Happy Hopping, Stacey

Deadline: December 31st 2012 Payment: 5 cents a word What could be more appropriate for the dreariest month in the year than a zombie apocalypse? Screw all that Valentine's Day stuff—we want to see zombies…in a blizzard..arms falling off as they swat Cupid out of the sky and eat his wings like hor d'ouerves. Whatever you do, though, find a way to make your zombies different…as different as zombies can be. Let's make this the zombie apocalypse that no one has thought of yet. CALL BEGINS ON OCTOBER 1, 2012 CALL ENDS ON DECEMBER 31, 2012 --- Please do NOT submit until the beginning date of a future call for submissions. We will not evaluate any stories BEFORE the scheduled date. We are ONLY accepting submissions in our currently open themed calls. Penumbra publishes speculative fiction that always culminates in something unexpected—a flash of humor in the darkest tale or a fantasy piece that goes against the tropes--always something that hovers right on the periphery of the eclipse. Penumbra is looking for speculative fiction that's unexpected and adventurous. We don't want the same old short stories--we want funny horror stories, or fantasy with a modern theme, or science fiction that takes the reader someplace they really didn't expect to go...even if its their own kitchen at home. Word counts—500 to 3500 words, paid at 5 cents a word. Poetry—we will review poetry for each issue. Please send a cover letter with brief publishing history and your entire submission as a .doc or .rtf attachment to Penumbra Submissions. Please put "Penumbra Submission" in the subject line of your email. No simultaneous or multiple submissions please. Initial response time to queries is expected to be short, within 2-3 weeks. This is likely to change and any such submission changes will be listed...

Deadline: December 31st 2012 Payment: Authors will receive two copies of the published book. Copyright remains with the author. Dark World Ghost Stories edited by Tim Parker Russell Tim is now accepting submissions for an anthology of ghost stories, to be published by Tartarus Press in February 2013. The book will be a numbered, limited edition trade paperback, with profits going to Amala Children's Home and School, India, where Tim will be working with orphaned children in July 2013. This is organised by The Wensleydale School, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, and details can be found here. Subject matter and style : Tim would like to receive previously unpublished ghost stories (fiction) suitable for a general audience. Although stories should offer more than a "pleasing terror", they should not contain anything too graphic or gratuitous. Word count: Stories should be between 2,000 and 7,000 words. Closing date for submissions: 31st December, 2012. Payment: Authors will receive two copies of the published book. Copyright remains with the author. Electronic submissions should be sent to [email protected]. He would prefer to receive your work as an attachment to an email.

Deadline: December 31 2012 Payment: Ebook-only stories accepted through the open submissions process will receive a flat one-time payment of US $50. Original stories accepted for the print book will receive professional rates of 5 cents per word (1 cent per word for reprints) up to a maximum of 5,000 words. Due to budget constraints, we will not be able to offer additional compensation for original stories that check in above 5,000 words. All contributors will receive one author’s copy (print and ebook) per contributor and an author discount on additional copies. Advances will be payable upon publication. The award-nominated WHEN THE HERO COMES HOME, from Dragon Moon Press, has been praised as “a perfect example of how an anthology of stories should work.” Upon the success of HERO and its follow-up, WHEN THE VILLAIN COMES HOME, co-editors Ed Greenwood and Gabrielle Harbowy are pleased to announce WHEN THE HERO COMES HOME 2. We’re changing the format a bit this time. In the spirit of Dragon Moon Press’s commitment to discovering new authors, there will be an open submissions period for a limited number of bonus stories to appear in the e-book only — a couple of which may, at the publisher’s discretion, also appear in the print book. There are no restrictions on professional level (as-yet-unpublished authors and established award-winners are equally welcome!) or country of residence. SUBMISSIONS OPEN DECEMBER 1, 2012 AND END DECEMBER 31, 2012 OR WHEN THE WORLD ENDS, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. This will give you plenty of time to consider your idea and write your story. We strongly recommend reading WHEN THE HERO COMES HOME and WHEN THE VILLAIN COMES HOME to see what has already been done. Open Submissions which do not follow the instructions on this page will not be considered. ABOUT THE...