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Deadline: June 15, 2012 Payment: $25, reprints $15. Theme: Stories that instill a feeling of dread or foreboding. Something evil is contained, but someone releases it by accident. Feel free to explore different avenues. Is evil contained in an abandoned factory? How about a shoebox at the top of Grandma’s closet, or the new kid on the block? How does it get released, and what happens thereafter. Submission period is March 27, 2012 through June 15, 2012 Publication date is October 1, 2012 Authors submit only one story per anthology Stories must be from 500 to 4,500 words. We are expecting a six-week notification window Query after eight weeks Unpublished works paid $25, reprints $15. Accepting four dark poems, minimum 15 lines. Pays $10. One year exclusive world rights, non-exclusive thereafter. Print and digital versions will be produced. Contributors will receive a digital copy. See our general guidelines for details. Payment within 30 days of publication by check.

Deadline: June 15, 2012 (or until full) Payment: Stories that are 4,999 words and under will be for exposure only. Stories that are 5,000 words and above will receive one paperback contributor copy as payment. Edited and Compiled by Mandy Perez-Tinics Deadline: June 15, 2012 (or until full) Target release date: August 1, 2012 How to Submit: Send submissions to [email protected] with “Bite from the Heart Submission (story title and author name)” in subject line. Please attach a WORD document file containing your story. Please use Times New Roman, size 10 font and please DO NOT double space or use headers or page counts. Page one of the file must contain your contact information (name, mailing address, E-mail and word count). If any of these items are missing from your document, I will reject the story right away. If this information is there, it makes it easier for me to contact you. What we are looking for: We are looking for the most hot, sexy, erotic, romantic, sweet, unforgettable vampire romance you can think of. Nothing is too hot and steamy for this anthology. I want different never told stories of vampires falling in love, making love, or having a love and lost it in the end. Stories must be between 3,500 - 8,000 words. Works that are shorter or longer will be considered if it has the right bite. Payment: Stories that are 4,999 words and under will be for exposure only. Stories that are 5,000 words and above will receive one paperback contributor copy as payment. What rights we ask for: Exclusive Anthology Rights and Electronic Media Rights for publication in the US English language anywhere in the world. Exclusive rights will remain in place for the first year from the publication date. After that time, the rights...

Deadline: June 18, 2012 Payment: An eBook copy will be sent to all contributors and up to 5 paperback copies per author will be available to purchase at cost. 50% of the royalties will be distributed between all contributors. It's the beginning of the end. The Apocalypse has come; and left in its wake no more than small pockets of survivors battling to stay alive. How it came about... you tell us. Be it monsters, mechanical horrors or natural disasters, anything goes. What matters to us is what is left behind. In a world where society has collapsed, and where terror lurks in every corner. Harsh and brutal, no one can be trusted and nothing can be taken for granted. Spin us your very best tales of Hell on Earth. The title for this anthology series is Carnage: After the End, and that's what we want to see in every word that you write. Take us deep into the stark, relentless reality of what surviving the Apocalypse really means. SUBMISSION DEADLINE - Monday, June 18, 2012 Submission guidelines: Deadline for submissions - Monday, June 18, 2012. 4000 - 10,000 words. Please submit your manuscript as a *.doc or *.docx file in Verdana; 12 point font; single spacing and standard formatting. Graphic gore must be kept to a minimum unless it is integral to the story; absolutely no incestuous or sexual abuse storylines will be considered. Only stories previously unpublished may be submitted. Upon acceptance into the anthology, you agree that Sirens Call Publications holds exclusive publishing rights for twelve (12) months from the date of publication; after that date has passed, all intellectual property rights revert to the author with the proviso that Sirens Call Publications retains distribution rights in the format of the contracted anthology. An eBook copy will...

Deadline: June 25th, 2012 Payment: $10 advance paid upon publication, a contributor copy of the paper version, a royalty percentage split among all contributors We are looking for stories that tell alternative explanations or interpretations of the classic traditions and/or origins of holidays. Stories in the anthology will come from a variety of viewpoints, including the mythical, the magical, and the supernatural. No holiday is too small to be seen from a different perspective. Just think: Easter Egg hunts teaching survival skills to militant bunnies. A groundhog sharing his shadow to pay an ancient debt. St. Valentine creating a holiday to stave off vampire attacks. Halloween as the demons’ day off. You may think you know the truth, but you haven’t heard the real stories yet! Suggested Length: 3,000-7,000 words. Up to 10,000 words is possible, but it will be a HARD sell. Due Date: June 25, 2012 Editors: Richard Storrs and Jessica Porteous Submission Guidelines: Please email your submissions to us at [email protected] Put your story into the BODY of the email (no attachments, please!) and put "Holiday Magick" in your subject line, along with the title of your story. You are welcome to submit multiple stories; stories will be selected based on quality and on achieving a balance of holidays and story genres within the anthology. Legalese: We can only accept previously unpublished stories. Please do not use licensed characters or any trademarked or copyright-protected material without written permission in advance of submission (This is NOT the place for “A Christmas Carol for Jabba the Hutt”). We’re also not looking for stories that use holidays merely as settings, without any connection to holiday traditions. Contributor compensation will include a $10 advance paid upon publication, a contributor copy of the paper version, a royalty percentage split among all contributors,...

Deadline: June 30th, 2012 Payment: five-cents per word (upon publication) plus contributor copy. Anthology Guidelines Title: Hills of Fire: Bare-Knuckle Yarns of Appalachia Publisher: Woodland Press Editor: Frank Larnerd Format: Trade Paperback Payment: five-cents per word (upon publication) plus contributor copy. No reprints Story length: Up to 2500 words No multiple or simultaneous subs Deadline: 12:00am Saturday, June 30th, 2012 E-mail submissions to: [email protected] .doc attachments only. I am looking for fictional pulp action stories in an Appalachian setting. Submitted stories should harken back to the square-jawed tales of Robert E. Howard, Dashiell Hammett, and Louis L'Amour. Stories can be set in any time period, but must take place in the Appalachian region. Stories involving mountain men, moonshine runners, lawmen, heists, wrestling, soldiers, and outlaws are highly encouraged. Addition of regional history and folklore is also advised. Complex characters should be equally mixed with solid plots and high octane excitement. Submissions should avoid popular action clichés and unflattering Appalachian stereotypes. Although the anthology is mainly targeted for adults, we DO NOT want stories containing language or content unsuitable for children. Accepted Manuscript Formatting: Double-spaced. Use Times New Roman (12). Italicize what you want italicized. Single space after sentence-ending punctuation. Be sure to include your name, address, and email on your manuscript.

Deadline: June 30th 2012 Payment: $50 per story, $25 per reprint Now Open to Submissions Heathen Oracle is now accepting stories for its Azieran Adventures anthology, "Artifacts and Relics: Extreme Sorcery" until June 30th. Payment Heathen Oracle will be paying $50 per story, $25 per reprint. Payments will be made within 1 month of publication. Rights For accepted, previously unpublished stories, rights include exclusive publishing rights in all forms for 6 months from release date, afterwards author is free to have story reprinted elsewhere, but Heathen Oracle retains the right to publish the anthology and story in perpetuity in all forms. For reprints, all rights to the story for purposes of reprinting must be retained by the author for publication at Heathen Oracle, during which time the story must not appear in any new publications for the period of 6 months, after which time the author is free to have the story reprinted elsewhere—but Heathen Oracle retains the right to publish the anthology and story in perpetuity in all forms. This will allow us to keep the anthology intact and available to customers. We are paying an upfront fee, rather than paying royalties, as we are a creative operation and have no desire to become accountants, calculating and doling out small sums every period. The anthology will be published as an ebook, with other media options as a future possibility. Format Use Standard MS, and format of PDF, .doc, or .rtf. PDFs may be reviewed first due to editor's preference. Submissions Address Please send submissions to: [email protected]. Place your story title in the subject line. Include a cover letter in the email if you like. Simultaneous submissions are readily accepted--as a freelance writer, until a contract is signed, it is your right to pursue alternate ventures for your work. Multiple...

Deadline: June 30th 2012 Payment: Undisclosed amount and contributor's copy Cast your minds back a couple of months, to when I announced that Spectral will be publishing an annual Christmas Ghost Story anthology, starting in December 2012, in the same tradition as the annuals of the Victorian/Edwardian era. In that same blog I said I would release details of the submission process this January, and that time has duly arrived – so interested parties please read the following carefully!! Unlike the chapbooks, this is an open call for submissions from ALL authors (including those writers already published, or are due to be published, by Spectral). What we are looking for are ghostly/supernatural tales of between 5,000 and 10,000 words, set around the time of the Christmas/Mid-winter celebrations. Think of the kind of thing that MR James and Charles Dickens would have written at this time of year and you’ll be on the right track. The stories should primarily rely on atmosphere, tension, suspense, suggestion and implication to send shivers down peoples’ spines: whilst we are not averse to something of the more visceral kind (provided it works within the context of the story), we are not looking for slasher/unhinged psychopath with a sharp instrument/serial killer or gore-filled fiction. The final format or formats has/have yet to be decided. Please send submissions, in a Word attachment please, to spectralpressgmailcom, with the subject line ‘Spectral Christmas Ghost Story Annual 2012 – submission’. Please do NOT paste your story into the body of the email – if this happens then your submission will be ignored. The deadline for stories to reach us is June 30th 2012 – stories submitted after this date will not be considered. All stories must be original, with the copyright belonging to the author in question, and must not...

Deadline: June 30th, 2012 Payment: Exposure Only A new anthology is opened. We are accepting submission for a new anthology Midnight Movie Creature Feature vol 2. You should probably read MMCF vol 1. We are looking for unique, quirky, b-movie esque, and even the truly terrifying. If it is something that the guys at MST3k would make fun of, then it is definitely the story for us. Deadline for this will be June 30th, 2012. The story must be between 3000 and 10,000 words and should be emailed to [email protected] attached as a .doc (preferred) or .rtf Please send in your submissions using 12 font Times New Roman, single spaced, justified. No hard breaks between paragraphs (hitting return twice to break between paragraphs). Following paragraphs can be started on the next line. Scene breaks or changes in point of view need to be separated by a hard break, centered asterisks (* * *) and a hard break. The title page should contain your contact info and word count.

Deadline: June 30th 2012 Payment: $20 and 1 contributor's copy Rule: Female authors only Working Title: Mistresses of the Macabre Edited by: Lori Michelle, Max Booth III, Stan Swanson Publisher: Dark Moon Books Projected Publishing Date: Late Summer 2012 Contact info: [email protected] No doubt about it, woman view the world differently than men. When something scares us, it tends to hit all of our senses and get us emotionally charged. We tend to try to think things through, but are not afraid to kick ass to protect those we love. Dark Moon is looking for stories written by women for a special women’s only anthology. The type of story isn’t important (ghost, zombie, vampire, spider, ghoul, ex-husband) as long as it scares us. Please no over-the-top gore or erotica. Just make sure you frighten us and show everyone that women know how to make those dark nights a little darker and scarier with the best of them. Submission Guidelines: • DEADLINE: June 30th, 2012 • PAYMENT: Authors will receive one complimentary copy of the anthology and payment of $20.00. • Submissions should fall between 1500-6000 words, but a few words over or under is fine. However, submissions that are excessively long will not be considered. • Submissions will only be accepted as attachments in either .doc or .rtf format e-mailed to [email protected]. Please do not embed your story in the e-mail. • E-mails should have the title of the anthology, the author’s last name and the title of the story. i.e. Vampires_Johnson_Fangs for the Memories. • Include your real name (and pen name if using one), address, phone, email, story title and word count on the title page of the submission as well as in the body of your email. Include a brief bio (50 words or less) in the...