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Deadline: June 30th, 2013 Payment: five-cents per word (upon publication) plus contributor copy. Title: Strange Critters: Unusual Creatures of Appalachia Publisher: Woodland Press Editor: Frank Larnerd Format: Trade Paperback, ebook 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, 2013 E-mail submissions to: [email protected] RTF, DOC, or DOCX attachments only. I am looking for horror stories featuring legendary, mythical, or imaginary creatures of Appalachia. Stories based on established local lore are preferred, but exceptions may be made for exceptionally crafted creatures. I am NOT looking for stories with zombies, vampires or other popular monsters. Submitted stories can be set in any time period, but must take place in the Appalachian region. Although the anthology is mainly targeted for adults, we DO NOT want stories containing language or content unsuitable for children. Submissions should also avoid unflattering Appalachian stereotypes. 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 2013 Payment: A publication contract for the Daylight Dims Anthology, A personal Limited-Edition copy of the Daylight Dims Anthology, The right to purchase additional copies of the Daylight Dims Anthology at cost. Deadline The deadline for submissions for the Daylight Dims Anthology is Jun 30th 2013. Submissions received after the deadline may be considered for a future publication. We reserve the right to extend the deadline. Official Rules This anthology is open to all writers whether published or not, and regardless of experience. All stories must between 10 to 100 manuscript pages. You may submit as many stories as you wish, however, only one submission may be selected to be published in the Daylight Dims Anthology. Rights All stories remain the property of the author. By submitting a story for this anthology, the writer may also be eligible for the publication of the story by Stealth Fiction as a stand alone ebook. Stealth Fiction is under no obligation to publish any entry or one may be disqualify at any time. The writer is under no obligation whatsoever to purchase a copy of the publication in which the selected story may appear. Decisions A panel of three will evaluate each submission and must agree unanimously that the submission will be included in the Daylight Dims Anthology. Judgement based on originality, creative imagination, characterization, artistic quality, length of story. In some instances we may feel very strongly about a story but may conclude that certain revisions, such as editing for length or content may be required. We may contact the author and request changes. All decisions are final. Notification All selected authors will be notified by both email, and standard U.S. mail. The list of authors and story titles selected for publication in the Daylight Dims Anthology will be...

Deadline: June 30th 2013 Payment: Charity Anthology - Optional Contributor's Copy No one should ever have to deal with cancer, especially a child. BLEED is a charity anthology where the profits will go to the Children’s Cancer Fund. We are looking for allegorical horror stories where the monster represents cancer. Don’t forget, this is for all the little girls and boys who fight the good fight everyday. Deadline: June 30, 2013 Target release date: September 2013 to coincide with Children’s Cancer Month Please send all submissions in a .doc or .rtf attachment to [email protected] with the subject line being Bleed/Story Title/Author (the attachment should be labeled the same way). All stories should be formatted 12 pt (any font is fine, although we do prefer sans serif). Also include a 50 word bio either in the email or attachment itself. Maximum word count: 10,000 words. We will be accepting reprints, but only a small amount of them, so make sure yours is excellent if it’s been published in the past. Multiple submissions are fine. Since this is a charity work, we cannot offer any payment, but the author will be given the choice of either receiving one contributor’s copy or donating the book’s cost to the Children’s Cancer Fund. Any other questions please email [email protected].

Deadline: June 30th 2013 Payment: 4% royalties after cost per story published Fringeworks is always trying ways to feed demand for its fiction. We are currently seeking submissions for an anthology entitled ‘The Last Diner’. This anthology will be published under our KnightWatch Press imprint. Submission deadline for this anthology is midnight on Sunday, 30th June, 2013. As the title suggests, we are looking for gruesome stories set in food establishments. Cafes, Diners, Motels, Restaurants, Take-Aways, Tea Rooms, wherever you might eat in public. The Last Diner is specifically geared to attracting horror stories between 3,000 and 6,000 words in length. Stories can be as dark and horrifically tasteless as you like. We are looking for new and original twists on this theme with surprising elements. Be fun but most of all be unique.We expect this anthology will appeal to writers of horror. Submissions should be sent to [email protected] as word documents or rtf files. Your email subject header should read ‘SURNAME/LAST/WORD COUNT (include word count) All submissions should; Be 3,000 to 6,000 words (max) Be typed in Courier or Times New Roman 12 Be typed in line with Standard Manuscript Format. Details can be found at http://www.shunn.net/format/story.html Include your full details (name/address/telephone number/email address) Previously published stories will be considered for this anthology. Authors will retain copyright. Multiple submissions up to a maximum of two stories per author can be submitted. We will write to you within approximately four weeks of the submission deadline to let you know if you have been successful. We will pay 4% royalties after cost per story published.

Deadline: June 30th 2013 Payment: 5 cents per word What's not to love about the Fae? Whether you're writing about the fairies like Tinker Bell or pixies, or the Tuatha dé Danaan of older Irish legends, this is the issue to let the Fair Folk loose in your imagination. Be sure you follow the will o'the wisp into new worlds—and take the readers of Penumbra along with you on your journey down the faery paths. Penumbra is looking for original, unpublished stories of 3500 words or less. We prefer that writers use Standard Manuscript Format for submissions. (You can read this article by Chuck Rothman on the SFWA site on preparing a manuscript for submission if you are unfamiliar with SMF.) Please send your stories as file attachments in .rtf or .doc formats only. Please include a cover letter in the body of your email, with the manuscript title, you pen name if applicable, the exact word count of the story not including title and byline, and a publication history if applicable. Penumbra is a professional rates paying publisher, paying 5 cents per word. We will evaluate poetry submissions for each issue. We will also consider previously published stories with rights reverted to the author. Penumbra has multiple issue calls open at the same time, therefore it is imperative that you include the issue theme in the subject line of your email. Submissions that do not include this information risk getting lost in our queue and not read before the deadline. Penumbra uses Musa Publishing's house style guide, which relies upon the Chicago Manual of Style. All accepted stories will be edited to reflect Musa house style. If you have never been published before, please tell us. Penumbra likes publishing new authors as much as we like publishing experienced authors....

Deadline: June 30th 2013 Payment: We will pay 4¢(US)/word, with a minimum payment of $50 for original unpublished content, (posted on websites count as published,) We will pay 2¢(US)/word, with a minimum payment of $20 for previously posted content. PREMISE Daylight Dims will be an anthology of terrifying short stories. We are looking for unique and interesting settings and situations. The most important thing is this: We’re looking for chilling tales of what just might come once Daylight Dims… What We Are Looking For Typically we want unique, strange, and compelling fiction. Some of our favorite stories begin with a sense that the story is based in reality, and then slowly leads the protagonist into bizarre, or terrifying territory. It’s a bonus if the reader is left feeling like the story might have been real. We also enjoy stories with fantasy, science fiction, or horror elements. We want to see styles that are unusual, but readable. We want characters that readers will care about. We like to see settings and cultures that outside of the norm, and if your character is in another world, then that setting should be well thought out, so the reader can join you there. We want your story to trigger an emotion. If the reader laughs, cries, or throws the book (hopefully not a computer or kindle) across the room in anger, well then, that’s awesome. DO NOT submit unsolicited revisions of stories we've rejected. It doesn't matter how much you've revised. If we think a revision will work, we'll request one. If we didn't request one, we're unlikely to be interested. DO NOT submit multiple stories at once. We can consider only one story at a given time by a given author. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE ACCEPTABLE. Sex or violence should be artistically justified....

Deadline: June 30th, 2013 Payment: $25 CAN per story We will continue to consider submissions for PstD 5 until June 30, 2013, at which point we will be closed to submissions until spring 2014. Please keep an eye on this page for submission information and check in here before submitting to us. We are looking for works of short fiction (up to 3500 words). While we are open to a variety of approaches and styles, we are interested in original work that pushes and plays with(in) the boundaries of the fantastic, the marvelous, the uncanny, and the horrific. We are not interested in formulaic re-treads of genre conventions, but in work that revises and interrogates the relationship between genre writing and literary experimentation. We welcome challenging, edgy fiction that embraces not only elements of classic horror, but also dark fantasy, urban fantasy, slipstream, (new) weird fiction, and surrealism While we are open to English-language fiction by writers of all nationalities, we also strive to support Canadian writers and artists, and maintain at least 50% Canadian content in any given issue. Bearing this in mind, please include with your submission notification of whether or not you are a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant. We offer fiction contributors $25 CAN per story (payable through PayPal), regardless of length. We will also provide a complimentary electronic version of the book to each contributor. Contributors have the option of purchasing hard copies at a low contributor’s rate (30% off.) We ask for First Print publishing rights for pieces we accept, as well as non-exclusive reprint rights, as we plan to eventually make each volume available as an e-book and/or for print on demand. We ask potential contributors to bear in mind that most publications will not re-publish pieces that have been previously published (whether...

Deadline: July 15, 2013. Payment: A royalty pool will be generated on print and eBook sales, with the royalty pool divided equally among the contributors and editors. Royalties for print are 10% of gross receipts received by SSP on sales retail and wholesale up to 1,000 copies, with an increase to 12 1/2% for every copy thereafter. eBook royalties are set at 50% of gross receipts received by SSP for sales of the digital version. Royalty statements and payments will be made bi-annually. All contributors will receive a complimentary trade paperback copy of the anthology. A Speculative Fiction Anthology from Seventh Star Press Edited by Scott Sandridge From Scott: “Bring out the Fey! Stories about the Sidhe? Sprites? Pixies? Boggans and Goblins? How about those Gnomes? Looking for fictional stories involving the Fey Folk, both Seelie and Unseelie. From the campy to the deep and esoterical, from traditional faeries to the not-so-traditional (changeling kangaroos, anyone?), Western to Eastern, heck even Martian! Fantasy is obviously expected but all spec-fic genres welcome. Got a SF story about a Space Leprechaun invasion of Earth? Send it! Slipstream? Go for it! A slasher involving psychopathic trolls with chainsaws and a fetish for wearing human skin? Ehhh….aw heck, why not? The anthology will be done in flipbook format, with stories about Seelie faeries on one side and Unseelie faeries on the other. Planning for an even mix of Seelie and Unseelie stories, roughly 11 per side. Guidelines: 10,000 words maximum/2,000 words minimum. Blood and gore only if it fits the story, same goes for sex. Submissions via email to scott (at) seventhstarpress.com RTF and DOC. formats only, Courier or Times New Roman, 12pt. font (in other words, make sure it’s readable!) The subject of your email should have your name, title of your story, and...

Deadline: July 19th, 2013 Payment: $25.00 (USD) Token Payment and Two (2) Contributor copies of the anthology Gothic Blue Books were short fictions popular in the 18th and 19th century. They were descendants of the chap book trade and are now a thing of the past. Burial Day Books will resurrect this art form with a new twist with its own Gothic Blue Book Vol 3 to be available this October 31st 2013. What was a Gothic Blue Book? Gothic Blue Books were abridgements of full-length Gothic novels. The subjects of the books fell into one of two categories; the first being set in a monastery or convent and the second being set in a castle. In terms of the physicality of the book, they were three and a half to four inches in width and six to seven inches in height, with a page count of thirty-six to seventy-two pages in length. These little pieces of terror were popular at the time because they were affordable, a sixpence or a shilling each. Their cost affordability led them to be nicknamed Shilling Shockers or Sixpenny Shockers. What are we looking for? We are looking for a short story, about 3,500 words in length. If your story is longer but you feel it is fitting do feel free to submit for our review. We will also consider a poem. The story must have at least a mention or take place in either one of the following original Gothic Blue Book guidelines or New Burial Day Books Gothic Blue Book guidelines. Original Gothic Blue Book guideline: a) Setting in a monastery or convent b) Setting in a castle Burial Day Gothic Blue Book guideline: a) Setting in a cemetery, funeral home or morgue b) Setting in a haunted house 2013 New Editions:...

Deadline: July 20th 2013 Payment: 4% royalties after cost per story published Fringeworks works hard to come up with appealing anthologies that stand out from the crowd. We are currently seeking submissions for an anthology entitled ‘NeaDNAthal’. Submission deadline for this anthology is midnight on Monday, 20th July 2013. As the title suggests, we are looking for stories which involve the reappearance of Neanderthal Man in the modern age. A sort of Jurassic Park for cavemen. NeaDNAthal is specifically geared to attracting Science Fiction (SF) stories between 2,500 and 6,000 words in length. Stories can be contemporary, set in the recent past (as far back as the Victorian age), or set any time in the future. They should revolve around the return of Neanderthal man, possibly by DNA recreation, and should take account of the impact such a reappearance may have, either upon the neanderthals, society, or both. We are looking for new and original stories with surprising elements. Be clever but most of all be unique. We expect this anthology will appeal to writers of Science Fiction. Submissions should be sent to [email protected] as word documents or rtf files. Your email subject header should read ‘SURNAME/DNA/WORD COUNT (include word count) All submissions should; Be 2,500 to 6,000 words (max) Be typed in Courier or Times New Roman 12 Be typed in line with Standard Manuscript Format. Details can be found at http://www.shunn.net/format/story.html Include your full details (name/address/telephone number/email address) Previously published stories will be considered for this anthology. Authors will retain copyright. Multiple submissions up to a maximum of two stories per author can be submitted. We will write to you within approximately four weeks of the submission deadline to let you know if you have been successful. We will pay 4% royalties after cost per story published