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Deadline: February 6th, 2015 Payment: $0.02 per word and Contributor's Copy Featured Author: Randy Ingermanson (SD – 2/6/2015) Sub-genres – All of them! Combine two or more genres to create a unique speculative story. Two different genres. One story. We want a marriage that works. From steampunk spaceships to elves with tasers, from time traveling monks to superheroes in the Renaissance, pick any two genres, and craft an innovative speculative story that makes us believe it’s possible. Splickety fills gaps in the modern reader’s day with concise, poignant fiction under 1,000 words. We want stories that hit fast and strike hard––stories that, no matter the genre, can cut through the day’s troubles and grip readers with short attention spans. We primarily accept original, unpublished work by freelance writers, but we will also entertain submissions from artists, graphic designers, and photographers. Splickety retains the rights to your story for six months from publication date and reserve the right to reprint the same issue in which your story appears in perpetuity, but after that six month period ends you have full rights to your story again. Other terms are delineated in our contract, which we will send to you upon acquisition of your story. We pay our authors $0.02 per word, and you will receive one complimentary print copy of the magazine. Additional copies may be purchased at-cost. Submission Guidelines Your well-edited story should be between 300 and 1,000 words long and it should coincide with one of our 2015 Themes. **What’s more, as of January 2015 each of our magazines will feature one Nano-fiction story of 100 words or less in our Nano Corner. If you can write a complete story in 100 or fewer words that fits with one of our magazine’s themes, send it to us.** HINT: Due to design and...

Deadline: February 14th, 2015 Payment: equally fifty percent of royalties received Darkhouse Books is seeking stories for an anthology of science fiction stories that take place in the future envisioned by the World’s Fair of 1939, known also as “The World of Tomorrow”. The submission period is now open and will remain open through 11:59pm (PST), February 14th, 2015. We are seeking stories in the 2500 to 7500 word range, though if it’s knockout material, we’ll consider any length. The anthology will contain between twelve and twenty stories, depending on the overall length. Authors will share equally fifty percent of royalties received. We accept MS Word .doc and .docx files. Submissions must be in standard manuscript format. Links to formatting guides are available here. Previously published work will be considered, provided the author has the power to grant us the right to publish in ebook, audio, and print versions, and that it has not been published elsewhere more recently than April 1st, 2014. Submissions may be sent to [email protected]. Please leave “Submission-“ in the subject line and add the name of your story. Via: Dark House Books.

Deadline: February 15th, 2015 Payment: £130 This is an anthology of brand new material I have been asked to edit for Constable Robinson. I am seeking original stories to feature Professor Moriarty (preferably not always involving Sherlock Holmes, but can feature other characters who’ve appeared in the Sherlockian canon, such as Lestrade, Irene Adler, Mycroft, etc…). Ideal length between 4,000 and 7,500 words. Rights required are non-exclusive World English language anthology rights, with an option for foreign language translation within the anthology should offers be made for overseas editions. Delivery 15th February 2015. I will accept email submissions (in Word doc). Payment £130 (or, at current exchange rate $215) on publication. Moriarty, the Napoleon of crime, is a familiar character, although he only actually appeared in two Sherlock stories (and countless later pastiches by other pens…). I am seeking a broad mix of stories in which he can alternately appear in his guise as a master criminal, or even as a fallible human being (I am retaining the option to write the ‘Moriarty In Love’ story myself), but more importantly I am hoping the stories I am sent will be entertaining, ingenious and witty as well as gripping. If the project tickles your fancy, do let me know well in advance that you are hoping to do a story so I can plan the project and keep a slot open for you. This call for submissions is not just going out to crime and mystery writers, but also authors in other fields in order to have sufficient diversity and ‘voices’. If you have any queries beforehand do get in touch with me at [email protected] Via: Maxim Jakubowski

Deadline: February 28th, 2015 Payment: 2 cents per word. Authors will also receive an e-book and print version of the anthology Theme:  Lost Voices Submissions Open: December 1st 2014 Submissions Close: February 28th, 2015 Word Count: We will consider fiction up to 6,000 words. There is no minimum word count. Genre: We are a speculative fiction market.  We accept science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories.  Please do not send stories without any speculative element. Compensation: We pay 2 cents per word.  Authors will also receive an e-book and print version of the anthology and wholesale pricing for additional printed copies (typically 50% of cover price). Rights: We purchase North American Serial Rights, and Electronic Rights for downloadable version(s). All subsidiary rights released upon publication. Submissions: We do not accept reprints, multiple submissions, or simultaneous submissions.  If we reject a story before the end of the reading period, feel free to send another. We love creative interpretations of our themes, but we do require that stories fit the current theme. We will run mature content if we like the story and if the mature content is integral to the story. We will not accept fanfic, even if it’s of a fictional universe that has passed into public domain. How To Submit: Electronic submissions make our lives easier. Please upload your story via Submittable. If this is your first time submitting to a publication that utilizes Submittable, you will need to create an account with them. It’s free. When submissions open, we will provide a link here. Manuscript Format: Please use industry standard manuscript format. We’re not testing you to see if you can follow each and every niggling detail, we just want a manuscript that is easy for us to read. We accept manuscripts in the following formats: .doc or .docx (MS Word) .rtf (Rich Text Format —...

Deadline: February 28th, 2015 Payment: Exposure and Royalties Short Stories – 3,000 – 5,000 words H. P. Lovecraft never stuck to any serious continuity with his Mythos. It has always been simply accepted that the return of Cthulhu and the other Elder Gods was an inevitability. So a while back I was rereading Lovecraft’s “The Shadow out of Time” and came across the following passage…. “I shivered at the mysteries the past may conceal, and trembled at the menaces the future may bring forth. What was hinted in the speech of post-human entities of the fate of mankind produced such an effect on me that I will not set it down here. After man there would be the mighty beetle civilisation, the bodies of whose members the cream of the Great Race would seize when the monstrous doom overtook the elder world. Later, as the earth’s span closed, the transferred minds would again migrate through time and space—to another stopping-place in the bodies of the bulbous vegetable entities of Mercury. But there would be races after them, clinging pathetically to the cold planet and burrowing to its horror-filled core, before the utter end.” Now this can easily be interpreted as stating that Cthulhu and the Others do not return during Humanity’s time on Earth! Why don’t they return? What happens that stops them? This is a focused idea that leaves lots of room to the imagination. Did we stop them? Did some one else stop them? Were the stars never right? They decided not come? Did Cthulhu over sleep? It’s all up to you! So get your writing caps on and let those eldritch juices flow! We’re open to all styles of writing. Be it Pulp, Noir, Literary, SF, Gothic or what ever you feel appropriate. Just make it entertaining!...

Deadline: February 28th, 2015 Payment: $15 per story FORMATTING GUIDELINES This is proving to be a recurring problem, so we're putting it up front. Please, for all our sakes, read this next part carefully. All submissions should be sent by e-mail (no letters or telephone calls please) [email protected]. Below are some formatting rules to help us process your submission more quickly. Email and Cover Letters Email is accepted in both text and HTML formats. When submitting, please put this in the subject line: Submission: (Title) - (First and Last name) Include the following in the body of the email and in the attached submission: Your name Name to use on the story (byline), if different Your preferred email address Your mailing address The story's title The story's word count You may also include a cover letter in the body of the email. We get a lot of strange stuff in cover letters, so if you're unsure of what goes in them (and especially what doesn't) please refer to these cover letter tips: How to write a cover letter | What not to put in a cover letter by Jed Hartman Submission Formatting We ONLY accept submissions as attachments! All stories submitted as an attachment must follow standard manuscript formatting. We will no longer read any story not properly formatted. (And we much prefer Courier New to Times New Roman) For explanations and tips on what SMF is and how to do it with word processing programs, please see this article. Please send your submission as an attachment in Microsoft Word (DOC, DOCX) orRich Test Format (RTF) only. Other formats, such as Works, WordPerfect, Open Office, etc., have proven difficult to open. Please note that we no longer accept "inline" submssions - that is: submissions with the stories pasted directly into...

Deadline: February 28th, 2015 Payment: $20 Note #1: This isn't a full on horror anthology. More of a kid's and young adult Halloween one. But.. Halloween! Note #2: I usually don't post anthologies that I had missed with deadlines this close but I know quite a few with Halloween stories that might want to take advantage of this if the story fits the theme. Halloween is over… But it doesn’t have to be! We are doing an open call for submissions for stories that involve trick-or-treating on Halloween night. Your story may be any genre, but the overall feel and mood of the anthology is macabre and spooky. Submissions can be middle grade or young adult age range. Please do not submit adult work or works best for picture books.   Stories Word count: Stories may be between 1,000 and 3,000 words. Deadline: February 28, 2015 for expected publication in October 2015. Pay: This is a paid anthology. If your story is selected and included you will receive payment. Payment for illustrations and stories are $20. Rights: We will not accept anything that has been published anywhere previously. Response: We will review work and respond within 6 to 8 weeks, possibly sooner. If you do not hear back after 6 to 8 weeks, please feel free to follow up.   Illustrations Medium: Any medium is welcome as long as you can provide a high resolution image of the work Theme: You may design any artwork that you like as long as it relates to the theme of trick-or-treating on Halloween night. You’re welcome to let your artwork tell a story of its own. Deadline: February 28, 2015 for expected publication in October 2015. Pay: This is a paid anthology. If your artwork is selected and included you will receive payment. Payment for illustrations...

Deadline: March 1st, 2015 Payment: $25.00 and electronic copy of the book upon publication. The wars are over. The monsters have won. There is nowhere monsters don’t stalk anymore; not the burnt out cities or desolate countryside. The monster’s endless search for the last of humanity grows intense as the number of people dwindle and the legions of hungry creatures swell. The battle between life and death is constant. No place is safe. But, the people who have survived are the fastest, the strongest and the most resourceful. Amongthem are the last monster hunters: individuals that have visited the depths of nightmare and survived. Individuals that have become the things that haunt those nightmares… They will never submit, no matter how large or small the gain. Their purpose is clear… Hunt the monsters. Reclaim the WASTELAND. Edited by: Miles Boothe Submission Period: 8/1/14 through 3/1/15 Reading Period: 3/2/15 through 4/4/15 Acceptances will be announced 4/5/14 Tentative Publication Date: Fall 2015 Payment: $25.00 and electronic copy of the book upon publication. Word Limits: 2000 to 8000 words. Please query if longer. Format: Submissions should be .doc (.docx is fine) or .rtf formats. The entire text will be reformatted, so no need to worry about margins, spacing, etc. Please use a standard font. Genres Accepted: Dark Fiction, Horror and sci-fi. Reprints Accepted: Yes. Please include a history of publication with your submission. Simultaneous Subs: (submitting to Emby and another press at the same time) can be avoided by requesting an early response. Multiple Subs: Each author may submit up to 2 stories. Only one story per author will be accepted. Exclusive Rights: The contract will stipulate 1 year exclusive worldwide print and electronic rights. However, the contract does also state that under certain circumstances, Emby Press will consider granting permission to the...

Deadline: March 1st, 2015. Payment: 5% of the gross profit will be paid for each accepted story. These payments will be issued to you at quarterly intervals. Stories under 1,500 words will only receive 4% of the gross profit Down deep in ancient tunnels carved by dwarven hands, past the piles of treasure, the ancient magical artifacts from races long dead, there is a library. Shelves and shelves of books, scrolls, even a few stone tablets, a vast collection worthy of a Dragon Lord. Who knows what timeless knowledge hides there for his slitted pupils only? Well, his secretary has an idea or two. She’s pulled a few off the shelves for you, at his request. We’re interested in fantasy, urban fantasy, dark fantasy, fairy tales, parodies, Just So Stories, and, if your imagination can handle it, a techno-action thriller which has disposed of James Bond and replaced him with someone far more stylish and far more lizardy. All we ask is that a dragon plays a major role. We do not care if there are a million dragons or one dragon, nor do we care if the dragons are heroes or villains (or simply too fabulous to take sides). We do not care if dragons are the protagonist or an influential side character. Your dragons may be adorable imps or horrible beasts. After all, what’s more terrifying than a dragon? Curated by Nicole Petit. Deadline is March 1st, 2015. Seeking stories from 1 to 10,000 words long. The full details can be found here Via: 18th Wall.

Deadline: March 1st 2015 Payment: 1 cent per word. Remember when GG Allin was kidnapped by aliens as a child and gang raped for twenty years before being returned to the exact point in time he had been stolen from? Or how about when he was playing a Boston dive bar with the Jabbers and he started growing penises out of his chest? Perhaps you’ve heard about when he took a dump on stage and the janitor of the club kept all of the excrement and now sells it online in vials for a hundred bucks each so scumfucs can buy it and inject it? Surely you know the story of how, just weeks after being released from prison, GG Allin fought off a pack of crazy weredogs with his bare hands? What do you mean you haven’t heard any of these classic GG Allin tales? Maybe you’ve heard weirder ones? Write them now! The Highest Power will be a collection of screwed up, fictional GG Allin stories edited by MP Johnson and Sam Richard, to be published in Summer of 2015. Publisher TBD. Your stories are needed! The weirder the better. Bizarro GG Allin. Splatterpunk GG Allin. Fill them with blood and rock and roll. All eras of GG Allin must be represented in this book. From young crossdressing GG Allin to post-prison shaved and goateed GG Allin – and beyond. Don’t forget about the full cast of characters, including Merle Allin and the Murder Junkies and GG’s mom. The stranger the story, the better the chance of acceptance. For example, a story in which early 80s GG goes out in drag and accepts an offer to give some guy a oral for $50, but instead bites the guy’s dick off, only to have the severed dick haunt him...