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Deadline: November 15th Payment: 1¢/word Unnerving Magazine accepts short story submissions of horror, dark science fiction (light), dark fantasy and dark literary. Generally leaning strongly toward horror over other genres. Sex, gore and violence are welcome in moderation. The same goes for bizarro works, nothing too far gone (whatever that means). Please no hard science fiction, sword and sorcery fantasy, erotica, romance, humor that isn’t sinister or literary works that venture so far into experimental that it becomes nonsense. Unnerving Magazine will print quarterly starting with December 2016. Each issue will have different word count calls as we work through the kinks of layout. For Issue one, we seek seven stories (as the need is filled, the pertinent slot will be removed): Flash Slots 500 words or fewer 500 words or fewer 1000 words or fewer 1000 words or fewer Short Slots approximately 2000 words (within 15%) approximately 2000 words (within 15%) approximately 3500 words (within 15%) approximately 5000 words (within 20%)   Payment is 1¢/word. Original fiction only. Reprints by invitation only. We ask for 3 months exclusivity from publication date and non-exclusive print-on-demand rights for 5 years. Submit only one story at a time and if a story is rejected, please do not submit again for 20 days. Submit in .docx, .doc or .rtf only. Double-spaced. Please use common sense when formatting. Everything hard on the eyes will be rejected automatically. Allow for up to 4 months before querying. Simultaneous submissions are welcome. Open to authors from any country. Payment by PayPal only within 30 days of publication. Submit stories to unnervingmagazine(at)gmail.com In the subject line specify intent, slot length and surname, ie. Submission: 500 Words: Brown. Anything aside from this will not be considered and will be rejected without notice.   Currently we do not seek artwork, but will likely in the...

Deadline: November 15th, 2016 Payment: $10 and a contributor's copy Mighty Quill Books is accepting dark fiction submissions for the Dead of Winteranthology from now until Nov.15th, 2016. About the anthology: This is a non-themed anthology. Meaning that although the title of the anthology is Dead of Winter, your submission neither has to relate to death nor the dead nor to winter, the winter holidays, etc. Seeing as how our publishing focus is on dark fantasy and horror, however, we are looking for stories with a dark bent. What we are want: Non-themed, original short stories. We are not accepting reprints. We are purchasing the first print and electronic rights to your work. Minimum 1,000 words. Maximum 5,000 words. No more, no less. Stories can be set in any time period you choose and any genre you choose, except romance, erotica, hard science fiction, historical fiction, extreme horror/splatterpunk. Characters and plots that are three-dimensional. Neither are required to be likeable, however, they are required to be believable. Immerse us in your fictional world. Manuscripts must be in .DOC or .DOCX file format and formatted in standard manuscript format. Any stories NOT adhering to the standard manuscript format will be immediately rejected. Here is how to do standard manuscript format:  http://www.shunn.net/format/story.html. What we don't want: No novels or novellas. No multiple submissions. No simultaneous submissions. No trunk (unfinished) stories. We only want your best work. We are happy to work with the right story to a degree, but typos, grammatical errors, and/or an underdeveloped plot/characters will get your story tossed. No explicit sex scenes or excessive violence/gore. Absolutely no explicit descriptions of abuse toward children or animals, and no sexual abuse of any kind. Abuse in a character's past is fine, but please include no more than subtle flashbacks as long...

Deadline: November 25th, 2016 Payment: Contributor's Copy Note: Reprints Allowed Submission Period: October 10th-November 25th   Word Count:    100-25,000 Theme:      For this anthology, we are looking for fantasy stories focusing on winter, snow, and ice. We will not consider urban fantasy or stories in a modern setting for this anthology. Other sub-genres are accepted. We will not publish erotica in our normal monthly issues, but we do know that this is a very popular genre, which is why we are going to accept erotica submissions for anthology publication.  However, please do not send us: Incest (step relations are fine), underage, or necrophilia (exception being supernatural anthropomorphic creatures/undead). No excrement/urine play. THESE EXEMPTIONS GO FOR ALL SUBMISSIONS FOR EVERY ANTHOLOGY. NO EXCEPTIONS.   Response Time:  Please allow up to two weeks. After that, if you don't hear from us then feel free to give us a little nudge.   Payment: Compensation for the anthology will be one paperback print copy as well as a PDF. Editing: Yes, your story will be edited if we decide to accept it. After we go through and edit your story, it will then be sent back to you for final approval. Reprints, Multiple & Simultaneous Submissions: Yes Guidelines for Submissions:   All submissions are to be sent to [email protected]. In the subject line please type ANTHOLOGY SUBMISSION: . In the body of your email, please include your name, genre, and word count. If the story is under 1,000 words, you may paste the text in the body of the email, otherwise please attach it.  We will list all published authors on our site. Once you have a story accepted for publication, we will post a little author bio up on our site with a list of all published pieces (published by FDM). Via: Fantasia Divinity Magazine.

Deadline: November 26th, 2016 Payment: Royalty Split Deadman’s Tome is calling for submissions for a special Krampus Christmas edition due December! Flash fiction of approximately 500 words, no more than 1000 words. Gruesome, dark, demented horror of holiday theme. Multiple submissions okay. No reprints. Authors selected will be featured in the upcoming Krampus Christmas edition and will earn royalties from the magazine sale. Submit your submissions in a doc. docx. format attached in email with “Holiday submission” for subject. Send submissions to [email protected] Via: Deadman's Tome.

Deadline: January 25th, 2017 Payment: One pence (about one cent) a word and a contributor's copy Note: This closed early because apparently the deadline was an unlisted open until full and not a real deadline. We had a fantastic submissions call for the Spectral Book of Horror Stories 3, which is published on Halloween 2016; so acquiring editor, Dave de Burgh has decided to make it a twice yearly event. Book 4 will be launched at Eastercon 2017 and book 5 on Halloween 2017. So get your thinking caps on as submissions are now open for both. This is a paid for anthology so email us for details. Please make your stories better than good for this prestigeous collection. The two covers are by Holly Madew who now has a hatrick in books 3-5. Submissions to [email protected] Submission Guidelines: Simply put, contemporary horror. It can be supernatural horror, body horror, psychological horror, or even dark science fiction, provided it takes place on earth. We tend more toward atmosphere than gore. It should be known up front that while the editor believes horror should shake the reader, stories containing abuse toward animals and children are less likely to be accepted. Violence, swearing, and sexual content are all allowed so long as they serve the plot. All stories should have a modern setting. You don’t need to load your work with references to Facebook and iPhones (actually, we’d rather if you didn’t), but we’d like stories to reflect today’s world. Stories should be sent to [email protected] as RTF or Docx attachments. Work should be between 1,000 and 5,000 words. If your story is slightly over or under, query. Your submission should be double spaced in Times New Roman 12pt. Please include your name, address, email address, and phone number in the upper left...

Deadline: August 1st, 2017 Payment: One pence (about one cent) a word and a contributor's copy Note: This closed early because apparently the deadline was an unlisted open until full and not a real deadline. We had a fantastic submissions call for the Spectral Book of Horror Stories 3, which is published on Halloween 2016; so acquiring editor, Dave de Burgh has decided to make it a twice yearly event. Book 4 will be launched at Eastercon 2017 and book 5 on Halloween 2017. So get your thinking caps on as submissions are now open for both. This is a paid for anthology so email us for details. Please make your stories better than good for this prestigeous collection. The two covers are by Holly Madew who now has a hatrick in books 3-5. Submissions to [email protected] Submission Guidelines: Simply put, contemporary horror. It can be supernatural horror, body horror, psychological horror, or even dark science fiction, provided it takes place on earth. We tend more toward atmosphere than gore. It should be known up front that while the editor believes horror should shake the reader, stories containing abuse toward animals and children are less likely to be accepted. Violence, swearing, and sexual content are all allowed so long as they serve the plot. All stories should have a modern setting. You don’t need to load your work with references to Facebook and iPhones (actually, we’d rather if you didn’t), but we’d like stories to reflect today’s world. Stories should be sent to [email protected] as RTF or Docx attachments. Work should be between 1,000 and 5,000 words. If your story is slightly over or under, query. Your submission should be double spaced in Times New Roman 12pt. Please include your name, address, email address, and phone number in the upper left...

Deadline: November 30th, 2016 Payment: $20 What We Accept Fuzzy Hedgehog Press is a publisher of weird speculative fiction for all orientations. If your story could be classified as fantasy or science fiction, we are interested. If the terms “new weird” or “slipstream” apply, even better. We are open to stories that feature LGBT characters as well as those that do not. We are, however, wary of heteronormative societies and gay characters who function solely as a sidekick or best friend. We respect our LGBT characters’ whole lives. We do not publish works that are strictly romance (though we remain open to cross-genre submissions). We do not publish any form of erotica. General Submission Guidelines You may email [email protected] when submissions are open. Please adhere to the following guidelines: Include your full name. Include a brief synopsis of your work (no more than 250 words). Explain why you think your work is a good fit for Fuzzy Hedgehog Press. Attach your work as a docx (Microsoft Word) file. Do not include the text of your work in the body of the email. Use a variable-space, legible font in your manuscript (if you are unsure, use Times New Roman, Crimson, or Calibri). Use double line spacing. Include your contact information on the title page of your work: Full name and email address are a must, physical address and phone number may be optionally included. Include your work’s word count on the title page as well. Simultaneous submissions are allowed. When submitting simultaneously, please notify us immediately by email if we have your submission and it is picked up by another publisher. We can remain open to simultaneous submissions only so long as our submitters keep us informed of a story’s status. Submissions that deviate from these guidelines will not be considered. While...

Deadline: November 30, 2016 Payment: $10 and a contributor's copy Horses, unicorns, Pegasus… OMG right? !!! I can’t even begin to tell you how difficult it has been to sit on this announcement and not shout it from the rooftops… though I did enjoy answering ‘Nay’ when people asked if I’d give them a hint of what was coming next. Nay/neigh, get it? Ha! I kill me!** Without further squealing on my part, here are the details: Magical Menageries #5: Equus   Horses are represented in mythology and folklore from Paleolithic right up to modern times. What is it about these magnificent creatures that fascinates us and captures our hearts? Is it their intelligence, their power, their beauty or something else that draw us to them? That is just one of the questions we’re going to explore in Equus. I will be looking for stories about every kind of horse from the earthly to the mythological and though I’ll be placing a special emphasis on horses, unicorns and Pegasus, every kind of magical equine is welcome (and really, aren’t they all magical?). Stories with a strong sense of place will have an advantage, as will those which explore the connection (for better or for worse) between equines and humans.   Rights and compensation: Payment: $10 and a paperback copy of the anthology from World Weaver Press. We are looking for previously unpublished works in English. Seeking first world rights in English and exclusive right to publish in print and electronic format for six months after publication date, after which publisher retains nonexclusive right to continue to publish for the life of the anthology. Publisher: World Weaver Press Anthologist: C’est moi Open submission period: September 1st – November 30, 2016 Length: Under 7,500 words Submission method: Email story as a .doc or...

Deadline: November 30th, 2016 Payment: $15 per story The monsters we have come to know and love take a backseat as we delve into the darkest, most hideous depths of a monster that has taken centre stage as of late–HUMANS. I’m looking for ‘psychological horror’, horror that comes from within. There lies a darkness in us all–what are some of the scariest atrocities humans are capable of doing? What ‘demons’ lurk in their heads, causing them to do the things they do? Humans can also create monsters out of humans…. Tell me “how”–the possibilities are endless. I want to see how ugly the human race can really get. Poetry and Stories up to 7,000 words will be accepted. Poetry–no word limit. Artwork is most welcome; send up to 5 pieces. Oscillate Wildly Press buys Exclusive Worldwide English Language Rights (no reprints), with 6 month exclusivity after first publication, and pays $15 for short stories. No simultaneous or multiple submissions please, and no reprints. Please refer to Submisison Guidelines for more information. CAVEAT: If rape is involved somewhere in your story, it must not be the ‘center focus’. (In other words, no heavily detailed descriptions the act itself.) CAVEAT II: SEND ALL SUBMISSIONS AS AN ATTACHMENT AND *NOT* IN THE BODY OF YOUR EMAIL. PLEASE PUT YOUR NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION *ON* YOUR ATTACHMENT. Please title your subject line, Submission_Monsters Among Us_YourLastName, and send submissions to: [email protected] Via: Oscillate Wildly Press.

Deadline: November 30th, 2016 Payment: $5 USD in advance and royalties at minimum $3 USD increments after. We need good stories for our annual collection of funny paranormal stories. Story must be funny(if it ends sadly with no hilarity, it's not for this anthology) and have supernatural/paranormal elements. Previous published stories include a murder investigation in a halfway house for the undead, a Shriner who becomes a weregoat, and a therapist who wants the monster in the closet to come out. Story length should be 2000-6000 words. If you sub something longer than that, it'd better be reallyfunny. Our submission window is October 1st-November 30th, 2016. Please do not sub sooner because there's a 90% chance it won't get read till October anyway and could get buried under other emails. Publication of SF4 should be in spring 2017 (note the use of 'should' here). Contact us at: [email protected] Basic Guidelines for Submissions (the big print, and please read it!): WE WILL BE OPEN FOR NOVEL SUBMISSIONS OCTOBER 1 - 31st, 2016. When open for novel submissions, we prefer works that are 65,000-90,000 in length, and we prefer mysteries. Send us a query email first with a one-page synopsis of your novel. Yes, we know writing the synopsis is harder than writing the novel itself, but you need to learn to present your book in a nutshell to people besides us anyway. Go to our Submissions page to find out what's open and what's not. Please send all submissions (short stories or novels) to [email protected] . To avoid confusion on our part, please put the name of the anthology you are submitting to in the subject line, or "Novel submission: (Your Title)". Mystery and Horror is a market that welcomes LBGTQ, multiethnic, multinational, nontraditional, and unusual fiction. We are concerned with...