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Deadline: October 18th, 2019 Payment: $20 and a contributor's copy Note: Reprints welcome Note: This submission call is for authors who identify as LGBTQ+ The best definition of erotic horror that we have found is "literature that arouses the reader…and then makes them complicit in the horror that ensues because of that arousal." From a submission call by Thurston Howl Publications. Body & Blood is seeking erotic horror with a trashy aesthetic. We're looking for cult, b-movie style fiction from authors who identify as LGBTQ+. Send us your satanic sex cult orgies, or tales of the abandoned house gone wrong. We want erotic horror at it's trashiest. This submission call is for authors who identify as LGBTQ+.  It is encouraged that the characters in your story identify as LGBTQ+ however is not a strict requirement. Although we have worked on anthologies in the furry community before, this submission call is not seeking furry submissions. Werewolf and monsters are fine, but we are not looking for submissions where anthropomorphic animals are the focus of your story. Sinister Stoat Press will not accept/tolerate any art and/or written piece featuring children in sexual settings, pedophilia, copywritten characters, rape, gore, torture, forced consent, dubious consent, zoophilia, necrophilia, ableism, racism, transphobia, homophobia, sexism, depictions of abusive relationships in a positive light. Up to 3 stories max. 5500 words max Reprints are fine, however you must own the full rights to the story before submitting. Simultaneous submissions accepted. Payment: a flat payment of $20 and a complimentary copy of the print book. Via: Weasel Press.

Deadline: October 20th, 2019 Payment: 8 cents per word for original fiction, 6 cents for reprints. Note: Reprints allowed A New Collection of Chinese and English Stories Exploring the frontiers of space, language, society and culture we need stories that push at the boundaries of space and time. The Chinese stories have been selected by Yao Haijun Editor-in-Chief of Science Fiction World, the world's largest circulation SF magazine. The English language stories will be selected by the President of the H.G. Wells Society, noted critic and editor, Professor Patrick Parrinder. The book will be published in both Chinese and English language markets worldwide. Seeking new and recent stories, 6000-8000 words. Payment will be 8 cents for each word (SFWA qualifying market rate) and 6 cents for reprints. Submissions will open 7th of October, and close 20th of October - please send to [email protected]. We will aim to read each story and confirm its status within 4 months of the submission deadline. Via: Flame Tree Publishing.

Deadline: October 21st, 2019 Payment: $5 (Vol 47.) Masks; deadline 21st October. If you think you’ve got what it takes to terrify, scar and haunt our audience of 10,000 daily listeners, then we want your stories! If accepted, we'll get our fantastic narration team to lend their voices, our editor will sprinkle some magic pixie dust on the track, and you could have your story heard by thousands of listeners each week. Submission guidelines can be found HERE SUBMIT YOUR STORIES TO [email protected] Title your email with the following syntax: SUBMISSION | STORY TITLE | THEME | WORDCOUNT (e.g. SUBMISSION | THE MARTIAN | SPACE | 1,982) Via: Hawk And Cleaver.

Deadline: October 21st, 2019 Payment: $10canadian SUBMISSIONS:  OPEN OCTOBER 1 to 21, 2019 ~   YES, PLEASE: Flash fiction stories only.  Word count: 1,000 or less. English language only. Original work only. Genre: science fiction, fantasy, horror, romance, humour, western, mystery, literary…and any variation or combination thereof.  If in doubt, send it along – you never know. Multiple submissions:  feel free to send as many submissions as you wish to during the reading period.  Please send each submission in separate emails. Simultaneous submissions: all good. If your story is selected for publication elsewhere, please contact me right away to withdraw it from my consideration. NO, THANK YOU: Word count over the limit. Poetry, non-fiction, essays, children’s stories, anything other than flash fiction. Erotica, excessive gore, abuse, or ‘isms such as racism, sexism, etc.. Overly saucy language.  I don’t mind swear words, I just would prefer to keep the content on the site closer to the PG side of things. Reprints. Stories sent outside of the reading period. Artwork. Queries. They’re not necessary.  Send me your work if you think there’s a chance I might like it.  Please don’t ask me about your submission after you’ve sent it. I will get back to you by November 30, 2019. FORMATTING: I’m not picky about fonts or font sizes or margins or paragraph indentations or anything of the sort.  I will format your work to fit the site if it is accepted for publication.  If your story has an experimental form and I accept it, we’ll work together to ensure it is posted properly. Cover letters are not required. Your contact information (name, email address) MUST be included somewhere in your submission. Please watch your spelling and grammar – if your story is littered with errors, I am likely to give it less of...

Deadline: October 25th, 2019 Payment: $0.0125 per word Look, we know that these guidelines are bit long, but we strongly recommend you read them all the way through. Submissions are open: Oct 14th-25, 2019. What are you looking for? Original short stories between 2000-7500 words. Cirsova pays $0.0125 per word for first publication/serialization rights and 6 months of exclusivity following publication of the piece. Submissions should be in finished, final draft form. Please do not send unedited works, excerpts or pitches. Well, you can send me a pitch, and if it sounds awesome, I will tell you “That sounds awesome, now write that story, make sure it’s edited, and submit that to me”, but that’s it. Please send the file as a .doc or .docx or, if you must, a RTF. Your manuscript should match the standard manuscript format (i.e. double spaced, no hyphen breaks, page numbers somewhere, don’t use tab for indents, etc.) A lot of those things that seem unnecessary or piddly are actually really helpful for folks who are trying to markup your manuscript and get your text into a formatted document. Please be sure to include your address on your manuscript; this helps us know where to send checks and contributor copies. Cirsova does not buy reprints at this time. What we are looking for: Raygun Romance Radium Adventures Sword & Planet Space Cops Raymond Chandler But In Space SFF Heists Weird Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror Lost World South Seas Adventure Pre-Historic/Antiquity Occult Detective/Mystery Mad Science Monstergirls (but keep em classy!) and other dames Before submitting, we highly recommend reading, or having read at least some of the following authors: Edgar Rice Burroughs Leigh Brackett Jack Vance C.L. Moore Thomas Burnett Swann Otis Adelbert Kline Bassett Morgan Gardner F. Fox Clifford D. Simak Raymond F. Jones Ross Rocklynne...

Deadline: October 30th, 2019 Payment: $5 In ‘Corners of the World’ collections we showcase writers and authors from all around the world, each collection focuses on a different subset of people from different cultures. Giving their unique voices and stories a chance to shine. For these collections, we want to bring the folk stories and societies to live in stark horror through the eyes of those who inhabit them. This year we focus on Jewish stories of horror, we want stories from Jews of every ethnic background focusing on the culture and world of Judaism. Has Ashmandai come to claim a genetic oath? Has the Golem of Prague re-risen to exact vengeance on a secretive society? Does something worse than death stalk the ghettos and warrens of the world? Violence, sex, and gore must be pertinent and interesting to the story. Rape is never acceptable. Anything too gratuitous will be rejected. Racism/Sexism/Bigotry of any form will never be accepted here. Double check your grammar and spelling. Format your story correctly. Please submit all stories in DOC/RTF format. Reprints are ok. Please include a small bio that includes your own connection to the Jewish people or culture. We retain exclusive publishing rights for 12 months. We pay $5.00 for stories up to 5000 words Deadline is 10.30.19 –  We give this a long submission time due to the narrow nature of our search. Once we have the all the stories we need we close submissions, this could be 1 month or 10. Send all submissions with the subject ‘Corners Vol 1 Submission’ and the title of your submission to [email protected] Via: Madness Heart Press.

Deadline: October 31st, 2019 Payment: $10.00 Dark Divinations Edited by Naching T. Kassa It is the height of Queen Victoria’s rule, the world is powered by steam and seen by gaslight. Fog swirls in the street, while in the parlor, hands are linked. Pale and expectant faces gaze upon a woman, her eyes closed and shoulders slumped. The medium speaks, her tone hollow and inhuman. The séance has begun. Séances are but one method of divination and communication with the dead. There are many others. From Tarot to the witch board, scrying to numerology, HorrorAddicts.net wants it all. We want your Victorian Age stories of Dark Divinations. First and foremost, your submission must be a horror story and contain something emotionally, physically, or mentally horrifying. Secondly, it must take place during the Victorian Era. We don’t care if it’s in England, the American West, colonial India, or Africa, it must take place during the years of 1837-1901. Lastly, the story must concern a method of divination (the practice of foretelling the future through supernatural means.) This can include but is not limited to: Ouija boards, cards, scrying, entrail reading, and necromancy. We’re looking for originality above all. What we don’t want: We are not looking for steampunk stories for this anthology. We also don’t want a story where the divination is just “stuck-in” and isn’t really an integral piece of the story. No previously printed work and no simultaneous submissions. We are doing blind submissions. Wow us with your story. Enter up to two short stories only. Make sure they fit the theme Manuscript Format: *Font: either Courier or Times New Roman. *Double spaced, font 12 point. *Your manuscript must be in either DOC or RTF format. *Do not place your name in the manuscript, just the title.** *No header...

Deadline: October 31st, 2019 Payment: $10 Another first for HellBound Books - we are looking for the very best in bizarro short stories! Thrill us, disgust us, have us squirming in our seats - heck, gross us out if ya dare! But, don't resort to gratuitous nastiness for its own sake, we are looking for a good, solid story and awesome characters along with our grossness! We are delighted to announce that this groundbreaking anthology is to be compiled by the inimitable David Owain Hughes! PLEASE read and adhere to our submission guidelines... * Word format saved in .doc, or .docx * 12 pt times new roman * Double spaced * Absolutely NO extra lines between paragraphs! * 4K-10K word count (although we are incredibly flexible for awesome stories!) * Write 'BIZARRO' along with your name and poem title in the header of your email *The body of your submission email will be considered the cover letter. * The submission documents are to be separated and Word (.doc or .docx) documents are to be attached to your submission email. * Please include real name and pen name in submission Make sure that you check your mss for grammar and punctuation, use our guidelines to help you: DOWNLOAD YOUR HBB GUIDE TO GRAMMAR HERE (PDF) * Send submissions to [email protected] Deadline: OCTOBER 31st 2019 (publication December 2019) Payment -$10 for first rights Capped at 150K words in total Via: Hellbound Books.

Deadline: October 31st, 2019 Payment: $5 B&B is looking for terrifying tales and poems with blasphemous religious themes! (Think devout cannibals, vampire nuns, holy relics that kill, twisted retelling of Bible stories, Christ's second coming as a serial killer -- you get the idea!) Nothing is too blasphemous for this anthology. The more irreverent, the better! This collection is to be compiled and edited by The Amnesia Girl and Graveyard Girlsauthor, Gerri R. Gray. PLEASE read and adhere to our submission guidelines...  * Word format saved in .doc, or .docx * 12 pt times new roman * Double spaced * Absolutely NO extra lines between paragraphs! * 2.5K-4K word count (although we are incredibly flexible for awesome stories!) * Write 'B&B' along with your name and story title in the header of your email *The body of your submission email will be considered the cover letter. * The submission documents are to be separated and Word (.doc or .docx) documents are to be attached to your submission email. * Send submissions to [email protected]  - Make sure that you check your mss for grammar and punctuation, use our guidelines to help you: DOWNLOAD YOUR HBB GUIDE TO GRAMMAR HERE (PDF) Deadline: OCTOBER 31st 2019 (publication in time for Christmas 2019) Payment - $5.00 for first rights. Capped at 120K words in total. Via: HellBound Books Publishing.

Deadline: October 31st, 2019 Payment: 4 cents per word Public submissions for Volume 2 will open August 1. Details will be updated after the invite-only submission period. Public submissions submitted prior to August 1 will be declined unread. In the meantime, if you're interested in submitting to Volume 2, we suggest taking a look at the stories in Volume 1 for a general idea on theme and style. Also, check out our Resources page on our website at www.LycanValley.com regarding pulp and the types of stories we are looking for in this series. All stories must be considered pulp/noir and fit the theme. Theme: Anything you might find, or come into contact with, inside or around a house or home. Please note, this is a very broad theme so get creative and come up with something new and unusual. Common phobias such as arachnophobia, claustrophobia and agoraphobia, although relevant to the theme, must bring something new. Likewise, hauntings and possessions must bring more than your average ghost story. This can also include stories deliberately set inside a house or in a yard/farm/etc near a house if it's fitting for the story (stitching the theme is fine but simply mentioning there is a house nearby isn't enough to fit the theme). ABSOLUTELY NO PIZZA STORIES. Sorry, bring us something new. Word count: 4,000 to 6,000 Payment: $0.04 per word Details: Phobias are defined as an irrational and extreme fear to something. Some of the most widely known phobias include arachnophobia, claustrophobia, agoraphobia, acrophobia, etc. Anything can be a phobia if it irrationally causes an intense and debilitating fear. What happens when these irrational fears/phobias become reality? Make the fears and the horrors associated with that fear real. Make them come alive. Take them from irrational to rational. Give us a reason to be scared. We...