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Deadline: May 1st 2014 Payment: 5 cents per word..Light speed, hyperdrive, warp drive--however you describe it, we're still talking about the holy grail of space exploration--the ability to travel light years in a matter of moments, opening the entire galaxy like a star-punctuated garden of discovery. Send us your fastest traveling tales and your deepest space adventures as we boldly go where...yeah, yeah, yeah. You know the rest. CALL BEGINS MARCH 1, 2014 CALL ENDS MAY 1, 2014   Penumbra is looking for original, unpublished stories of 3500 words or less.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...

Deadline: May 1st, 2014 Payment: $100 (if Kickstarter is met) We are excited to announce that submissions for our first anthology, A Mythos Grimmly, are open! This anthology will be made up of mash-up stories, combining Fairy Tales (Bros. Grimm and more!) and Lovecraftian Mythos tales. Little Red Riding Cthulhu? Maybe, we’ll have to wait and see what the authors come up with! Cultural tales are welcome from all over the world. We are accepting submissions now through May 1st, 2014. Stories should be between 3,000 and 7,000 words long. Contributors will be announced by May 8th, 2014. Publication of the anthology is expected to be before or by December, 2014. This anthology is being funded by a Kickstarter campaign, which will run in May, 2014. Monetary payment for accepted works will be sent out within 30 days of a successful Kickstarter. Accepted authors will receive $100 and a copy of the Kickstarter trade paperback of the book (within 90 days of publication), which is available through the Kickstarter campaign only. A short biography and author portrait will be requested upon acceptance of the story. Please take time to edit and proofread your work. While some editing will take place before heading to the press, submissions that have an abundance of grammatical errors, misspellings, or formatting will be excluded from the review process. Submissions that are accepted must be open for minor editorial corrections. We are looking for original works for this anthology, no reprints. Please submit your works to [email protected] by May 1st, 2014. Wanderer’s Haven requests first worldwide publishing rights for one year after publication of the anthology. Submission Guidelines Title Mash-up Concept (What stories are you drawing inspiration from?) Author Name Word Count Email Address 12pt Garamond or equivalent. Single space. Do not use TAB key, new...

Deadline: May 12th 2014 Payment: 1 cent/word up to $25   What we are looking for? Well written stories that play out the human experience against unimaginable and terrifying odds. Dark fiction that defined more by the story than the splatter. We are open to supernatural, psychological and physical fear. What we aren’t looking for? Do not try to shock us with excessive gore, rape and brutality. We are not looking for any sexually explicit stories, be it with a human or a creature of fantasy. We are not looking for tame, but there has to be an actual story in the stories. The Guidelines: Word Count: Between 2000-5000 words. Submissions: No multiple submissions, original stories preferred, but we will consider reprints for stories having been out of print for 18 months or longer. Review Period: Please allow us 8 weeks to respond to your story before revoking or sending your story elsewhere. Our editors will make every effort to respond expediently. Editing: Submit well edited work. Formatting: Indented, double space, single paragraph returns, no special fonts or styling other than bold or italics. We recommend you follow this guide by William Shunn. File Formats: Submit stories as .doc, .docx or .rtf files. Payment: 1 cent a word or $25 maximum upon publication. Serials are considered multiple submissions and will be paid accordingly. Via: One Eye Press - Blight Digest.

Deadline: May 15th 2014 Payment: author share divided equally among the authors. We pay twice a year. At Sky Warrior Books, we’re not above…well, anything. Hence, we love zombies. And we especially love Zombies the Second Time Around. And we already know you love Zombies – please refer to our popular Zombiefied – An Anthology of All Things Zombie for proof. So, send us your best work on zombies, original or reprint (must have the rights), of stories 500 to 7000 words in length. Can be fiction, nonfiction, or poetry. Sure, we’ll take standard horror and dark fantasy, but you can be creative. Zombies in space, zombiefied critters, zombie love stories (uh, no erotica), fantasy zombies, steampunk zombies, zombie humor, zombies on toast…well, you get the idea. Payment Payment is author share divided equally among the authors. We pay twice a year. Deadline Our deadline is May 15th, 2014. We’re planning on the e-book coming out in October 2014, just in time for Halloween, and Christmas/Yule/Solstice/Kwanza/Hanukah/Winter Holidays/Did we miss anything? Please note we are not opening to receive submissions until December 15th – so please don’t submit prior to that date. How to Submit or The Nitty-Gritty We accept RTF files via e-mail only to the publisher at [email protected]. Put the words: ZOMBIEFIED II SUBMISSION in the subject line with the title of your piece. Send us a virus and we will never accept anything from you again. Double spaced manuscript in Times New Roman or some other pretty font (not Courier!). Use italics, not underlines. Have your contact information on the manuscript including your email address. Let us know if this is a reprint and from where. Again, be sure you have the rights to reprint – we won’t chase down permissions. Fiction, nonfiction, humor, science fiction, fantasy, horror,...

Deadline: May 15, 2014 Payment: Author share divided equally among the authors paid twice a year Zombiefied II – The Second Time Around At Sky Warrior Books, we’re not above…well, anything.  Hence, we love zombies.  And we especially love Zombies the Second Time Around. And we already know you love Zombies – please refer to our popular Zombiefied – An Anthology of All Things Zombie for proof.  So, send us your best work on zombies, original or reprint (must have the rights), of stories 500 to 7000 words in length.  Can be fiction, nonfiction, or poetry.  Sure, we’ll take standard horror and dark fantasy, but you can be creative.  Zombies in space, zombiefied critters, zombie love stories (uh, no erotica), fantasy zombies, steampunk zombies, zombie humor, zombies on toast…well, you get the idea. Payment Payment is author share divided equally among the authors.  We pay twice a year. Deadline Our deadline is May 15th, 2014.  We’re planning on the e-book coming out in October 2014, just in time for Halloween, and Christmas/Yule/Solstice/Kwanza/Hanukah/Winter Holidays/Did we miss anything? Please note we are not opening to receive submissions until December 15th – so please don’t submit prior to that date. How to Submit or The Nitty-Gritty We accept RTF files via e-mail only to the publisher at [email protected].  Put the words: ZOMBIEFIED II SUBMISSION in the subject line with the title of your piece.  Send us a virus and we will never accept anything from you again.  Double spaced manuscript in Times New Roman or some other pretty font (not Courier!).  Use italics, not underlines.  Have your contact information on the manuscript including your email address.  Let us know if this is a reprint and from where.  Again, be sure you have the rights to reprint – we won’t chase down permissions.  Fiction, nonfiction, humor, science fiction, fantasy, horror, dark fantasy, urban fantasy, etc.  MUST HAVE ZOMBIES IN IT.  500 to 7000 words...

Deadline: May 15th, 2014 Payment: Exposure Only Nocturnal Press Publications is pleased to announce that our first anthology is open for submissions. Please read all of the information provided. Submission Guidelines What We Want Torched will be a themed anthology of horror, fantasy or science fiction, released as a digital book and as a paperback book. The theme is “fire”. Your submission must be written to reflect some aspect of the theme to be considered. The subject matter is up to you. We want beautifully crafted, original stories. What We Don’t Want We don’t want splatterpunk for this collection. Other than that, use your imagination. Submissions ▪ Submit your work to nppanthology(at)gmail(dot)com with Torched Submission: Story Title_Your Last Name in the subject line. Attach your story as a DOC, or DOCX file. Submissions sent in the body of the email will not be read. ▪ We prefer to see submissions using something approaching Standard Manuscript Format, which can be found here: http://www.shunn.net/format/story.html The only exception is that italics MUST appear as they will be used; no underlining. ▪ Include a brief cover letter in the body of your email stating your name, pen name (if using one), story title with word count, address, website or blog, and any professional publication credits you think might interest us. ▪ We will accept works of 3,000-7,000 words (firm). ▪ No simultaneous submissions, please. We ask that you don’t submit a story to us and to another market at the same time. ▪ Multiple submissions are okay. If sending more than one story, please send them in separate emails. Reprints We are accepting reprints for this anthology. Payment As this is our first anthology and our test in the water, payment is exposure only. Rights We are seeking Worldwide English Language rights for 12...

Deadline: May 28th, 2014 Payment: Exposure and Royalties. $5 per story. Flash fiction & Short Stories (1,000 – 1,600 words). Poetry and re-prints will also be considered. Miskatonic Press is launching its first magazine. Feel free to submit your horror short stories for consideration. This will mainly be to get you exposure, we can't pay much for a monthly magazine. Dark fairy tales, bizarre, horror, surrealism, dark science-fiction and steam punk. Submission guidelines: Deadline for submissions –May 28th, 2014 – or until full. Word Count: 1,000 – 1,600 words. Please submit your manuscript as a *.rtf, *.doc or *.docx file (all other formats will automatically be rejected. Contact me prior to submitting if this presents an issue for you.) No headers, footers or page numbers. Please check grammar. PLEASE!!! Upon acceptance into the anthology, you agree that Miskatonic Press holds exclusive publishing rights for six months from the date of publication; after that date has passed, all intellectual property rights revert to the author with the proviso that Miskatonic Press retains distribution rights in the format of the contracted anthology. This title will be available as an e-book and eventually trade quality paperback. Michael Porter will be presiding over this anthology. Email your submission as an attachment to: [email protected] The email subject line must read “SUBMISSION – DREAMING – ‘your story title’” or your submission will not be considered for this anthology. Successful applicants will be notified before the deadline has expired. Via: Miskatonic Press.

Deadline: May 29th, 2014 Payment: Exposure and Royalties Flash fiction, Poetry, Short Stories (1,000 – 6,000 words) Re-prints will also be considered but we prefer something fresh. A thin line can sometimes be drawn between a deep seeded need for vengeance and the sheer enjoyment malicious souls reap from the suffering they cause others. For this anthology, submerse yourself in the evils of a blackened soul, a deranged mind, or a wounded heart; examine the threshold that is morality. Develop a character that was born a bad seed, or create the scenario that defined them. Will their actions be justified, or vilified? Delve deep into your imagination to deliver twisted tales from all avenues of horror. Here’s the catch—these stories must incorporate a YA as a main character, and must be appropriate for the YA audience. (Think TV-14) They can be told from any vantage point, and can be first or third person. Don’t be afraid to walk down the fiery road to Hell, or limit yourself to any particular time period. Post-apocalyptic scenarios and flashbacks are always clever writing tools to utilize. After all, who doesn’t love a good villain… Dark fairy tales, bizarre, horror, surrealism, dark science-fiction and steam punk are all cool here. Remember that this publication is for a YA audience. Submission guidelines: Deadline for submissions – May 29th, 2014 – or until full. Word Count: 1,000 – 6,000 words. Please submit your manuscript as a *.rtf, *.doc or *.docx file (all other formats will automatically be rejected. Contact me prior to submitting if this presents an issue for you.) Font and formatting: Please submit in Times New Roman, 12 point font; single line spacing. Please format the document to 1st line indentation of 1″. The page margin should be set to .1″ on all sides....

Deadline: May 29th, 2014 Payment: Exposure and Royalties Flash fiction, Poetry, Short Stories (2,000 – 5,000 words) Re-prints will also be considered. I’ve always been intrigued by the ‘little cursed shop’ niche in horror. An odd sort of proprietor, hunched and haggard, vaguely describes his bizarre antiquities in riddles. Inevitably patrons buy the cursed objects and suffer consequences in any number of ways – depending on said purchase. Submission guidelines: Deadline for submissions – May 29th, 2014 – or until full. Word Count: 2,000 – 5,000 words. Please submit your manuscript as a *.rtf, *.doc or *.docx file (all other formats will automatically be rejected. Contact me prior to submitting if this presents an issue for you.) Font and formatting: Please submit in Times New Roman, 12 point font; single line spacing. Please format the document to 1st line indentation of 1″. The page margin should be set to .1″ on all sides. No headers, footers or page numbers. Please check grammar. Upon acceptance into the anthology, you agree that Horrified Press holds exclusive publishing rights for six months from the date of publication; after that date has passed, all intellectual property rights revert to the author with the proviso that Horrified Press retains distribution rights in the format of the contracted anthology. This title will be available as an e-book and trade quality paperback. Brian Barnett will be presiding over this anthology. Email your submission as an attachment to: [email protected] The email subject line must read “SUBMISSION – Cursed Curiosities – ‘your story title’” or your submission will not be considered for this anthology. Successful applicants will be notified before the deadline has expired. Via: Horrified Press.

Deadline: May 31st, 2014 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 plus shipping. 50% of the royalties will be distributed between all contributors. Very simply, for this collection of short stories, we are looking for Science Fiction Horror. We don’t care if that means mutation, creation, invention, machinery gone awry, or space and or time travel. But it must be Science Fiction, and it must be Horror Fiction. What we specifically do not want are Other World/Fantasy stories – these will be rejected. If you choose to take a factual approach to your Sci-Fi Horror, we ask that you exercise constraint and not bore us or the reader with unneeded details. By all means, include necessary details, but delivering a slew of facts in order will not translate to an intriguing read. Most likely, these stories will be rejected as well. Our review team is highly scientifically minded, so vet your facts, and make sure they are accurate. False data based too closely on truth that lacks an imaginary spin will also earn you a rejection. Be creative, imaginative, and dead-on-the-money accurate on this one. It’s our first venture into the Sci-Fi realm, and we won’t be accepting anything that lacks genuine kick! Submission Deadline: May 31, 2014 Word Count minimum: 4,000 words – nothing less will be reviewed; no reprints considered. Please submit your manuscript as a *.doc or *.docx file (all other formats will automatically be rejected. Contact us prior to submitting if this presents an issue for you.) Font and formatting: Please submit in Times New Roman, 12 point font; single line spacing with a 0 point definition above and below each line. Please format the document to 1st...