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Deadline: February 1st 2012 Payment: Exposure only Working Title: "Tales For The Smallest Room" Publisher: KnightWatch Press Edited by: David Naughton-Shires Release Date: TBA NOTE: Submitting a piece to this project will be considered an agreement to the payment and usage detail mentioned below no contracts will be sent for this project. WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR: (DRABBLE: noun - a story told with one hundred words no more no less. For this market the title and your name are not part of the 100 words ) - Drabble stories of exactly 100 words - any genre that falls within the KnightWatch remit (if not sure please feel free to ask on FB or via email) - Multiple submissions are allowed LET YOUR IMAGINATIONS GO CRAZY!!! THINK SMALL!!!! QUESTIONS? CONTACT: - David Naughton-Shires at [email protected] *Thanks SO much and feel free to share this with ANY authors you feel would be interested in contributing :) What rights do we want? First publishing rights, (we will review pre published Drabbles on an individual basis but stories that have not been previously printed will get first place) the right to use the drabble for as long as there is demand for the book, the right to edit each Drabble for any missed grammatical errors, and the right to use parts of the book and the author's name for promotion. You will keep all other rights and can republish the story once the book has been in print for six months. What you get: This is a ‘for the fun of it’ submission only. How your stories should be sent: - Type in WORD format, if possible. Single spaced - YOU retain rights to your Drabble - Save file as: SMALLEST_YourTitle - Title, Author's Name, and Author's Email MUST be on the document. -...

Deadline: February 13th 2012 Payment: An eBook copy will be sent to all contributors and up to 5 paperback copies will be available for purchase at cost to each contributing author. 50% of the royalties will be distributed between all contributors. What if the worlds of horror and mythology collided; what skeletons might come tumbling out of that particular closet? Open up your mind to the possibilities of reimaged tales or the consequences of unleashing a mythological creature into today’s world. What would happen if Medusa were let loose in NYC? What would the world of mythology be like if Zeus had a penchant for torture and murder? Perhaps the Fey world holds you captivated; but you imagine the benign faerie folk to instead be frighteningly devious creatures that only exist in the darker, more sinister walks of life... Spin us a tale that will scare the reader but still maintain that magical twist from the stories of an age gone by. All mythology is open to interpretation; Greek, Roman, Fey, Chinese, Christian, plus the countless others not mentioned. Your only limitation is the one you place on yourself. * *Stories containing overt sexual content, will be immediately disqualified from consideration. Deadline for submissions - Monday, February 13th, 2012. 4000 - 10,000 words. Please submit your manuscript as a *.doc or *.docx file in Times New Roman, 12 point font. Single spacing and standard formatting are required for consideration. Only stories previously unpublished to be submitted. Upon acceptance into the anthology, you agree that Sirens Call Publications holds exclusive publishing rights for twelve (12) months from the date of publication; after that date has passed; all intellectual property rights revert to the author with the proviso that Sirens Call Publications retains distribution rights in the format of the contracted anthology....

Payment: 1 cent per word for original stories and 1 contributor's copy Deadline: February 15th 2012 Orrin Grey and Silvia Moreno-Garcia tackle the darkest of all horrors: fungi. William Hope Hodgson’s “The Voice in the Night” and its Japanese adaptation, Matango, terrified and fascinated the editors. And - now, they’re back for more. Fungi is an anthology of dark speculative fiction (horror, fantasy, science fiction, and any other variant, such as steampunk) focused solely on the fungal. No happy mushrooms from Mario Bros. A fungus of some type must be a key element in the story, not just a throwaway element. A character can attempt to poison someone with a mushroom, mushroom cultivation may be of importance to the story, the dark patch of mould on the ceiling may begin to terrify an unhappy tenant, a group of people may consume hallucinogenic mushrooms, etc. We are looking for a variety of settings and protagonists. Mushrooms sprout around the world, after all. Oh, and if you can add a story, novel, movie, or TV episode with mushroomy content, please do it! We are keeping a spreadsheet, here. Payment • 1 cent per word for original stories. • Reprints paid at a flat rate of $35. Canadian dollars, eh. Indicate where and when it was published. • One complimentary print copy and one e-book copy provided. Length Short fiction up to 5,000 words. Submitting - E-mail us at fungi.innsmouth AT gmail.com. Subject line: Fungi, . - Do not send more than one short story submission at a time. If we reject one story, you can send another one. - Include a cover letter with the story word count, salient writing credits and any reprint information (if applicable). Yes, we do read cover letters, so include the information. - Attach story as an...

Deadline: February 25th, 2012 Payment: $1.00 for every 1,000 words. Chained In The Attic SUBMISSION DEADLINE: February 25, 2012 WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR: General horror. Here is a place for all your short stories that are wonderful but haven’t found a home in a specialized anthology. This is a collection of stories to be enjoyed by everyone, please keep excessive cussing and sex out unless integral to your character. Email submissions to: [email protected] Word count is 2,000-6,000 Only accepting UNPUBLISHED work Payment will be $1.00 for every 1,000 words. How To Submit: Please put the title of the story, and word count, in the subject line of your email. send to: [email protected] Submissions should: Already be self edited In .rtf format. No spaces between paragraphs Single space after sentences “Double quotations” for conversation No hard returns No headers/footers Use italics NOT underline No hidden formatting Font in Georgia or New Times Roman Submissions pasted in the body of email will be rejected, unread. Questions about this anthologies? Email : [email protected]

Deadline: February 28th, 2012. Payment: Exposure Only Steampunk titled: Clockworks Orchard: Rivets and Rain A new anthology is opened. We are accepting submission for a new steampunk anthology Clockworks Orchard” Rivets and Rain. Deadline for this will be February 28th, 2012. The story must be between 3000 and 10,000 words and should be emailed to [email protected] attached as a .doc (preferred) or .rtf Please send in your submissions using 12 font Times New Roman, single spaced, justified. No hard breaks between paragraphs (hitting return twice to break between paragraphs). Following paragraphs can be started on the next line. Scene breaks or changes in point of view need to be separated by a hard break, centered asterisks (* * *) and a hard break. The title page should contain your contact info and word count.

Deadline: March 1st, 2012 Payment: 1 Contributor's Copy Title: No Rest for the Wicked Edited and Compiled by Stacey Graham Published by: Rainstorm Press Genre: Horror Theme: Think that watch was such a great bargain on eBay? Think again, Sparky. Some items have a history and we want to hear the gory details of what happened after a haunted object enters the picture. Deadline: March 1, 2012 (or until full) Target release date: May 2012 What we are looking for: Ghost stories centered on a haunted object that are well-crafted without a lot of fluff. Write tight! Humor is always welcome. Stories: 3,000 - 5,000 words in length, but will consider shorter stories if it scares the bejeebers out of me Flash fiction: Up to 500 words Poetry: Up to 20 lines What we're not looking for: Gratuitous violence or erotica. Payment: Authors will receive one contributor's copy (print and ebook) plus the option to purchase additional copies at 25% off the retail price. Poems and flash fiction payment will be one ebook copy only. Rights: Rainstorm Press asks for first world print rights, in paperback and digital format, for the first year. After that time, the author may shop the work to other markets, but the work will remain in the anthology for a period of five years from the publication date. No re-prints, please. How to submit: Please submit your story to http://norestforthewicked.submishmash.com/submit. Add your name, contact information (including email address) and a brief bio to the cover letter. Please format your story/poem using examples found here before submitting. You may submit up to three (3) pieces of your work. Questions: Please email norestforthewickedanthATgmail.com. Submissions sent to this email address will be deleted unread.

Deadline: March 1st, 2012 Payment: $50 per accepted piece and 1 contributor's copy The American South is a haunted place — full of ghost stories, native legends, persistent devils & angels, souls sold at the crossroads, and moon-eyed maidens living in the Okefenokee. The South’s best writers — Faulkner, O’Connor, McCullers — all keep this sense of the otherworldly in their fiction. In this spirit, Q & W Publishers is looking for submissions for an anthology of short fiction and non-fiction that explores the fantastic, eerie, and bizarre side of the American South. What To Submit Submit fiction and non-fiction pieces between 1,000 and 4,000 words. Pieces should be grounded in the American South (any time period, pre-historic to modern; rural or urban) and should include elements of the fantastic / supernatural that come from Southern history, tradition, or folklore. Generic vampire and werewolf stories aren’t appropriate. While violence, gore, and eroticism may be part of your submission, they should not be the primary focus — let’s keep it more PG-13 than R-rated. Submissions must be previously unpublished. Payment Payment is $50 per accepted piece. Q & W Publishers will acquire the first publication rights for the piece; all other rights remain with the author. Authors with accepted pieces will also receive one free copy of the published anthology. The anthology may appear in electronic and printed form. How to Submit Please submit your piece to [email protected]. Send a brief introduction and your piece in the body of the e-mail. Include “Anthology” and the title of the piece in the subject line of your e-mail. Timeline Submissions will be accepted until March 1st, 2012. Inclusion decisions will be made by April 1st, 2012.

We're looking for short, dark and scary tales that you can read in one sitting, hence the title. No more than 3000 words per submission, but there is no theme, so just submit your weirdest, freakiest, scariest short story for this one. Closing date is May 1st 2012 Payment will be one printed paperback contributor copy and further copies available at a highly-reduced rate. All manuscripts should be 12pt, double-spaced, and should include author details and word count on the first page. There should be no footers or headers. Submissions can be emailed to [email protected] with the subject of the email being - Submission (followed by the title of the manuscript) Manuscripts will be read and assessed as soon as possible and you will receive a confirmation if we think the manuscript is elegible for publication.

Deadline: March 15th 2012 Payment: Anthology Royalties are based upon distribution channel and percentage of overall content. An Anthology of Lovecraft Inspired Short Fiction Torn Realities is searching for stories about the places where reality is thin and easily torn, where things we accept as part of everyday life (science, religion, What Lies Beyond) become myths, and where the world is not the most important thing going. Selected stories will concern themselves with what happens to the people who find these places, for pure and impure reasons, and discover whatever lies on the other side. We want stories that will leave us unable to turn out the lights and fearful of looking up into the night sky. To quote fantasy writer Catherynne Valente, we want stories of unvarnished awesomeness. We want stories of the darkly fantastical and how the characters involved deal with the impossible circumstances they find themselves in. We want stories that push the boundaries of accepted reality and how ordinary people deal with extraordinary, mind-bending situations of horror. Before we go any further, let's address the elephant in the room, shall we? A lot of these themes are Lovecraftian in nature, but this is not a Lovecraft lovefest of fan-fic (Cthulhu Mythos may be in the public domain, but it's still fan fic). If you give us a Lovecraft pastiche with the serial numbers filed away, you're going to be rejected. Every writer has taken on these themes--from Arthur Machen in The Great God Pan (which predates Lovecraft) to Stephen King's short story "N", to name just a few--and put their own stylistic stamp on them. Now it's your turn. We want your version of what may lie beyond the rim of the universe, beyond what we can see with our senses and our knowledge. The stories...