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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...

Deadline: March 15th 2012 Payment: Digital copy and exposure Email submissions to: [email protected] Please put the title of your story, your first and last name, and the word count in the subject line of your email. “Zombie Gone Wild” is a Living Dead-themed anthology. All genres of horror will be considered. Dark, disturbing, suspenseful, supernatural, gruesome, and gory are welcome. Bring out your undead! We want to see the craziest, wackiest, most out there living dead stories you can possibly think of! In fact, the more unique and bizarre, the more likely your story will get the star treatment… Well, at least it will get into the book! Think Dead Alive, Cemetery Man, Undead, Versus, Re-Animator, Evil Dead, Return of the Living Dead III (Hello, Spinal Column Zombie?), Planet Terror We will consider stories approximately 1000 words - 8000 words. We're leaving such a wide open word range to encourage writers to write a story until it is finished without padding your submissions with irrelevant details or chopping out important information to stay below a word maximum. Keep the story as tight, exciting and action-packed as possible. In order to satisfy those who enjoy a “quickie” horror fix, we will be accepting a limited number of flash fiction (i.e. 500 words or less) stories. Payment for the anthology will be a digital copy of the book as well as discounted copies for purchase by the authors. While multiple submissions are allowed, please don’t send in simultaneous submissions or reprints. DEADLINE: The deadline for this anthology is March 15th, 2012. Expected response time is under one month after the undeadline has passed. Please don't query about the status of your submission until 30 days have passed. The projected release date will be in time to use them as stocking stuffers provided...

Deadline: March 15th 2011 Payment: Stories that are under 4,999 words will receive a paperback contributor copy of the finished anthology. Stories that at 5,000 words and above will receive $10.00 and one paperback contributor copy as payment. I'll Never Go Away Edited and Compiled by Lyle Perez-Tinics Deadline: March 15, 2011 (or until full) Target release date: May 1, 2011 How to Submit: Send submissions to [email protected] with “I'll Never Go Away Submission (story title and author name)” in subject line. Please attach a WORD document file containing your story. Please use Times New Roman, size 10 font and please DO NOT double space or use headers or page counts. Page one of the file must contain your contact information (name, mailing address, E-mail and word count) If any of these items are missing from your document, I will reject right away. If this information is there, it makes it easier for me to contact you. What we are looking for: We are looking for the most creepiest, voyeuristic stories you can think of. Have you ever felt like someone was following you; waiting outside your door, or worse, hiding inside your house while you're there? Let your imagination run wild as you explore the world of stalkers and obsessed fans. Almost anything is acceptable, but your story must contain a plot. I don't want stories of a guy following a girl then having his way with her for 3,000 words. There must be a story, and please keep rape and obscene acts to a minimal. Stories must be between 3,500 - 8,000 words. Works that are shorter or longer will not be considered as well as reprints. Please do not query about those. Payment: Stories that are under 4,999 words will receive a paperback contributor copy of the...

Deadline: March 15, 2012 Payment: $15 and 1 contributor's copy Triangulation is an annual 125-150+ page short fiction anthology that publishes science fiction, fantasy, horror, and any other speculative fiction that caught the editors' fancy. Every year we have a theme: 2011's theme is "Morning After". We pay for the work we select and are available online at places like Amazon.com. We're a small outfit but we work hard to produce a quality product; We will consider fiction up to 7,500 words.We are interested in publishing a wide variety of entertaining and literate stories, so the more space a story would take, the more it will need to impress us. We dig flash; there is no minimum word count. We have no interest in getting more specific about the term "speculative fiction." Science fiction, horror, fantasy, magic realism, alternate history, whatever -- if there's a speculative element vital to your story, we'll gladly give it a read. We love creative interpretations of our theme, "Morning After". Don't ask us what it means -- tell us what it means with a story that convinces us you're right. We publish both new and established writers; the level of experience for the authors gracing our pages has ranged from "first time in print" to "Hugo winner" and "Nebula winner". The majority of our stories usually wind up being from American authors, but we've had a number of international contributions; we're happy to consider work from anywhere in the world, just as long as it's written in English. We will run mature content if we like the story. So make sure there's an actual story in that mature content. We will consider reprints, but our focus is on original stories. We are unlikely to accept a reprint that is less than astounding, or one...

Deadline: March 20th 2012 Payment: £10 + paperback author copy + story illustration. (and promotion/profile on the www.cityofhellchronicles.com website.) That’s right folks. City of Hell Chronicles: Volume 1 has been released and the Great Maurr needs more victims. We are looking for 10 stories (4-6k in length) and set in the City of Hell mythos. Here’s a scope document that outlines some basic ‘rules’ of the world and some guidance to the kind of stories we are looking for: CoH2-Requirements It’s imperative that you read the first volume and note how the stories although are set in the world and revolve around the world, they are first and foremost centered on the characters. This is a horror anthology and we pull no punches. However, we are not into pointless torture, there has to be reason and logic for any gore or violence. We are especially interested in psychological horror as much as the violent/gory nature. Each story will be illustrated and as part of the payment, you will receive a hi-res digital copy of your story’s illustration. Deadline day for all stories is March 20th 2012. However, it would be prudent to get your story in earlier, because if we see a story that isn’t quite right but could be with some editing then we would like to give you time to edit and resubmit. Send the entire story attached to an email with 1.5 spaced, Times New Roman .doc or RTF file. Indented paragraphs. (no double spaced paragraphs please.) Include a cover message with the following in the body of the email: Short (max 200words) biography. List of any previous publishing credits (link to books if available.) Mention if we have met, or if you have been invited to submit. Brief synopsis/outline (max 200 words) of the story. Any...

Deadline: MARCH 25th, 2012 Prize: The best pasta (as selected by the readers of Terribly Good Stuff) will receive, by mail, one Edgar Allen Poe Action Figure (Donated Generously by Rorschach Redemption) . Message Body: Terribly Good Stuff is having a Creepypasta Contest! Have a bit of horror flash fiction lying around? Looking to unwind with a bit of fun, laidback, terrifying-storytelling? Well, don't be shy! Submit to our contest! http://www.terriblygoodstuff.com/2012/02/creepypasta-contest-finally.html SUBMISSION PERIOD: FEBRUARY 25th - MARCH 25th, 2012 Prize(s): The best pasta (as selected by the readers of Terribly Good Stuff) will receive, by mail, one Edgar Allen Poe Action Figure (Donated Generously by Rorschach Redemption) . [IF AN ANTHOLOGY IS FORMED, ALL SELECTED AUTHORS WILL RECEIVE A FREE COPY OF THE EBOOK] RULES AND REGULATIONS: So, you've decided to submit a creepypasta. Well, good for you. I'm pretty goddamned honored that you're sending it to me. But first, let's give you a reminder. What IS creepypasta? (ignoring the etymology) A creepypasta is a piece of flash fiction designed to terrify, shock, or, at the very least, instill feelings of misanthropic dread in the reader. The creepypasta audience, generally speaking, is 4chan.org/x/, reddit.com/r/nosleep, and other Internet forums. Your submission should be succinct, frightening, and well written. FIRST AND FOREMOST: THIS IS AN ORIGINAL CREEPYPASTA CONTEST. Do not submit a pasta that has been featured in another anthology/contest/website. Do not submit a pasta that someone other than you wrote. I will find you out, and I will go Liam Neeson on your ass. Anyway, let's get down to the nitty gritty: YOUR SUBMISSION: -Must be in English. But you can be from anywhere in the world. No discrimination here, gang. -Will be no more than 1,600 words (this is not an unbreakable rule, but it is a firm one; any...

Deadline: March 31st, 2012 Prize: $300 Canadian Writers Only Open to Canadian writers. Submissions ONLY accepted Feb 15th to March 31st, 2012. ONLY emailed copies accepted. On Spec has a special story contest for the Apocalypse! We are looking for a variety of engaging "end of the world" theme stories (3,000 to 6,000 words please). The best story will receive $300 and be the lead story in our Fall 2012 issue (said issue to be published, come hell or high water!). Submissions must have "Apocalypse:" in the email title plus the story title (e.g. "Apocalypse: Story Name"). Please follow the submission guidelines: http://www.onspec.ca/submissions/email

Deadline: April 5th, 2012 Payment: Exposure Only A new anthology is opened. We are accepting submission for a new anthology titled SPIDERS!. So many people are scared of spiders…scare the readers! Deadline for this will be April 5th, 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. May December Publications

Deadline: April 15th 2012 Payment: ¼ cent a word upon publication Soul Reflections SUBMISSION DEADLINE: April 15, 2012 Midnight (EST) Edited by Mark Taylor and Jessica A. Weiss WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR: They say that the mirror reflects the soul, the Egyptians believed that the shadow held great power and could move at great speeds, and Narcissus believed that his reflection in water was a vision of his own sister - a woman of unsurpassed beauty. Sometimes a reflection shows us what we want to see, other times it shows us the horrors of what we don't. We are looking for dark fantasy/horror stories revealing the truth behind the reflections, and most certainly not limited to those mentioned. WHAT WE ARE NOT LOOKING FOR: Slash and hack, blood and gore for their own sake. Graphic rape, torture, child molestation, and animal torture have their place, but not here. No erotica or adult themes. We prefer stories written in the third person—will consider first person if you knock our socks off. Looking for short stories in the 3,500- 6,000 word range, but will consider stories slightly over 6,000 words. Lower word count is FIRM. Payment is ¼ cent a word upon publication. Email submissions to: [email protected] Please put SUBMISSION, followed by the title of the story, and word count, in the subject line of your email.