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Deadline: September 1, 2015 Payment: $25 For our next anthology, we are offering an open call for stories that involve Witches, Warlocks, Demons, and other Evil Doers. We are looking for stories that tell of wrong doings perpetrated by someone or something with supernatural abilities. We are not looking for stories of werewolves or vampires who need to survive by causing harm. What we want are stories of choice; stories where the protagonist chooses to do harm for a specific reason through means of a power beyond that of a normal mortal. We would prefer that the stories appeal to a broad audience and that period or overly-stylized pieces be refrained from. Your story MUST include all of the following elements: A horror/evil intent based theme that is explained within the story; A protagonist with evil or malicious intent with a specific reason; A protagonist with abilities that an average mortal does not possess; A victim or victims being persecuted for a specific and explained reason. Beyond these specific inclusions, feel free to be as creative as you’d like provided you do not breach the three things we will not consider for publication: Stories containing pedophilia; Stories containing scenes of sexually descriptive rape. Submit a story containing any of the three above EXCLUSIONS, and it will immediately be disqualified. Deadline: September 1, 2015 Reading & Evaluation Period: Two to three months after close of the deadline Word Count: 4,000 – 8,000 words NO REPRINTS WILL BE CONSIDERED Payment: Each story selected for inclusion will receive a one-time payment of $25US For full guidelines, please visit our website at: www:SirensCallPublications.com Via: Sirens Call Publications.

Deadline: September 1st, 2015 Payment: Contributor's Copy Note: Reprints Welcome FICTION We at the Great Lakes Association of Horror Writers (GLAHW) are looking for stories that are well written and character driven, preferably with a Michigan or Great Lakes connection, but any well written story with a dark side has a chance with us. All stories need to be Horror, Dark Sci-Fi, Dark Fantasy, or Dark Humor, especially Dark Humor. If you can make us laugh and creep us out at the same time, you have a good chance of acceptance. Please don’t send us sword & sorcery or space opera stories. Tolkien and Lucas have their place, but not here. Also, we don’t and can’t accept “fan fiction” which includes anything based on a video game, book, movie or any other creator’s work or conception unless you have written permission from the creator. If you don’t own the copyright to the characters in your story, we cannot publish your work. By submitting to GLAHW you, as the author of the work, accept responsibility for any possible copyright infringement. Please don’t send us “Slash”, “Fem-Slash” or anything graphic sexual descriptions. Sex is okay as long as it’s integral to the story, but don’t overdo it. Please don’t use gore for gore’s sake. Again, gore is okay as long as it’s integral to the story. After all, we are horror writers. Though we cringe at the thought of violence toward children or pets, we understand that this type of violence does occur in real life, but please make sure it’s integral to your story. Any story that insinuates an act of sexual violence between an adult and a child will be automatically rejected. Please use spell check and proof your work before sending to us. As writers, we should be doing...

Deadline: September 9, 2015 Payment: Up to 25 cents per word Ages 14+, teens and adults alike We accept Witches submissions via Submittable. We are no longer accepting email submissions. Cicada YA lit/comics mag is looking for poetry, fic, nonfic, satire, and comics on WITCHES. We're on the lookout for folk and fairy tale retellings, investigations of the witch in history, works on the everyday spellcraft of fashion, beauty, makeup, and the domestic (the hearth, the cauldron, the kitchen) as well as the spell cast by the arts. Also of interest: the witch in nature: the garden, the dark wood, the night. Feminist and above all intersectionally feminist works: especially welcome! Submit via Submittable. Deadline: September 9, 2015. Via: Cicada Magazine.

Deadline: September 10th, 2015 Payment: $40 + 1 contributor’s copy This will be a paperback anthology of stories influenced by author Barry Malzberg. We are looking for stories in any genre but they must have an obvious Malzberg-influence. If you haven’t read Malzberg before, read at least three of these books before trying to write something for this anthology: THE FALLING ASTRONAUTS (1971) BEYOND APOLLO (1972) REVELATIONS (1972) HEROVIT’S WORLD (1973) THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE (1974) THE SODOM AND GOMORRAH BUSINESS (1974) GALAXIES (1975) SCOP (1976) WORD COUNT: 5k to 10k FORMAT: Singled-spaced Word .doc DEADLINE: September 10, 2015 PAYMENT: $40 + 1 contributor’s copy SUBMIT TO: filmynoir (at) live (dot) com with the words INSANITY OF ASTRONAUTSin the subject line. Via: Dynatox Ministries.

Note: This anthology has closed early due to the high volume of submissions and after its first release is being turned into an ongoing series which you can find out details of: right here.

Deadline: September 15th, 2015 Payment: 3% of sales. Twit Publishing is looking for submissions for our next anthology, “Twit Publishing Presents: Tales of Unseen Terror and Slumbering Horrors!” This collection will be based on Lovecraftian horror, which will not be based SOLELY on the Cthulhu mythos. The anthology will be based on the themes of Lovecraft for horror: anti-anthropocentrism, misanthropy in general, sanity’s fragility and vulnerability, preoccupation withviscerate texture, helplessness and hopelessness, and unanswered questions. Basically, anything that has the themes of Lovecraft’s works. Of course, all of the stories MUST be in the horror genre. The word count should be between 4000 and 9000 words. U.S. writers only, please. Please submit stories to [email protected]. Payment will be 3% of sales. Deadline for submissions: 9/15/15 Via: Twit Publishing.

Deadline: September 15, 2015 Payment: 1/4 cent/word and contributor's copy We've all seen those God-awful SyFy movies. You know the ones we're talking about. Sharktopus, Piranhaconda, Pteracuda. Ever think you could do better? Well, now's your chance. Presenting ATTACK! of the B-Movie Monsters: Hellacious Hybrids! Let your imagination run wild, but make them believable DEADLINE: September 15, 2015 WORD COUNT: 2,500-10,000 words (query for longer/short submissions) PAYMENT: 1/4 cent/word (subject to an increase). Digital copy + print copy. Discount for additional copies. REPRINTS: No MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS: No SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS: No FORMAT: Left-justify only FONT: 12 pt Times New Roman. If text is meant to be italic, please use italic. Do not use underscore to indicate italic. SPACING: Double spaced, no extra spacing between paragraphs, and single space after periods. TAB INDENT: Please do not set a tab. Instead, use Word's paragraph formatting for first line, and set the first line indent to 0.3" PAGE NUMBERING/HEADERS: None First page should include your name, address, phone number, e-mail address, word count, and pseudonym (if writing under one). Send submissions as a word attachment to [email protected] or [email protected]. Include HELLACIOUS HYBRIDS, your last name, and submission title in the subject line. Via: Grinning Skull Press.

Deadline: September 15th, 2015 Payment: $5 per author and a contributor’s copy Note: At this time Horror Honey Press is a digital only market. If that changes they will also provide physical copies down the line. Ed: K.A Morris and LinnieSarah Helpern Submission Deadline: September 15th, 2015 Accepting 8-10 authors depending on the quality of the entries Paying $5 per author (via PayPal ONLY) + a Contributor’s Copy Short horror - 2,500 wds max *Theme:* Possessed or Haunted items - these items can range from an article of clothing to an internal organ - how does that old saying go? One man's trash is another man's treasure? *Also accepting LIMITED horror poetry in the same theme. * Poetry submissions are UNPAID. *Submit all entries to [email protected] <[email protected]> * *WORD or PDF format.* *Please include your author blurb and a logline/brief synopsis of your story in your email. * *All entries MUST BE UNPUBLISHED and entirely original, no reprints.

Deadline: September 15th, 2015 Payment: Authors receive 40% royalties on short stories and novels. Anthologies pay a share of the royalties based on number of authors Standing Open Calls All submissions must adhere to the Submission Guidelines. A download of our house style and submissions format is available on the Submissions page. Traditionally, winter is a time for weird and creepy tales, stories to pass the long, dark nights. So, give us creepy and chilling, sending a shiver down our spines as we huddle near the fire and turn the yellow lamplight up a little brighter against the darkness. Ghosts, spectres, unearthly creatures and things that go bump in the night lurk just outside that lit window, and sometimes...they look inside.  Pairing: None (Non-Erotic) Happy ending not required. ​ Expected Release: December 1st, 2015 Via: Ink Stained Succubus.

Deadline: September 15th, 2015 Payment: $10 Our payment for stories is $10; we're interested in science-fiction, fantasy and (light) horror. Word count: 4000 tops. Our general rules are: (1) We hew to a PG standard and (2) Nothing that makes our editors sick. (3) PLEASE read our stylebook here. Our next anthology will be called "Strange Changes." This anthology will contain stories in which _one_thing_ in our world is changed. For example, war is ended. What would be the good -- and bad -- results? Or, animals can talk. What would be the good or bad results? Of course you can think of better ideas -- please do so! Word limit - 5000. (4000 or less, is even better.) Closing date: September 15. Associate Editor, Arthur Sanchez. Send your stories to [email protected]. We promise, we won't close early. -- Jean and Arthur Via: Whortleberry Press.