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Deadline: July 31st. Payment: Flash Fiction - a half cent a word paid on publication as well as one E-book and 1 share of royalties, Short Fiction - One cent a word paid on publication as well as one E-book and 2 shares of royalties. Strange Musings Press is looking for short funny fiction about fantasy worlds of all types for our new Anthology, Alternate Hilarities 3: Hysterical Realms I don't want to lock anyone down as to what I am looking for, but you need to have two things for sure, fantasy elements and humor.   It needs to be funny all the way through. If it is just a lead up to a punch line, make it short (500 words).   I will consider science fiction and horror for this anthology as well but I'm going to give more emphasis to fantasy for this one.   Also, if anyone has any funny vampire stories lying around, there is still a little room in Vampire Suck.       We are looking for:   Flash Fiction between 500 and 1500 words.   Short Fiction between 1501 and 6000 words.   We are paying:   Flash Fiction - a half cent a word paid on publication as well as one E-book and 1 share of royalties   Short Fiction - One cent a word paid on publication as well as one E-book and 2 shares of royalties.   We will be running a Kickstarter to fund a print edition and our first set of stretch goals will be to increased payments for the contributors. Between 2 and 8 cents, depending on backers support. All contributors will get a copy of the print edition upon successful funding of the Kickstarter.   Alternate Hilarities 3 is slated for release in the first quarter of 2015.  ...

Deadline: July 31, 2014 Payment: $0.05 per word up to $500 Since 2008 we have been reading, commenting on, and sharing our thoughts about stories. After the amazing experience of curating Speculative Fiction 2013, we Book Smugglers want to continue to find and publish the best and brightest voices in SFF. This time, we’re looking for original short stories from all around the world. Our goal is to publish at least three short stories every year, unified by a central theme (that will change each year). Each short story will be accompanied by one original piece of artwork from an artist commissioned by us separately. In 2014, we are looking for subversive fairy tale retellings. These retellings need not be reimaginings of Hans Christian Andersen, the Brothers Grimm, or Charles Perrault (although we love these fables and are happy to read and consider any retellings); we want a broader pool of stories, traditions, and canons to choose from. What We’re Looking For: DIVERSITY. We want to read and publish short stories that reflect the diverse world we live in, about and from traditionally underrepresented perspectives. Middle Grade, Young Adult, and Adult audience submissions are welcome. Good speculative fiction is ageless! Creativity & Subversion. We love subversive stories. We want you to challenge the status quo with your characters, story telling technique, and themes. Guidelines for Submission: We are looking for original speculative fiction, between 1,500 and 17,500 words long. These SFF offerings must be previously unpublished; we do not accept simultaneous submissions. Profanity, sex, and other explicit situations are fine as long as they fit within the context of the story. Submissions are open now, and will be open through July 31, 2014. Payment and Terms: We are funding this ourselves because we are passionate about finding new and diverse voices in SFF. We will be paying $0.05...

Deadline: July 31st, 2014 Payment: £15/$20 Amazon voucher and have their story published in the autumn issue of Massacre Take a good look at the image above and write a story in no more than 250 words, drawing inspiration from the photo. Let your mind wander… Remember, we are looking for horror, the strange, the weird and worrisome, the macabre and mysterious. When done, paste your story directly into the CONTACT form in the top menu. Please add AUTUMN CONTEST to the ‘Subject’ line. Closing date is 31st July 2014. We will pick one winner who will receive a £15/$20 Amazon voucher and have their story published in the autumn issue of Massacre. Our decision is final, any complainers will be crucified. Via: Massacre Publishing.

Deadline: July 31st 2014 Payment: 100 dollars for best story, two 50 dollar honorable mentions, and 25 for everyone else. Submissions Dates: 6/1/14 - 7/31/14 Publication Date: October 2014 Horror Anthology Overview We, at Harren Press, are hosting a horror anthology featuring an original Dan Shamble story by New York Times Best Selling author Kevin J Anderson! Two of you will be lucky enough to have your name on the same cover! But before that, your story must make the cut. Acceptances will be tough to come by. Send us your best, a story worth including next to a piece from an author famous for Dune, Star Wars, and the Saga of Seven Suns Series. We wish you much luck. Rights We purchase First Electronic, First Print, and Anthology Rights. Please remember that you can only sell your various “First” rights once. You will only be able to market your accepted story as a reprint, once we have published it, which may limit where you can submit it to in the future, and how much you may be paid for it. Only you can make this business decision for yourself. Submission Requirements 1. We are looking for short stories between 2,500 - 7,500 words. 2. 100 dollars for best story, two 50 dollar honorable mentions, and 25 for everyone else. 3. Stories are to be submitted to [email protected] in .doc, standard manuscript format. 4. Send a 200 word (max) bio with your publication history (if feasible). 5. Limit of 7,500 words per author. Via: Harren Press.

Deadline: July 31st, 2014 Payment: Contributor's Copy JEA anthology for the stories that are so wicked, so gory, nasty, icky, vomitrocious, and slimy that anyone normal would reject them(and bonus stars if they have been rejected already!). These are the ones we want to show off in this disgusting book. * Send a letter of intent by June 30 and let us know you have a rejected story (and who rejected it) or one that should be rejected. LETTER OF INTENT * Send 5K-10K to above by JULY 31. * Tell us who you are and give us a short synopsis and attach the story. * We will pick the "worst of the best" or the "best of the worst" (?????) and contract for the work. * It's for branding and to give those icky stories a home (because no one else will touch your disgusting story with damned good reason, you freakin' perv!) so we ain't gonna pay. We'll give you a copy, and hope you get nauseated and disturbed by the whole mess of stories. * The cover says it all. * Include a rejection letter (real or hee hee...we ARE writers) and move to top of the stack! * Creatures, slime, gore, bloody fluids, Grind House,Machete, gross out, freaky, Devil's Rejects, Planet Terror,  House of the Dead, Rob Zombie,  disturbing, and anything that seriously was or should be rejected. Language ok by us. Sex rated R fine. Gore fine. Slime desired. * Please edit for grammar and all. Have a reader catch screw ups and see if it's bizarre enough. * We aren't gonna be nice...you need to be REJECTED! Via: J Ellington Ashton Press.

Deadline: July 31st, 2014 Payment: 1 cent a word US, plus one copy Dark Opus Press is proud to present All That's Left of Yesterday, our fourth annual anthology. We will be looking for stroies of the apocalypse, whether it be caused by disease, natural disaster, economic collapse or something else entirely, it 's up to you. However, we won't be looking for zombie stories. Zombies will be saved for another anthology. As usual, we will not be accepting poetry, reprints or artwork for this anthology. Our guidelines are simple. All stories must have a dark bent to them and be between 2,000 and 5,000 words. This word count is firm and stories outside this word range will not be considered. MUST be in proper manuscript format. This means: Courier New or Times New Roman fonts, doubled spaced, no extra space between paragraphs, indent paragraphs. Words meant to be italicised or bolded in the final print, please make sure it is that way in your manuscript. Please read our magazine guidelines to see what we do not want. If you don't review our magazine guidelines, we will know. Send your submissions to: [email protected] In the subject line please put: submission - Your story title/title of Grimm's tale Payment for accepted works will be a 1 cent a word US, plus one copy. The reading period for this anthology will start July 1st and end July 31st or until filled. Stories sent before July 1st will be deleted unread. All submissions must be in either .doc, .docx, or .rtf Please be advised: If you require a form to be filled out by us in order for you to get our emails, we will NOT fill them out. We are too busy to take the time to do this. Please approve our...

Deadline: July 31st, 2014 Payment: Contributor's Copy Autumn Issue Submission Call: Moonstruck Posted by Admin on July 1, 2014 We’ve seen blood moons, blue moons and even a honey moon. This celestial body affects the tides and rouses demons within. It has fascinated man through history and a lucky few have even set foot on it. Massacre 4 seeks to eclipse all that has gone before. We’re on the hunt for tales of lunar terror, lunacy (maybe a little lycanthropy – but twist it!) and drama from the dark side. We’ll even look at Sci-Fi for this issue – but you’d better give it a good set of teeth. The deadline for ‘moonstruck’ themed fiction and dark verse is: July 31st, 2014 (midnight, GMT). Word count for fiction: 500 – 10,000. In the subject line of your email please put: MOONSTRUCK/YOUR NAME/TITLE OF YOUR WORK. For complete guidelines click HERE. Publication We aim to release Massacre 4 with the moonstruck theme September 2014. However, we are looking for great writing and if this means we have to extend that date we will do so. We will provide further information if you are accepted and before you sign a contract. photo credit: h.koppdelaney via photopin cc Via: Massacre Publishing.

Deadline: August 1st, 2014 Payment: $25.00 and 1 trade paperback and electronic copy of the book upon publication A murder has been committed and another about to be. A fortune has gone missing, a letter and map have mysteriously appeared and something is frightening the children at night. Nothing is quite clear and the only thing for certain is that a detective is needed. But the first detective got a glimpse of what the children are afraid of and left without so much as a word… And so a different kind of detective is needed—one who understands or at least accepts that not all answers or threats will be human or even physical. What this situation calls for is the Occult Detective. Van Helsing, Carnacki and Thunstone are classic examples. Harry Dresden and Anita Blake are popular contemporary versions. And now we want to read about yours. Give us your best, most fascinating and eccentric characters, or continue the adventures of a character in the public domain. It’s up to you. Just make certain that they are investigating something, be it murder by monster, death by curse, blackmail, fraud, theft, extortion, kidnapping, child endangerment, alimony payments, or anything that makes up a compelling mystery… And make certain that the mystery is supernatural in nature, or at the very least appears to point in an otherworldly direction, even if it ends with a gang of thieves using hallucinogens, a mastiff covered in phosphorescent paint, or even teenagers pulling off a villain’s mask. Occult Detective fiction reaches back to at least 1855, and now we want to continue the tradition in grand fashion with A Grimoire of Eldritch Inquests! Edited by: Josh Reynolds and Miles Boothe Submission Period: 2/1/14 through 8/1/14 Reading Period: 8/2/14 through 9/7/14 Acceptances will be announced 9/7/14 Tentative Publication Date: December 2014 Payment: $25.00 and 1...

Deadline: August 1, 2014 Payment: $0.02 USD per word Aercastle Narratives: Speculative Fiction Magazine is currently reading submissions for Issue 1. Accepted submissions will be featured in Aercastle Narratives’ debut issue, scheduled for publication in March 2014. We are open to writers and voices of any genre (adventure, fantasy, horror, humor, mystery, occult, psychic, paranormal, supernatural, romance, science fiction, thriller and western stories, and very interested in reading writers who are unafraid of combining any of these genres). We are open to debuting and seasoned writers alike. We’re looking for quality tales that take us away, make us think and make us feel. To be considered, speculative elements must contribute to your story. We’re looking for those tales which have the potential to keep our readers engaged, on a plane, commuter train, library, or in the comfort of their living rooms. MANUSCRIPT FORMAT Submitted manuscripts must be at least 500 words and no longer than 2,000 words in length. Use a professional, easy to read font, 12pt in size. SUBMISSION Please e-mail manuscripts as an attachment, in either *.doc, *.docx, or OpenOffice *.odt files. In the subject of the e-mail, begin your subject line with “Submission” and the title(s) of your submission. We are seeking First Electronic Rights, First Print Rights, or Reprint Rights where applicable. Please include a brief author bio in your e-mail submission, with publication history and/or website with us. We’d love to tell our readers about you. E-mail submissions to: [email protected] PAYMENT Payment for accepted works is $0.02 USD per word (i.e. $10 for 500 words, $40 for 2000 words) Payment in the form of PayPal transfer or money order (contributor’s preference) upon publication. Contributor’s copy. We appreciate your interest, as we bring together an exciting issue of Aercastle Narratives. We hope our publication will continue...

Submission Period: May 1, 2014 and August 1, 2014 Payment: Royalties are 50% of the sales per eBook and Print book divided between the authors, paid every six months and a contributor's copy As part of the State of Horror Anthologies, Charon Coin Press, with editor Jerry E. Benns, will begin accepting stories based in the state of Louisiana on May 1st. State of Horror: Louisiana was previously released under Rymfire Books as a creation of Dying Days author, Armand Rosamilia. This re-release will be revised and expanded to include a total of thirteen stories. State of Horror: Louisiana will also be released with new cover art. Submitted stories meeting the guidelines below will have an opportunity to be included into the upcoming release of this popular anthology series. Before we get to the guidelines, let’s take a look at the featured state for this release. Louisiana could not be a more fertile state for a horror story. Between the various people, geography, and history, Louisiana is the perfect place to set a terrifying story.   Louisiana is a re-release in the State of Horror anthology, but there is plenty of room for new terrifying tales. If enough quality stories are submitted, there is potential for a second volume of this anthology. The culture of Louisiana is unlike anywhere else in the world. Volumes of horror stories can (and have) been set just in the city of New Orleans. Vampires, voodoo, witches, ghosts, and twisted human souls have all been featured in horrific stories set in New Orleans. However the rest of the state also offers up its own inspiration for the macabre. Whether you set your story in a city like Baton Rouge, Lafayette or Shreveport, or even an outlying area, there are many settings across Louisiana ripe for horror. The geography alone lends itself to great stories. Picture deserted...