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Deadline: September 30, 2012 Payment: 1 cent per word to a maximum of $50 (U.S.), paid prior to publication; all payments to be made via Paypal. Contributors also get 1 copy of the finished paper anthology, as the opportunity to but up to 10 more copies at cost. Submission are open for Arcane II until September 30, 2012. The Arcane anthologies are a showcase for weird and unsettling fantastic fiction. These are not themed anthologies; as long as there is a macabre element to the story, it is within Arcane‘s target subject matter. Quality of storytelling and confidence in using the English language are more important than any genre strictures. Rather than try to post any sort of detailed guidelines, I refer you to the first Arcane anthology, or the 99-cent Arcane Sampler… or, if you’re really cheap, to the five free issues of Arkham Tales on this site. If your story is at least that good and would play well with that eclectic mix of fiction, send it in. Length: Any length. I am a hard sell on short-shorts/flash-fiction, and anything of novelette-length or above will need to be super-excellent to justify the two or three other stories it would displace, but if you think your work is up to it, go for it. (Please only send one story at a time.) Payment: 1 cent per word to a maximum of $50 (U.S.), paid prior to publication; all payments to be made via Paypal. Contributors also get 1 copy of the finished paper anthology, as the opportunity to but up to 10 more copies at cost. Format: Please attach your story via the form below in .doc (Word) or .rtf format. Please remember that you are submitting a piece of fiction, not an HTML webpage; extra returns between paragraphs...

Deadline: September 30th 2012 Payment: This anthology is a paying market, paying shared royalties based on sales. Cruentus Libri Press is pleased to announce its forthcoming anthology, now open for submission. Under the Knife is a horror anthology set beneath the harsh, clinical lights of a hospital, doctor’s surgery or any other medical setting. From the polished steel of an operating table to the rusty blade of an impromptu war-zone amputation, we are looking for stories that completely subvert the Hippocratic Oath: First, do no harm. WHAT WE WANT Medicine, surgery or some related field must be the cornerstone of your story but, beyond that, we’re not too bothered. We’re just as happy to consider tales that involve medieval herbalists or New Age homeopathy as we are stories of surgeries gone wrong or doctors with a deep, dark secret. WHAT WE DON’T WANT Cybernetic implants. Whilst it is certainly a form of surgery and can undoubtedly lead to an horrific outcome, we consider such fare to fall into the camp of science-fiction, rather than horror. This is a horror anthology intended for an adult audience. Whilst we have no qualms about including sex, violence and swearing in the stories, don’t make it gratuitous – ask yourself whether the scene in question adds to the story or if it is simply there to shock. THE RULES First, check out our Writer’s Guidelines and, specifically, that part pertaining to Anthology Submissions. They should tell you all you need to know about sending us your work. Word Count: 2500-7500 words. Whilst we will accept some leeway in this word count, don’t be sending us flash fiction or novellas, as they will be returned unread. Reading Period: 01 July 2012 to 30 September 2012. Reprints: Yes Multiple Submissions: No. Simultaneous Submissions: We understand that...

Deadline: September 30, 2012 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. Sanatorium, mental ward, psychiatric hospital - they’re all the same. Places where the infirm, the crazy, and the certifiable go for treatment... Or what passes for ‘treatment’. We want stories of bedlam taking place within the padded walls of an institution. Give us stories of experiments gone wrong, patients revolting against the staff, or even the perspective of those charged with giving care. Make them sick, make them depraved, make them atrocious - these should be the kind of stories that rarely reach the light of day. Are you brave enough to see what your mind conjures up... Or are you afraid you’ll be locked up for trying? Deadline for Submissions: September 30, 2012 Word Count minimum: 4,000 words - nothing less will be reviewed. Submission guidelines: Deadline for submissions - September 30, 2012. Word Count: 4,000 - 10,000 words. 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 line indentation of .5" (1.27cm), do not space or tab to indent the line. The page margin should be set to .5" (1.27cm) on all sides. Graphic gore must be kept to a minimum unless it is integral to the story; absolutely no incestuous or sexual abuse storylines will be considered. Only stories previously unpublished may be submitted. Upon...

Deadline: September 30th, 2012 Payment: One electronic copy – format of your choice, author discount codes for electronic and print copies, an author byline with links and 50 percent of royalties split among authors according to amount of authors, and accepted subs per author. Payments will be made quarterly. Tortured Souls Vol. #1 – 1st Annual Halloween Anthology Deadline – September 30th, 2012 In the depths of Hell, the most evil and vicious souls of the dead plan their revenge. One holy night of freedom will grant them their wish to carry out those plans. Your mission is to tell their tales in the most horrific and terrifying way possible. We want stories that linger long after the holiday ends. Stories, that will send our readers to their therapists. We want horrors of such magnitude, that they make our eyes bleed! Give us your best, and make history in an anthology that will traumatize readers for years to come! Send your story in standard manuscript format to: [email protected], Attn: Jo-Anne Russell or Allen Jacoby. Each author may send up to two stories for consideration. If one or both stories are rejected, feel free to submit another. Word count is 2500 – 10, 000. "Subject line of email should read SUBMISSION: ANTHO NAME Title," Payment One electronic copy – format of your choice, author discount codes for electronic and print copies, an author byline with links and 50 percent of royalties split among authors according to amount of authors, and accepted subs per author. Payments will be made quarterly. What we don’t want: Reprints, unless from a well-established authors who retains the rights to that story. Explicit sex, brutal violence against children or animals – suggestive is fine, rape of woman or children, – unless it is consensual as with were-creature...

Deadline: September 30th, 2012 Payment: One electronic copy – format of your choice, author discount codes for electronic and print copies, an author byline with links and 50 percent of royalties split among authors according to amount of authors, and accepted subs per author. Payments will be made quarterly. Title: Blood and Roses Word count: 3000 - 10 000 Taking 20 - 25 stories Deadline: September 30th, 2012 Blood and Roses is our first Valentine's Day horror anthology scheduled for release February 1st, 2013. What we want: We want relationship stories of the extreme! Each story must contain the two elements from the title - blood and roses, but the rest is up to you. Give us your best unique take on the theme. What we don't want: Explicit sex, incest, rape. (However, werewolf, or creature and human consensual relations are acceptable.) No first person stories, third person only. No reprints unless from well-established authors, or award placer. Format: "Subject line of email should read SUBMISSION: ANTHO NAME Title," 12 point font, prefer Times, with indents. Single line space, no hard or double returns. Use italics and bold, as in the finished anthology. Centered title with byline underneath, story body followed by ### at the end of story centered as well. The story should be left justified only, with ragged right and 1" margins all around. All submissions should be sent as attachment only, in. doc, .docx or. rtf. Please include a brief cover letter with your name, word count, story title, pseudonym if used and relevant contact information in upper left corner. Give a brief synopsis of your story, a few lines about you and your publishing credits if any, and a brief bio with a few links to use if your story is accepted. Again, deadline for submissions...

Deadline: October 1st 2012 Payment: 3 cents per word, 3 complementary contributor copies, and the option to purchase more at a 50% discount. A 1950’s Lovecraft/Cthulhu Mythos anthology has been green lit by Chaosium to correspond with their release of the ATOMIC AGE CTHULHU book for their RPG. This will have a very short and hard deadline of October 1st. We do this because the plan is to have this book come out around the same time as the AAC RPG book. This will make for good cross promotion and hopefully make both books sell better. This means that you will have to do a story for us fast, which means perhaps bumping it up past some of your other writing duties. So if you’re down for that, and we hope you are, welcome to our nuclear family of crazed cultists. So why bring Lovecraftian horror to the 1950’s? Because few other points in history seem so tailor-made for the paranoia and fear that is so important to the Cthulhu Mythos. While many places in the world were still recovering and rebuilding from the Second World War, this was a good time for America in many ways. The economy and industry was roaring, the nation was filled with pride over a hard won victory, the middle class exploded and it seemed like everyone could own their own home, car, or perhaps even one of those new amazing televisions. Very few other decades are remembered more fondly, and viewed through thicker rose-colored glasses, than the 1950’s is for Americans. It was a time of innocence where the music, movies, cars, and everything was just so much better than anything before or since. And yet, all that was largely a façade. Just below the shiny surface of “everything is great” was the...

Deadline: October 1st, 2012 Payment: Anthology Royalties Iron Cauldron Books is now seeking short horror stories for a forthcoming anthology titled Le Carnaval Grotesque. Selected manuscripts will be combined as a single volume to be published as both a trade paperback and an e-book for January, 2013 release. Included authors earn standard anthology royalties. There is NO entry fee. Submissions must: - Measure between 2,000 and 4,000 words in length. - Be all new material (previously published short stories will not be considered.) - Fall into the horror genre (anything from Gothic to slasher.) - Include a setting that is obviously a circus, carnival, or traveling sideshow. To enter your story, please visit our submissions management page powered by Submishmash.

Deadline: October 1st 2012 Payment: 10% of (net) royalties for both eBook and print. No Advance. 1 print copy. Subject: Dragons! Our goal is to create an anthology of dragons throughout all genres. Dragons are to be the center of your story. We currently already have the following genres taken: romance, humor, steampunk, japanese historical. Any other genres are welcome (no erotica please). Addition: In answer to some questions we’ve received, any kind of dragon is permissible, from beasts to shape shifters to sentient etc. Length of story: 5 to 10 thousand words (if you go a bit over no worries). Contract: 4 years for ebook and print. Pay: 10% of (net) royalties for both eBook and print. No Advance. 1 print copy. ***Your story must be previously unpublished. For this anthology we will not publish work previously published in print or online, or work that is scheduled to be published.*** Simultaneous submissions are fine. If the work is accepted elsewhere, just drop us a note. We will be getting back to you fairly quickly on if your story has been selected or not. No multiple submissions. We usually reply fairly quickly, so wait until you’ve heard back from the first batch before sending another. Unpublished authors are welcome to submit! Deadline: October 1st 2012 or until spots are filled. There are currently 4 spots left open in the anthology. Submitting your story: - Your email subject line should read Dragonthology Submission- Your Name -In body of email include title, genre and word count. - Attach your story to the email. Please have the format .doc If you haven’t received a confirmation after a week, email us again to make sure we got it. Send to: admin@untoldpress (dot) com

Deadline: October 15th 2012 Payment: 2 copies of anthology and Aus 2 cents/word (GST inc., maximum payment $150) on publication Scheherazade’s One Thousand and One Nights stories have captured imaginations for a millennia. Fairy tales and fables abound, telling of the fantastic and mysterious, the comic and dramatic. This anthology, with the working title Dreaming of Djinn, will look at romantic Orientalism through a speculative fiction lens. You might find lost cities, magical lamps, mummies, thieves, intrepid explorers, slaves, robotic horsemen, noble queens, sorcerers, outcast princes, harems, dancers, djinn, assassins and even smart-talking camels and cats, set in exotic Persia, Egypt, Arabia, the Ottoman Empire, or a modern incarnation of these. The anthology will be edited by Liz Grzyb (Scary Kisses, More Scary Kisses, The Year’s Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2010) and published by Ticonderoga Publications in 2013. Submission guidelines Send me your best Arabian Nights-inspired speculative fiction story. Story length 2,000 to 7,500 words. (Longer stories may be accepted, although payment is capped at 7,500). Original stories only: no reprints, multiple, or simultaneous submissions. Stories may be submitted via email at [email protected] in .doc or .rtf format. Manuscript format: double spaced, large margins, Times New Roman font, Australian English spelling. Submissions period open: 1st March -15th October 2012. Payment: 2 copies of anthology and Aus 2 cents/word (GST inc., maximum payment $150) on publication.

Deadline: October 15th, 2012 Payment: Contributor contribution will be an advance of $10, a contributor copy of the print edition, and a equal share of the contributors' portion of the royalties. In our busy world of meetings and microwaves, car radios and cellphones, people always wish they could get an extra hour in the day. But what if they could? Doorways to Extra Time is an anthology that explores ways to get extra time (be it an hour, a day, or a decade) and the impact it would have (whether upon a single life, a family or an entire world). We’re looking for stories with a touch of the fantastic--whether mystical, magical, mechanical, or just plain mysterious--but they can be set in any time or any genre: contemporary or historical, science fiction or fantasy, horror or magic realism. We could even find a place for a nonfiction essay if it was truly exceptional. In short, show us something showstopping, and we’ll make time for you. Suggested Length: full stories (from 3,000 to 7,000 words) and flash fiction (preferred under 1,000 words). We will accept good stories up to 10,000 words but longer lengths are a harder sell. Due Date: October 15th, 2012 Editors: Anthony Francis and Trisha J. Wooldridge Submission Guidelines: Please email your submissions to [email protected]. Put your story in the BODY of the email (no attachments) and put “DOORWAYS TO EXTRA TIME” in the subject line along with the title. And now the boring bits: We can only accept previously unpublished stories. Please don’t use characters or material to which you do not own the copyright so Disney doesn’t come sue us—this is not a fan-fiction anthology. Contributor contribution will be an advance of $10, a contributor copy of the print edition, and a equal share of the...