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Deadline: July 15th, 2014 Payment: $120 The strange little girl is not like the other little girls. She might look like the other girls and act like the other girls, but be very strange at heart – or she might be just plain weird altogether. Sometimes she is a scary little girl, other times a dreamer, always treading the fine line between reality and imagination – or even madness… We want to meet new strange little girls, and read strong and original stories about them. Why is she strange? How is she strange? Who is she when she grows up? Does she end up like the madwoman in the attic, hidden away from the world – or is she an office clerk? A lawyer? A baker of poisoned goods? Think Wednesday Adams, Merricat Blackwood, Alice, Drusilla, Carrie and Amy Pond, to name a few. Of course, your strange little girl might be nothing like them at all – she might not even be the protagonist of your story, but she has to be there, at the center, in all her strange little glory.   What we want: Originality is treasured, so is strong storytelling, clever plot and a polished and proof read manuscript. Don’t be afraid to experiment – we do like the strange. What we do not want: Pointless gore or splatter horror, plotless adult content (sex is ok – but all in good taste) or poetry. Submissions: We will accept submissions between May 15th and July 15th, e-mail submissions only. Submissions should have a standard manuscript formatting and be attached as .doc, .rtf or .pdf. A few words about you and your writerly career in the body of the e-mail would be nice. We will respond to all submissions within 12 weeks. Length: 2 000 – 8 000 words Language: We will read submissions in English, Norwegian and Swedish Rights: We buy First Worldwide English language...

Deadline: July 15th, 2014 Payment: Exposure and Royalties Flash fiction & Short Stories (1,000 – 6,000 words) Poetry and re-prints will also be considered For this anthology I would like your ideas on what a shape shifter is, is it a monster or are the changes just subtle tricks of light, smoke and mirrors or demons from the darkest pits of hell. You may begin your story in the country, in the city or in suburbia, whatever you prefer. Tell me what they are about, describe the changes a shape shifter goes through when they change, what are they like, emotional beings or dark spirits seeking revenge, relationships or just looking to blend in with our human society. I prefer the stories for this anthology to be longer ones but I am not placing a restriction on the length. Be creative and send me the story you want to shine with. In addition you may send me your best Vampire and Wolf Stories……Poetry as well. Submission guidelines: Deadline for submissions – July 15th, 2014 – or until full. Word Count: 1,000 – 6,000 words. FORMAT: Single space with indented paragraphs, no space between paragraphs and standard 12 font. Use centered *** for scene breaks, and please put your bio at the end of the story in the manuscript, 100 words or less. Please make sure your story is how you want it to appear in print, and pay attention to grammar and punctuation! No Headers or footers and use Bold Print for the first two words of your story! *I am accepting poetry, send up to 10 poems!!!!!!!!!!!! *Send your documents as RTFs. *You may send up to Three stories! Upon acceptance into the anthology, you agree that Horrified Press holds exclusive publishing rights for six months from the date...

Deadline: July 15th, 2014 Payment: Exposure and Royalties Flash fiction & Short Stories (1,000 – 6,000 words) Poetry and re-prints will also be considered For this anthology I would like stories set in the big city. Monsters and demons in the midst of the crowd, the busy streets of a bustling city. You may use any sort of monster you like just as long as it is frightening. Elements of modern society are welcome, leather, studs tattoos etc…..not required but encouraged. Use your imagination and show me what fear in the big city is! Please put “Neon And Blood” in the subject line! Please submit your story or poem as an RTF! Submission guidelines: Deadline for submissions – July 15th, 2014 – or until full. Word Count: 1,000 – 6,000 words. FORMAT: Single space with indented paragraphs, no space between paragraphs and standard 12 font. Use centered *** for scene breaks, and please put your bio at the end of the story in the manuscript, 100 words or less. Please make sure your story is how you want it to appear in print, and pay attention to grammar and punctuation! No Headers or footers and use Bold Print for the first two words of your story! *I am accepting poetry, send up to 10 poems!!!!!!!!!!!! *Send your documents as RTFs. *You may send up to Three stories! Upon acceptance into the anthology, you agree that Horrified Press holds exclusive publishing rights for six months from the date of publication; after that date has passed, all intellectual property rights revert to the author with the proviso that Horrified Press retains distribution rights in the format of the contracted anthology. This title will be available as an e-book and trade quality paperback. Ron Koppelberger will be presiding over this anthology. Email your...

Deadline: August 28th, 2014 Payment: $5 per story Flash fiction & Short Stories (1,000 – 1,600 words). Poetry and re-prints will also be considered. Miskatonic Press is launching its first magazine. Feel free to submit your horror short stories for consideration. This will mainly be to get you exposure, we can’t pay much for a monthly magazine. Dark fairy tales, bizarre, horror, surrealism, dark science-fiction and steam punk. Submission guidelines: Deadline for submissions –August 28th, 2014 – or until full. Word Count: 1,000 – 1,600 words. Please submit your manuscript as a *.rtf, *.doc or *.docx file (all other formats will automatically be rejected. Contact me prior to submitting if this presents an issue for you.) No headers, footers or page numbers. Please check grammar. PLEASE!!! Upon acceptance into the anthology, you agree that Miskatonic Press holds exclusive publishing rights for six months from the date of publication; after that date has passed, all intellectual property rights revert to the author with the proviso that Miskatonic Press retains distribution rights in the format of the contracted anthology. This title will be available as an e-book and eventually trade quality paperback. Michael Porter will be presiding over this anthology. Email your submission as an attachment to: [email protected] The email subject line must read “SUBMISSION – DREAMING – ‘your story title’” or your submission will not be considered for this anthology. Successful applicants will be notified before the deadline has expired.

Deadline: July 28th, 2014 Payment: Exposure and Royalties. $5 per story Flash fiction & Short Stories (1,000 – 1,600 words). Poetry and re-prints will also be considered. Miskatonic Press is launching its first magazine. Feel free to submit your horror short stories for consideration. This will mainly be to get you exposure, we can’t pay much for a monthly magazine. Dark fairy tales, bizarre, horror, surrealism, dark science-fiction and steam punk. Submission guidelines: Deadline for submissions –July 28th, 2014 – or until full. Word Count: 1,000 – 1,600 words. Please submit your manuscript as a *.rtf, *.doc or *.docx file (all other formats will automatically be rejected. Contact me prior to submitting if this presents an issue for you.) No headers, footers or page numbers. Please check grammar. PLEASE!!! Upon acceptance into the anthology, you agree that Miskatonic Press holds exclusive publishing rights for six months from the date of publication; after that date has passed, all intellectual property rights revert to the author with the proviso that Miskatonic Press retains distribution rights in the format of the contracted anthology. This title will be available as an e-book and eventually trade quality paperback. Michael Porter will be presiding over this anthology. Email your submission as an attachment to: [email protected] The email subject line must read “SUBMISSION – DREAMING – ‘your story title’” or your submission will not be considered for this anthology. Successful applicants will be notified before the deadline has expired. Via: Miskatonic Press.

Deadline: July 30th, 2014 Payment: 4% royalties after cost per story published in ebook and paperback form Currently seeking stories for a nature-run-amok anthology! Think Hitchcock’s The Birds or Herbert’s The Rats. Think plagues of locusts, and those stories on the news where it rains spiders. Night of the Lepus. Willard. While we love giant monsters as much as anybody, this time it’s not about size, but sheer NUMBERS. Why have one huge mad killer thing when you could have hundreds of smaller mad killer things? Send us otherwise ordinary critters, but send them in multitudes. Send us swarms, hordes, flocks, droves, schools, what-have-you. Just make it a LOT of them. Make it creative. Make it different. Put some less-likely species in the spotlight, unusual settings, bizarre twists. Maybe they’re on a vengeful, deadly rampage. Maybe they’re simply on the move and woe to whoever gets in the way. Maybe they’re being directed, or maybe they’re acting on their own instinct. From the creepy-crawly to the cute-and-cuddly, from wildlife to livestock and from household pests to household pets, let’s see what horrors can happen when animals attack! Email submissions as a .doc or .rtf to [email protected] with Teeming Terrors in the subject line. Standard manuscript format, Times New Roman 12-point preferred. Deadline – July 30th Word Count – 1500 to 6000 All submissions should: Be in Standard Manuscript Format (http://www.shunn.net/format/story.html). Be written in British English only. Be typed in Courier or Times New Roman 12 Include your full details (name/address/telephone number/email address) Be sent to [email protected] as .doc or .rtf documents with the email subject header “SURNAME/TERROR/WORDCOUNT”. Previously published stories WILL NOT be considered for this anthology. Authors will retain copyright. Multiple submissions up to a maximum of two stories per author can be submitted. We will write to you...

Deadline: July 31st 2014 Payment: Charity Anthology - Exposure Only Payment: Exposure & discounted copies ALL profits received will go to THE AUTISM TRUST   Flash fiction & Short Stories (3,000 – 6,000 words)   Poetry and re-prints will also be considered The world is never quite as it seems; full of infinite contradictions and things just beyond the realm of understanding for many of us. Often, we try to disregard what we cannot comprehend, choosing ignorance over clarity as we turn a blind eye to that which may cause us discomfort. The world is a broken place defined by endless shards of cracked reality, but in the jagged crevices light seeps through…a light that sometimes shines so bright, its magnificence is impossible to ignore. For too long a time, a shroud of darkness was thrown over those who’ve had boundless potential to transcend greatness – shunned and cast out – often put down and made to feel ‘less than’. But a brilliant mind can’t be caged away forever; instantaneous flickers in time will reveal the magnitude and depth of the human spirit. Extraordinary people marked ‘not normal’ come from all different walks of life, and at times the rest of us can consider ourselves fortunate to have witnessed moments when they have broken through the shell of misjudgment forced upon them. People like Susan Boyle, from ‘Britain’s Got Talent’, who took a bus ride one day that changed her life forever, or Dan Aykroyd, a writer and actor who brought laughter to many on Saturday Night Live. As Alexis Wineman, Miss Montana, who competed in the Miss America pageant, said, “Normal is just a dryer setting”. We couldn’t agree more—this is a very personal project for Suzie Lockhart & Bruce Lockhart 2nd. There is a common thread that links these inspirational figures,...

Deadline: July 31st 2014 Payment: AU$20 And 1 Digital Contributors Copy Our history has plenty to write about — the Roman Empire, the plague, Ancient Egyptians, dinosaurs and cavemen, civil wars, space travel; just to name a few. But what if you throw magic in or perhaps aliens, how would that change history? The title of this anthology is yet to be determined, but it will be an anthology featuring speculative fiction short stories, with a strong connection to our history. As always, we want stories with a difference. We do not want long descriptions and weather reports. “Speculative fiction” includes fantasy, science fiction and horror elements. The stories can mix these genres and should be aimed at the adult market, but only stories with a connection to our history will be accepted. The anthology is due for release in various digital formats only in late 2014/early 2015. You can submit through Kayelle Press's Submittable.

Deadline: July 31st 2014 Payment: royalties after cost per story published in ebook and paperback form. The takeaway, the staple of British cuisine and a sign of our multi-culturalism. Yet what lurks beneath the Saturday night doner dripping with fat, the curry with 'lamb' and what exactly is Cod Roe anyway? To be edited by Stewart Hotston and published by KnightWatch Press, Chip Shop Horrors will be an anthology of new stories about the nightmares faced in creating, cooking, delivering and eating fast food. We are looking for stories about takeaway food and everything that could imply. Not the typical horror or mystery story but something from that really forces the reader to consider their next pizza with discomfort and despair. Stories can be Horror, Psychological, Crime or any other genre as long as it’s fresher than tonight's sweet and sour sauce! In the end we're looking for exciting stories about the horrors of takeaways. All submissions should: Be between 4,000 and 6,000 words in Standard Manuscript Format (http://www.shunn.net/format/story.html). Be written in British English only. Be typed in Courier or Times New Roman 12 Include your full details (name/address/telephone number/email address) Be sent to [email protected] as .doc or .rtf documents with the email subject header “SURNAME/CHIPSHOP/WORDCOUNT”. Previously published stories WILL NOT be considered for this anthology. Authors will retain copyright. Multiple submissions up to a maximum of two stories per author can be submitted. We will write to you within approximately four weeks of the submission deadline to let you know if you have been successful. We will pay royalties after cost per story published in ebook and paperback form.

Deadline: July 31st, 2014 Payment: $25.00 per story and a contributor copy Great Old Ones Publishing is proud to open a call for petri“PERNICIOUS INVADERS.” Disease. Dimples in flesh move of their own volition. Our bodies aren’t our own. We’ve become host to PERNICIOUS INVADERS. In a land of pestilence, the infected wander a barren landscape…not in search of salvation, but for a darker truth. On a newly discovered world, parasites treat a colony as edible transportation. Beneath the cloud-capped mountains of Washington spiders place more than just eggs in an unsuspecting camper. On the streets of Rome, a demon legion rides within a Trojan woman to finally breach the gates of the Vatican. From microscopic organisms bringing the power of man to its knees to the vile creatures using us as walking incubators, they are all PERNICIOUS INVADERS. cellsGreat Old Ones Publishing is looking for well-written stories ranging from 3,000 – 8,000 words themed with having our bodies overtaken. Possession? Yes. Infestation? Sure. Subjugation? Absolutely. We must insist that the story be horror. It doesn’t mean you can’t have humor or even romance, but it should not dominate your story. Our readers expect to be scared and so do we. Other genres are acceptable such as thriller, techno-thriller, mystery, sci-fi, fantasy, and exploitation, however they all must have horror as the main theme. MECHANICS: –———————————— * – DEADLINE: July 31st, 2014 * – WORD COUNT: 3,000–8,000 words (query for shorter / longer) * – PAYMENT: $25.00 per story and a contributor copy * – REPRINTS: No * – MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS: Limit of two with a maximum of one accepted * – SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS: No * – POETRY: No * – FORMAT: JUSTIFICATION: Left-justify only * – FONT: 12 point Times New Roman or 12 point Courier New * –...