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Deadline: Oct. 1st 2013 Payment: $10 Our payment for stories is $10. Our general rules are: (1) We hew to a PG standard and (2) nothing that makes our editors sick. (3)Please put in your "subject" line the title of the antho for which you intend your story. Please read our Style Book before you send us a story. The link to it is next to this Writers' Guidelines link at the top of the opening screen. NOTE FOR 2013 ANTHOLOGIES: Since so many people are at least a bit superstitious about the number "13," and we're going to be stuck with it for a whole year, let's have some fun with it. By adding the word "Lucky" to our 2013 titles, our writers can add an element of "luck" into their stories. Bad luck? Good luck? Who knows? Associate Editor, David Perlmutter Send stories to him at lucky [email protected] THEME: It's Christmas and it's lucky -- or unlucky? -- and sf/f/h. Maximum word length, 4000 words. Deadline Oct. 1, 2013 (or when book is filled, meaning 20 stories accepted.) Reading period Oct 1 - 31 Formatting period Nov 1 - Nov. 15 Publication date Nov 15, 2013 Before submitting make sure to read the Guidelines!

Deadline: August 1 - October 1, 2013 Payment: free trade paperback copy of the book, plus a $5 advance on royalties. Contributors will also be able to purchase more print copies at a 50% discount on the cover price Mummies, Zombies, Vampires, Ghosts... if it's dead and still getting around, we're interested in it. Stories should be set in the winter months. Holiday stories are welcome... Hanukkah, Christmas, Solstice, Kwanzaa, etc... but they should be winter holidays. We're seeking stories that are 3000 - 8000 words in length (firm). Query about reprints. We will accept multiple submissions, but not simultaneous submissions. Open submission period: August 1 - October 1, 2013. All contributors will receive a free trade paperback copy of the book, plus a $5 advance on royalties. Contributors will also be able to purchase more print copies at a 50% discount on the cover price. We're seeking first world rights in English to publish in print and electronic format for 12 months, beginning on the date of publication. Please see our Guidelines and Payment page for further information on the rights we ask for and the compensation we offer. Publisher's note: Mystery and Horror is a market that welcomes LBGTQ, multiethnic,multinational, nontraditional, and unusual fiction. We are concerned with well-written stories involving well-developed characters.

Deadline: October 1st Payment: Exposure Only Quick Snippets: Genre -- Horror Word Count -- 2k to 4k Payment -- None Story Status -- Unpublished Submission Period -- July 1st through October 1st (not before) Illustrations -- Please Reading Period -- October 1st through December 1st Response Time -- 30 days after end of submission period Publication Target -- First Quarter 2014 (or earlier) STORYLINE For Mother of Gothic Angels, Razor Thin Studios is looking for tales of horror with a Gothic mood. Angels is of course the primary goal, but beyond that it is up to the writer. The only things we ask is that the tales are dark brooding and show the darkness that resides within the Gothic hearts of the angels being portrayed. Finally, make your angels unique, genuine – no need to bring up Constantine or Gabriel rich tales as they are, what they are … used. FORMATTING We prefer standard manuscript formatting (good example: http://www.shunn.net/format/story.html). FIRST PRINTING RIGHTS Bear in mind that most publications will not publish pieces that have been published in print, eBook, or on the web, so for all intents and purposes after your work is published by us it can only be marketed as a reprint, which severely limits the number of markets that will accept it, and drastically reduces the pay rate it can receive. It is up to you, the author, to decide if publishing your work in print and/or eBook formats and/or on the web, giving up your First Publishing Right for no and/or a token payment, is really what you want to do. Format MS Word (.rtf .doc .docx) WORD COUNT Our target is ten to fifteen short stories composed of two- to four-thousand words each. We may accept slightly longer or shorter stories if they appeal to...

Deadline: October 1st 2013 Payment: Electronic copy of the book and $10 OR One paperback contributor's copy Yup… it's a bizarro anthology… but what the heck is bizarro? To us, it's intellectual and poetic freedom. It's about exploring the limits of literature and creativity. It can be argued that many classics are bizarro: George Orwell's Animal Farm has talking animals that take over a farm, and Kafka's Metamorphosis features a suffering protagonist who has spontaneously become a cockroach. For more on this visit the bottom of our Submissions page. If you're still unsure what bizarro is, we suggest checking out this article about the topic. Please don't use Wikipedia for your definition. In addition, you can peruse the library of books already published by Bizarro Pulp Press. Here's the article by Mike Klein at Flavorwire. The artwork for this anthology was provided by Alan M. Clark. How to submit: Format/Content: Please send submissions to [email protected] Your query must include a brief synopsis of the story (200 words maximum). We are doing this to help narrow down the non-relevant submissions. Word count must be between 3500 and 7000 words. Please query for longer works, but use professional discretion in this matter. Georgia font, 12 pt, double space .Doc or .rtf files only Labeling: The first page of your document must have ONLY the title of the story. Your biographical information, including name and word count, are included AT THE BOTTOM of the document. (we explain this strange request further down in this post) Please refrain from using an Email Address that may give our editors a clue toward who you might be. We prefer receiving submissions blindly if we can help it. Deadline: August 1st-October 1st Acceptances/rejections will not be mailed out until after the anthology has closed. Payment: You will...

Deadline: October 1st 2013 Payment: 2 cents/word on publication Mythic Delirium is an online and e-book venue for fiction and poetry that ranges through science fiction, fantasy, horror, interstitial and cross-genre territory— we love blurred boundaries and tropes turned on their heads. We are interested in work that demonstrates ambition, that defies traditional approaches to genre, that introduces readers to the legends of other cultures, that re-evaluates the myths of old from a modern perspective, that twists reality in unexpected ways. We are committed to diversity, and are open to and encourage submissions from people of every race, gender, nationality, sexual orientation, political affiliation and religious belief. We publish 12 short stories and 24 poems a year. Our quarterly ebooks in PDF, EPUB and MOBI format, published in July, October, January, and April, will each contain three stories and six poems. We will also publish one story and two poems on our website each month. Short stories: We are seeking short stories of up to 4,000 words. Electronic submissions only. Word limit firm. No unsolicited reprints. No simultaneous submissions. No multiple submissions. Please use the words “fiction submission” in the e-mail subject line. Stories should be sent in standard manuscript format as .rtf or .doc attachments. Payment is 2 cents/word on publication. Poems: You may submit up to 6 poems at a time of any length. Electronic submissions only. No unsolicited reprints. No simultaneous submissions. Please use the words “poetry submission” in the e-mail subject line. Poems may be included in the e-mail or sent as .rtf or .doc attachments. Payment is a $5 flat fee on publication. All submissions should be sent to mythicdeliriumgmailcom.

Deadline: October 2nd 2013 Payment:$10 per story accepted Mocha Memoirs Press is pleased to announce that a new horror and dark fantasy anthology is now open for submissions. Please read all of the information provided. Submission Deadline and Publication Schedule:We will remain open for submissions from August 12-September 12, with an expectation that the anthology will be published by October 2. What We Want In the Bloodstream will be an open themed dark fantasy and horror anthology of 31 short stories, released as a digital book and as a paperback book. Your submission must contain elements of dark fantasy or horror to be considered. The subject matter is up to you. We want beautiful prose and originality wrapped up in the darkest, creepiest story you’ve ever conceived. What We Don’t Want We don’t want slasher horror or splatterpunk for this collection. We will reject any stories that contain . Stories featuring well-worn tropes (vampires, zombies, werewolves) will be an extremely hard sell. Violence is fine, but gratuitous gore isn’t. We don’t mind sex if its integral to the plot, but we don’t want an adult-film script. Other than that, use your imagination to make us cringe and tremble. Submissions ▪Submit your work to mmphorror(at)gmail(dot)com with Submission: your story title_your last name in the subject line. Attach your story as a DOC, DOCX, or RTF file. Submissions sent in the body of the email will not be read. ▪ We prefer to see submissions using something approaching Standard Manuscript Format, which can be found here: http://www.shunn.net/format/story.html The only exception is that italics MUST appear as they will be used; no underlining.  Include a brief cover letter in the body of your email stating your name, pen name (if using one), story title with word count, address, website or blog, and any professional publication credits you think...

Deadline: October 4th, 2013 Payment: $10 and audio format publishing for the winner geophagy : noun the practice of eating earthy matter, especially clay or chalk. Some people eat dirt. Yes, really. It is weird, it is widespread, and it is not well-understood. Which for our money makes it perfect fodder for this month's flash fiction contest. We're looking for a story of no more than 1,000 words that explores this strange custom. The story does not necessarily need to focus on real examples of geophagy, though it is worth remembering that the best lies stories contain some kernel of truth. The deadline for entry is October 4th of 2013. Send entries to [email protected] and include "Eaters of Earth" in the subject line. Word documents are very much preferred. The winner of the contest will receive ten dollars and the story will produced in audio form and published on the Human Echoes Podcast. Good luck, and happy writing! Via: Human Echoes Podcast.

Deadline: $25.00, payable upon publicatio Payment: October 15th 2013 Submit to Emby Press Reading Period: 3/15/13 through 10/15/13 Tentative Publication Date: December 2013 Payment: $25.00, payable upon publication for First Worldwide Print and Electronic rights. Word Limits: 2000 to 10,000 words. Submissions will only be accepted as DOC (Word) or RTF formats, submitted through our submissions link. Genres Accepted: Steampunk Original, unpublished work only. No reprints, please! No simultaneous subs (submitting to emby and another press at the same time). No multiple subs, please (keeping in mind that I will notify all authors as soon as possible if a story is declined so that they may submit that story to another market and hopefully submit another story to our book). Please read and follow our submission guidelines. Steampunk and monster hunting; allow me to submit that a more perfect union has never been. Give us an undersea expedition set after marine reptile remnants of the Mesozoic Era, airships engaged in a moonlit campaign against murderous lycanthropes or even a young inventor finally succeeding in the trapping of a ghost… Stories may be set in the past, present or future. I hesitate to say more, lest I disturb the turning of ideas that have already begun in the gears of the Steampunk’s minds. Suffice it to say that I’m looking for all new, unpublished material. Any further inquiries may be made directly to the editor (myself) at [email protected] [via: Emby Press.

Submission Window: September 1st 2013 - October 15, 2013 Payment: 5 cents per word and contributor's copy What we are looking for? Short fiction 2,000 to 4,000 words Book reviews (classic & contemporary) 500-750 words each (click HERE for suggested titles) Film reviews (classic & contemporary) 500-750 words each (click HERE for suggested titles) Poetry (100 words or so) Non-fiction (on topic) 500 to 3,000 words Simultaneous submission are acceptable (with notification) Sorry, NO reprints or FAN FICTION Topics? Winter 2014 - Strange Among the Familiar 15-JAN-14 Release Date Payment? In most cases payment will be 5 cents per word within 60 days of acceptance and a contributor's copy within 30 days of publication. Exceptions may be made for work outside the word count parameters. In return we ask for first worldwide print and digital rights for SIX (6) months from publication. After six months from publication, all rights revert. Winter 2014 - September 1 - October 15, 2013 Decisions by December 1, 2013 The Devil's in the Details Jamais Vu is a new pro journal from Post Mortem Press, set to feature the absolute best in dark fiction, poetry, factual morsels, criticism, and more. The title comes from the French--The strange among the familiar--and is as close to a "theme" as we're looking for. Confused? Think Richard Matheson, Jack Finney, Neil Gaiman. Specifically, we're a horror/thriller market, but are open to crossing genres, given that one of the crossed genres is horror/thriller (no western-romance, or science fiction-mystery, okay?) Language and violence are not a problem if both components are integral to the plot, dedicating 3,000 words of your 4,000 story to the graphic depiction of human mutilation would have a hard time. The tropes--vampires, zombies, serial killers, werewolves--will have also struggle to get noticed unless the writer presents them...

Deadline: October 15th 2013 Payment: Exposure Only General Deadline for general submissions with any horror theme is October 15th 2013 (midnight, GMT). Submissions received AFTER this time will be considered for future editions. Click HERE for full submission guidelines. Special Call As the summer recedes and the days grow shorter…and darker…and colder, the longest night approaches. Massacre Magazine is looking for winter solstice themed stories for its first edition. Can your words chill Jack Frost to the bone? Will your demons drive an icicle through the heart of Krampus? Whether your story is about the longest night itself, rituals gone awry, Hell freezing over, or creatures that lurk beneath our frozen surface, we want to see it. Deadline for winter solstice themed stories is October 31st 2013 (midnight, GMT). Word count: 1000 – 5000. In the subject line of your email please put: SOLSTICE/YOUR NAME/TITLE OF YOUR WORK. For complete guidelines click HERE. It is our aim to release Issue 1 with the winter solstice content around December 1st 2013. 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. Guidelines What do we need? We do not accept submissions by post or courier. You must submit to us by email and the address is: [email protected] 1. In the subject line of your email please put: MAGSUB/YOUR NAME/TITLE OF YOUR WORK 2. Attach your work as a .doc .docx or .rtf attachment ONLY. Emails with other kinds of attachment (eg. Zipped files) will be deleted. Sorry, but this is for internet security. Manuscripts should be formatted in 12 point Times New Roman, double spaced with one inch margins. Please indent paragraphs do not TAB;...