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Deadline: December 31st Payment: Exposure Only The third entry into our anthology series will focus on those lovable lumps of huggable goodness- teddy bears. But in the world of Satan's Toybox, nothing is as it seems, even your best friend and companion. Send us your horror story featuring the most benign appearing stuffed animal you can imagine, all a facade of course. Reading period will be from December 1st to December 31st. Authors will be notified in January, with a scheduled release date of February 14th. Please see submission guidelines for short story preferences. ll submissions should be in either Word.doc or .Rtf formats and sent as attachments to the cover letter email. Type should be Times New Roman 12 point. 1.5 line spacing. One inch margins. Four asterisks or number signs between scene breaks. Page breaks between chapters. Cover email should be a brief introduction to author with links to either author webpage or blog. Twitter link is also helpful. We like to check author presence out as well as your writing. Author contact info and word count should be on the first page of manuscript. Author names, title of work and page numbers are not necessary on each page of MS. Please put the title of the work, which type of submission (novella, anthology, short story, novel), and word count in the subject line of the email. Send to [email protected]

Payment: 10 dollars per story and a free copy of the E-Book upon publication Deadline: February 29th 2012 At the height of the nuclear scare of the 1950’s, President Truman commissioned the creation of The Extinction Files, a series of contingency plans created to counter every conceivable extinction event that could possibly threaten mankind. The files sat in a secure location, collecting dust. Only The President and the Vice President, along with a handful of others, actually know of its existence. Now, after decades sitting in silence, at mankind’s darkest hour, the files are once again being re-opened and now man must face it’s ultimate destiny – Death or Survival. Alter Press is seeking previously unpublished stories involving the extinction of mankind. The tales can be as wild and unpredictable as you desire, happy ending or not, likeable characters or out right assholes. What I am NOT looking for is Zombies, Vampires, Were-wolves etc… Be ORIGINAL. If you do have a fantastic story about the zombie apocalypse and want to submit, it will be read and considered, but stories like that must be top tier and very original. Submission Requirements Word count is a strict 4,000 - 6,000 words RTF attachment Single Spaced No Headers, Footers or Page Numbers Use Italics, not Underlines Place Contact Info and approximate word count on the first page of the submission Since this is the first book for a start up publisher, payment will be a flat 10 dollars per story and a free copy of the E-Book upon publication. Deadline for submissions will be Feb 29. Short submission extensions will be considered if author contacts the publisher prior to deadline. Send submissions or questions to [email protected]. Please put Extinction and then your name in the subject line