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Deadline: January 1st 2012 Payment: one contributor’s copy edited by A.J.French Submission Deadline January 1, 2012 I’m happy to announce that I am editing a new anthology, which will be published by Wicked East Press. Payment will be one contributor’s copy. In addition to the contributor's copies, this anthology is offering pro rates for one story from an established writer, and $25 for three of the editor's favorite stories. We believe this is equitable as the established writer will draw readers to the work which is excellent exposure. The anthology will feature custom professional cover art, and I’ll be purchasing professional ad space once the book is in print. Review copies will go out, as well as copies to Ellen Datlow and other Best Of compendiums. The theme of this anthology is satyrs. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR: Dark fantasy and horror stories featuring a satyr as a main character or a character that is integral to the plot. Satyrs are mythical creatures from Greek Mythology that are half human, half goat. They follow Dionysus, the Greek god of wine, ritual madness, and ecstasy. They walk the line between the animalistic urges in us and the human capacity for thought. The human vs. the animal. Satyrs embody the two. For more on satyrs please see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyr. Urban satyrs or even just people dressing up as satyrs is of interest to me, as well. While I am mostly seeking horror stories, such as Pan’s Labyrinth and Brian Keene’s Dark Hollow, I will also look at fantasy stories set in a fantasy world, as long as they are dark. Satyrs are often characterized by their insatiable hunger for wine, revelry, and sex, so a combination of all three is strongly encouraged, but isn’t necessary. Please feel free to be original with your...

Deadline: January 16th 2012 Payment: 4% of the book’s profit with no cap + 1 contributor copy. Evil Jester Press is proud announce, a new biannual collection of the very best in horror fiction. EVIL JESTER DIGEST—Volume One Edited by Peter Giglio Now open for submissions! Submission window: December 4, 2011 – January 16, 2012 Reading period: January 16, 2012 – January 31, 2012 Final selections: February 1, 2012 Scheduled release Date: March 26, 2012—the book will debut at World Horror Convention in Salt Lake City! Payment: 4% of the book’s profit with no cap + 1 contributor copy. The story selected as “Best in Volume” will receive placement as the anthology’s first story, and the book’s custom cover art will be based on that author’s tale! All author’s names will be included on the front cover! "Best in Volume" will also receive a certificate commemorating the honor! Number of accepted stories: Ten stories will be accepted for volume 1. Story length: 3,000 – 10,000 words Theme: This is a non-themed horror anthology, part of a biannual series. Send us your best! Submission format: Double spaced, 12 point Times New Roman, italics for italics (do not underline), scene breaks divided by ***, ¼” indents for new paragraphs, 1” margins, contact information and word count at top of submission, 1 space after punctuation. Send submissions to: spiderbond325(at)hotmail.com—Questions should be sent to the same email address. Please include a short third person bio with each submission—this is the bio that will appear with your story if it is selected for publication. Reprints: No—Evil Jester Digest will be comprised of all original stories. We will contract selected authors for exclusive worldwide print rights for a period of one year. We look forward to reading your stories!

Deadline: January 30th, 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. 50% of the royalties will be distributed between all contributors. UNDER THE BED They haunt us all. Those whispered tales of monsters hiding under the bed, or of the demons lurking in the shadowy corner where we dare not glance for fear that seeing them will make them all too real. Oh, how the innocent landscape of a child’s imagination lends fertile soil to horrors ready to be sown on the slightest of sounds; the tales and the terror they wreak on our youthful minds never quite leaves us. Reach into the forgotten recesses of your twisted mind. Share with us the tales of nightmares that can only thrive in the hidden corners of a child’s imaginings; the bogeyman under the bed, the outlandishly fiendish clown perched upon a rocker, the slight murmur of sound coming from the closet… did you close the door completely? Explore the myriad terrors that only a child can twist from nothing into some ‘thing’ in the span of a single rapid breath. Do you dare delve into your own memories for inspiration? Perhaps you’ll start sleeping with the lights on again... Tell us, who is Under the Bed? Submission guidelines; Deadline for submissions - Monday, January 30th, 2012. 4000 - 10,000 words. Please submit your manuscript as a *.doc or *.docx file in Verdana; 12 point font; single spacing and standard formatting. 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 acceptance into the anthology, you agree that Sirens Call Publications...

Deadline: January 30th, 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. 50% of the royalties will be distributed between all contributors. They haunt us all. Those whispered tales of monsters hiding under the bed, or of the demons lurking in the shadowy corner where we dare not glance for fear that seeing them will make them all too real. Oh, how the innocent landscape of a child’s imagination lends fertile soil to horrors ready to be sown on the slightest of sounds; the tales and the terror they wreak on our youthful minds never quite leaves us. Reach into the forgotten recesses of your twisted mind. Share with us the tales of nightmares that can only thrive in the hidden corners of a child’s imaginings; the bogeyman under the bed, the outlandishly fiendish clown perched upon a rocker, the slight murmur of sound coming from the closet… did you close the door completely? Explore the myriad terrors that only a child can twist from nothing into some ‘thing’ in the span of a single rapid breath. Do you dare delve into your own memories for inspiration? Perhaps you’ll start sleeping with the lights on again... Tell us, who is Under the Bed? Submission guidelines; Deadline for submissions - Monday, January 30th, 2012. 4000 - 10,000 words. Please submit your manuscript as a *.doc or *.docx file in Verdana; 12 point font; single spacing and standard formatting. 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 acceptance into the anthology, you agree that Sirens Call Publications holds exclusive publishing...

Dark Faith 2 Deadline: January 31st 2012 Payment: 5 cents a word, up to 4000 words Apex will be publishing a follow-up to the Nebula, Bram Stoker, and Black Quill-nominated anthology Dark Faith. The book will be 80,000 words and pay five cents a word (up to four thousand words). It will debut late-summer 2012. We buy First World anthology print rights and digital rights (for three years). We’re looking for the story only you could write, something deeply personal and at the same time universal. Everyone believes in something and we want you to put those beliefs to the test. We’re looking for smart, literate stories that don’t proselytize or stereotype. Stories that make you think, that comment on the human condition and the social order. Stories that are rich in their use of language. However, as much as we love social commentary, don’t forget to entertain us. The best way to get a feel for what we’re looking for is to read Dark Faith. Submissions will be accepted from 1/1/2012 until 1/31/2012. Unsolicited stories received outside this timeframe will be deleted, unread. Please include a cover letter with your submission–even if we know you. Please send no more than one submission at a time. No reprints. Simultaneous submissions will be accepted as long as you tell us up front (and immediately withdraw the story if you sell it). All submissions must be emailed as an RTF file to Maurice Broaddus and Jerry Gordon at [email protected].

Deadline: January 31st 2012 Payment: £10 for first World e-publication rights Nasty Snips 2 NASTY SNIPS II is now open for submissions! In 2012, Pendragon Press will be publishing its first ever e-anthology – and a sequel to Christopher C Teague's original Nasty Snips in 1999 (which kick-started the entire journey into madness which is book publishing). This time around, he will be joined by Katy O'Dowd, Ross Anthony Warren and Esther Sherman in the unenviable task of reading for this, a truly OPEN anthology for anyone! We are looking for short, sharp and shocking tales of the flash fiction variety – that is 1000 words or less. Pendragon Press will be paying a token £10 for first World e-publication rights (which equates to roughly 1p/word). The reading period will close on 31st January 2012 with publication scheduled, with a virtual launch to coincide with next year's FantasyCon. Submissions in standard format to submissions pendragonpress . (If you would like to find out what sort of short, sharp and shocking tales then copies of the original Nasty Snips are available….)

Deadline: January 31, 2012 Payment: Exposure Only prose fiction The Dead Walk Again is a conceptual piece oriented around a few basic concepts: A zombie apocalypse has occurred. The Dead have risen from their graves and anyone that dies from anything besides serious head trauma will reanimate as a member of the walking dead. A group of survivors somewhere in the United States have set up a website to allow very basic communication among other survivors through surviving PDA and wireless devices. That people from all over the country have sent in their personal narratives to be told on their site. I want to see an emphasis on realism whenever possible in storytelling. We are very much focused on the few survivors of a society that has shut down by zombies roaming in hordes around the country. Outside of that one conceit, the world is pretty much just a blasted out facsimile of our own. A few solid resources exist to tell what would happen to our country and world if our cities were suddenly abandoned and taken over by wildlife and can be found in the master reference list below. Zombies in the world of The Dead Walk Again are very traditional. They are shambling monstrosities with no recognizable brain function outside of walk and eat (humans). Outside of humans and dogs, they show no sign of interest in eating any traditional North American animals. They can only be killed by damage to the brain. They suffer from rot and decay, but will not continuously rot until nothing is left of their bodies. A bite from a zombie will pass the infection on. Any concerns about the nature of zombies in the world should be put towards the e-mail listed on the account below. What We Want: The Dead...

Deadline: February 1st 2012 Payment: Exposure only Working Title: "Tales For The Smallest Room" Publisher: KnightWatch Press Edited by: David Naughton-Shires Release Date: TBA NOTE: Submitting a piece to this project will be considered an agreement to the payment and usage detail mentioned below no contracts will be sent for this project. WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR: (DRABBLE: noun - a story told with one hundred words no more no less. For this market the title and your name are not part of the 100 words ) - Drabble stories of exactly 100 words - any genre that falls within the KnightWatch remit (if not sure please feel free to ask on FB or via email) - Multiple submissions are allowed LET YOUR IMAGINATIONS GO CRAZY!!! THINK SMALL!!!! QUESTIONS? CONTACT: - David Naughton-Shires at [email protected] *Thanks SO much and feel free to share this with ANY authors you feel would be interested in contributing :) What rights do we want? First publishing rights, (we will review pre published Drabbles on an individual basis but stories that have not been previously printed will get first place) the right to use the drabble for as long as there is demand for the book, the right to edit each Drabble for any missed grammatical errors, and the right to use parts of the book and the author's name for promotion. You will keep all other rights and can republish the story once the book has been in print for six months. What you get: This is a ‘for the fun of it’ submission only. How your stories should be sent: - Type in WORD format, if possible. Single spaced - YOU retain rights to your Drabble - Save file as: SMALLEST_YourTitle - Title, Author's Name, and Author's Email MUST be on the document. -...