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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 Only stories previously unpublished may be submitted.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. -...

Deadline: February 13th 2012 Payment: An eBook copy will be sent to all contributors and up to 5 paperback copies will be available for purchase at cost to each contributing author. 50% of the royalties will be distributed between all contributors. What if the worlds of horror and mythology collided; what skeletons might come tumbling out of that particular closet? Open up your mind to the possibilities of reimaged tales or the consequences of unleashing a mythological creature into today’s world. What would happen if Medusa were let loose in NYC? What would the world of mythology be like if Zeus had a penchant for torture and murder? Perhaps the Fey world holds you captivated; but you imagine the benign faerie folk to instead be frighteningly devious creatures that only exist in the darker, more sinister walks of life... Spin us a tale that will scare the reader but still maintain that magical twist from the stories of an age gone by. All mythology is open to interpretation; Greek, Roman, Fey, Chinese, Christian, plus the countless others not mentioned. Your only limitation is the one you place on yourself. * *Stories containing overt sexual content, will be immediately disqualified from consideration. Deadline for submissions - Monday, February 13th, 2012. 4000 - 10,000 words. Please submit your manuscript as a *.doc or *.docx file in Times New Roman, 12 point font. Single spacing and standard formatting are required for consideration. Only stories previously unpublished to be submitted. Upon acceptance into the anthology, you agree that Sirens Call Publications holds exclusive publishing rights for twelve (12) months from the date of publication; after that date has passed; all intellectual property rights revert to the author with the proviso that Sirens Call Publications retains distribution rights in the format of the contracted anthology....

Payment: 1 cent per word for original stories and 1 contributor's copy Deadline: February 15th 2012 Orrin Grey and Silvia Moreno-Garcia tackle the darkest of all horrors: fungi. William Hope Hodgson’s “The Voice in the Night” and its Japanese adaptation, Matango, terrified and fascinated the editors. And - now, they’re back for more. Fungi is an anthology of dark speculative fiction (horror, fantasy, science fiction, and any other variant, such as steampunk) focused solely on the fungal. No happy mushrooms from Mario Bros. A fungus of some type must be a key element in the story, not just a throwaway element. A character can attempt to poison someone with a mushroom, mushroom cultivation may be of importance to the story, the dark patch of mould on the ceiling may begin to terrify an unhappy tenant, a group of people may consume hallucinogenic mushrooms, etc. We are looking for a variety of settings and protagonists. Mushrooms sprout around the world, after all. Oh, and if you can add a story, novel, movie, or TV episode with mushroomy content, please do it! We are keeping a spreadsheet, here. Payment • 1 cent per word for original stories. • Reprints paid at a flat rate of $35. Canadian dollars, eh. Indicate where and when it was published. • One complimentary print copy and one e-book copy provided. Length Short fiction up to 5,000 words. Submitting - E-mail us at fungi.innsmouth AT gmail.com. Subject line: Fungi, . - Do not send more than one short story submission at a time. If we reject one story, you can send another one. - Include a cover letter with the story word count, salient writing credits and any reprint information (if applicable). Yes, we do read cover letters, so include the information. - Attach story as an...

Deadline: February 25th, 2012 Payment: $1.00 for every 1,000 words. Chained In The Attic SUBMISSION DEADLINE: February 25, 2012 WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR: General horror. Here is a place for all your short stories that are wonderful but haven’t found a home in a specialized anthology. This is a collection of stories to be enjoyed by everyone, please keep excessive cussing and sex out unless integral to your character. Email submissions to: [email protected] Word count is 2,000-6,000 Only accepting UNPUBLISHED work Payment will be $1.00 for every 1,000 words. How To Submit: Please put the title of the story, and word count, in the subject line of your email. send to: [email protected] Submissions should: Already be self edited In .rtf format. No spaces between paragraphs Single space after sentences “Double quotations” for conversation No hard returns No headers/footers Use italics NOT underline No hidden formatting Font in Georgia or New Times Roman Submissions pasted in the body of email will be rejected, unread. Questions about this anthologies? Email : [email protected]

Deadline: February 28th, 2012. Payment: Exposure Only Steampunk titled: Clockworks Orchard: Rivets and Rain A new anthology is opened. We are accepting submission for a new steampunk anthology Clockworks Orchard” Rivets and Rain. Deadline for this will be February 28th, 2012. The story must be between 3000 and 10,000 words and should be emailed to [email protected] attached as a .doc (preferred) or .rtf Please send in your submissions using 12 font Times New Roman, single spaced, justified. No hard breaks between paragraphs (hitting return twice to break between paragraphs). Following paragraphs can be started on the next line. Scene breaks or changes in point of view need to be separated by a hard break, centered asterisks (* * *) and a hard break. The title page should contain your contact info and word count.

Deadline: March 1st, 2012 Payment: 1 Contributor's Copy Title: No Rest for the Wicked Edited and Compiled by Stacey Graham Published by: Rainstorm Press Genre: Horror Theme: Think that watch was such a great bargain on eBay? Think again, Sparky. Some items have a history and we want to hear the gory details of what happened after a haunted object enters the picture. Deadline: March 1, 2012 (or until full) Target release date: May 2012 What we are looking for: Ghost stories centered on a haunted object that are well-crafted without a lot of fluff. Write tight! Humor is always welcome. Stories: 3,000 - 5,000 words in length, but will consider shorter stories if it scares the bejeebers out of me Flash fiction: Up to 500 words Poetry: Up to 20 lines What we're not looking for: Gratuitous violence or erotica. Payment: Authors will receive one contributor's copy (print and ebook) plus the option to purchase additional copies at 25% off the retail price. Poems and flash fiction payment will be one ebook copy only. Rights: Rainstorm Press asks for first world print rights, in paperback and digital format, for the first year. After that time, the author may shop the work to other markets, but the work will remain in the anthology for a period of five years from the publication date. No re-prints, please. How to submit: Please submit your story to http://norestforthewicked.submishmash.com/submit. Add your name, contact information (including email address) and a brief bio to the cover letter. Please format your story/poem using examples found here before submitting. You may submit up to three (3) pieces of your work. Questions: Please email norestforthewickedanthATgmail.com. Submissions sent to this email address will be deleted unread.

Deadline: March 1st, 2012 Payment: $50 per accepted piece and 1 contributor's copy The American South is a haunted place — full of ghost stories, native legends, persistent devils & angels, souls sold at the crossroads, and moon-eyed maidens living in the Okefenokee. The South’s best writers — Faulkner, O’Connor, McCullers — all keep this sense of the otherworldly in their fiction. In this spirit, Q & W Publishers is looking for submissions for an anthology of short fiction and non-fiction that explores the fantastic, eerie, and bizarre side of the American South. What To Submit Submit fiction and non-fiction pieces between 1,000 and 4,000 words. Pieces should be grounded in the American South (any time period, pre-historic to modern; rural or urban) and should include elements of the fantastic / supernatural that come from Southern history, tradition, or folklore. Generic vampire and werewolf stories aren’t appropriate. While violence, gore, and eroticism may be part of your submission, they should not be the primary focus — let’s keep it more PG-13 than R-rated. Submissions must be previously unpublished. Payment Payment is $50 per accepted piece. Q & W Publishers will acquire the first publication rights for the piece; all other rights remain with the author. Authors with accepted pieces will also receive one free copy of the published anthology. The anthology may appear in electronic and printed form. How to Submit Please submit your piece to [email protected]. Send a brief introduction and your piece in the body of the e-mail. Include “Anthology” and the title of the piece in the subject line of your e-mail. Timeline Submissions will be accepted until March 1st, 2012. Inclusion decisions will be made by April 1st, 2012.

We're looking for short, dark and scary tales that you can read in one sitting, hence the title. No more than 3000 words per submission, but there is no theme, so just submit your weirdest, freakiest, scariest short story for this one. Closing date is May 1st 2012 Payment will be one printed paperback contributor copy and further copies available at a highly-reduced rate. All manuscripts should be 12pt, double-spaced, and should include author details and word count on the first page. There should be no footers or headers. Submissions can be emailed to [email protected] with the subject of the email being - Submission (followed by the title of the manuscript) Manuscripts will be read and assessed as soon as possible and you will receive a confirmation if we think the manuscript is elegible for publication.