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Deadline: June 25th, 2012 Payment: $10 advance paid upon publication, a contributor copy of the paper version, a royalty percentage split among all contributors We are looking for stories that tell alternative explanations or interpretations of the classic traditions and/or origins of holidays. Stories in the anthology will come from a variety of viewpoints, including the mythical, the magical, and the supernatural. No holiday is too small to be seen from a different perspective. Just think: Easter Egg hunts teaching survival skills to militant bunnies. A groundhog sharing his shadow to pay an ancient debt. St. Valentine creating a holiday to stave off vampire attacks. Halloween as the demons’ day off. You may think you know the truth, but you haven’t heard the real stories yet! Suggested Length: 3,000-7,000 words. Up to 10,000 words is possible, but it will be a HARD sell. Due Date: June 25, 2012 Editors: Richard Storrs and Jessica Porteous Submission Guidelines: Please email your submissions to us at [email protected] Put your story into the BODY of the email (no attachments, please!) and put "Holiday Magick" in your subject line, along with the title of your story. You are welcome to submit multiple stories; stories will be selected based on quality and on achieving a balance of holidays and story genres within the anthology. Legalese: We can only accept previously unpublished stories. Please do not use licensed characters or any trademarked or copyright-protected material without written permission in advance of submission (This is NOT the place for “A Christmas Carol for Jabba the Hutt”). We’re also not looking for stories that use holidays merely as settings, without any connection to holiday traditions. Contributor compensation will include a $10 advance paid upon publication, a contributor copy of the paper version, a royalty percentage split among all contributors,...

Deadline: June 30th, 2012 Payment: five-cents per word (upon publication) plus contributor copy. Anthology Guidelines Title: Hills of Fire: Bare-Knuckle Yarns of Appalachia Publisher: Woodland Press Editor: Frank Larnerd Format: Trade Paperback Payment: five-cents per word (upon publication) plus contributor copy. No reprints Story length: Up to 2500 words No multiple or simultaneous subs Deadline: 12:00am Saturday, June 30th, 2012 E-mail submissions to: [email protected] .doc attachments only. I am looking for fictional pulp action stories in an Appalachian setting. Submitted stories should harken back to the square-jawed tales of Robert E. Howard, Dashiell Hammett, and Louis L'Amour. Stories can be set in any time period, but must take place in the Appalachian region. Stories involving mountain men, moonshine runners, lawmen, heists, wrestling, soldiers, and outlaws are highly encouraged. Addition of regional history and folklore is also advised. Complex characters should be equally mixed with solid plots and high octane excitement. Submissions should avoid popular action clichés and unflattering Appalachian stereotypes. Although the anthology is mainly targeted for adults, we DO NOT want stories containing language or content unsuitable for children. Accepted Manuscript Formatting: Double-spaced. Use Times New Roman (12). Italicize what you want italicized. Single space after sentence-ending punctuation. Be sure to include your name, address, and email on your manuscript.

Deadline: June 30th 2012 Payment: $50 per story, $25 per reprint Now Open to Submissions Heathen Oracle is now accepting stories for its Azieran Adventures anthology, "Artifacts and Relics: Extreme Sorcery" until June 30th. Payment Heathen Oracle will be paying $50 per story, $25 per reprint. Payments will be made within 1 month of publication. Rights For accepted, previously unpublished stories, rights include exclusive publishing rights in all forms for 6 months from release date, afterwards author is free to have story reprinted elsewhere, but Heathen Oracle retains the right to publish the anthology and story in perpetuity in all forms. For reprints, all rights to the story for purposes of reprinting must be retained by the author for publication at Heathen Oracle, during which time the story must not appear in any new publications for the period of 6 months, after which time the author is free to have the story reprinted elsewhere—but Heathen Oracle retains the right to publish the anthology and story in perpetuity in all forms. This will allow us to keep the anthology intact and available to customers. We are paying an upfront fee, rather than paying royalties, as we are a creative operation and have no desire to become accountants, calculating and doling out small sums every period. The anthology will be published as an ebook, with other media options as a future possibility. Format Use Standard MS, and format of PDF, .doc, or .rtf. PDFs may be reviewed first due to editor's preference. Submissions Address Please send submissions to: [email protected]. Place your story title in the subject line. Include a cover letter in the email if you like. Simultaneous submissions are readily accepted--as a freelance writer, until a contract is signed, it is your right to pursue alternate ventures for your work. Multiple...

Deadline: June 30th 2012 Payment: Undisclosed amount and contributor's copy Cast your minds back a couple of months, to when I announced that Spectral will be publishing an annual Christmas Ghost Story anthology, starting in December 2012, in the same tradition as the annuals of the Victorian/Edwardian era. In that same blog I said I would release details of the submission process this January, and that time has duly arrived – so interested parties please read the following carefully!! Unlike the chapbooks, this is an open call for submissions from ALL authors (including those writers already published, or are due to be published, by Spectral). What we are looking for are ghostly/supernatural tales of between 5,000 and 10,000 words, set around the time of the Christmas/Mid-winter celebrations. Think of the kind of thing that MR James and Charles Dickens would have written at this time of year and you’ll be on the right track. The stories should primarily rely on atmosphere, tension, suspense, suggestion and implication to send shivers down peoples’ spines: whilst we are not averse to something of the more visceral kind (provided it works within the context of the story), we are not looking for slasher/unhinged psychopath with a sharp instrument/serial killer or gore-filled fiction. The final format or formats has/have yet to be decided. Please send submissions, in a Word attachment please, to spectralpressgmailcom, with the subject line ‘Spectral Christmas Ghost Story Annual 2012 – submission’. Please do NOT paste your story into the body of the email – if this happens then your submission will be ignored. The deadline for stories to reach us is June 30th 2012 – stories submitted after this date will not be considered. All stories must be original, with the copyright belonging to the author in question, and must not...

Deadline: June 30th, 2012 Payment: Exposure Only A new anthology is opened. We are accepting submission for a new anthology Midnight Movie Creature Feature vol 2. You should probably read MMCF vol 1. We are looking for unique, quirky, b-movie esque, and even the truly terrifying. If it is something that the guys at MST3k would make fun of, then it is definitely the story for us. Deadline for this will be June 30th, 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: June 30th 2012 Payment: $20 and 1 contributor's copy Rule: Female authors only Working Title: Mistresses of the Macabre Edited by: Lori Michelle, Max Booth III, Stan Swanson Publisher: Dark Moon Books Projected Publishing Date: Late Summer 2012 Contact info: [email protected] No doubt about it, woman view the world differently than men. When something scares us, it tends to hit all of our senses and get us emotionally charged. We tend to try to think things through, but are not afraid to kick ass to protect those we love. Dark Moon is looking for stories written by women for a special women’s only anthology. The type of story isn’t important (ghost, zombie, vampire, spider, ghoul, ex-husband) as long as it scares us. Please no over-the-top gore or erotica. Just make sure you frighten us and show everyone that women know how to make those dark nights a little darker and scarier with the best of them. Submission Guidelines: • DEADLINE: June 30th, 2012 • PAYMENT: Authors will receive one complimentary copy of the anthology and payment of $20.00. • Submissions should fall between 1500-6000 words, but a few words over or under is fine. However, submissions that are excessively long will not be considered. • Submissions will only be accepted as attachments in either .doc or .rtf format e-mailed to [email protected]. Please do not embed your story in the e-mail. • E-mails should have the title of the anthology, the author’s last name and the title of the story. i.e. Vampires_Johnson_Fangs for the Memories. • Include your real name (and pen name if using one), address, phone, email, story title and word count on the title page of the submission as well as in the body of your email. Include a brief bio (50 words or less) in the...

Deadline: June 30th, 2012 Payment: Stories that are under 4,999 words will receive a paperback contributor copy of the finished anthology. Stories that are 5,000 words and above will receive $10.00 and one paperback contributor copy as payment. Face Paint: Tales of Murderous Clowns Edited and Compiled by Lyle Perez-Tinics Deadline: June 30, 2012 (or until full) Target release date: August 20, 2012 How to Submit: Send submissions to [email protected] with “Face Paint Submission (story title and author name)” in subject line. Please attach a WORD document file containing your story. Please use Times New Roman, size 10 font and please DO NOT double space or use headers or page counts. Page one of the file must contain your contact information (name, mailing address, E-mail and word count) If any of these items are missing from your document, I will reject right away. If this information is there, it makes it easier for me to contact you. What we are looking for: Everyone is scared of clowns right? Does anyone know why? I don't either. Let's give them a reason to be scared of clowns. We want stories that will make anyone think twice about going to a circus. Remember, just because something is full of gore doesn't mean it's scary. The most horrifying things are what play tricks with your mind. Stories must be between 3,500 - 8,000 words. Works that are shorter or longer will not be considered as well as reprints. Please do not query about those. Payment: Stories that are under 4,999 words will receive a paperback contributor copy of the finished anthology. Stories that are 5,000 words and above will receive $10.00 and one paperback contributor copy as payment. What rights we ask for: Exclusive Anthology Rights and Electronic Media Rights for publication in the...

Deadline: June 30th, 2012 Payment: Exposure Only Cruentus Libri Press is pleased to announce its forthcoming anthology, now open for submission. The Dead Sea is a horror anthology featuring stories set on the high seas. We are looking for tales that successfully combine this nautical setting with undead creatures from the dark recesses of your mind. WHAT WE WANT The nautical theme and the undead monsters are essential. We want to feel that sense of isolation that comes from being caught in the middle of the inhospitable ocean. We don’t care if the action takes place on an ocean liner, a life boat, an oil rig, a diving bell or anything else that you deem appropriate, so long as the comfort of terra firma is nowhere to be found. Likewise, your choice of undead can cover anything from the usual zombies, vampires and werewolves (yeah, we class them as undead here – that’s just how we roll) to ghosts, banshees and any other assorted horrors you can come up with. WHAT WE DON’T WANT Ghosts ships (a la The Flying Dutchman) and zombie pirates. We know that might come as a disappointment to you all, but they’ve been done to death (no pun intended). This is especially true in light of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise and we fell we owe it to our readers to steer well clear. That said, you are welcome to pen stories involving ghost ships of the Mary Celeste persuasion – eerily floating vessels, bereft of human life – just avoid glowing green galleons on the horizon and we’ll be fine. This is a horror anthology intended for an adult audience. Whilst we have no qualms about including sex, violence and swearing in the stories, don’t make it gratuitous – ask yourself whether the...

Deadline: June 30th 2012 Payment: Contributor's copy and £10.00 The Alchemy Press is seeking submissions for THE ALCHEMY PRESS BOOK OF ANCIENT WONDERS edited by Jan Edwards and Jenny Barber. Standing stones, burial mounds, ruined castles or sunken settlements, the ancient sites that litter our landscapes have a mysterious appeal which cannot be denied. Think myth come to life; old folktales updated; the consequences of tomb raiding; hidden guardians and secret civilisations; from archaeology to tourism; mysticism and myth; folklore to the fantastical. Take us on a journey around the esoteric and enigmatic places that cannot fail to fire the imagination. Intrigue us, thrill us, make us wonder about the where, the what and the who. We are interested in fantasy, sf, weird and horror tales of all kinds. (No erotica, romance or poetry.) THE ALCHEMY PRESS BOOK OF ANCIENT WONDERS will be a paperback to be published in September 2012, to be followed by an eBook edition. Successful contributors will receive a copy of the book and a £10.00 advance against royalties on publication. We are after original fiction; but reprints will be considered if they are exceptional. No simultaneous or multiple submissions. We will only accept electronic submissions as email attachments in standard MS format, .rtf, .doc or .docx. Any submissions included in the body of the email will be rejected unread. The subject line should take the form “Title/author’s name” (i.e. The Hobbit/ JRR Tolkien). Contributions must be in the range of 2,000-6,000 words firm, with full contact details on the front page. The submission period runs from April 1st to June 30th 2012. Do not submit outside those dates. No acceptances or rejections will be made until after the deadline; we will endeavour to report back to you six to eight weeks after that. If you...

Deadline: June 30th 2012 Payment: One cent per word and one contributor copy, payable upon publication (negotiated rates for established authors). OPEN SUBMISSIONS - New Fiction Anthology: AFTER DEATH… NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS! New Fiction Anthology: AFTER DEATH… Title: After Death… Edited by: Eric J. Guignard Publisher: Dark Moon Books http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/ Submissions Due: June 30, 2012 Release Date: Spring, 2013 Send submissions and questions to: [email protected] Death. Who has not considered their own mortality and wondered at what awaits, once our frail human shell expires? What occurs after the heart stops beating, after the last breath is drawn, after life as we know it terminates? Each person has their own beliefs, whether based on science, a traditional religion, or perhaps dark, personal experimentation. Do we transcend to another dimension or celestial world? Does our spirit remain while the body rots? Are we given another opportunity to do it all over again? Can we die again in the afterlife? Do we find ways to cheat death and maintain a semblance of living after the mortician declares, D.O.A.? Do we all just end up in a cosmic purée, drunk by an Elvis Presley overlord? I am looking for stories of Horror, Dark, and Speculative Fiction, including all associated sub-genres (NO high-fantasy and limited on hard science fiction) that explore this theme: What may occur to someone AFTER they have died. Yes, this anthology will probably have stories involving demons and angels. Yes, this anthology will probably have stories of people's ghosts coming back to haunt the earth. Yes, this anthology will probably have stories of people reanimating into zombies or vampires or other traditional creatures of the night. However, these "obvious" tales will take a back seat to ideas that are much more disturbing or wildly imaginative. Think of reincarnation into another body...

Deadline: June 30th 2012 Payment: 10 dollars per story and a free copy of the E-Book upon publication. HEAVY METAL HORROR - A SPLATTER PUNK ANTHOLOGY We are seeking previously unpublished stories of the most gruesome, demented and twisted tales your little mind can come up with. Give us your best punk rock style horror. Emphasis should be on originality, shocking and gross (with particular emphasis on originality). Don't know what Splatterpunk is? Here is the link to the Wiki definition. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splatterpunk ======================================================================= Submission Requirements: Word count will be a strict 4K - 10K RTF attachment - (This is important as I have had issues with non RTF files) 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 Payment will be a flat 10 dollars per story and a free copy of the E-Book upon publication. I would like to see this in print form but that will depend on the response I receive. It will, however, certainly be in E-Book format Deadline for submissions will be JUNE 30th. Extensions will be allowed only if the author contacts me PRIOR to the deadline. Please pay close attention to the submission guidelines. If the story just blatantly disregards the guidelines I will reject the story out right (I understand that mistakes and human error can occur and I will work with the author on correcting them, but I have received stories in the past where not a single guideline was followed including contact info which should be the most important part of your submission aside from the story itself). Send submissions or questions to [email protected] and put Heavy Metal and the story name in the subject line (just Heavy Metal if you only have...

Deadline: July 30th 2012 Payment: You will periodically receive a small share of the net income, dependant on terms to be detailed in your contract. Submissions are welcomed for a print-on-demand anthology themed The Darkness Within. You may submit more than one story for consideration. Submissions for artwork are welcomed. Something leaning towards fantasy would be preferred for the cover art. Your story may be set in any time and in any place. The darkness within can be within a person, within a place or anything you can dream up that fits the theme. It could be the darkness inside a mind, or inside a ping-pong ball; within a universe or within an atom. The theme is a common one, so I would be more inclined towards stories that are 'outside the box'. Not too heavy on the gore or on "intimacies" in your stories please. No child abuse. Horror is good, fantasy is good, sci fi is good, the genre is yours to choose as you will. No DnD creatures or any creature belonging to other authors. Stories should be submitted in word documents, in Times New Roman 12 point. Please set up your paragraphs using first line indentation of 0.63cm and in single line spacing. Stories should be between 2000 and 7500 words, though some overspill or understatement of words will be accepted if the story is strong. Please send your submissions to indigomosaic(nospam)@hotmail.com (Please leave out the (nospam) section in your e-mail.) In your subject, please type THE DARKNESS WITHIN - and your title. In the body your e-mail, please say hello and then state your name, your address, your e-mail adress, your story title, the name you want it published under, and your approximate word count. A short bio will be requested if your story is...

Deadline: Sunday, July 1, 2012 Payment: five-cents per word (upon publication) plus contributor copy. New anthology guidelines: The Mothman Chronicles Title: The Mothman Chronicles Publisher: Woodland Press Editor: Michael Knost Format: Trade Paperback DO NOT SUBMIT STORIES REJECTED FROM THE MOTHMAN FILES ANTHOLOGY. Payment: five-cents per word (upon publication) plus contributor copy. No reprints and no trunk stories Story length: Up to 4000 words No multiple or simultaneous subs Deadline: Sunday, July 1, 2012 (Do not inquire on story status until after September 1, 2012) E-mail submissions to: themothmanchronicles at yahoo dot com We will accept .doc attachments only. I am looking for fictional mothman stories. The setting is not limited to West Virginia or any other regional area known as mothman territory. Think of a story or angle you are sure no other writer will come up with and pursue it. I want tales that grab me early…and hold me to the end. I want stories that are stories: Character + Want + Obstacle + Action = Resolution. I want story arc. I want character arc. I want powerful and emotional tales that are creepy, chilling, disturbing, and moody. Although stories will mainly target an adult/young adult audience, I DO NOT want stories containing language or content unsuitable for children. Formatting your manuscript: Double-space. Use Times New Roman (12pt). Italicize what you want italicized. Single space after sentence-ending punctuation. Be sure to include your name, address, and email on the manuscript. If this information is not on the manuscript, I will reject it without reading.

Deadline:July 1st 2012 Payment: Exposure Only 31 More Nights of Halloween Edited by Lyle Perez-Tinics Deadline: July 1, 2012 (or until full) Target release date: September 3, 2012 Payment: For Exposure What we are looking for: That's right! We couldn't just keep this collection as a one parter so we're doing it again! We want more Halloween themed stories that will chill your bones! We are looking for 31 flash fiction stories that take place during the madness of Halloween night. Stories can also be scary stories to tell to children around a camp fire, but we really want more Halloween themed stories for this one. Have fun with the stories and let’s bring the fun of Halloween back! Please try to keep the stories kid friend, but it is not required to submit. Stories must be 1,500 words or less (firm.) Multiple submissions are Okay, but only 2 stories from one author will be accepted. Payment: This is a for-the-love project. Contributors will receive exposure only. Rights: We ask for non-exclusive rights to print the story in the anthology and keep it in print for a period of five years. Re-prints will be accepted only if the author holds all necessary rights. How To Submit: Send submissions to [email protected] with “31 More Nights Submission (story title and author name)” in subject line. Please attach a word document file containing your story. Please use font Time New Roman, size 12 and please DO NOT double space or use headers or page counts. Page one of the file must contain your contact information (name, mailing address, E-mail and word count) If this information is there, it makes it easier for us to contact you. Also, please attach a 100 word of less bio at the end of your story. This bio...

Deadline: July 1, 2012 Payment: A royalty pool will be generated on print and eBook sales, at a rate of 10% royalties for print, and a rate of 50% royalties for eBooks, with each included story having an equal share of the royalty pool. Royalty statements and payments will be made bi-annually. All included authors will receive a complimentary trade paperback copy of the anthology. Seventh Star Press is proud to announce a call for submissions for an exciting new anthology to be edited by Joshua Leet, entitled The End Was Not the End: Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy Tales. The stories can be up to 10,000 words in length, and must be set within a setting ranging between ancient worlds, like the Sword and Sorcery Hyborean Age of Robert E. Howard, to medieval settings like those found in many epic fantasy series. Timed appropriately for 2012, the anthology will focus on the aftermath of an apocalypse. The stories can have any style or feature any Earth culture-inspired background, such as the more commonly encountered european-based knights and wizards, to Viking sagas, Russian folklore, Chinese wuxia, Japanese samurai, and Native American environments, just to name a few. The apocalypse itself can be whatever suits the writer, be it magical catastrophe, plague, monster horde, the death of gods, etc. It can include modern catastrophes that precipitated regression in technological level to a medieval or ancient world type level. The stories should have a serious overall tone, and can range from action-driven to tales with a darker edge. Joshua is currently serving as the editor for Sela, the forthcoming second book in the Leland Dragon Series by Jackie Gamber, as well as the newest Gorias La Gaul adventure from Steven Shrewsbury, titled Overkill. Joshua is not only an editor, but is also an author, whose...

Deadline: July 1st 2012 Payment: £10 and contributor's copy Screaming Dreams and Noose & Gibbet are proud to announce a joint project, simply called ‘THE YEAR’. It will be published in 2013 and edited by Johnny Mains and Steve Upham. This anthology will showcase the very best writings of Crime, Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy. 52 stories, one for each week of the year... This project is currently open to submissions and while we are mainly focused on new, original fiction – there will be three classic reprints from each genre. As the budget for the publishers will be rather taxing, payment will be £10 and a copy of the finished book. Stories will have to be no more than 3k in length. If you’re a horror writer but have always wanted to write a crime tale, give it a shot – if you’re a die-hard sci-fi scribe, why not jump into the land of orcs and magic talismans. What will NOT get in the book are mash-ups, emotive vampires and sadly there will be no room at the inn for zombies. TV and film related spin off stories will also be a no-go. The deadline is July 1st 2012 – this will give you enough time to think of a story, write it and send it in. You will be informed of whether you are in the book by Sept 1st 2012. No multiple submissions allowed and the date for all authors to sign off their individual stories will be February 1st 2013 with the book being published at the World Fantasy Convention in Brighton Oct 31st – Nov 3rd.

Deadline: July 7th, 2012 Payment: $5 advance against future royalties paid upon anthology publication followed by annual royalties (paid every December). Stories under 1,000 words will receive only the original $5 payment (no future royalties). Theme: New takes on the classic ghost story Submission period: May 7-July 7, 2012 World Weaver Press seeks new and previously published short fiction in the vein of the classic ghost story for themed anthology, SPECTER SPECTACULAR, to be published fall 2012 as ebook and print edition with online distribution. Spirits, hauntings, specters, boggarts, poltergeists — give us your best ghosts and spooky whatnots! Scary or funny, tragic or redemptive — we’re looking for the full spectrum. We’ll be looking for at least one funny piece to end the anthology. Anthology will be published fall 2012, but stories don’t need to be Halloween themed. We hope writers will draw inspiration from such classics as The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, A Christmas Carol, The Woman in Black, The Haunting of Hill House, Annabel Lee or others, but we are not (necessarily) looking for retellings of those tales. This is not an anthology for slashers, serial killers, zombies, vampires, or other undead creatures (their World Weaver Press anthology will come one day; this is not that day). Rights sought: For previously unpublished stories, first world rights in English and exclusive rights to publish in print and electronic format for six months after publication date after which publisher holds nonexclusive right to continue to publish. For reprints, non-exclusive world right to publish in print and electronic form; publisher requests reprinted stories not be resold to other markets for six months after the anthology publication date. Length: Fiction 1,000 – 10,000 words. This range is malleable but odds of us buying something outside the range is highly unlikely. Payment:...

Deadline: July 13th, 2012 Payment: Exposure Only Burial Day Books Call for Submission: Gothic Blue Book VOL 2 Gothic Blue Books were short fictions popular in the 18th and 19th century. They were descendants of the chap book trade and are now a thing of the past. Burial Day Books will resurrect this art form with a new twist with its own Gothic Blue Book Vol 2 to be available this October 31st 2012. What was a Gothic Blue Book? Gothic Blue Books were abridgements of full-length Gothic novels. The subjects of the books fell into one of two categories; the first being set in a monastery or convent and the second being set in a castle. In terms of the physicality of the book, they were three and a half to four inches in width and six to seven inches in height, with a page count of thirty-six to seventy-two pages in length. These little pieces of terror were popular at the time because they were affordable, a sixpence or a shilling each. Their cost affordability led them to be nicknamed Shilling Shockers or Sixpenny Shockers. What are we looking for? We are looking for a short story, about 3,500 words in length. If your story is longer but you feel it is fitting due feel free to submit for our review. We will also consider a poem. The story must have at least a mention or take place in either one of the following original Gothic Blue Book guidelines or New Burial Day Books Gothic Blue Book guidelines. Original Gothic Blue Book guideline: a) Setting in a monastery or convent b) Setting in a castle New Burial Day Gothic Blue Book guideline: a) Setting in a cemetery, funeral home or morgue b) Setting in a haunted house In...

Deadline: June 30th 2012 Payment: one cent per word for their fiction, and a copy of the physical book.</strong What is Cucurbital? It's the name of a new "theme" anthology series in which all of the authors write their stories starting with the same handful of prompts. What are the prompts? There are three of them: MADNESS DARKNESS MATTRESS Successful submissions will take these three prompts and weave a unique and compelling story of no more than five thousand words. When can I submit for this anthology? We'll be accepting submissions for Cucurbital 3 from May 1st through June 30th, 2012. Any submissions received before or after will be ignored. Our intention is to respond to all submissions by July 15th. What's it pay? Upon publication, contributors will receive one cent per word for their fiction, and a copy of the physical book. How do I submit my story? Follow the directions specified on our submissions page. If you've done everything correctly, you should receive an email confirmation within three business days.

Deadline: July 25, 2012 Payment: Stories that are under 4,999 words will receive a paperback contributor copy of the finished anthology. Stories that are 5,000 words and above will receive $10.00 and one paperback contributor copy as payment. Edited By Lyle Perez-Tinics Deadline: July 25, 2012 Target Release Date: Sept. 25, 2012 How to Submit: Send submissions to [email protected] with “I'll Never Go Away Submission (story title and author name)” in subject line. Please attach a WORD document file containing your story. Please use Times New Roman, size 10 font and please DO NOT double space or use headers or page counts. Page one of the file must contain your contact information (name, mailing address, E-mail and word count) If any of these items are missing from your document, I will reject right away. If this information is there, it makes it easier for me to contact you. What we are looking for: Another round of stalker stories! We are looking for the most creepiest, voyeuristic stories you can think of. Have you ever felt like someone was following you; waiting outside your door, or worse, hiding inside your house while you're there? Let your imagination run wild as you explore the world of stalkers and obsessed fans. If you're unsure of the stories we are looking for, please purchase a copy of Vol. 1 and read the selected stories. Almost anything is acceptable, but your story must contain a plot. I don't want stories of a guy following a girl then having his way with her for 3,000 words. There must be a story, and please keep rape and obscene acts to a minimal. Stories must be between 3,500 - 8,000 words. Works that are shorter or longer will not be considered as well as reprints. Please do not...

Deadline: July 30, 2012 Payment: Exposure only The Horror Zine is seeking submissions for a new anthology book We are a "4theluv" market, exposure only The Horror Zine is seeking original fiction for a new anthology book. We have some big name horror authors aboard, so if you write horror fiction (and you don't have to be a big name) send it to [email protected] before July 30, 2012. We are looking for unusual monsters, ghost stories, or something fresh and new. Seeking fast paced, exciting action and good character development. Must be scary. No dream sequences, no going back and forth between different characters, and no going back and forth between the present and the past. Stay in the now. We are a "4theluv" market, exposure only. Submission Guidelines All submissions selected for The Horror Zine ezine will be made available, if selected, to be published in a yearly anthology of a Horror Zine paperback BOOK. The Horror Zine is a "4theluv" market, for both the ezine and the books. There is no payment. NEW RULE: If you have fiction, poetry, or artwork accepted into The Horror Zine, please allow six months from your acceptance date before you submit anything new to us. We need to give everyone an opportunity. Thanks! THE HORROR ZINE NO LONGER ACCEPTS SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS. ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE ORIGINAL AND UNPUBLISHED ELSEWHRE. All submissions to The Horror Zine are subject to editing, but we work closely with the authors during the editing process. Nothing is published without the author's pre-approval and consent. Remember, even Stephen King has editors. All stories, poetry, and artwork will be available for possible publication into a yearly anthology book. Which contributions get chosen for the anthology book is completely up to, and at the discretion of, the Editor of The...

Deadline: July 31st, 2012 Payment: .03 a word and 3 complementary contributor copies The age of steam meets the age of Cthulhu, in a past where technology unbound warps Victorian Britain and the world at large into a dark Steampunk reality. In Steampunk Cthulhu (yes that’s only a working title) we are looking for stories set in a world where futuristic visions of technology, advanced machines undreamt of in the Victorian era, are powered by steam, or sometimes the inscrutable minds of dark, god-like beings. Undreamt of yes, and maybe a nightmare here, think of what would happen if HG Wells had sent his Time Machine to a past when the Elder Things ruled the globe, or Jules Verne’s Captain Nemo was an evil acolyte of Cthulhu? Of course we don’t want you to limit yourselves to fictional characters of the genre, but you can use these, historical personages and your own protagonists and cultists of Cthulhu. Space travel, journeys to the center of the earth and 20,000 leagues under R’lyeh, we want to see Victorian globetrotting adventurers and wild technologies in the Wild West. Think zeppelins crossed with tomes of forbidden knowledge, steam powered automatons battling indescribable beasts from beyond time and space, fanciful high-tech gadgets and blood drenched arcane artifacts, the wonders of tomorrow meting the horror of inescapable doom, and if you can put your own unique spin on both the steampunk setting and the Cthulhu Mythos, so much the better. Authors should be well versed in both the stempunk setting and Lovecraftian horror as a good blending of both is what we’re after. If you’re looking for info on steampunk, check the Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk) for a brief overview and a small selection of authors and books to get you started. If you need to bone up...

DEADLINE: July 31st, 2012 PAYMENT: 40% of anthology’s net-profit divided equally among authors + 1 contributor’s copy Carnivals. Everything you could imagine from traveling entertainment – food, games of chance, sideshows, dancing girls, funhouses, fortune tellers, rides . . . and the seeds for nightmarish realities made flesh. Give us tales of monstrosities underneath boardwalks, circuses in the middle of nowhere, inner-city performances that boggle the imagination and sideshows containing what nature never intended. Please supply a basic log line (1-2 sentences) about the story you’re submitting and mention any recent publications in your cover letter. If writing under a pseudonym, please include that information as well. DEADLINE: July 31st, 2012 WORD COUNT: 4,000-12,000 words (query for shorter / longer) PAYMENT: 40% of anthology’s net-profit divided equally among authors + 1 contributor’s copy REPRINTS: No MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS: Limit of two, Maximum of one accepted SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS: No FORMAT: RTF JUSTIFICATION: Left-justify only FONT: 12 point Times New Roman or Courier New TAB INDENT: ¼ inch and use margins rather than manual paragraph indents SPACING: Double-Spaced PAGE NUMBERING / HEADERS: No page numbers headers or footers CONTACT INFORMATION: Name, Address, Phone Number and E-mail at top-left of first page SUBMISSION: Send to “[email protected]” with “Last Name / Submission Title / Word Count” in the subject line NOTES: We welcome any questions for clarification. E-mail them to “[email protected]” We will only be accepting a maximum of two (2) stories involving a sideshow. No present-tense stories Confirmation e-mails will be sent out once per week. Some stories within the anthology will have artwork based on their work created. Those chosen are required to sign a release. Do not put your story in the body of your e-mail. Send it as an attachment. Rejection letters will contain a basic explanation. We will do our...

Deadline: Deadline is July 31,2012. Payment: $50 and two contributor’s copies Here’s an idea – because I don’t have enough to do, I’ll publish an anthology. This year. With an exclusive short story. Yeah, I’m not too bright. But I want to write a story about a bad vampire. You know, the kind of guy who just does what he wants and damn the consequences. No angst, just fangs. Since I want to write this story, I of course think people will want to read it. Since I think people want to read one story about a bad guy, I think they might want to read a whole anthology of stories about bad guys. So here it comes – The Big Bad – an anthology of evil Send me your best short story (6,000 words max, if it has to be longer contact me first) that features a bad guy or evil character as the protagonist. It can be fantasy, urban fantasy, superhero, horror, whatever. Just send me your best bad guy story. I’m taking twenty. Email submissions to johnhartness AT gmail DOT com, as a .doc or .txt attachment. Include a brief author’s bio, please/ I’m paying $50 for one year’s exclusive electronic and print rights plus two contributor’s copies. After that we retain rights to publish electronically in the anthology only, and in print in this anthology only, but you can take it and sell it somewhere else, or sell it yourself as a standalone. Deadline is July 31,2012.

Deadline: July 31, 2012 Payment: Royalties will be based on the number of authors published in the anthology. 50% of all profits will be divided equally among the authors. The final percentage will be specified in the contract. Open Call for "Halloween Horror" Anthology Submissions Release Date: October 1, 2012 Due Date for Submissions: July 31, 2012 Prose by Design is now open for submissions for Horrors of Halloween, an anthology of short stories edited by Cindy C Bennett and Sherry Gammon. The story should revolve around Halloween or horror. Your story may be in any genre (contemporary, historical, paranormal, supernatural, etc.) as long as the main theme is either horror or Halloween. The inclusion of vampire, werewolves, and/or ghosts is entirely up to you, the author. Your story must be "clean" which means no profanity or explicit sex scenes. We all like a little heat, but keep it PG13 or better. Your story must be a minimum of 5,000 words and a maximum of 25,000 words. Royalties will be based on the number of authors published in the anthology. 50% of all profits will be divided equally among the authors. The final percentage will be specified in the contract. Story must be submitted as an email attachment to [email protected] Your story must be submitted by Midnight PST July 31, 2012 as .doc or .docx files. Manuscript should be 12 pt. Calibri, Times New Roman, or Arial with block style paragraphs (no tabs). Write "Halloween Horror" as the subject of the email, and include the following information in the body of the email: Name, penname (if applicable), and the title of your story. You may submit multiple stories, but only one story per author will be included in the anthology. Stories must be original and previously unpublished in any format....

Deadline: July 31st 2012 Payment: $.02/word. Two copies of the trade paperback. Payment upon publication. INTO THE DARKNESS Anthology Edited by C. Dennis Moore and David G. Barnett Necro Publications INTO THE DARKNESS was a magazine started by David G. Barnett in the mid-90s and focused on modern adult horror fiction by new authors, many of which are now respected names in the horror fiction world: Edward Lee, Charlee Jacob, John Everson, Gerard Houarner, DF Lewis and dozens more. After only five issues Necro moved into books and stopped publishing the magazine. Well, now Necro wants to bring it back. Okay, not the magazine, but the spirit of it in the form of an all-new anthology series. INTO THE DARKNESS Anthology is looking for dark, brutal, unrelenting horror fiction from new and established authors alike. One of the things we always loved with the magazine was finding new voices in modern horror and we want to start doing that again. Here’s some things we’re looking for: • Solid story and interesting characters are the two most important elements. • Modern voice. Nothing old fashioned. No traditional ghost stories. We’re not looking for writers trying to channel Lovecraft or Poe. • New monsters. If you’re going to create a monster then explain the monster. Don’t just throw it in at the end. The monster is probably a hell of a lot more interesting than anything else. Same goes for killers and psychos. • If you’re going to give us a vampire, zombie or other traditional monster please do something new and interesting with it. • Violence, sex, profanity and gore are all fine as long as they are integral to the story. If you’re just trying an experiment in writing only grossout we don’t want it. After 20 years we’ve seen...

Deadline: July 31st 2012 Payment: $.03 per word, no royalties and 3 free books and additional copies at 50% off cover. Over the river and through the woods does not always lead to grandma’s house or happy endings – especially if grandma’s house is infested with zombies… or if grandma is really a Lovecraftian being in disguise. Once Upon an Apocalypse is a two volume post apocalyptic anthology laden with the undead and otherwordly mythos crossing into the realm of fairy tales, nursery rhymes and other timeless stories. Editors Rachel Kenley and Scott T. Goudsward and publisher Chaosium are currently open to submissions for these two books of mixed up retold fairy tales. What are we looking for? For both volumes we want stories with strong narrative lines, stronger characters and a clear blending of the theme and the fairy tales. For Volume One imagine Cinderella arriving at the ball and discovering it filled with zombies. Or how different the story would be if it were Snow White and the Seven Zombies. Give us new horrors with Alice in Zombieland, and a Prince who climbs Rapunzel’s hair to get away from and find a way to defeat – you guessed it – zombies. In Volume Two we want a strong dose of Lovecraft thrown in. What happens to the townspeople in The Boy who Cried Cthulhu? Pinocchio is going to have a much harder time getting out of the Old One than the whale; a wolf would have been preferable to Little Red Riding Hood and the Byahkee and the Little Mermaid has so much more to worry about then her legs and a missing voice when she faces a Deep One. Once you choose a story to change it’s your call how far you will take it. Make the...

Deadline: July 31, 2012 Payment: 2 cents per word, paid within 90 days after publication. Contributor copy of print and ebook (can choose between .epub or .mobi/Kindle versions) What is Erotica? Erotica is literature or art intended to arouse sexual desire. It is not mature content, which is understood to have sexual arousal as its main purpose. Erotica includes a sexual aspect but it is only one part of the larger aesthetic. In other words, writing erotica is not about graphic descriptions of people having sex, it’s about making your reader want to have sex. It’s a tease, a flirt, a seduction … Who is Cthulhu? H.P. Lovecraft wrote smart, surreal, supernatural horror stories in the early 20th century. Cthulhu is one of several fictional creatures created by Lovecraft in the early 20th century. Lovecraft’s stories, and some of the works of his followers, outline what we now call the “Cthulhu Mythos”. Mythos characters include both the monsters and the men who discovered them. Cthulhurotica is the place where sex and madness meet. What are we hoping to get from Volume 2? We want to expand on the first book, without discarding any of it. The stories from Cthulhurotica are bold, sexy, creepy, empowering and frightening. What we’re looking for now is more … We want stories which use more of Lovecraft’s settings and characters. We’ve got Innsmouth and Arkham, but what about the mountains, the Artic, aboard the Emma? We met Nyarlathotep, the Mi Go, and the King in Yellow, but what about Ithaqua, or the Hounds of Tindalos? Tell us about Charles Dexter Ward’s neighbor, or the secretary in Professor Peaslee’s office. What if Richard Upton Pickman painted pinup girls too? There is so much, both in Lovecraft’s work and in the associated Mythos stories by other authors,...

Deadline: July 31st 2012 Payment: Exposure Only We are seeking submissions for Rigorous Mortis: A Collection of Mortician's Tales, edited by Allen Jacoby and Jo-Anne Russell. Morticians are, by all accounts, pretty damned interesting people. They possess the dexterity of doctors, the talent of artists, and just a drop (or maybe a gallon) of the macabre fascination with death that any good horror writer (or reader!) knows all too well. So, we thought, why not write about THEM? After all, we've all read our fair share of stories about the dead, why they died, and who killed them...but what about the people who deal with the aftermath? So that's what we want. Give us your tales of undertakers, morticians, coroners, either as heroes, villains, or just good hard working individuals trying to get a job done. Obviously, the theme is Morticians: We're expecting a good deal of slasher-tales, dead-rising, etc etc., But if you can manage to chill us to the bone and heat up our formaldehyde with a good romance or drama at the same time? Well then, more power to you. Just give us your best. Reprints okay, but they have to knock off our toe tags! Format 1. 12 point font, prefer Times. 2. Single line spacing, with an indent of .2”, special first line only. 3. No tabbing or spacebar indents please! 4. Attach submission to email, and include a cover letter in the body of the email with standard contact information: Name, address, email, etc. 5. We will accept attachments in the following formats: .doc, .docx. .rtf. If these formats are not possible for you, query with the format you are able to use. Payments and Deadlines As we are just starting out, monetary payment is not possible at this time. We hope in the...

Deadline: July 31, 2012 Payment: 5 cents per word. Theme: SciFi - Horror The Wily Writers site publishes two short stories per month in both audio and text formats. We host a celebrity editor for each of them, and they choose the stories along with the producer (Angel Leigh McCoy). We publish only short fiction that falls under the genre umbrella of speculative fiction: horror, fantasy, science fiction, and paranormal romance/mystery/adventure. We have specific themes that we’re asking you to follow. See below: Submission Requirements Submissions need to follow the guidelines listed below. IMPORTANT: Name your file so that it makes sense. An impressive filename for a fiction submission is: (lastname)-(word from title).RTF Word count: 1000 – 4000 (Firm. Do not query). Use standard manuscript formatting. (more info) No simultaneous submissions to other publishers. Multiple submissions okay, but only one story per theme. Story must have a speculative fiction element. Gore, sex, and adult language okay, but make sure it improves the story. We do not edit, so make sure you use good grammar, have double-checked the punctuation, and have done a spell-check. We prefer Chicago Manual of Style rules, and we will reject it if it’s a mess, even if it’s an amazing story. We may request revisions, so if you’re not open to the idea, then let us know in your cover letter. It will save us all some time by communicating that up-front. We will accept reprints. Make double sure that the rights have reverted to you. By submitting it to us, you affirm that it has been freed from all other commitments that conflict with the rights you give us. We reserve the right to change these guidelines without notice. Response Time: We will respond within 90 days after the appropriate issue’s deadline. Pay: Starting with...

Deadline: July 31st (or until full) Payment: Exposure and eBook copy Horrotica Press is a small indie publisher that seeks the sexy within the macabre. We focus on horror and erotica with a special preference for stories that stretch across both genres. Horrotica Press is now taking submissions for Crawl Space, a fast-paced anthology that will leave our readers breathless and begging for more. We want to read creepy, cerebral horror that will have them checking their closets and beneath their beds. Bugs, porcelain dolls, misshapen trees, cannibals; these things creep us out, but we want to know what creeps YOU out. If it makes your skin crawl, we want to read about it. What we DON'T want: Rape as titillation**Splatter/Gore**Excessive profanity**Overdone monsters such as vampires and werewolves (unless you have a genuinely unique take on them)* *Reprints and multiple submissions. Word Count: 4-7k words Payment: This will be a non-paying anthology intended to give new authors exposure. Contributors will, however, get one free copy of the ebook upon publication. Rights: Horrotica Press will retain full rights to the story until the anthology is out. Then the rights will revert back to the author. How To Submit: All submissions must be in 12pt Times New Roman, single-spaced, and attached in .doc, .docx, or .rtf format to an email that contains your contact information. Contact information should include your name, address, and email. Please indent without using spaces or tabs." Please submit to: [email protected]

Deadline: July 31st 2012 Payment: All contributors are will be paid £3.00 for every 150 copies of their respective anthology sold. This payment is cumulative, meaning that, if a given anthology sells 300 copies, each contributor will receive £6.00, if it sells 450 copies, each contributor will receive £9.00 and so on. This applies to all sales of the anthology, in every format. Royalties will be payable for the first two years of the book’s existence. Cruentus Libri Press is pleased to announce its forthcoming anthology, now open for submission. Lucha Gore: Scares from the Squared Circle is a horror anthology set in wild and wonderful world of professional wrestling. We are looking for stories that successfully combine the blood, sweat and tears of pro-wrestling with the macabre majesty of the horror genre. WHAT WE WANT Professional wrestling must, at the very least, provide the backdrop to the stories and, ideally, be an integral part of the narrative. We want to see the pageantry of sports entertainment, the no-nonsense appeal of old-school wrasslers, dazzling luchadores, hard-hitting puroresu and carnys stiffing the ever-loving crap out of boozed-up spectators in a post-War county fair. To this we want you to add suitably dark layers of horror and the macabre that make the reader realise that an unprotected chairshot is the least of a man’s worries. WHAT WE DON’T WANT It goes without saying that we do not want fan fiction. We have no desire to raise the ire of WWE’s legal department (nor that of any other existing promotion), any story that includes real wrestlers will be dismissed out of hand. Similarly, any storylines that are a bit too close to an existing pro-wrestling angle will be a big no-no. Use your imagination and come up with something new and exciting, not...

Deadline: July 31st, 2012 Payment: Royalty rates well above what authors can expect from most NY houses or epublishers. Entangled Books authors receive 9% of print cover price and as much as 40% of digital cover price, while Entangled Select and Entangled Teen authors receive 9% of print cover price and 20% of digital cover price. What if Sleeping Beauty didn’t wake from a spellbound slumber, but rose from the dead? What if the Big Bad Wolf was more interested in Grandma’s brains than in Little Red? What if Snow White was an ass-kicking punk goth grrl with her entourage of seven zombie minions? Classic fairy tales never die…and this Halloween, you’re going to help them rise from the grave. For our 2012 Halloween Ever Afters, Entangled Publishing wants your fairy tale retellings with an undead twist. Even in the land of the dead, survivors find love – and sometimes it’s a little easier with the dating pool narrowed down to anyone with a pulse. So take Alice on a trip down the rabbit hole into zombieland. Reinvent Beauty as a badass biker babe on the run from an ex-boyfriend turned into a flesh-eating Beast. Make us hungry for romance…or we’ll come for your brains. Submissions must: Be 20,000 to 40,000 words in length. Contain strong romantic elements. Be a retelling of a classical fairy tale involving zombies, whether traditional Grimm’s or classical stories from other cultures and collections. Please note that we will not accept retellings of modern / recently published fairy stories or fairy tales that may currently be under copyright. Avoid excessive gore and necrophilia. We’re looking for sweet and / or funny romances with a dark twist and elements of horror, not explicit horror stories – and definitely not sexualized depictions of intercourse involving the undead....

Deadline: July 31, 2012 Payment: $5.00 flat rate. $1.00 for every additional 1,000 over 5,000. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR “Down The Rabbit Hole” –Tales of slipping into new worlds. July 31, 2012 Edited by Jessica A. Weiss Email submissions to: [email protected] Please put SUBMISSION, followed by the title of the story, and word count, in the subject line of your email. Thank you. What We Are Looking For: Take us on a journey to another world. Think: Neverland, Oz, Wonderland, Fantasia, Narnia, Sliders, The Phantom Tollbooth, and Wind in the Doorway. We want to know what could happen in another place other than here, where the rules are new and unique. Prefer stories written in the third person—will consider first person if you knock our socks off. We prefer short stories in the 3,500- 7,000 word range, but will consider stories from 1,500-10,000 words. Refer to website for general submission guidelines. Payment: $5.00 flat rate. $1.00 for every additional 1,000 over 5,000. Submissions will be accepted until July 31, 2012 (12a.m. EST) Questions about this anthology? Email the editor at [email protected]

Deadline: July 31st Payment: % of profits from book sales CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: HOUSE OF HORRORS In the dark of night, a stealthy tread creeps down the empty hallway, creaking the floorboards. Drawing near your bedroom. Filling your thoughts with a thousand images of sunken-eyed horrors and hollow, gaping mouths of disjointed teeth, pallid hands reaching for you, death-whitened bodies turned translucent and cold. Closer. Closer. Closer, until your heart takes a single drunken stumble and then stops, caught in the frozen grip of terror. You stare at the black maw of the open door. It’s coming. Coming for you. It’s… …your sexy boyfriend shuffling back from a midnight kitchen raid, with crumbs on his chin and nothing else on but a sleepy smile. But pretty boy might want to put on some pants – because you aren’t alone in the house, and the dead are coming out to play. Entangled Publishing seeks Flirts with a haunting theme for our 2012 Halloween releases. We’re looking for chilling stories of ghosts, poltergeists, possession, haunted locations, ghost hunters, exorcisms – and maybe even love from beyond the grave. While romance is essential to the story, what we’re really looking for is that thrilling edge of fear to add spice to the romantic tension building between our H/H. Submissions must: Be 10,000 to 15,000 words in length. Contain strong romantic elements. Involve supernatural events at a haunted location. We’re looking more for ghost stories than standard paranormal romance with supernatural elements. More Paranormal Activity or House on Haunted Hill, less Underworld. Avoid excessive gore. We’d like chilling tales with strong romance, but nothing that would make our gorge rise. Scare us, thrill us, but let us keep our lunches firmly where they belong. All heat levels will be accepted, but erotic elements must...

Deadline: July 31st 2012 or until filled Payment: 1 cent a word US, plus one copy. Dark Opus Press is proud to present For all Eternity, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins, our second annual anthology. We will be looking for stroies base on ONE of the following sins: Envy, Greed, Gluttonly, Lust, Pride, Sloth, and Wrath. We're sorry, but for the concept we're going for here we are not accepting poetry, reprints or artwork for this anthology. Our guidelines are simple. All stories MUST be based on ONE and ONLY ONE sin. Since we are accepting only seven stories for this project our acceptable word count has changed. All stories need to be between 3,000 and 6,000 words. This word count is firm and stroies outside this word range will not be considered. MUST be in proper manuscript format. This means: Courier New or Times New Roman fonts, doubled spaced, no extra space between paragraphs, indent paragraphs. Words meant to be italicised or bolded in the final print, please make sure it is that way in your manuscript. Please read our magazine guidelines to see what we do not want. If you don't review our magazine guidelines, we will know. Send your submissions to: [email protected] In the subject line please put: submission - Your story title/your sin of choice For example: Submission - Stewie's Melancholy/Sloth Payment for accepted works will be a 1 cent a word US, plus one copy. The reading period for this anthology will start July 1st and end July 31st or until filled. Stories sent before July 1st will be deleted unread. All submissions must be in either .doc, .docx, or .rtf Please be advised: If you require a form to be filled out by us in order for you to get our emails, we...

Deadline: August 1st, 2012 Payment: $25/story and 2-Copies of the Anthology "The Inanimates I" Anthology Submission Guidelines All manuscripts should be in Microsoft Word and should be double spaced with an extra space between each paragraph. There should be no indention at the start of each paragraph. Word Count: 3500 to 15,000 words "The Inanimates I" is a Horror/Dark Fantasy/Weird Tales Anthology Each submission should have a main character which is an inanimate object, but has all the feelings, fears, and emotions of a human. Dolls and Dummies have been done to death in stories like these and have 0% chance at success, in this anthology. To keep variety in the flow of the anthology, only a small percentage of stories told from 1st Person view point will be accepted. Creepy, Terrifying, and Unique tales have the best chance at acceptance. Our submission period for the anthology is open from April 1st, 2012 to August 1st, 2012. Send to: [email protected] with "The Inanimates Submission" in the subject box.

Deadline: August 1, 2012 Payment: 1/4 penny for each word Trinity Gateways is now taking submissions for our first anthology! We are currently looking for short stories for the horror anthology titled Shadows of the Mind, which will be published as an e-book with the option to print. Please read through requirements and guidelines thoroughly prior to submission. Payment will be 1/4 penny for each word. Story Requirements It must be of the horror genre; we are most interested in stories that will disturb the reader. Graphic language/scenes are okay as long as integral to the story; No gratuitous sex scenes or shock-effect vulgarity. Nothing “X” rated. It must be edited prior to submission Minimum Word Count: 1,000 Maximum Word Count: 6,000 Final Submission Deadline: August 1, 2012, or until Submissions are Closed Trinity Gateways Formatting Guidelines Document file type must be either Miscrosoft Word (1997-2003, 2007, or 2010) or Open Source; no other file type will be accepted Font Type: Times New Roman, Courier, or Arial Font Size: 12 pt All margins must be set to one inch (1″) Entire document must be double-spaced Text must be Left Justified (aligned to the left) Do not indent paragraphs with tabs or spaces No extra spaces (hard returns) between paragraphs Use two (2) spaces between sentences rather than one (1) Section breaks are to be marked with centere *** Title page must be included in the story file submitted, and must feature:No headers, footers, or page numbers Contact information (real name & valid e-mail address at minimum) in the top right hand corner Word count listed in the top left hand corner Story title centered midway down the page The word “by” one (1) line (double-spaced) below the title The author’s name or by-line (pen name) one (1) line (double-spaced) below...

Deadline: August 1st 2012 Payment: 1 cent a word plus a contributors copy You were warned…but you just didn’t listen! So after the horrific success of D.O.A., we have decided to please the masses by releasing a second volume. Volume II will be a more disturbing anthology (if that’s even possible), unsuitable for the easily offended, disgusted, or those prone to vomiting. We want stories, 750 – 5,000 words, that push the limits. The stranger and gorier the better. If you read the first installment, than you know that no subject is too taboo. However, we’re looking for you to exploit a lesser know taboo. Keep in mind that we are not simply looking for torture or scenes of gratuitous violence lacking a point or direction. Blood and guts only work if there is a great story and creative twists to back it up. Imagine that the band Cannibal Corpse got together with Richard Matheson and penned a story. The result would be D.O.A. Think Edward Lee, think Bizarro, think…well, you get the picture. So if you ever had a story idea that you felt was too extreme or offensive for a sane publisher, send it our way. We want your worst! Accepted stories will be paid a rate of 1 cent a word plus a contributors copy. Stories will be accepted from May 1, 2012 until August 1, 2012. We will not make final selections until the end of the submission period. Please do not query about the status of your submission until September 1, 2012. Send submissions to [email protected]. Subject should read: “D.O.A. II: story title/author last name”

Deadline: Aug. 1, 2012 Payment: Payment: Stories that are 3,999 words and under will be for exposure only. Stories that are 4,000 words and above will receive one paperback contributor copy as payment. Glimpses of Insanity Edited By Eloise J. Knapp Deadline: Aug. 1, 2012 Target Release Date: Oct. 3, 2012 How to Submit: Send submissions to [email protected] with “Glimpses of Insanity” (story title and author name)” in subject line. Please attach a WORD document file containing your story. Please use Times New Roman, size 10 font and please DO NOT double space or use headers or page counts. Page one of the file must contain your contact information (title of your disorder, name, mailing address, E-mail and word count) If any of these items are missing from your document, I will reject right away. If this information is there, it makes it easier for me to contact you. What we are looking for: We know about schizophrenia and Stockholm syndrome, but what about the truly odd and morbidly bizarre psychological disorders? What about Apotemnophiliaor Capgras Delusion? We are looking for stories with some amount of medical accuracy and, above all, dark exploration of these strange mental phenomenon. Stories should feature only one disorder and be of a horror/thriller nature.These stories will require basic research of a bizarre mental disorder and a plot, but beyond that let your imagination take you where it desires. Unacceptable themes: schizophrenia, Stockholm syndrome, pedophilia, necrophilia, multiple personality disorder, depression, bi-polar disorder. Payment: Stories that are 3,999 words and under will be for exposure only. Stories that are 4,000 words and above will receive one paperback contributor copy as payment. What rights we ask for: Exclusive Anthology Rights and Electronic Media Rights for publication in the US English language anywhere in the world. Exclusive rights...