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Deadline: July 28th, 2014 Payment: Exposure and Royalties. $5 per story Flash fiction & Short Stories (1,000 – 1,600 words). Poetry and re-prints will also be considered. Miskatonic Press is launching its first magazine. Feel free to submit your horror short stories for consideration. This will mainly be to get you exposure, we can’t pay much for a monthly magazine. Dark fairy tales, bizarre, horror, surrealism, dark science-fiction and steam punk. Submission guidelines: Deadline for submissions –July 28th, 2014 – or until full. Word Count: 1,000 – 1,600 words. Please submit your manuscript as a *.rtf, *.doc or *.docx file (all other formats will automatically be rejected. Contact me prior to submitting if this presents an issue for you.) No headers, footers or page numbers. Please check grammar. PLEASE!!! Upon acceptance into the anthology, you agree that Miskatonic Press holds exclusive publishing rights for six months from the date of publication; after that date has passed, all intellectual property rights revert to the author with the proviso that Miskatonic Press retains distribution rights in the format of the contracted anthology. This title will be available as an e-book and eventually trade quality paperback. Michael Porter will be presiding over this anthology. Email your submission as an attachment to: [email protected] The email subject line must read “SUBMISSION – DREAMING – ‘your story title’” or your submission will not be considered for this anthology. Successful applicants will be notified before the deadline has expired. Via: Miskatonic Press.

Deadline: July 30th, 2014 Payment: 4% royalties after cost per story published in ebook and paperback form Currently seeking stories for a nature-run-amok anthology! Think Hitchcock’s The Birds or Herbert’s The Rats. Think plagues of locusts, and those stories on the news where it rains spiders. Night of the Lepus. Willard. While we love giant monsters as much as anybody, this time it’s not about size, but sheer NUMBERS. Why have one huge mad killer thing when you could have hundreds of smaller mad killer things? Send us otherwise ordinary critters, but send them in multitudes. Send us swarms, hordes, flocks, droves, schools, what-have-you. Just make it a LOT of them. Make it creative. Make it different. Put some less-likely species in the spotlight, unusual settings, bizarre twists. Maybe they’re on a vengeful, deadly rampage. Maybe they’re simply on the move and woe to whoever gets in the way. Maybe they’re being directed, or maybe they’re acting on their own instinct. From the creepy-crawly to the cute-and-cuddly, from wildlife to livestock and from household pests to household pets, let’s see what horrors can happen when animals attack! Email submissions as a .doc or .rtf to [email protected] with Teeming Terrors in the subject line. Standard manuscript format, Times New Roman 12-point preferred. Deadline – July 30th Word Count – 1500 to 6000 All submissions should: Be in Standard Manuscript Format (http://www.shunn.net/format/story.html). Be written in British English only. Be typed in Courier or Times New Roman 12 Include your full details (name/address/telephone number/email address) Be sent to [email protected] as .doc or .rtf documents with the email subject header “SURNAME/TERROR/WORDCOUNT”. Previously published stories WILL NOT be considered for this anthology. Authors will retain copyright. Multiple submissions up to a maximum of two stories per author can be submitted. We will write to you...

Deadline: July 31st 2014 Payment: Charity Anthology - Exposure Only Payment: Exposure & discounted copies ALL profits received will go to THE AUTISM TRUST   Flash fiction & Short Stories (3,000 – 6,000 words)   Poetry and re-prints will also be considered The world is never quite as it seems; full of infinite contradictions and things just beyond the realm of understanding for many of us. Often, we try to disregard what we cannot comprehend, choosing ignorance over clarity as we turn a blind eye to that which may cause us discomfort. The world is a broken place defined by endless shards of cracked reality, but in the jagged crevices light seeps through…a light that sometimes shines so bright, its magnificence is impossible to ignore. For too long a time, a shroud of darkness was thrown over those who’ve had boundless potential to transcend greatness – shunned and cast out – often put down and made to feel ‘less than’. But a brilliant mind can’t be caged away forever; instantaneous flickers in time will reveal the magnitude and depth of the human spirit. Extraordinary people marked ‘not normal’ come from all different walks of life, and at times the rest of us can consider ourselves fortunate to have witnessed moments when they have broken through the shell of misjudgment forced upon them. People like Susan Boyle, from ‘Britain’s Got Talent’, who took a bus ride one day that changed her life forever, or Dan Aykroyd, a writer and actor who brought laughter to many on Saturday Night Live. As Alexis Wineman, Miss Montana, who competed in the Miss America pageant, said, “Normal is just a dryer setting”. We couldn’t agree more—this is a very personal project for Suzie Lockhart & Bruce Lockhart 2nd. There is a common thread that links these inspirational figures,...

Deadline: July 31st 2014 Payment: AU$20 And 1 Digital Contributors Copy Our history has plenty to write about — the Roman Empire, the plague, Ancient Egyptians, dinosaurs and cavemen, civil wars, space travel; just to name a few. But what if you throw magic in or perhaps aliens, how would that change history? The title of this anthology is yet to be determined, but it will be an anthology featuring speculative fiction short stories, with a strong connection to our history. As always, we want stories with a difference. We do not want long descriptions and weather reports. “Speculative fiction” includes fantasy, science fiction and horror elements. The stories can mix these genres and should be aimed at the adult market, but only stories with a connection to our history will be accepted. The anthology is due for release in various digital formats only in late 2014/early 2015. You can submit through Kayelle Press's Submittable.

Deadline: July 31st 2014 Payment: royalties after cost per story published in ebook and paperback form. The takeaway, the staple of British cuisine and a sign of our multi-culturalism. Yet what lurks beneath the Saturday night doner dripping with fat, the curry with 'lamb' and what exactly is Cod Roe anyway? To be edited by Stewart Hotston and published by KnightWatch Press, Chip Shop Horrors will be an anthology of new stories about the nightmares faced in creating, cooking, delivering and eating fast food. We are looking for stories about takeaway food and everything that could imply. Not the typical horror or mystery story but something from that really forces the reader to consider their next pizza with discomfort and despair. Stories can be Horror, Psychological, Crime or any other genre as long as it’s fresher than tonight's sweet and sour sauce! In the end we're looking for exciting stories about the horrors of takeaways. All submissions should: Be between 4,000 and 6,000 words in Standard Manuscript Format (http://www.shunn.net/format/story.html). Be written in British English only. Be typed in Courier or Times New Roman 12 Include your full details (name/address/telephone number/email address) Be sent to [email protected] as .doc or .rtf documents with the email subject header “SURNAME/CHIPSHOP/WORDCOUNT”. Previously published stories WILL NOT be considered for this anthology. Authors will retain copyright. Multiple submissions up to a maximum of two stories per author can be submitted. We will write to you within approximately four weeks of the submission deadline to let you know if you have been successful. We will pay royalties after cost per story published in ebook and paperback form.

Deadline: July 31st, 2014 Payment: $25.00 per story and a contributor copy Great Old Ones Publishing is proud to open a call for petri“PERNICIOUS INVADERS.” Disease. Dimples in flesh move of their own volition. Our bodies aren’t our own. We’ve become host to PERNICIOUS INVADERS. In a land of pestilence, the infected wander a barren landscape…not in search of salvation, but for a darker truth. On a newly discovered world, parasites treat a colony as edible transportation. Beneath the cloud-capped mountains of Washington spiders place more than just eggs in an unsuspecting camper. On the streets of Rome, a demon legion rides within a Trojan woman to finally breach the gates of the Vatican. From microscopic organisms bringing the power of man to its knees to the vile creatures using us as walking incubators, they are all PERNICIOUS INVADERS. cellsGreat Old Ones Publishing is looking for well-written stories ranging from 3,000 – 8,000 words themed with having our bodies overtaken. Possession? Yes. Infestation? Sure. Subjugation? Absolutely. We must insist that the story be horror. It doesn’t mean you can’t have humor or even romance, but it should not dominate your story. Our readers expect to be scared and so do we. Other genres are acceptable such as thriller, techno-thriller, mystery, sci-fi, fantasy, and exploitation, however they all must have horror as the main theme. MECHANICS: –———————————— * – DEADLINE: July 31st, 2014 * – WORD COUNT: 3,000–8,000 words (query for shorter / longer) * – PAYMENT: $25.00 per story and a contributor copy * – REPRINTS: No * – MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS: Limit of two with a maximum of one accepted * – SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS: No * – POETRY: No * – FORMAT: JUSTIFICATION: Left-justify only * – FONT: 12 point Times New Roman or 12 point Courier New * –...

Deadline: July 31st. Payment: Flash Fiction - a half cent a word paid on publication as well as one E-book and 1 share of royalties, Short Fiction - One cent a word paid on publication as well as one E-book and 2 shares of royalties. Strange Musings Press is looking for short funny fiction about fantasy worlds of all types for our new Anthology, Alternate Hilarities 3: Hysterical Realms I don't want to lock anyone down as to what I am looking for, but you need to have two things for sure, fantasy elements and humor.   It needs to be funny all the way through. If it is just a lead up to a punch line, make it short (500 words).   I will consider science fiction and horror for this anthology as well but I'm going to give more emphasis to fantasy for this one.   Also, if anyone has any funny vampire stories lying around, there is still a little room in Vampire Suck.       We are looking for:   Flash Fiction between 500 and 1500 words.   Short Fiction between 1501 and 6000 words.   We are paying:   Flash Fiction - a half cent a word paid on publication as well as one E-book and 1 share of royalties   Short Fiction - One cent a word paid on publication as well as one E-book and 2 shares of royalties.   We will be running a Kickstarter to fund a print edition and our first set of stretch goals will be to increased payments for the contributors. Between 2 and 8 cents, depending on backers support. All contributors will get a copy of the print edition upon successful funding of the Kickstarter.   Alternate Hilarities 3 is slated for release in the first quarter of 2015.  ...

Deadline: July 31, 2014 Payment: $0.05 per word up to $500 Since 2008 we have been reading, commenting on, and sharing our thoughts about stories. After the amazing experience of curating Speculative Fiction 2013, we Book Smugglers want to continue to find and publish the best and brightest voices in SFF. This time, we’re looking for original short stories from all around the world. Our goal is to publish at least three short stories every year, unified by a central theme (that will change each year). Each short story will be accompanied by one original piece of artwork from an artist commissioned by us separately. In 2014, we are looking for subversive fairy tale retellings. These retellings need not be reimaginings of Hans Christian Andersen, the Brothers Grimm, or Charles Perrault (although we love these fables and are happy to read and consider any retellings); we want a broader pool of stories, traditions, and canons to choose from. What We’re Looking For: DIVERSITY. We want to read and publish short stories that reflect the diverse world we live in, about and from traditionally underrepresented perspectives. Middle Grade, Young Adult, and Adult audience submissions are welcome. Good speculative fiction is ageless! Creativity & Subversion. We love subversive stories. We want you to challenge the status quo with your characters, story telling technique, and themes. Guidelines for Submission: We are looking for original speculative fiction, between 1,500 and 17,500 words long. These SFF offerings must be previously unpublished; we do not accept simultaneous submissions. Profanity, sex, and other explicit situations are fine as long as they fit within the context of the story. Submissions are open now, and will be open through July 31, 2014. Payment and Terms: We are funding this ourselves because we are passionate about finding new and diverse voices in SFF. We will be paying $0.05...

Deadline: July 31st, 2014 Payment: £15/$20 Amazon voucher and have their story published in the autumn issue of Massacre Take a good look at the image above and write a story in no more than 250 words, drawing inspiration from the photo. Let your mind wander… Remember, we are looking for horror, the strange, the weird and worrisome, the macabre and mysterious. When done, paste your story directly into the CONTACT form in the top menu. Please add AUTUMN CONTEST to the ‘Subject’ line. Closing date is 31st July 2014. We will pick one winner who will receive a £15/$20 Amazon voucher and have their story published in the autumn issue of Massacre. Our decision is final, any complainers will be crucified. Via: Massacre Publishing.

Deadline: July 31st, 2014 Payment: Contributor's Copy JEA anthology for the stories that are so wicked, so gory, nasty, icky, vomitrocious, and slimy that anyone normal would reject them(and bonus stars if they have been rejected already!). These are the ones we want to show off in this disgusting book. * Send a letter of intent by June 30 and let us know you have a rejected story (and who rejected it) or one that should be rejected. LETTER OF INTENT * Send 5K-10K to above by JULY 31. * Tell us who you are and give us a short synopsis and attach the story. * We will pick the "worst of the best" or the "best of the worst" (?????) and contract for the work. * It's for branding and to give those icky stories a home (because no one else will touch your disgusting story with damned good reason, you freakin' perv!) so we ain't gonna pay. We'll give you a copy, and hope you get nauseated and disturbed by the whole mess of stories. * The cover says it all. * Include a rejection letter (real or hee hee...we ARE writers) and move to top of the stack! * Creatures, slime, gore, bloody fluids, Grind House,Machete, gross out, freaky, Devil's Rejects, Planet Terror,  House of the Dead, Rob Zombie,  disturbing, and anything that seriously was or should be rejected. Language ok by us. Sex rated R fine. Gore fine. Slime desired. * Please edit for grammar and all. Have a reader catch screw ups and see if it's bizarre enough. * We aren't gonna be nice...you need to be REJECTED! Via: J Ellington Ashton Press.

Deadline: July 31st, 2014 Payment: 1 cent a word US, plus one copy Dark Opus Press is proud to present All That's Left of Yesterday, our fourth annual anthology. We will be looking for stroies of the apocalypse, whether it be caused by disease, natural disaster, economic collapse or something else entirely, it 's up to you. However, we won't be looking for zombie stories. Zombies will be saved for another anthology. As usual, we will not be accepting poetry, reprints or artwork for this anthology. Our guidelines are simple. All stories must have a dark bent to them and be between 2,000 and 5,000 words. This word count is firm and stories 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/title of Grimm's tale 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 will NOT fill them out. We are too busy to take the time to do this. Please approve our...

Deadline: July 31st 2014 Payment: 100 dollars for best story, two 50 dollar honorable mentions, and 25 for everyone else. Submissions Dates: 6/1/14 - 7/31/14 Publication Date: October 2014 Horror Anthology Overview We, at Harren Press, are hosting a horror anthology featuring an original Dan Shamble story by New York Times Best Selling author Kevin J Anderson! Two of you will be lucky enough to have your name on the same cover! But before that, your story must make the cut. Acceptances will be tough to come by. Send us your best, a story worth including next to a piece from an author famous for Dune, Star Wars, and the Saga of Seven Suns Series. We wish you much luck. Rights We purchase First Electronic, First Print, and Anthology Rights. Please remember that you can only sell your various “First” rights once. You will only be able to market your accepted story as a reprint, once we have published it, which may limit where you can submit it to in the future, and how much you may be paid for it. Only you can make this business decision for yourself. Submission Requirements 1. We are looking for short stories between 2,500 - 7,500 words. 2. 100 dollars for best story, two 50 dollar honorable mentions, and 25 for everyone else. 3. Stories are to be submitted to [email protected] in .doc, standard manuscript format. 4. Send a 200 word (max) bio with your publication history (if feasible). 5. Limit of 7,500 words per author. Via: Harren Press.

Deadline: July 31st, 2014 Payment: Contributor's Copy Autumn Issue Submission Call: Moonstruck Posted by Admin on July 1, 2014 We’ve seen blood moons, blue moons and even a honey moon. This celestial body affects the tides and rouses demons within. It has fascinated man through history and a lucky few have even set foot on it. Massacre 4 seeks to eclipse all that has gone before. We’re on the hunt for tales of lunar terror, lunacy (maybe a little lycanthropy – but twist it!) and drama from the dark side. We’ll even look at Sci-Fi for this issue – but you’d better give it a good set of teeth. The deadline for ‘moonstruck’ themed fiction and dark verse is: July 31st, 2014 (midnight, GMT). Word count for fiction: 500 – 10,000. In the subject line of your email please put: MOONSTRUCK/YOUR NAME/TITLE OF YOUR WORK. For complete guidelines click HERE. Publication We aim to release Massacre 4 with the moonstruck theme September 2014. However, we are looking for great writing and if this means we have to extend that date we will do so. We will provide further information if you are accepted and before you sign a contract. photo credit: h.koppdelaney via photopin cc Via: Massacre Publishing.

Deadline: August 1st, 2014 Payment: $25.00 and 1 trade paperback and electronic copy of the book upon publication A murder has been committed and another about to be. A fortune has gone missing, a letter and map have mysteriously appeared and something is frightening the children at night. Nothing is quite clear and the only thing for certain is that a detective is needed. But the first detective got a glimpse of what the children are afraid of and left without so much as a word… And so a different kind of detective is needed—one who understands or at least accepts that not all answers or threats will be human or even physical. What this situation calls for is the Occult Detective. Van Helsing, Carnacki and Thunstone are classic examples. Harry Dresden and Anita Blake are popular contemporary versions. And now we want to read about yours. Give us your best, most fascinating and eccentric characters, or continue the adventures of a character in the public domain. It’s up to you. Just make certain that they are investigating something, be it murder by monster, death by curse, blackmail, fraud, theft, extortion, kidnapping, child endangerment, alimony payments, or anything that makes up a compelling mystery… And make certain that the mystery is supernatural in nature, or at the very least appears to point in an otherworldly direction, even if it ends with a gang of thieves using hallucinogens, a mastiff covered in phosphorescent paint, or even teenagers pulling off a villain’s mask. Occult Detective fiction reaches back to at least 1855, and now we want to continue the tradition in grand fashion with A Grimoire of Eldritch Inquests! Edited by: Josh Reynolds and Miles Boothe Submission Period: 2/1/14 through 8/1/14 Reading Period: 8/2/14 through 9/7/14 Acceptances will be announced 9/7/14 Tentative Publication Date: December 2014 Payment: $25.00 and 1...

Deadline: August 1, 2014 Payment: $0.02 USD per word Aercastle Narratives: Speculative Fiction Magazine is currently reading submissions for Issue 1. Accepted submissions will be featured in Aercastle Narratives’ debut issue, scheduled for publication in March 2014. We are open to writers and voices of any genre (adventure, fantasy, horror, humor, mystery, occult, psychic, paranormal, supernatural, romance, science fiction, thriller and western stories, and very interested in reading writers who are unafraid of combining any of these genres). We are open to debuting and seasoned writers alike. We’re looking for quality tales that take us away, make us think and make us feel. To be considered, speculative elements must contribute to your story. We’re looking for those tales which have the potential to keep our readers engaged, on a plane, commuter train, library, or in the comfort of their living rooms. MANUSCRIPT FORMAT Submitted manuscripts must be at least 500 words and no longer than 2,000 words in length. Use a professional, easy to read font, 12pt in size. SUBMISSION Please e-mail manuscripts as an attachment, in either *.doc, *.docx, or OpenOffice *.odt files. In the subject of the e-mail, begin your subject line with “Submission” and the title(s) of your submission. We are seeking First Electronic Rights, First Print Rights, or Reprint Rights where applicable. Please include a brief author bio in your e-mail submission, with publication history and/or website with us. We’d love to tell our readers about you. E-mail submissions to: [email protected] PAYMENT Payment for accepted works is $0.02 USD per word (i.e. $10 for 500 words, $40 for 2000 words) Payment in the form of PayPal transfer or money order (contributor’s preference) upon publication. Contributor’s copy. We appreciate your interest, as we bring together an exciting issue of Aercastle Narratives. We hope our publication will continue...

Submission Period: May 1, 2014 and August 1, 2014 Payment: Royalties are 50% of the sales per eBook and Print book divided between the authors, paid every six months and a contributor's copy As part of the State of Horror Anthologies, Charon Coin Press, with editor Jerry E. Benns, will begin accepting stories based in the state of Louisiana on May 1st. State of Horror: Louisiana was previously released under Rymfire Books as a creation of Dying Days author, Armand Rosamilia. This re-release will be revised and expanded to include a total of thirteen stories. State of Horror: Louisiana will also be released with new cover art. Submitted stories meeting the guidelines below will have an opportunity to be included into the upcoming release of this popular anthology series. Before we get to the guidelines, let’s take a look at the featured state for this release. Louisiana could not be a more fertile state for a horror story. Between the various people, geography, and history, Louisiana is the perfect place to set a terrifying story.   Louisiana is a re-release in the State of Horror anthology, but there is plenty of room for new terrifying tales. If enough quality stories are submitted, there is potential for a second volume of this anthology. The culture of Louisiana is unlike anywhere else in the world. Volumes of horror stories can (and have) been set just in the city of New Orleans. Vampires, voodoo, witches, ghosts, and twisted human souls have all been featured in horrific stories set in New Orleans. However the rest of the state also offers up its own inspiration for the macabre. Whether you set your story in a city like Baton Rouge, Lafayette or Shreveport, or even an outlying area, there are many settings across Louisiana ripe for horror. The geography alone lends itself to great stories. Picture deserted...

Submission Period: May 1, 2014 and August 1, 2014 Payment The State of Horror Anthologies are a royalty-only payment schedule plus a contributor paperback copy. The royalties are 50% of the sales per eBook and Print book divided between the authors, paid every six months. Each book will contain 13 stories. As part of the State of Horror Anthologies, Charon Coin Press under editor Jerry E. Benns, will begin accepting stories based in the state of North Carolina. Submitted stories meeting the guidelines below will have the opportunity to be included into the upcoming release of this popular anthology series. Before we get to the guidelines, let’s take a look at the featured state for this release. North Carolina, one of the thirteen original colonies and one of the first states, will be a new release for State of Horror. It is often over shadowed by its neighbors South Carolina and Virginia. However, North Carolina has a rich and varied history of its own, making it the perfect setting for inclusion in the State of Horror Anthologies. The geography of North Carolina inherently lends itself to a variety of haunting locales and potentially scary stories. Whether you want the rolling mountains of the Appalachians with their dense pine forests and miniature deer, or a seafaring story along the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean, North Carolina has the perfect settings. North Carolina’s cities of Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham, hold historical potential and are large enough cities to explore a post-apocalypse tale. The folklore of North Carolina has well-defined legends and tales to draw from for a horror story. Stories can delve back in time to pre-Columbian Native Americans and their legends, or explore colonial times and Revolutionary settings with ghost ships, or maybe a Civil War Era hauntings. The Vanderbilt mansion-Biltmore- would make an...

Deadline: August 1st, 2014 Payment: 5 cents per word There's nothing more suitable for Halloween than a darn good ghost story, and we want yours. Whether you're dealing with a poltergeist or a demonic entity or a residual haunt, there's a lot to explore in the world of the paranormal. While we'd love to hang out with TAPS or the Ghost Adventures crew, we're more interested in the ghost story without the paranormal investigators and their technology. Just give us a bone-chilling, hair-raising tale of a haunting, and we'll leave the light on. CALL BEGINS JUNE 1, 2014 CALL ENDS AUGUST 1, 2014 Penumbra is looking for original, unpublished stories of 3500 words or less. We prefer that writers use Standard Manuscript Format for submissions. (You can read this article by Chuck Rothman on the SFWA site on preparing a manuscript for submission if you are unfamiliar with SMF.) Please send your stories as file attachments in .rtf or .doc formats only. Please include a cover letter in the body of your email, with the manuscript title, you pen name if applicable, the exact word count of the story not including title and byline, and a publication history if applicable. Penumbra is a professional rates paying publisher, paying 5 cents per word. We will evaluate poetry submissions for each issue. We will also consider previously published stories with rights reverted to the author. Penumbra has multiple issue calls open at the same time, therefore it is imperative that you include the issue theme in the subject line of your email. Submissions that do not include this information risk getting lost in our queue and not read before the deadline. Penumbra uses Musa Publishing’s house style guide, which relies upon the Chicago Manual of Style. All accepted stories will be edited to reflect...

Deadline: August 1st, 2014 Payment: Payment is author share divided equally among the authors. We pay twice a year. Submission Deadline: August 1st, 2014 Content Rating: up to PG-13 Genres: Bizarro, Fantasy, Historical, Historical Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Historical Romance, Magical Realism, Paranormal Romance, Romance, Science Fiction, Space Fantasy, Steampunk, Urban Fantasy. (No Erotica, no Fan Fiction, no Horror.) Word Count: maximum 6,000 words Payment Payment is author share divided equally among the authors. We pay twice a year. Submissions Guidelines In the SUBJECT line of your email submission, put NO HORNS ON THESE HELMETS: submission title. Simultaneous submissions? No. Standard manuscript format. (Double spaced, contact info including email at the top of manuscript) Reprints? Yes, as long as the author has the reprint rights. File format: rtf Email submissions at skywarrior3 AT gmail DOT com Additional information: The complete anthology will be between 75,000 - 85,000 words. I will be turning it over to the publisher no later than November 1st. I will be doing the actual editing in addition to acquiring the stories for publication. Sky Warrior Books is issuing an open call for submissions, but I am also inviting specific authors to contribute a story. I’m not holding a slot for each genre listed, I’m just taking the best quality stories up to the length of the book, so if the top 15 stories include 3 historicals and 0 bizarro, then there will be 3 historicals and 0 bizarro in the finished anthology. I will try to balance the anthology if there are too many quality submissions in one genre, though. The general concept for this anthology is authentic stories based on heathen, Viking, northern culture, Norse / Germanic mythology, and related material. VIa: Sky Warrior Books.

Deadline: August 1st, 2014 Payment: $25 All Due Respect is a quarterly digital and hard copy magazine featuring fiction and non-fiction. We work with publisher Full Dark City Press. If you want in, here's what we're looking for: FICTION: Pay is $25. We are seeking to become an approved publisher with the Mystery Writers of America, which would mean that published stories would be eligible for the Edgar Awards. Every issue is sent for consideration in the annual Best American Mystery Stories series, the O. Henry Awards, and the Spinetingler Awards. The editors will also select individual stories to be nominated for the storySouth Million Writers Award, the Pushcart Prize, the Derringers, and any other relevant contests. We want fully developed stories about crime, so minimum 2,000 words. (There's no maximum.) We do not accept simultaneous submissions. Submit one story at a time. No reprints. If we reject your story, wait at least a month before sending another one. We will respond to your submission within a week. If your story is accepted, the story should not be published anywhere else until six months after publication. You must format your story as follows: 1) First line of paragraphs indented .25 inches (NOT using the tab key or the space bar! If you do this, then we have to manually reformat the entire story. This is the most important direction--if you don't do this, we will reject your story automatically.) Here's a web site that shows you how to do indent the first line of a paragraph in MS Word. 2) Double-spaced. 3) One space after periods. 4) Three asterisks *** centered to indicate scene breaks. 5) File titled: Last name_title of story.doc (or .docx, .rtf). 6) Do NOT send Open Office files (.odt). If this is all you have, cut...

Deadline: August 1st, 2014 Payment: five cents a word to eight cents a word   I'm now taking original submissions for The Mammoth Book of Dieselpunk, to be published by Constable & Robinson in the UK and Running Press in the US in 2015. Stories can be emailed here. The deadline is August 1st, 2014. You will be notified soon after the deadline if your work is accepted or rejected. Pay rate is five cents a word to eight cents a word. If you need to know what dieselpunk is, it's a subcategory of steampunk, essentially, covering the 1920s through the 1950s, including the Roaring Twenties, the Depression, World War II, and even a little beyond that, but here's the thing: I want material from all over the world, I don't want a white-washed representation of this theme. Spread the word. PS. if you have any reprints that you'd like to recommend, please feel free to help us out here. Via: Old Charlie Brown.

Deadline: August 1, 2014 Payment: $25.00 - $50.00 for fiction, $5.00 - $10.00 for poetry, and $25.00 for nonfiction (all U.S. dollars). We also send you a copy of the issue in which your piece appears. You'll receive your money and issue at the same time. We love the fact that writers around the world are inspired by our first lines, and we know that not every story will be sent to us. However, we ask that you do not submit stories starting with our first lines to other journals (or post them online on public sites) until we've notified you as to our decision (usually two to three weeks after the deadline). When the entire premise of the publication revolves around one sentence, we don't want it to look as if we stole that sentence from another writer. If you have questions, feel free to drop us a line. One more thing while I've got you here: Writers compete against one another for magazine space, so, technically, every literary magazine is running a contest. There are, however, literary magazines that run traditional contests, where they charge entry fees and rank the winners. We do not - nor will we ever - charge a submission fee, nor do we rank our stories in order of importance. Occasionally, we run contests to help come up with new first lines, or we run fun, gimmicky competitions for free stuff, but the actual journal is not a contest in the traditional sense. Fiction: All stories must be written with the first line provided. The line cannot be altered in any way, unless otherwise noted by the editors. The story should be between 300 and 5,000 words (this is more like a guideline and not a hard-and-fast rule; going over or under the word...

Deadline: August 14, 2014 Payment: N/A - Charity Anthology J.A.Mes Press is pleased to announce a call for submissions for its 2014 Halloween flash fiction anthology entitled In Creeps the Night. 100% of the book sales from this anthology will benefit the Mothers Without Borders Charity. Looking for writing inspiration? Remember, Halloween is about the things that go bump in the night. The creaking of a door. Ghostly and supernatural beings. The creepy and the dark. We want stories that evoke the senses, that linger with you long after they are read, that make you look over your shoulder and wonder…did I just hear or see something? Looking under your bed is optional—we can’t be responsible for those things that live underneath. Although there is no rating for this book, please keep these writing guidelines in mind: No adult content, please. If you write erotic scenes, please keep them mild and free of obscenities. Also, refrain from gratuitous violence or excessive blood and gore. We know you can write great stuff without resorting to Z-movie shock tactics. If your story contains too much profanity, overt sexuality, or violence, we will politely ask you to change the focus of your story. Also, please be mindful of other cultures and beliefs. J.A.Mes Press will not publish stories that ridicule or slander another culture, religion, race, creed, orientation, etc. All submissions must in no later than August 14, 2014. This allows our partner, Blue Harvest Creative, adequate time to complete the book for release mid-September. Please adhere to our submission guidelines. Failure to follow these guidelines will disqualify your story for consideration within the anthology. Technical Guidelines : 1. The word count per story is a minimum of 500 words and a maximum of 1300 words. A maximum of three stories may be submitted by each author. 2. The 50 best...

Deadline: August 15th, 2014 Payment: CHARITY Anthology, one digital copy Space, the final frontier... We thought we were alone in the universe... Cosmic forces beyond all comprehension... humans and aliens wrapped in 2,500,000 tons of spinning metal, all alone in the night... Erotica writer and geekess extraordinaire, Lynn Townsend, is looking for a new, erotic spin on science fiction. Called the "literature of ideas," science fiction deals with futuristic settings, alien life forms, advanced technology, space travel, and other innovations, and has been used for centuries to frame stories to explore identity, morality, social structure, and desire. What it means to be human, among aliens. What binds us together, and what keeps us apart. The final book will contain the best of erotic science fiction, a wide range of characters, pairings, ideas, situations, and exploration, of both worlds and bodies. From the depths of the teams working to build a planet-saving device, to the trenches of alien warfare, to the forbidden longings for other sentient species, Coming Together: Among the Stars will take readers to the very edge of the universe and back. Standard Port Rules apply: No underage (aliens must be mature, regardless of how many solar rotations they have currently survived), no non-consensual scenes, no scat, incest, necrophilia (excepting space vampires or other undead). Any pairings or groupings accepted and encouraged. Heat level, medium-warm to nuke my brain! Happily Ever After or Happy For Now not mandatory, but NO snuff. I'm looking for satisfying science fiction and incredible sex first and foremost. Deadline for submissions is August 15, 2014. Send double-spaced, 12 point font (Times New Roman or Georgia) in .doc or .rtf format, 2,000 – 4,500 word stories to [email protected], with “ATTN: Coming Together, your pen-name, your story title” in the subject line. Poetry will also be considered. Indent...

Deadline: August 15th, 2014 Payment: Contributor's Copy The Haunted Traveler is currently Open for Submissions. Our deadline is August 15, 2014. Please review our guidelines before submitting your work to our anthology. To get a better feel of what we like to read, take a look at our latest edition. The Haunted Traveler is a horror and science fiction anthology that releases twice a year. It's an anthology that is searching for strange tales, shocking premonitions, haunting images and much more! We invite you to take a look at our first release to get a better feel of what we're searching for! The Haunted Traveler is a Non-Profit publication, seeking only to publish and release the most shocking and horrifying material we can find. We've only begun thanks to our awesome contributors and readers, and we hope to continue roaming around. Donations are not required, but they are hugely appreciated! Each bit of funding helps keeps us releasing great art and featuring new artists and writers! Via: The Haunted Traveler.

Deadline: August 31st 2014 Payment: $25.00 (USD) and Two (2) Contributor copies of the anthology 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 its own Gothic Blue Book Vol. 4 to be available this October 31st 2014. What was a Gothic Blue Book? Gothic Blue Books were abridgements of full-length Gothic novels. The subjects of these 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. 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? Original Gothic Blue Books typically took place in either a monastery, convent or castle. In years past we have asked for short stories that take place in one of these locations, or a modern day location such as a morgue, haunted house or cemetery. This year, we have added a new entry – legend, folklore or myth of the Americas. When we think of legend, folklore or myth of the Americas the range is staggering, from the Jersey Devil in the East Coast, to the Wendigo, American werewolf, La Llorona, vanishing hitchhiker, the woman in white, abandoned mining towns and so much more. Please submit a short story or poem no longer than 3,500 words that follows one...

Deadline: August 31, 2014 Payment: Selected authors will receive a single payment via PayPal for their story based on length at a minimum rate of $0.0050 per word or $10 whichever is greater. Author shall also receive one print copy mailed and one PDF form of the book sent via email Genres:  Paranormal Theme: General Submission Deadline:  August 31, 2014 Forward submissions  and publishing agreement to:  [email protected] Required Word Count:  Approx 750 min -5,000 MAX Ending Must Be: Happy ever after or Happy for now- not necessary Overall description: Rumor has it- there are ghosts everywhere. Tell your scariest tale.  Can not contain: ·         Intended to evoke hate Selected authors will receive a single payment via PayPal for their story based on length at a minimum rate of $0.0050 per word or $10 whichever is greater. Author shall also receive one print copy mailed and one PDF form of the book sent via email. Authors may, but are not required to,  purchase additional copies of the print version at 50% off the retail price plus shipping from North 2 South Press for up to two years after the date of publication. A form with prices will be shipped with the initial copies and will be noted in the email with the PDF version. Please review the open anthology guideline page  and the publishing agreement  Forward submissions  and publishing agreement to:  [email protected] Via: North 2 South Press.

Deadline: August 31st, 2014 Payment: 1 cent USD per word. We also provide a complimentary electronic version of the book to each contributor. Tacitus Publishing has decided to take on its first anthology - IT'S A GRIMM LIFE. We are looking for short fiction (1,500 to 5,000 words) that takes a new look at the Grimm Fairy Tales. The story should be placed in a modern setting and incorporating new modern twists. We would like you to push the darker side of these retellings, staying true to the nature of the originals. We are not interested in overwhelming gore or mature content. This should be an original piece of work. Submission process: There are two options, either using the submission form on the website or sending an email. For either choice, we ask that you attach the story as an rtf (rich text format) file. email: submission(at)tacituspublishing.com subject line should read: Grimm Anthology (This maybe pushing it based on the possibility of being overwhelmed, but we may offer quick critiques or suggestions to submitters in our responses. Tacitus Publishing wants to continue with its writer-friendly approach by offering any small amount of assistance we can.) Cover letter and quick biography: Please put the cover letter in the body of the form or email.  The structuring of the letter should include - · your name · contact info - address, phone, email · title of the story · a one sentence summary of your story · word count · brief bio and quick list of published work Submission format: We are not concerned with the overall format of the body of your work but do ask for some page formatting to assist our reviewing process.  Please add to each page - · top left - author's name · top right -...

Deadline: .05/word (CDN) Payment: August 31st, 2014 In addition to Start a Revolution, I’m also editing for Exile Editions an anthology called This Patchwork Flesh: QUILTBAG Horror. The reading period for This Patchwork Flesh will run from June 1st, 2014 to August 31st, 2014. All responses will be given by September 30th, 2014, and the book is slated for release in Fall 2015. Stories selected for inclusion will be paid at .05/word (CDN).  Submissions for this one can be anything up to 8,000 words. Original, unpublished fiction only. No reprints. As with Start a Revolution, because of the strictures the publisher is working under via provincial funding specific to these books, 90% of the anthology must be Canadian authored content. I do want to see submissions from international authors, I’m just warning everyone again, up front, about the guidelines I’m working under. Further guidelines (and a summary) below. But first: - The Central Idea: There would be no This Patchwork Flesh without Michael Rowe’s seminal anthologies, Queer Fear and Queer Fear II. Exquisite in both their execution and in their focus on putting openly gay protagonists front and centre, the Queer Fear anthologies shifted the nature of the conversation horror fiction was having in short form. And that’s because horror fiction is, for everything else it accomplishes (and it casts a very wide net through various subgenres), primarily a way of looking at the darker aspects of ourselves. Of examining the horrors we both embody and encounter. A way of exploring both catharsis and vastation by looking inward, and then extrapolating outward. It is, then, a way of turning a mirror on ourselves, as a way of looking at the rest of the world. But, as many readers will already be aware, the mirror of (Western) horror fiction tends to reflect a very narrow range of representations. This Patchwork Flesh is meant to be, like the Queer Fear books, a wider lens on...

Deadline: August 31, 2014 Payment: $200.00 once LT3 has a signed contract. Note: Novella Length Anthology Submissions Due to limited space in general release anthologies, we do not review and reply to submissions for an anthology until the deadline for the anthology closes. Lovely, Dark, and Deep Lovely, Dark, and Deep — An Anthology Call — Wolves, fairies, ghosts, errant campers, and witches … fiction is rife with tales of what happens when people dare to enter, or leave, the woods. A classic setting from the oldest fairytale to the newest thriller, the adventure and danger that comes from wandering around a forest, or a jungle, provides endless opportunity for new stories. Less Than Three Press is seeking tales of all that can happen in the woods when those who shouldn’t be there venture into them anyway… THE DETAILS: Deadline is August 31, 2014 (give or take, we won’t kill you for sending it off the following morning). Stories should be at least 10,000 words and should not exceed approx 20,000 words in length. Stories may be any pairing except cisgender M/F (trans* M/F, M/M, F/F, poly, and all permutations thereof are acceptable). Stories must have a happily ever after (HEA) or happy for now (HFN) end. Any sub-genre is gladly accepted: sci-fi, mystery, contemporary, steampunk, etc. All usual LT3 submission guidelines apply. IMPORTANT: Completed manuscripts should be emailed to [email protected] with LOVELY, DARK, AND DEEP in the subject line. Please include the title of your work, your name, pen name, word count, and a brief summary of the story in your email. Lovely, Dark, and Deep is a general release anthology, which means authors will receive a flat payment of $200.00 once LT3 has a signed contract. Authors will receive one copy each of the ebook formats LT3 produces and 2 print volumes of...

Deadline: August 31, 2014 Payment: $15 What we’re looking for: Short fiction between 3000-7500 words. This length is flexible. Speculative fiction. We especially like science fiction and fantasy but will read anything that grips us. Submit completed manuscripts to submissions AT asterismpress DOT com. Rich text format (.rtf) preferred, but we’re not here to tell you which word processor to use. Use the subject line ‘SUBMISSION: (Your title)’ for best results. We purchase nonexclusive electronic and print rights, and the right to distribute the material under a Creative Commons license (CC-BY-NC 4.0). We accept reprints, but would rather avoid simultaneous submissions (it just sounds like a headache for everyone involved). If we accept your story, we’ll pay you a flat rate of $15. Please bear in mind that most publishers will not buy reprints, so don’t send us anything you’d like to sell later. Strange Constellations is open to submissions from July 1 to August 31, and again from January 1 to February 28. We try to respond to all submissions within 30 days. Via: Strange Constellations.

Deadline: August 31st 2014 Payment: $0.02 per word up to $150 Genres and Content: Betwixt publishes speculative fiction of all sorts—fantasy, science fiction, speculative horror, slipstream, weird fiction, steam/diesel/cyber/etc.punk, you name it. We particularly like stories that smash genre boundaries to smithereens, but we also love fresh takes on established genres and in-depth explorations of ultraspecific niches. Experiments in form and style are welcomed enthusiastically—but a straightforward narrative with tight, crisp language is just as beautiful. When it comes down to it, we want stories that will amaze us, astound us, provoke our thoughts, and boggle our minds. Betwixt supports diversity in speculative fiction and welcomes stories by and about individuals of all ages, classes, disabilities, ethnicities, genders, nationalities, races, religions, and sexual orientations. Please don’t send multiple or simultaneous submissions, stories that have been published (including self-published) previously, or poetry. We are not seeking unsolicited nonfiction at this time. Length: Stories of 4,000 to 7,000 words are ideal, but we will consider a range from 1,000 to 30,000 words. Rights: Betwixt purchases first worldwide English-language serial, electronic, and print rights. Stories will be published on betwixtmagazine.com, in electronic and print-on-demand quarterly issues, and in electronic and print-on-demand yearly anthologies. We may also excerpt stories for promotional purposes. The author retains all other rights. We do not publish unsolicited reprints, and we ask that stories we publish not appear anywhere else for three months after publication. For example, if a story is published in the January issue, we ask that it not appear elsewhere until April—although we would be delighted to make exceptions for extraordinary circumstances! We are open to publishing stories in translation, provided that they have not yet been published in English. If you have questions about specific rights or contract terms, please feel free to contact us at [email protected]. (Please don’t send submissions to this...

Deadline: August 31st, 2014 Payment: 50$ per accepted submission Tell us your creepy tales, show us your scary artwork, give us puzzling puzzlers to puzzle the mind. We want it all. Please remember that Wee Tales is aimed at young readers, and tailor your submissions accordingly. Even better, do you know a young artist or writer? We’d love to see their submissions too! All submissions should be in doc or docx format, double spaced, Times New Roman 12pt. At the present time we are mostly seeking short submissions for Wee Tales and Refractions, and these must be age appropriate for the journal. If you have something more geared toward an adult market please still submit to be in early consideration for a future project. Wee Tales submissions should be between 600 and 2000 words. We are always seeking new novel, novella, non-fiction, or serial projects. Submit to [email protected] Subject line: QUERY–Title–Last Name Short form submissions are paid on publication. Poetry, Puzzles, and Artwork are paid 35$ per accepted submission. Short Stories and Essays are paid 50$ per accepted submission. Combined submissions (story and artwork) are paid 65$ per accepted submission. Via: Golden Fleece Press.

Deadline: August 31st, 2014 Payment: $20.00 USD and a free copy of the book (digital and, if available, print). Carnal Horror Anthology Mega Thump Publishing** is now accepting Short Stories to be considered for its second Anthology (title TBD), to be edited again by yours truly. Submission Details: We are looking for quality short Horror stories that use sex or overt sexuality as a primary theme. What we are NOT looking for: No erotica, supernatural or otherwise (that is, no adult content for adult content’s sake) No shock for shock sake either; the sexual element(s) must be integral to the narrative’s plot, not inserted (hehe) arbitrarily. Think of films like VIDEODROME, GINGER SNAPS, THE WICKER MAN (1973), HALLOWEEN, or CAT PEOPLE (1982). As long as they fit the above criteria, stories can be horrifically humorous or dead serious in tone. They can be graphic (but not mature content), as long as there’s an artful reason behind it. Most importantly, all stories must be well-written, smart, and entertaining. Submission Guidelines: Stories should range between 1,000-15,000 words. Stories must be written in English. Stories should be submitted as an MS Word doc/docx. Stories must be received in proper manuscript format. See example HERE. Multiple submissions are permitted. Stories must be original to author. Persons submitting must hold copyright to the material, or have legal authority to submit work on behalf of author. Stories previously published in magazines, on websites, or in other periodicals are eligible; however, they cannot have before appeared in another published anthology or collection of works. Selected authors will grant one-time anthology rights for publication in the English language throughout the world, with no publication elsewhere for 12 months after acknowledging Author/Publisher Agreement, upon which time rights revert back to the author. Authors of stories accepted for this anthology will receive as compensation $20.00 USD and...

Deadline: August 31, 2014 Payment: 40% royalty off the NET payment from all third party vendors for each copy sold will be paid quarterly via Paypal only. Mocha Memoirs Press is pleased to announce that we are accepting horror stories for our Dark Mocha Bites: Death’s Café series. Please read all of the information provided. Submission Guidelines What We Want This series focuses on horror stories. As with most stories, we are not afraid of genre mash-up, but the overall feel of the story must be horrific and fit the theme of Death’s Café. We want beautiful prose and originality wrapped up in the darkest, creepiest story you’ve ever conceived.  What We Don’t Want We don’t want slasher horror or splatterpunk for this collection. We will reject any stories that contain rape, or the abuse of minors. Stories featuring well-worn tropes (vampires, zombies, werewolves) will be an extremely hard sell. Violence is fine, but gratuitous gore isn’t. We love sex if it’s integral to the plot, but we don’t want a adult content-film script. Other than that, use your imagination to make us cringe and tremble. Submissions We prefer to see submissions using something approaching Standard Manuscript Format, which can be found here: http://www.shunn.net/format/story.htmlThe only exception is that italics MUST appear as they will be used—no underlining. We will accept works of 8,500 – 20,000 words. Please query if you wish to submit outside of these guidelines. To submit your work for this line, send a cover letter/email, completed story and synopsis/marketing history along with your name, pen name (if using one), story title with word count, address, website or blog, and any professional publication credits you think might interest us to: mmphorror (at) gmail (dot) com with Submission: story title_last name in the subject line. Remove the spaces, use the @ symbol in place of...

Deadline: August 31st, 2014 Payment: 6¢ per word for fiction Editors: Bart R. Leib, Kay T. Holt and Kelly Jennings Word count: 1000-6000 (FIRM) Multiple submissions: Maximum of two (2) per month (Please submit separately!) No simultaneous submissions No reprints. We do not publish poetry at this time. Submit stories in DOC, DOCX or RTF format. Standard Manuscript Format is strongly preferred. Use a standard font like Times New Roman or Arial, in 12 pt. (Note: Courier is evil.) Turnaround time for responses is one month following the end of your submission month. (e.g. if you submit during September, we’ll respond no later than October 31.) Turnaround is usually faster than this. If you haven’t received a response by the end of the following month, please query.   PAY RATE & RIGHTS We pay 6¢ per word for fiction. Authors will also receive a gratis print and ebook copy of the anthology in which their story appears. Crossed Genres takes first world ebook and print rights, and non-exclusive anthology rights for CG Magazine’s biannual anthologies. We also take non-exclusive online rights to publish and archive your story on our website.     GENRES/THEMES Each month CG Magazine has a new genre or theme. Short story submissions must combine elements of either Science Fiction and/or Fantasy with the current theme. Do not send submissions to upcoming themes, they will be rejected without consideration! Current theme (August 2014): 24: Destruction (Submissions: August 1-31. Publication: December 2014) Destruction isn’t just the apocalypse. It’s not only falling buildings and fractured ground. And destruction isn’t always an ending. Sometimes, it’s very personal. Sometimes it’s shared. Sometimes it’s an inevitable change. Destruction is really about transformation – it’s far more complicated than good or bad.   Via: Crossed Genres.