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Dealine: April 1st, 2018 Payment: 6 cents per word Open for Submissions: Jan 1 - Apr 1 2018 Expected Publication: Late 2018 Story Length: 1500 - 5000 words Payment: .06 / word ( SFWA professional rates ) We're looking for works of short speculative fiction that consider the future of the internet, artificial intelligence, the mind, and robots. Give us your optimistic, fantastic, bittersweet stories of fantasy and science fiction. Please, no YA dystopian, robots will destroy the world, high fantasy tropes. Take a more original and nuanced view on the subject. No multiple submissions. No simultaneous submissions. No reprints. Submission Method: Send a brief cover letter in the body of an email with the story name, approximate word count, and author contact info. Attach your piece to the email in Rich Text ( .rtf ) format. Send all submissions to paperdogbooks gmail com . We try to respond to all submissions within 60 days. If you have not heard a response from us in that time please send a query. Via: Paper Dog Books.

Deadline: April 1st, 2018 Payment: $30 minimum, details below With volume 5 in edits, it’s time to start planning the sixth volume of the Bikes in Space series of feminist bicycle science fiction, currently planned to come out in early 2020. The theme for this issue is: Dragons. Story length: 500 to 8,000 words (stories on the shorter end tend to appeal to me more). Deadline: April 1, 2018 (Changed from February 1st to avoid editorial burnout!) Format: Email a Word, Google, PDF, or txt/rtf document to elly at takingthelane dot com. I prefer to read submissions blindly, so please don’t include your name or contact details on your manuscript. Submissions of black and white illustrations or comics are also welcome. Pay: A percentage of net profits from the Kickstarter project used to fund the book is split evenly between contributors, not less than $30 per story. More about the themes: Stories can be in any science fiction or fantasy – ish genre: high fantasy, hard SF, space opera, fairy tales, solarpunk, spec fic, slipstream… anything but fanfic. Dragons can be literal or metaphorical, from a specific cultural tradition or entirely of your own invention. Surprise me! All stories must contain bicycles—the story doesn’t need to be about bicycling, but this element must be central enough that removing it would change the story significantly. Same goes with feminism. The story doesn’t have to be about feminism, but it does need to break from tired old gender stereotypes. I am especially looking for stories by writers who don’t often see their experiences reflected in mainstream science fiction and fantasy. P.S. Here’s a photo of an actual dragon bicycle for your enjoyment. Via: Taking The Lane.

Deadline: April 1st, 2018 Payment: $5.00 per 1000/w (to a max of $10). Reprints allowed. We are seeking ham sandwich stories, essays, poems, and other creative works for The Hamthology, which will be made available as an e-book and POD paperback. Your work has to include a ham sandwich in some significant way. (It doesn’t have to be the main part of the story, but it should affect the story.) We are interested in: comedies, horrors, and horror/comedies featuring a ham sandwich science fiction or fantasy stories featuring a ham sandwich serious literary fiction (with ham sandwich) explorations of the human experience through the prism of the ham sandwich romantic and/or erotic ham sandwich fiction creative fiction, possibly told in the form of advertisements or recipes for ham sandwiches actual recipes for ham sandwiches vegan screeds against the ham sandwich, or carnivore celebrations of the virtues of the ham sandwich or, generally, moral debates within the realm of ham sandwich ham sandwich poems ham sandwich personal essays ham sandwich philosophical or academic essays (e.g. the ham sandwich theorem) visual art with a ham sandwich To whet your appetite, here is some ham sandwich art by the Swedish artist Janne Karlsson: Submission Information: You retain original copyright. We just want (non-exclusive) rights to include the work in the anthology. Reprints are okay. Simultaneous submissions: okay. Multiple submissions: okay. Submission window: Feb 14 through April 1. Payment: rate of $5.00 per 1000/w (to a max of $10) upfront by Paypal OR up to twice that much comped from a paperback copy of the anthology (when it becomes available). All contributors will also receive the digital version. To be clear, a rate of $5.00 per 1000/w is a rate of .5c/word. Accepted lengths: anything. If you have an idea, but aren’t sure if we’d be interested, send...

Deadline: April 15th, 2018 Payment: $20 per story Please don't query us about your story submission. We don't have the manpower to answer such queries. An editor will email you back as soon as possible with the decision about your story. This can take a few days, or, up to three months. We make every effort to get back to authors in a timely manner but we get a lot of submissions so sometimes it's not possible. A note on our editorial policy: before publication we may edit the story for length or readability. However, we always remain true to the spirit of the story. Issues are published at the end of February, May, August, and November. We reserve the right to shift publication date slightly, as necessary. We have reading periods for each issue, though we never close to submissions. February closes January 15 May closes April 15 August closes July 15 November closes October 15 Please do not submit the same story more than once, and please submit only one story at a time. We consider any story between 250 and 7000 words with speculative fiction elements. We prefer science fiction, fantasy, and the macabre, but we're willing to push the limits of traditional forms of these genres. We do not consider poetry, stories with over-the-top sex or violence, serials, novels, fan fiction, or non-fiction. We don't accept multiple submissions; in other words, only submit one story at a time and wait for a response before submitting another. We accept simultaneous submissions as long as you let us know up front and tell us as soon as it's accepted elsewhere. We do not publish reprints, including anything that has appeared on a website. We pay $20 for each story we publish. We buy first-printing world exclusive rights for four months....

Deadline: April 15th, 2018 Payment: Original English short stories of up to 5,000 words (hard limit, shorter preferred) at $0.03/word, Reprints of stories up to 15,000 words (5,000 words or under preferred) at $0.01/word, Art pieces at $50/piece (reprints accepted), Essays at $50/piece (reprints not accepted) Note: Reprints accepted. Original English short stories of up to 5,000 words (hard limit, shorter preferred) at $0.03/word Reprints of stories up to 15,000 words (5,000 words or under preferred) at $0.01/word Art pieces at $50/piece (reprints accepted) Essays at $50/piece (reprints not accepted) *We define reprints as any work that has been seen by the public before, whether in another journal or online on personal sites/blogs/etc. Please inform us if your work has been printed before so we can credit.   Rights The author grants Iridium Magazine for first world electronic rights (text and audio) and first print rights with 3 months exclusivity from date of publication and archiving.   Format Manuscripts and essays should be in standard manuscript format as a .doc, .docx, or .rtf WITHOUT identifying information. DO NOT put your name anywhere on the manuscript—any manuscripts with identifying information (incl. email or address) will be auto-rejected. The document should be labeled “Title (Genre)”.   Trigger Warnings Please warn for any potentially triggering content in the body of your email. This includes mentions of or on-screen sexual assault, suicide/suicidal ideation, child sexual abuse, child abuse, abuse, etc. Don’t try to surprise or shock us–that will only result in a rejection.   How to Submit Send submissions to [email protected] with the subject line “SUBMISSION: AUTHOR NAME – TITLE” and a 100-word, third-person bio. Unless solicited, any submissions sent directly to the editors or other email addresses will be ignored. Simultaneous Submissions: Yes. Inform us in your cover letter that it is a simultaneous submission and email us if your submission has been accepted...

Deadline: April 15th, 2018 Payment: $25 Note: While many of Circlet's calls tend to fall into speculative fiction, we're still in a gray area on anything that would be erotica. However, this one doesn't have that push unline many of the publisher's titles so we thought you might want to take a look at something a little different. Possible Titles: The Romantic Ace; Acethetic Edited by Victoria Pond It seems like every romance movie, book, and song out there equates lust with love, and that means some of us are left out. Not everyone feels lust. Not everyone even wants romantic love. Here’s your chance to talk about romance for the characters uninterested in sex. Give me your space pilots in serious relationships with their sentient ships. Think about how an incubus would patiently court a demi-sexual. Maybe you have a regency fantasy where only a virgin can wield the talisman, and thank goodness we’ve got an adult countess who can step up. Let’s not define this by what it isn’t. Allosexuality dominates the rest of the media. Here’s a chance for ace pride to shine. Submit your stories from all over the spectra—from science fiction to fantasy, from sex-repulsed to demi-sexual, from romantic to platonic. This romance anthology celebrates asexuality in all its forms, in all its levels. Maybe your characters will take things to their allosexual conclusions, but maybe they won’t. And, as it ought to be in reality, that’s up to you. “Ace” puns highly encouraged. (You know: the dogfighting “flying ace” who has a closer-than-lovers arrangement with his mechanic.) Email your submissions to [email protected]. We do not publish poetry. Stories should generally be between 2500 and 8500 words (though we’re flexible for a great story). Originals only, no reprints. We purchase first rights for inclusion in the ebook...

Deadline: April 15th, 2018 Payment: 6 cents per word "Galileo's Theme Park" -   Space opera, SF, physics. The great Italian scientist is famous for standing up for science in the face of the Inquisition, doing his best work while under house arrest. He also brought us our first views of Jupiter's moons by combining a convex lens with a concave one to invent a high quality telescope. We invite you to take us on a journey to the lands beyond Earth revealed to us by Galileo and other space scientists. Suggested reading: "The Old Astronomer" by Sarah Williams (Art: Galileo during IUS burn. NASA. http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/images/artwork.html) Reading Period: March 1 - April 15, 2018 Writer Deadline: April 15, 2018 Publication Date: June 15, 2018 Third Flatiron Publishing is based in Boulder, Colorado, and Ayr, Scotland. We are looking for submissions to our (approximately) quarterly themed anthologies. Our focus is on science fiction and fantasy and anthropological fiction. We want tightly plotted tales in out-of-the-ordinary scenarios. Light horror is acceptable, provided it fits the theme. Please send us short stories that revolve around age-old questions and have something illuminating to tell us as human beings. Fantastical situations and creatures, exciting dialog, irony, mild horror, and wry humor are all welcome. Stories should be between 1,500 and 3,000 words. Inquire if longer. Role models for the type of fiction we want include Kurt Vonnegut, Arthur C. Clarke, Dan Simmons, Connie Willis, Vernor Vinge, and Ken Kesey. We want to showcase some of the best new shorts available today. For each anthology, we will also accept  a few very short humor pieces on the order of the "Shouts and Murmurs" feature in The New Yorker Magazine (600 words or so). These can be written from a first-person perspective or can be mini-essays that tell people what they ought to do, how to do something better, or...

Deadline: April 15th, 2018 Payment: 4 to 5p (~6¢) per word Submission guidelines Submissions are currently opened for our first issue and will close on 15th April 2018. Please read and follow the guidelines below to ensure your piece can be processed promptly. The theme The first issue will centre on the concept of home in the broadest sense, from the physical structure to the social construct. For instance, we hope the stories will revisit what the notion of home is – a house, a planet, a device? – and what it means to feel at home or homesick. What do we mean by home? How does the concept of home adapts as the world around us changes at a radical pace? What we’re looking for We welcome a range of science fiction and speculative short stories, from micro fictions to 5000 word pieces. This is not a hard limit, but use your best judgement when it comes to sending something longer than that. We accept multiple submissions of micro and flash fictions totalling less than 5000 words. For longer texts, please only send the one that’s most relevant to the theme. We understand that authors sometimes send the same story to multiple outlets simulataneously but insist that you send withdrawal requests to the concerned parties if your piece is accepted. We’re generally not open to reprints and will not accept anything that is still available online or in print, regardless of time of publication. If you feel your piece is particularlyrelevant and is not available anymore, please get in touch. We tend to commission non-fiction but we do accept submissions (or pitches) if you have written or can write something that fits the theme. Process Please send your story in an editable format such as a Word document (.doc, .docx) or rich...

Deadline: April 15th, 2018 Payment: $150+ (Read below.) About The Future Visions Anthologies is a science fiction anthology series, aiming to deliver excellent and diverse short story collections on a quarterly basis. In the tradition of great television anthology series such as The Twilight Zone, and Black Mirror, the Future Visions Anthologies will broadly explore all genres and traditions of science fiction and speculative fiction, seeking in each story to explore deeply themes that are relevant to a modern audience. Themes What do you hope the future will bring? What are you afraid we may become? How do our visions of the future inform and give shape to the hopes and fears that we have today? These questions are what defines anthology series like The Twilight Zone and Black Mirror. Rather than mandating a theme for each publication, (one publication for cyborgs, one for time travelers, etc...) I want authors to feel free to explore these larger questions using any and all of the popular science fiction tropes: new technology, exploration, nightmarish dystopians, alien species, baffling utopias, the list goes on... Diversity The Future Visions Anthologies seeks to bring diversity to all aspects of their publications, from the stories and authors we publish, to the themes and genres we explore. All authors may apply regardless of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, or political affiliation. Terms The Future Visions Anthologies seeks to engage authors with fair and equitable terms through participation in the anthologies. The anthologies will be enrolled in Kindle Unlimited for an initial six-month term, during which stories will be exclusive to the anthology. After this, anthologies will continue be available as an ebook (not in KU) for an additional six-month term. During this term, partial publication rights will return to the author to publish as an ebook, except for in KU. After one year, the ebook will be unpublished,...

Deadline: April 20th 2018 Payment: Royalties Announcing call for submissions for Deadman’s Tome Conspiracy  All Submissions should meet this criteria: Works: short stories Genre and theme: Horror, Dark fiction, bizarro framed around conspiracies whether it be UFOs, JFK, 9/11, or Las Vegas. All conspiracies are fair game. Have fun. Deadline: April 20th  Format: Attach the .RTF, .DOC, or .DOCX Word Count 5k – 7k words approx. Payment: 60% of net earnings divided evenly among the authors. Multiple Submissions okay. Submit a brief bio, we don’t care if you have no work history, give us a brief bio of yourself. Send submission to [email protected] Via: Deadman's Tome.

Deadline: April 28th, 2018 Payment: 1¢/word Note: Reprints Allowed Haunted are These Houses is an anthology of Gothic fiction and poetry due out in September 2018, edited by Erin Sweet Al-Mehairi and Eddie Generous. Submit original or reprints of short story submissions of horror, dark science fiction (light), dark fantasy, crime, thriller, and suspense. Typical Unnerving flavor requested, but Gothic in nature. Payment is 1¢/word. Non-exclusive print-on-demand rights for five years. Submit only one story at a time. Submit in .docx, .doc or .odt only. Double-spaced. No tabs. No extra spaces after periods. Please use common sense when formatting. Everything hard on the eyes will be rejected automatically. Allow for up to 6 months before querying. Simultaneous submissions are welcome. Open to authors from any country. Payment by PayPal only within 30 days of publication. Only stories from 400-6,000 (FIRM!) words will be considered with preference leaning towards fewer than 4,000 words. Via: Unnerving Magazine's Submittable.

Deadline: April 30th, 2018 Payment: $10 An anthology of short stories based upon/inspired by and in loving homage to all of those great gorefest movies and books of the 1980's (doesn't need to be set in that era!), the golden age when horror well and truly came kicking, screaming and spraying blood, gore & body parts out from the shadows...   It was the dacade that brought us everything in the cinema and on VHS from the Italian 'nasties' to Elm Street, The Lost Boys, Hellraiser, The Thing, Day of the Dead, Reanimator, Return of the Living Dead, My Bloody Valentine, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Cannibal Holocaust….and superlative directors such as David Cronenburg, John Waters, Roger Corman and - of course - Clive Barker. All of this was, naturally, reflected in the books we devoured - Guy N Smith, Clive Barker'sBooks of Blood, James Herbert, Jack Ketchum, Gary Brandner and Richard Laymon, to name but a mere handfiul.   Your 80's themed/inspired tales of terror wil be adjudicated and compiled by one Mr Bret McCormick, himself a writer, producer and director of many a schlock classic, including Bio-Tech Warrior, Time Tracers, The Abomination, Ozone: The Attack of the Redneck Mutants and the inimitable Repligator.  Check out his formidable resume here on IMDB...   So, you get the picture - we want your darkest splatter, most horrific gruesomeness and stomach-churning detail, all wrapped up in a gripping story played out by the strongest of characters that will keep even the most hardiest of souls wide awake and trembling in the wee hours.   To submit, email your polished story to [email protected]   PLEASE read and adhere to our submission guidelines... * Word format saved in .doc, or .docx * 12 pt times new roman * Double spaced * Absolutely NO extra lines between paragraphs! *...

Deadline: April 30th, 2018 Payment: $20AU Note: Only open to Australian and NZ based authors Note: Reprints Allowed Submissions will be open to all Australian and NZ based authors starting November 30th and will continue to April 30th 2018. We are looking for short stories 5000 - 15000 words focused on tales of Time Travel, especially where there is some kind of mishap or mistake involved. No fan fiction or stories based on existing franchises (sorry, that means no TARDIS or no DeLorean). No erotica and, as always, no sparkly vampires. Reprints are welcome, provided you hold relevant rights. Author Compensation Successful authors will receive one free ebook copy of the anthology, $20AU token payment and the right to purchase as many author print copies as they want at the cost of printing. Submission Guidelines All submissions must be made via the form below. Please refer to Submission Specs listed on our Current Submissions page Via: Cobblestone Scribe.

Deadline: April 30th, 2018 Payment: 4cents per word AUD and contributor's copy THEME – MILITARY HORROR. WHAT WE WANT: MILITARY HORROR, AND LOTS OF IT. THINK DOOM, RESIDENT EVIL, TERMINATOR, DOG SOLDIERS, ALIENS (THE SECOND MOVIE, NOT THE FIRST)… ANYTHING THAT CAN BE CALLED A HIGH-ACTION MONSTER STORY. AND SOLDIERS! THIS VOLUME IS LIKE THE PREVIOUS VOLUMES SQUARED. WE WANT EXTREME ACTION, AND IT HAS TO BE MILITARY OR PARAMILITARY ACTION. CAN BE MERCS OR EX-SOLDIERS, THOUGH, SO LONG AS THEY ARE HARDCASES. AND TO SAY IT AGAIN, FULL ACTION. NOTHING LESS. HOO-RAH! EDITED BY GEOFF BROWN, AMANDA J. SPEDDING, & MATTHEW SUMMERS PAYMENT: AUD4C/WORD AND ONE CONTRIBUTOR COPY IN EACH FORMAT RELEASED WORDCOUNT RANGE: 2,000 – 10,000 WORDS (QUERY FOR SHORTER OR LONGER) SUBMISSIONS OPEN FEB 1 2018. CLOSING DATE IS APRIL 30TH 2018 (ANYTHING SUBMITTED OUTSIDE THIS PERIOD WILL BE DELETED WITHOUT BEING READ OR REPLIED TO). NO SELECTIONS WILL BE MADE UNTIL AFTER THE PERIOD CLOSES. PROJECTED PUBLICATION DATE: LATE 2018 Please follow these guidelines when submitting to us: 1. Please put your full contact details and word count on the first page of the manuscript. 2. Standard submission format, with minimal document formatting. 3. Courier or Times New Roman set at 12pt. Italics as they will appear. No underlining. 4. Double spaced. 5. Please don’t use TAB or space bar to indent lines. Use ‘styles’ only. If unsure or using a program that has no styles, DO NOT indent at all. That’s still cool. 6. NO SPACE between paragraphs unless a line-break is required. ONE SPACE after full stops. 7. Please put full contact details on the first page of the manuscript (yes, I said this twice… it’s important). 8. Send your submission to Geoff Brown at [email protected] as an attachment (.doc/.rtf only) 9. In the subject line of your email, please...

Deadline: April 30th, 2018 Payment: $50 and royalties Do you really love classic fantasy, but also love making totally modern snarky jokes? Have you always wanted to write an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Supernatural? Do you want to write about an amazing fantasy heroine who doesn't seem to fit into any other setting? Then this is the anthology for you! ELF SAGA is a series about heroines from all over the world coming together to solve mysteries, slay beasts, save innocents, and deal with family drama (usually). It's also about making fun of your situation, even as your situation is trying to eat you alive. It's about pointing out absurdity, even as you're forced to be friends with that absurdity. It's about laughing at death, even as you're dying. (But mostly laughing.) This new anthology, ELF SAGA: BEYOND DOOMSDAY, is set around the time of the novel ELF SAGA: DOOMSDAY. Writers are invited to create their own original characters to explore new corners of this vast fantasy world. You are encouraged to read the novel (it's free) to get a sense of the world and the tone, and then let your imagination run wild. You can set your story before, during, or after the novel (the world changes a lot during the novel, so it may matter to your story). Let's get right into the details: SUBMISSION DETAILS! Anthology Title: "Elf Saga: Beyond Doomsday" Submission Length: 5,000 - 10,000 words Pay per original story accepted: Flat fee $50, payable upon publication, plus one (1) equal share of all profits generated in the first six (6) months after publication. The anthology will be priced at $3.99. (For example: if the anthology were to make 2,000 sales, this would result in $5,400 in revenue. Subtracting costs for artwork and...

Deadline: April 30th, 2018 Payment: $20 NEW ANTHOLOGY: The Horror Zine is announcing open submissions for stories for an anthology titled THE HORROR ZINE's BOOK OF GHOST STORIES. The Horror Zine will pay $20 per accepted story. MUST STATE 'GHOST STORY' IN THE SUBJECT LINE OF YOUR EMAIL!!! Or else your email WILL NOT BE READ. GUIDELINES: Ghosts / haunted houses / haunted graveyards / general hauntings / spirits. Must be really scary. Must be original (not a reprint) between 2K and 4K words. Due date is April 30, 2018. Submissions for the anthology are OPEN. Contact information HERE 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. The Horror Zine does not accept any material that contains adult or sexually explicit content; abuse or harming of women or children; any rape scenes; serial killers; slasher; gore for gore's sake, or splatterpunk. We do not accept any religious or political themes. We do not accept any submissions written in Olde English, Victorian, or 19th Century styles. We do not accept any submissions told in a diary or letter or journal format, or told entirely as dialogue (someone recounting past events). We do not accept fan fiction. Via: The Horror Zine.

Deadline: April 30th, 2018 Payment: AU$5.00 for stories under 1500 words / AU$10.00 for anything above 1500 words Colp is our 'anything goes' anthology collection. Expect to see a little bit of this and a little bit of that within each issue, so feel free to submit stories from any genre. Current theme: the passage of time For our first anthology collection we are looking for stories that address the phrase 'the passage of time'. Interpret the phrase as you wish: are you thinking time machines and inter-dimensional travellers or are you flashing back to the unrequited loves of days gone by? Colp is for everyone and therefore we are willing to read stories that fall into any genre so whether your story is a horror, romance, sci-fi or historical fiction please send it on through. Please ensure that you read through the general guidelines below and if there are specific questions please contact us using the form on the home page or via the listed social media accounts. Word count: 1000 - 5000 words (we're willing to consider longer or shorter if the story is good) Deadline: April 30 2018 Payment:  AU$5.00 for stories under 1500 words / AU$10.00 for anything above 1500 words General guidelines: Please no erotica or stories that feature unnecessary violence or vulgarity (unless specified otherwise). All stories should be formatted appropriately. Please see here for more details. Ensure that your name, address, and email contact and word count are at the top of your manuscript. Double check your spelling and grammar before sending your work through. Please submit all stories in .doc, .docx or .rtf formats. International submissions are accepted. No simultaneous submissions. Multiple submissions are encouraged. Where possible, we will provide feedback on request. No reprints. Please send all submissions to [email protected] Via: Gypsum Sound Tales.

Deadline: April 30th, 2018 Payment: $0.10 per word + contributor copy. Please read the guidelines carefully before submitting your story! Unidentified Funny Objects is an annual anthology of humorous SF/F. Past headliners include George R. R. Martin, Neil Gaiman, Esther Friesner, David Gerrold, Laura Resnick, Mike Resnick, Piers Anthony, Kevin J. Anderson, etc. For UFO7 we’re seeking all style and sub-genres of speculative humor. SUBMISSION WINDOW: April 1 – April 30, 2018 LENGTH: 500-5000 words.       PAYMENT: $0.10 per word + contributor copy. Payment will be made upon acceptance. Our preferred method of payment is via PayPal, but you may request a check. FORMAT: RTF or DOC. Standard Manuscript Format or something close to it (We won’t take points off if you prefer Courier over Times New Roman or some such). SEND TO: Upload your stories via this submissions link. Limit of 1 submission per author — even if you receive a response before the submission window closes please do not send another story unless directly invited to do so. Please do not respond to rejections. The email address associated with submissions is not monitored. If you wish to query for any reason, please use the contact form or e-mail us: ufopublishing at gmail dot com.     RIGHTS SOUGHT: First Worldwide print and electronic English Language rights. Exclusivity for 90 days from date of release. Non-exclusive print, e-book, and audio rights afterward. Preview sample contract. POLICIES & RESPONSE TIME: No reprints, multiple or simultaneous submissions please. Do not send any stories we already considered for a previous UFO volume or any other anthology edited by Alex Shvartsman. You may query after 30 days. Please send only one submission per author unless directly invited to send more.         WHAT WE WANT: We’re looking for speculative stories with a strong humor element. Think Resnick and Sheckley, Fredric Brown and Douglas Adams. ...