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Taking Submissions: Stories of the Eye (Early)

Submission Window: November 1st, 2021, to November 30th, 2021.
Payment: $0.02 per word plus a physical copy upon publication
Theme: Horror stories that explore the complex relationships between artists and models.

We didn’t know if we’d do it again, but Weirdpunk is finally publishing a new anthology with an open call.

Stories of the Eye will be edited by Sam Richard (Sabbath of the Fox-Devils, Wonderland Award-Winning To Wallow in Ash & Other Sorrows) and Joanna Koch (The Wingspan of Severed Hands, Shirley Jackson Award-Nominated The Couvade). It will be published in 2022. Read on for info.

Weirdpunk Books is seeking horror stories that explore the complex relationships between artists and models. Go beyond the male gaze. Show us the queer gaze, the disabled gaze, the un-colonialized gaze, the intergalactic gaze. Turn the model’s gaze on the artist or audience. Explore the power of images, why we bring them to life or destroy them through duplication and representation, and how the act of creating changes them and changes us. Invent a future art form or resurrect a forgotten handicraft. Define “model” as widely and surprisingly as you like: people, objects, trees, oceans, ideas. Examine obsession, violence, commitment, love, or indifference. Give us a botanical illustrator on an unknown planet, a modern-day Gericault shipwrecked in a studio with body parts becoming medical waste, a necromancing choreographer, or a performance artist looking for that one special element to transcend reality in a final postmodernist feat of madness.

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Articles / Guest Post

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Anti-Social Skills for Improve Your Writing

Anti-Social Skills for Improve Your Writing

In reality, it is important to improve your social skills to interact with other people better. But a writer needs some anti-social skills to pull off excellent writing. For instance, if you want to describe horror scenes, you need to set your unsocial side to work to describe better. It sounds weird, right? Don’t allow it to be.

 

Writers are typically introspective. They perceive the world with depth. So it helps them to carve out stories from their thoughts and contemplations.  In most cases, writers are often viewed as idealists who lose themselves to the reflections in their minds. They bear untold stories in their hearts every step of the way. 

 

However, some novice writers can’t even tell when their minds are creating a story. So the real challenge is to translate untold stories into a character’s words. You can find out about it on Ninjaessay. They offer essay samples that can help you to see the light. It comes to what your anti-social skills are and how to channel them to your writing. 

 

What Are Anti-Social Skills?

First things first—what are anti-social skills?  Let’s be honest. It’s challenging to create a meaning for anti-social skills in this context. It is because they are not typically described as skills but harmful behaviors that disrupt societal activities. In many cases, the phrase “anti-social” is often associated with personality disorders.” But in the world of writing, anti-social behavior is a skill and not a harmful behavior.  Social skill is the ability to communicate with others. But an anti-social skill is the ability to communicate with yourself. 

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Articles

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Indie Bookshelf Releases 09/10/21

Click on the book covers for more information. Remember to scroll down to the bottom of the page – there’s all sorts lurking in the deep.

Got a book to launch, an event to promote or seeking extra work/support as a result of being hit economically by Covid or life in general?

Get in touch and we’ll promote you here. The post is prepared each Thursday for publication on Friday. Contact us via Horror Tree’s contact address or connect via Twitter or Facebook.

Services

Editing: Michael David Wilson, This Is Horror Founder and Editor In Chief, podcaster, and writer (The Girl in the Video) is currently offering his freelance editing services. “Michael David Wilson invented the fine-toothed comb. His attention to detail is second to none, and he has a wonderful understanding of structure. This is a guy who knows how good writing works.”—Ray Cluley, author of WATER FOR DROWNING Michael has over ten years of editing experience and has edited books by Josh Malerman, Pat Cadigan, Stephen Graham Jones, David Moody, and many others. He’s worked with various publishing houses and small presses including Rebellion Publishing and Broken River Books. Prices start from £0.01/word. For further information go here: michaeldavidwilson.co.uk/editing/. Contact Michael: [email protected]

Editing, critiquing, artwork – Eugene Johnson is a man of many talents, an award-winning editor, filmmaker and artist. He will be will be selling his art, book covers, book art, logo designs, making prints, offering short story critiques/edits, special book projects like a coloring book he’s creating with another author and more for a small fee. Initially to fund desperately needed repairs on his car, once that is complete he hopes to turn his focus towards helping others that need support. Join him in his endeavours in getting this help to those who need it. Contact him via https://plaiddragonpublishing.com/ and he can also be found on https://www.facebook.com/eugene.johnson.14855. If you’d like to help him get his car fixed that bit quicker, please drop in on his Fundraiser set up by friends. (I think another link will be set up in the near future regarding his services and I’ll update it here when that happens.)

Editing – Elle Turpitt, elleturpittediting.com, is facing redundancy. Help her by considering her as an editor. She is available for all editing work – short story, novella, novel, or chapter extracts. She also has a Ko-Fi (ko-fi.com/elleturpitt), or if you’d rather send a little gift to help her smile at a stressful time, she has a wishlist set up for this month (amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls). All support is appreciated. 

 

Writing and Editing Services from Ben Long. Go to Ben for ‘Killer Copy, Creative Content, and Eye-opening Edits’! Ben is ‘a passionate and engaging freelancer with 2+ years of experience in a variety of writing and editing endeavors. He is also a regular contributor to several online brands in the horror niche.’ You can find out more about him here https://readingvicariously.net/services/.

 

Events

Please send us details of any online panels, conventions, festivals and workshops and we’ll list them here.

 

 

 

Charity Anthologies

 Tales Of The Lost Volume Two- A charity anthology for Covid- 19 Relief: Tales To Get Lost In A CHARITY ANTHOLOGY FOR COVID-19 RELIEF by [Gaiman, Neil,, Hill, Joe,, Johnson, Eugene M,]  Flashes of Hope by [Anna Taborska, Dave Jeffery, Amy Grech, Matthew Davis, John Cady, Emma Lee, Gwen Weir, Ken Goldman, Alyson Faye, Theresa Derwin]    

 

Latest Book Launches

Horror Tree Sponsor* and Patreon Releases!

Trembling With Fear: Year 4 by [Stuart Conover, Stephanie Ellis] Trembling With Fear: More Tales From The Tree: Volume 3 by [Stuart Conover, Stephanie Ellis, Catherine Kenwell] Trembling With Fear: Serial Killers: Volume 2 by [Stuart Conover, Stephanie Ellis, Catherine Kenwell]

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July

The Bad Book by [John F.D. Taff, Philip Fracassi, Sarah Read, John Langan, Kristi DeMeester, Alan Baxter, V. Castro, Errick Nunnally, Todd Keisling, Giuseppe Balestra] South by Southwest Wales by [David Owain Hughes] The Horror Collection: Extreme Edition by [Matt Shaw, Kyle M. Scott, David Owain Hughes, Nic Brady, Natasha Sinclair, Matthew M. Clarke , Kevin J. Kennedy]

This Hideous Joy

August

 Berserker - Green Hell: Sometimes War Is Beyond Hell by [Lee Franklin] Pariah in Paradise Totally Tubular Terrors by [Jenna Moquin, Rebecca Rowland, R.C. Mulhare, Steve Van Samson, Rob Smales, Barry Dejasu, Mary E. Hart]

The Undertaker and Other Macabre Tales by [Derek Hutchins] The Final Gate by [Wesley Southard, Lucas Mangum] 

Devil's Night by [Curtis M. Lawson, Joe Morey] DEVIL TAKE THE HINDMOST: A TRUE STORY OF TERROR by [Michael Anthony Gagliardi] Oblivion in Flux: A Collection of Cyber Prose by [Maxwell Ian Gold, Crystal Lake Publishing] Traces Accumulated in Snow and other Weird Tales of Japan (Hauntologies) by [David Rees-Thomas]

Pandemic Unleashed by [Skywatcher Press, Matthew Hollis Damon, Marie Lanza, Rich Restucci, Claire Davon, Victoria Hancox, Hillary Lyon, Kara Race-Moore, Rachel W. Roth, Richard Clive]  Below by [Kev Harrison]

Broken Moons by [Caitlin Mazur, Stephanie Scissom, Jennifer Hatfield, Tim Mendees, Chris Hewitt, Chris Bannor, Janine Pipe, G. Allen Wilbanks, Lyndsey Ellis-Holloway, Callum Pearce] Adding To A Map With No Territory by [Devin Sams] Gorefest: Extreme Horror Anthology by [Wrath James White, Stephen Kozeniewski, Armand Rosamilia, Wesley Southard, Jay Wilburn, Jonathan Butcher, Jack Bantry, Robert Essig, Patrick C. Harrison, K. Trap Jones] The Rules of the Road by [C.B. Jones]

Haunt: A Supernatural Anthology (Five Hundred Fiction Book 6) by [Black Hare Press, B.F. Vega, Chris Bannor, Chris Hewitt, Darlene Holt, David Green, Eric Butler, Helen M. Merrick, J.M. Faulkner, J.W. Garrett, Jay Alexander, Jodi Jensen, Kate Campbell, Kimberly Rei, L.J. McLeod, Leanbh Pearson, Lynne Lumsden Green, Lynne Phillips, Maxine Churchman, Patrick Winters, Peter J. Foote, R.A. Goli, S.O. Green, Sarah Jane Justice, Scott McGregor, Stephanie Scissom, Warren Benedetto] The Girl in the Attic by [Jon Athan]  There Is No Death, There Are No Dead: Tales of Spiritualism Horror by [Kathe Koja, Gemma Files, Lee Murray, Laird Barron, S.P. Miskowski, Gwendolyn Kiste, Helen Marshall, Chesya Burke, Lisa Morton, Crystal Lake Publishing]

Jedi Summer by [John Boden] 666 (Dark Drabbles Book 11) by [Black Hare Press, G. Allen Wilbanks, Micah Castle, Megan Feehley, Colin Leonard, Sheri White, Armand Gloriosa, Radar DeBoard, Reuben Paul, S.A. O’Driscoll, Jodie Angell, Scott G. Gibson, Matthew Wallace, Delena Brothaigh, Dusty Burford, Arlo Gorevin, Buck Charger, Ali House, Emma Phillips, Kara Jones, David Green, R. Wayne Gray, Marcelo Medone, Chris Hewitt, Adrian David, Jay Faulkner, River South, Brian Rosenberger, Dana Branch, Beth W. Patterson, K. Wren Reeds, Ann Wycoff, Doug Jacquier, Bex Pinckney, Jenniefer Andersson, B.A. Nielsen, Collin Yeoh, Dustin Pinney, L.T. Emery, Brian Maycock, T.A. Arnold, Louise Zedda-Sampson, Grace R. Reynolds, Delfina Bonuchi, Kurt Adam, P.R. Tough, Daytona Bulove, Jaimie McGivery, Mike Murphy, Matt Scott, Dorann Brooke, Brooke Percy, James S. Austin, John Kujawski, L.T. Ward, Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito, D.J. Tyrer, Henry Myllylä, Peter Caffrey, Blaise Langlois, Mason Santiago, Catherine Kenwell, Robyn Fraser, Blakewood Grey, Kateri Tough, L.N. Hunter, J.D. Frain, Jay Alexander, Jaden Apollo, Zedonk, Gus Wood, S.J. Crowe, Jade Cinders, Denver Grenell, Kimberly Rei, M. Korps, Oliver C. Seneca, Suann Amero, Renee Schnebelin, Christopher T. Dabrowski, Julia Mraczny, Benjamin Goldstein, Garrison McKnight, Christine Bottas, Simon J. Plant, Robin Braid, S. Jade Path, Aaron Lebold, Jonathan MacDonald, August Quinn, Destiny Eve Pifer, Meera Dandekar, Michelle Brett, K. Wreeds, J.C. Haggerty, John Lane, Wondra Vanian, August van Stralen, Rowan Bell, Benjamin Kurt Unsworth, Nick Petrou, Renee Cronley, N.S. Reiss, Steven Holding, John West, B.J. Thrower, Charlotte Langtree, Sean M. Palfrey, Dasie Barkus, Gloria Martin, Sabeen Sadiq, Lauren Winter, Tom Trussel, A.H. Syme, Constantine E. Kiousis, Gregg Cunningham, Billie Griffin, Eddie D. Moore, Annya Alexander, Maxwell Marais, Keith R. Burdon, Olivia Ava, Kelly Matsuura, Jameson Grey, Bridget Haug, Michael D. Evans, Quinn Shepherd, C. Danny Castro, Russell Hemmell, Stephen Herczeg, D. Marie Brougher, Shawn M. Klimek, Den Ghostliven, Dorian J. Sinnott, Bill Hughes, John Ward, Michael Anthony Dioguardi, C. Daniela Castro, C.D. Castro, C. Dan Castro, S.O. Green, K.W. Reeds, Amanda Evans, Dani West, Tuesday Fang, Angel Spencer, Guy Riessen, Justin Allec, Gordon Dunleavy, Ainsley Davidson, Amanda Cecelia Lang, Jason Hardy, Bernardo Villela, Mason H. Hilden, Joshua E. Borgmann, R.J. Meldrum, Soren Ringh, Peter Kerby, Gary Clifton, Hari Navarro, Gene Lee, Tracy Davidson, D.B. Morvid, Yvette Appleby, Danielle Bonnin, Finnian Burnett, Kate Lowe, Jay Baird, Mendel Mire, Danyel Bardo, Dire Bonnington, D. Day Bryan, Matt Krizan, Roxanne Klimek, Susan Vita, A.S. Charly, Jaycee Durand, Danelley Beat, K.B. Elijah, R.M. Hannigan, Sherry Osborne, Andrew Davis, Angie Wallace, Lance Dale, Jean Martin, John C. Mannone, Conrad Gardner, Gary McDonough, Kevin David Anderson, Samson Stormcrow Hayes, Emery Blake, Nikki R. Leigh, Alexandra Haverská, Jacek Wilkos, Jennifer Lai, Keely O’Shaughnessy, Lindsey Harrington, Ronnie Smart, Jen Mierisch, Evan Baughfman, Lindsay Mansfield, Mari Ness, Nerisha Kemraj, Friday Roberts, Jennifer Canaveral, Darke Blud, Michelle Brooks, Drew Man, Alyson Hasson, Mason Davidson, S.J. Townend, Andra Dill, L.J. McLeod, Michael Gregory, Clint White, Paula R.C. Readman, J.M. Faulkner, Catrin Lawrence, Beckett Van Stralen, Darkbird Bat, J.F. Garrard, Cassandra O’Sullivan Sachar, Raven Isobel Plum, Mariya West, Fred White, James Flanagan, Cassandra Angler, Carla Eliot, Darlene Holt, Gabriella Balcom, Rachel Reeves, Amber M. Simpson, K.J. Watson, Rowan Skylar, Helen M. Merrick, B.T. Petro, Kevin Singer, Teresita E. Dziadura, Sam Lesek, Furr Kewmal, Diane Arrelle, Tyler York, Lane Jordan, Robert Balentine Jr., Joshua D. Taylor, Connor Sassmannshausen, Woodrow Fleer, Marion Lougheed, Kat Friday, Warren Benedetto, Blen Mesfin, Isaac Menuza, Munday Locke, Douglas Gwilym, Maxine Churchman, Alison Waddy, Kennedi Waters, Caitlyn Palmer, Patrick Winters, Rich Rurshell, Ronnie Scissom, Seona Shaw, Miriam H. Harrison, Jade Wildy, Scott McGregor, Karen Bayly, Dean Shawker, Margarida Brei, Joshua Greally, Fiona M. Jones]  Alamo Gold: A Bones Bonebrake Adventure (Bones Bonebrake Adventures Book 5) by [David Wood]

Foxhunt by [Rem Wigmore]

September

1 The Strange Thing We Become and Other Dark Tales by [Eric LaRocca] 1 Writers Workshop of Horror 2 by [Michael Knost] 1 Empty Graves: Tales of the Living Dead by [Jonathan Maberry] 1 The Museum For Forgetting by [Pete W Sutton]

3 Shattered Circle: A Jackson Cole Novel Book 1 by [John Stamp, Valhalla Books Publisher] 3 Acquisitor: A Jackson Cole Novel Book 2 by [John Stamp, Valhalla Books Publisher]4 Ravel by [Cassidy Ward]6 Picture

6 Man-Beast by [Deborah Sheldon]7 Grimoire of the Four Impostors by [Coy Hall]  7 10Floaters by [Garrett Boatman, Crystal Lake Publishing]

14 Priory (Oliver Hardacre Book 1) by [Becky Wright] 21 The House of Little Bones by [Beverley Lee]21 Were Tales: A Shapeshifter Anthology by [Jonathan Maberry, Eric J. Guignard, Stephanie Ellis, Catherine McCarthy, Gabino Iglesias, Cindy O'Quinn, Cynthia Pelayo, Christina Sng, Laurel Hightower, H.R. Boldwood, Ben Monroe, Elle Turpitt, Michelle Garza, Melissa Lason, Beverley Lee, S.H. Cooper, Villimey Mist, Kev Harrison, Theresa Derwin, Ruschelle Dillon, Linda Addison, Stephanie Wytovich, Tabatha Wood, Shane Douglas Keene, Sara Tantlinger, Alyson Faye, Baba Jide Low, S.D. Vassallo] 21

22  26 Whitesands: A John Dark Case by [Johann Thorsson]28 Midnight From Beyond the Stars by [Gabino Iglesias, James Newman, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Tim Curran, Lee Murray, Ronald Kelly, Samantha Kolesnik, William Meikle, Kenneth W. Cain] 30 Kill Kit Killers: Premeditated murder, proved with their kits

October

1 Gorefest: Extreme Horror Anthology by [Wrath James White, Stephen Kozeniewski, Armand Rosamilia, Wesley Southard, Jay Wilburn, Jonathan Butcher, Jack Bantry, Robert Essig, Patrick C. Harrison, K. Trap Jones] 1 A House At War: House Arrath Book 11  1

12 Dead in the Water by [Jennifer Soucy]14 15 Image of The Voice of the Burning House: Poems - PREORDER 15 Image of The Ettinfell of Beacon Hill: Gothic Tales of Boston - PREORDER

16 Seeds by [Tabatha Wood] 19 Image

November

12 With Benefits: What's a bit of fun between friends?

Kickstarters and Gofundme!

A comic science fiction anthology. Each author is choosing three completely unrelated characters from history…

Authors David Gerrold, Jonathan Maberry, Jody Lynn Nye, Gail Z. Martin and L. Penelope, editor Michael A. Ventrella and publisher Ian Randal Strock.

Click the image for more info.

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

50935000_1630932056844662_r.jpegFrom their page: ‘Don’t Go Into The Cellar! have been touring the U.K. since 2010 performing their own unique brand of Victorian Gothic theatre. However, since the lock-down was enforced all theatres have been forced to close their doors to live performances.
This campaign is to prevent our business folding.
It costs us £1000 per month to stay afloat (insurance, basic wages, website hosting, storage costs).
We broadcast fortnightly live broadcasts via our Facebook page, as part of our Sunday Down The Cellar season. These performances are free to view, but all donations are gratefully received.

https://www.facebook.com/CellarTheatre/

Please spare whatever you can to help us to continue what we do, and to keep the arts alive in our own macabre way! Thank you.’ Click the image to go to the fund page.

Happy reading.

Steph

 on behalf of Stuart and the Horror Tree Team

 

Flat Amount / Magazine / Ongoing Submissions

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Ongoing Submissions: The Dark City

Payment: $25
Theme: Crime and Mystery

The Dark City is dedicated to the love of story, and in particular, the rough and tumble of the world of crime and violence. We are fans of story that has roots in reality but we do consider humorous situations and characters to be part of reality. We hope to acquire stories that leave readers thinking about the characters and their dilemma.

 

We are seeking stories in the range of 1000 to 7500 words.

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Magazine

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Taking Submissions: Dark Recesses Winter 2021 Issue

Deadline: November 30th, 2021
Payment: 5 cents per word
Theme: horror/dark fiction

QUARTERLY PRINT MAGAZINE

Breakdown of content:

8 fiction pieces (approximate word lengths) – 1x 5000, 1x 3000, 1x 2500, 2x 1500, 3x 500

3-5 non-fiction pieces – 1 article, 1-2 briefs, 1 interview and/or review

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Articles / Interviews

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Sebastian Vice & Outcast Press: The Dark Side of Transgressive Fiction

Sebastian Vice & Outcast Press:  The Dark Side of Transgressive Fiction

By Angelique Fawns

What do you do if your stories are so edgy even the publications who profess to like experimental fiction won’t take them? If you are Sebastian Vice, you start your own press. Vice is looking for literature that dares to explore themes most editors consider taboo. This is his mission statement:

 

“Outcast Press wants stories cut from the bone, written from the gristle that sticks to your soul, based off brain-burning images scorched onto paper. We like raw, honest, dark, in-your-face, tales. The ethos at Outcast Press is a rejection of sacred cows.”

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Events / Magazine / Pro

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Taking Submissions: LampLight Special Submission Call (Early)

Submission Window: September 15th – November 15th, 2021
Payment: 6¢ (USD) per word
Theme: dark, quiet horror
Note: You must be able to say “If accepted, this would be my first pro-sale.”
Note: SFWA considers 8 cents per word as pro, HWA is 6 cents per word

Special Call: New Writers

“If accepted, this would be my first pro-sale.”

For the reading period of 15 September – 15 November 2021, we are having a special call—writers who have not yet had a professional sale.

In your cover letter, please add the following statement: “If accepted, this would be my first pro-sale.”
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Anthology / Events / Pro

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Taking Submissions: Noir, Shattering the Glass Slipper, and Brave New Worlds

Deadline: December 31st, 2021
Payment: 8 cents per word
Themes:

  • Noir: Science fiction, fantasy, or urban fantasy stories with a detective/private investigator set-up and a noir atmosphere
  • Shattering the Glass Slipper: Stories of known fairy tales that have been upended, gender-bent, or twisted around in some way.
  • Brave New Worlds: Science fiction stories set along the pathway of us leaving Earth for the stars.


 

The NOIR, SHATTERING THE GLASS SLIPPER, and BRAVE NEW WORLDS anthology Kickstarter (back us at tinyurl.com/ZNB2021) has hit its goal!  If you have a story idea that fits one of the anthology themes, write it up, revise it, polish it, and send it in for consideration.  I’ve posted the guidelines below.

The NOIR, SHATTERING THE GLASS SLIPPER, and BRAVE NEW WORLDS Submission Guidelines
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