- What we want: We are looking for speculative fiction (science fiction,
fantasy, and horror)
in all styles and viewpoints.
- What we don't want: Stories with excessive profanity, child abuse,
bestiality, incest, or hate fiction. We pander to an
adult audience so please no young adult or fiction aimed at children.
- Tip: Send us only your best because we will be submitting stories
to a few of the year's best anthologies.
- Length: Stories should be between 4,500 and 11,000 words. If
your story is longer check out our Featured Novella
guidelines.
- Dark Portals Anthology - we are looking for dark science fiction
or dark fantasy
stories w/horror elements in all styles, mixes, and viewpoints. The
darker the better and nothing is too taboo. We want stories thick with atmosphere
and don't be afraid to spend time developing character and plot.
- Planet X Anthology - we are looking for erotic science fiction
tales on the humerous or dark side in all styles, mixes, and viewpoints.
The darker the better and nothing is too taboo. Please let your imagination go wild;
and make sure you do some world-building; and sex should be a central part of your
story and plot.
- The Wastelands Anthology - we are looking for high fantasy and
sword & sorcery fiction in all styles, mixes, and viewpoints. The
darker the better and nothing is too taboo. We're not looking for your typical commercial
high fantasy and sword & sorcery tales.
- October Rush Anthology - we are looking for horror fiction revolving
around Halloween. Nothing
is too taboo or out of bounds here.
- All Horror Anthology - this is an open anthology with no theme
and we are looking for horror fiction. Nothing is too taboo or out of bounds
here.
- All Fantasy Anthology - this is an open anthology with no theme
and we are looking for fantasy fiction. Sword & Sorcery, High Fantasy,
Traditional Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, etc.
- All Science Fiction Anthology - this is an open anthology with
no theme and we are looking for science fiction. Nothing is too taboo or out
of bounds here.
- All Zombie Anthology - we are looking for zombie fiction. Nothing
is too taboo or out of bounds here.
- All Apocalyptic Anthology - we are looking for apocalyptic fiction.
Nothing is too taboo or out of bounds here. The darker the better.
- Deadlines: Until filled.
- Payment: We will pay a token payment of $5 for original fiction,
paid on publication.
You will also receive a free six month subscription to our
market database for speculative fiction writers ($7.97 value). And
authors that have at
least one published novel/novella/anthology/collection
will also receive a free one year listing in our
Book and Magazine
Directory ($7.97 value).
- How we pay: All writers that
submit to us must have an active PayPal account for payment.
- Rights: We purchase world-wide
electronic rights only. All
rights return back to the
author after publication.
- How to submit:
We accept electronic
submissions only. Send
submissions to
. Make sure to put "THE NAME OF THE ANTHOLOGY
YOU'RE SUBMITTING TO and
Title of your story" in the subject line. We use the same
e-mail address for all submissions and without the proper subject line we won't know where your story fits in our publications.
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- Format:
No need for a cover letter;
but make sure to include a
short bio (written in
third-person) embedded in
the body of the e-mail. Please
include previous publishing credits and a short 150 word or less blurb (written
in third-person) describing your story. The blurb will be used for marketing
purposes.
- Submission Format:
RTF (.rtf) or MS WORD (.doc) file
sent as an attachment.
Underline all italicized
text. Please include all
contact information with
your manuscript. Use Times
New Roman 12pt font and
single space all paragraphs and
double space all section breaks along with marking them with three asterisks ***.
- Multiple Submissions: You can submit up to two stories for each anthology.
But do not submit the same story to two different anthologies.
- Simultaneous Submissions: It's okay with us as long as you let
us know that you've also submitted it elsewhere. And if your story is accepted by another
publication please inform us immediately.
- Reprints: We do not accept reprints at this time.
-
Response time: 1-4 months. If you haven't heard
back from us within four months
feel free to query with
the date of your submission or assume it has been rejected.
Our responses will come in the form of a simple form letter via e-mail.
- Publication date: There are no set publication dates for our anthologies
--
once an anthology is full we will publish it within twelve months.
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