Deadline: May 1st, 2022 Payment: 7 cents per word Theme: Horror stories that take place in a cemetery/burial place. Horror Anthology Open Call Right now we’re reading stories for an anthology entitled Picnic in the Graveyard. 2000-4000 word horror st...
The Horror Tree Presents: An Interview With Cassie Daley As a part of the horror community, what does the community mean to you? Oh, what a loaded question to start with, haha! The horror community means a great deal to me, and over the last five y...
Deadline: August 1st, 2022 Payment: 5 cents a word, 1 cent per word for reprints, 2 contributor copies Theme: dark and speculative short stories that address gay sexuality, desire, masculinity, and the aesthetics of “rough trade.” Note: Reprints welc...
Deadline: March 1st, 2022 Payment: Royalties Theme: Stories about mermaids The thing about mermaids is they have a tail problem. It seems they either want to get rid of their tail so they can walk on land, or they want to get their tail back, having...
Stories My Mother Told Me By: Heather Ventura I was seven years old when the curtains were removed from my room because they looked like an illustration of the Snow Queen from my fairy tales book during lightning storms. When I was eight, I refused t...
Deadline: February 20th, 2022 Payment: $25 Theme: Themes around the Dead and Reanimated. Skywatcher Press is excited to launch our themed biannual anthology series UNLEASHED featuring top notch fiction by new and established authors. We are seeking...
Deadline: March 31st, 2022 Payment: $50 Theme: You must include some sort of abandonment, whether real or virtual, that concludes by the end of the story to meet the theme requirements. Legion of Dorks Presents: Abandoned – An Anthology of Vacant Spa...
Themes in Women’s Horror by: Patricia Stover Some of the things that make women’s Horror so terrifying are the themes that are being explored. Let’s look at Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Mexican Gothic as one example. Garcia creates a strong, female main...
Deadline: April 30th, 2022 Payment: 0.03 USD per word and a contributor’s copy Theme: Horror stories inspired by neurodiverse experiences DO NOT ADJUST YOUR BRAIN WE ARE CONTROLLING THE TRANSMISSION For our next major anthology, slated for release in...
Submission Window: March 14th-18th, 2022 Payment: 8 cents per word (unclear if AUS or USD) Theme: Witches Note: Must be a BIPOC author to fit in this window Following on from the award-winning success of The Book of Dragons, Harper Voyager will publi...
