Taking Submissions: Orion’s Beau #1

Deadline: February 20th, 2022 Payment: $3 Theme: Science fiction, fantasy, paranormal, and dark fantasy that elevate the gay community and its supporters Thank you for your interest in submitting work to our gay fantasy arts & literary journal! ​...

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Feb 08, 2022
WIHM 2022: I Want to be the Woman in Horror!

I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but in his novel ‘Dracula’, Bram Stoker uses the word ‘voluptuous’ a lot. A LOT. If Lucy’s in the scene, she’s voluptuous. If the vampire brides appear, they’re all voluptuous. Even pure, sweet Mina, towards the end, g...

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Feb 08, 2022
Taking Submissions: Freeze Frame Fiction 2022 Call #1

Deadline: June 30th, 2022 Payment: $10 Theme: A complete story in any genre What are we looking for? Good flash fiction is like a freeze frame—a snapshot of a real story about real characters. The word count is low, so many of the details are left to...

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Feb 07, 2022
Taking Submissions: Peculiar Monstrosities

Deadline: March 1st 2022 Payment: £20 Theme: Stories involving bizarre monsters. Open Jan 1st 2022 – March 1st 2022 (Stories sent before or after will not be read) Your chance to be a part of Planet Bizarro’s first EVER anthology. We are looking for...

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Feb 07, 2022
Taking Submissions: Scott’s Planet

Deadline: May 30th, 2022 Payment: 3 cents per word Theme: Shared world science fiction anthology based on the short story at the end of this post A Shared World Anthology based on an existing short story contained at the end of the this description....

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Feb 07, 2022
WIHM 2022: Who’s Afraid of the Dark?

Who’s Afraid of the Dark?  By: Rachael Tamayo   When I was a child, like most, I was afraid of the dark. Terrible nightmares haunted my dreams, making me afraid to sleep. I’d say my prayers and ask God to blot out my dreams, terrified of the visions...

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Feb 07, 2022
Welkin Magazine Has Indefinitely Paused

Sad news on the fantastic front. Over the past year, we’ve been seeing some good things come from Welkin Magazine and they’ve shown a lot of potential. Unfortunately, due to time and financial constraints, Welkin Magazine has had to close its doors f...

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Feb 06, 2022
February 2022: Tarot Cards for Writing Inspiration

Happy Groundhog Day! Or the month with Groundhog Day in it, anyway! Myself, I love animals so much that I try to incorporate them into my horror stories whenever possible. Not as the recipients of said horror, but the instigators. That, and plants an...

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Feb 03, 2022
Taking Submissions: Witch House (Issue 2)

Deadline: May 8th, 2022 Payment: $10 Theme: Modern gothic literature, cosmic horror Submissions: OPEN (Issue 2) WITCH HOUSE is an amateur magazine that seeks to discover, inspire, and publish emerging horror authors who are enthusiastic about the pul...

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Feb 03, 2022