Upcycling Emotions, or Why I Write Horror by Katherine Quevedo   Blood-red paper. Twin blades. An amusement park ride. Sounds like the stuff of horror, right? Except, the ride I’m talking about was a miniature one occupying a corner of my dining room...

Deadline: June 25th, 2022 Payment: $0.01 per word and royalties Theme: Original monster stories Every culture has stories about those things that go bump in the night. From Mary Shelley to Stephen King and everything in between, our stories are fille...

Deadline: March 18th, 2022 Payment: $100 per accepted story and $25 for reprints, and two contributors copies Theme: science fiction, fantasy, and speculative short stories Note: Stories by disabled authors who live in the United States Note: Reprint...

Beyond The Bio If you’ve read my bio, you’ll get a pretty good sense of who I am even if you don’t know me and you’ve never read my books. However, there’s more to an author than her writing life summed up in one paragraph. I’m here to let you in on...

Deadline: April 1st, 2022 Payment: $1,000 advance, with a royalty share at 60% to author Theme: Psychological, folk, quiet, supernatural, paranormal, body, found-footage, coming-of-age, spiritual, demonic, occult, cosmic, slasher horror. Hello, my na...

Deadline: March 28th, 2022 Payment: $25 and a contributor’s copy Theme: Folk Horror Submissions Open January 20 – March 28th, 2022 Night is falling, amplifying the stillness of the woods. There are several whispers calling your name, and whoever is w...

The Horror Tree Presents An Interview With Cassandra L. Thompson As you are in the middle of publishing The Ancient Ones trilogy, how has the world you’ve created evolved over time?   I actually came up with the idea for The Ancient Ones when I was s...

Deadline: February 28th, 2022 Payment: 3¢ per word Theme: Stories that explore the possibility of creating sustainable energy with alternative technologies and/or social change. Triangulation: Energy – Call for Submissions and Guidelines Beginning De...

Deadline: April 1st, 2022 Payment: 4 cents per word Theme: sapphic horror – short fiction by a diverse group of authors Moonflowers and Nightshade is an anthology of sapphic horror short fiction by a diverse group of authors. Chilling horror stories...

Deadline: March 30th, 2022 Payment: 3 cents per word Theme: Female leadership B Cubed Press is pleased to announce an open call for Madam President.   An anthology about leadership. President of what you say? A country? The universe? The local PTA? A...