Sunday Afternoon Read: Oestridae Janis

Oestridae Janis By Paul Bahou   “Janis… Janis… Can you hear me?” The twenty-two-year-old biology student’s vision blurred as she struggled to sit up.  “Ahh…” she yelped, a sharp pain in her ankle jolting her alert.  “Oh, thank God. You’re awake.” Jan...

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Jan 30, 2022
Terrifying Tips: 7 Ways to Master the Art of Horror

Terrifying Tips: 7 Ways to Master the Art of Horror Seeing and reading a horror story is not everyone’s cup of tea. It’s a genre that we see is declining in demand today. Why? Mainly because the storyline of the movie or the novel is always quite the...

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Jan 29, 2022
Taking Submissions: Troubadours and Space Princesses

Deadline: March 31st, 2022 Payment: Contributor’s Copy (charity anthology) Theme: Stories of troubadours, minstrels, and bards teaming up with princesses feisty and bold. Scifi or Fantasy Since its beginnings in the early 1980s, the Life, the Univers...

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Jan 27, 2022
10 Tips and Tricks for Writing a Horror Novel

10 Tips and Tricks for Writing a Horror Novel The thrill, the feeling of your blood rising, the sweat and anxiety as you wait for what happens next. You get the adrenaline rush as if you were the actor about to fall over a cliff. It is one thing to w...

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Jan 27, 2022
Taking Submissions: Human Monsters (Early Listing)

Submission Window: February 15th-March 15th, 2022 Payment: $0.08 per word Theme: Human Monsters, Horror A new horror anthology edited by Sadie Hartmann and Ashley Saywers of Night Worms. “Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside u...

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Jan 26, 2022
Taking Submissions: Vampires And Such

Deadline: May 31st, 2022 Payment: $5 Theme: Vampires In celebration of the 125th Anniversary of the first publication of Dracula, the grandaddy of them all, we are courting vampire stories of all kinds. So, send us your very best vampiric tales – got...

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Jan 26, 2022