Help! I’m Self-Sabotaging! Hi all, I’m back, even though 2021 is nearly over (or over, depending on when you read this post). Yes, I’m like the guest who turns up five minutes before the end of a party and shouts, ‘Let’s dance, baby!’. So, wher...
Deadline: January 15th, 2022 Payment: For full-length stories, 2,500 words or more, payment is $500. For flash fiction, under 1,000 words, payment is $200. Theme: Short stories that examine lives impacted by policy and politics Adi is seeking new sho...
EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT Eventide I felt a little sick. Okay, a lot sick—like something had wrenched my stomach out of my gut and pulled it halfway to Mars. Not far from the truth, as it turned out. I reached for my stomach. My furry belly was a little th...
Deadline: January 9th, 2022 Payment: 8 cents/6 pence per word for original stories, 6 cents/4 pence for reprints Theme: Compelling science fiction Note: Reprints Welcome Christmas Gothic Short Stories About the theme: The Christmas Gothic Short Stori...
Deadline: January 9th, 2022 Payment: 8 cents/6 pence per word for original stories, 6 cents/4 pence for reprints Theme: Compelling science fiction Note: Reprints Welcome Compelling Science Fiction About the theme: The Compelling Science Fiction Short...
Hey all! I just wanted to give everyone an update as to the ‘Trembling With Fear’ contract. It was brought to our attention in the past day that a couple of areas on it didn’t match our submission guidelines. We had some old language in it from when...
Submission Window: January 1st-31st, 2022 Payment: $25 and a contributor’s copy Theme: Forbidden Magic Compiled & Edited by Aric Sundquist Short Story Submission Call: January 1 – 31, 2022 (EST) CLOSED The Cellar Door is a biannual digest of dark...
