Hey Ho, Tenebrous Cult!
No matter how I cajole, sweet-talk or flatter; followed by attempts at bribery, physical threats and emotional bullying; before ultimately and inevitably collapsing in a weeping, forlorn heap in front of; the clock just. keeps. ticking.
It's a cruel mistress, and a merciless one at that. Never mind that we have a major new release due out next week, and a three-day convention this weekend to prep for; but now it's October as well. And you know what that means...
BRAVE NEW WEIRD SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN!
The full details are here—please please pretty please read em thoroughly before submitting!—but the quick bullet points:
THIS IS FOR ELIGIBLE REPRINTS ONLY
Open to all short fiction (7,499 wds or less) independently- OR self-published.
Eligible works must be published between the 31st of Oct. 2025 and the 31st of Oct. 2026
Authors submitting on your own behalf: please submit ONLY ONE STORY.
As in previous years, editors/reviewers/readers may submit on behalf of authors as well! Please no more than THREE STORIES.
One more time, full submission information is here. We can't wait to read you! If there's a better venue to read the most exciting and innovative fiction being written, by creators who are operating outside of the mainstream...well, we haven't found it.