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This is post 8 of 8 in the series “Willingworth Farm” Serial Saturday: Willingworth Farm, Letter One by Mark Colbourne Serial Saturday: Willingworth Farm, Letter Two by Mark Colbourne Serial Saturday: Willingworth Farm, Letter Three by Mark Colbourne Serial Saturday: Willingworth Farm, Letter Four by Mark Colbourne Serial Saturday: Willingworth Farm, Letter Five by Mark Colbourne Serial Saturday: Willingworth Farm, Letter Six by Mark Colbourne Serial Saturday: Willingworth Farm, Letter Seven by Mark Colbourne Serial Saturday: Willingworth Farm, Letter Eight by Mark Colbourne The post Serial Sa ..read more

Greetings, maestros of the macabre! ? Steady your typewriters as we set out on another chilling adventure through the shadowy corners of speculative fiction. As your devoted chroniclers, we’re pledged to dig up the most pulse-pounding haunts—or shall we say, markets—for you, the bold scribes of our day. With each creak of the calendar page, we evoke spine-tingling opportunities that will set your dark muses alight and transmute your unsettling tales into grim rewards! ?✨ This week’s sinister ledger pulses with haunting revelations as we unearth ? Brand-new, apex markets strewn across the bound ..read more

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  Deadline: June 30th, 2023 Payment: $15 Theme: Alien Horror Note: Apologies for the short turn around, this only hit our inbox today! ENCOUNTERED Alien Horror SUBMISSIONS OPEN May 5, 2023 – June 30, 2023 This is a call for Alien Horror. Make your story brutal, vicious, or scary as all hell! Make sure there is at least one human and one alien involved. Beyond our don’ts listed below, go for it! No graphic rape scenarios will be accepted. No stories containing bestiality or pedophilia will be accepted. No happy endings. Cliffhangers are acceptable. This is a Horror call, not Science Fictio ..read more

Deadline: July 27th, 2023 Payment: Flash: 6 cents per word. Short Comics: $125 a page. Theme: Think monsters, pulp, and classic horror films We’re launching a print magazine! Monstrous will contain comics, prose fiction, and articles. FLASH FICTION WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR: Horror Flash Fiction for the first issue, to be published later this year. There’s no theme, but we do like monsters, pulp, and classic horror films. Focus should be on fast-paced entertaining stories. We’ll take a limited amount of fantasy, but make it dark and action packed. No science fiction or detective fiction. Payment ..read more

Dreadful Dialogues: Crafting Convincing Conversations in Horror Stories   From ancient campfire tales to contemporary horror novels, the chilling power of the spoken word has never lost its grip on our collective fear. In horror stories, dialogues play a pivotal role in shaping the narrative, building suspense, and unmasking the true nature of the characters. They are the undercurrents of dread that sweep readers into the depth of the story, infusing every word with an ominous chill. In this post, we aim to provide a comprehensive exploration into crafting dialogues that evoke unease, pro ..read more

Submission Window: July 17th-31st, 2023 Payment: 10 cents per word Theme: science fiction, fantasy, horror (everything must have a speculative element, even horror). Our planned windows are: July 17-31, 2023: General submission window David Steffen is the editor, who you may also know from reading The Long List Anthology series or from the Submission Grinder, which you can use to find markets for your writing and track your submissions.  Diabolical Plots is a SFWA-qualifying market, so if you have a personal goal to join SFWA, making a sale here would he ..read more

Deadline: December 1st, 2023 Payment: Royalties Theme: Speculative fiction that involves a “what if” element of something being different from our world This collection of Speculative fiction short stories will without a doubt take you on an adventure and cause the synapses to fire. The what if series is just that, what if something happened differently? What if Vikings were inhabiting the East Coast of America when Columbus arrived? What if Kennedy survived the assassination attempt? What If… It’s thought-provoking and starts the mind down random rabbit holes of possibilities. This is the fir ..read more

Deadline: June 30th, 2023 Payment: $30 Theme: poems, visual art, and flash fiction pieces that depict the mundane through a unique lens We are currently open for submissions! Subs close on June 31. The Red Lemon Review aims to publish poems, visual art, and flash fiction pieces that depict the mundane through a unique lens. In particular, we appreciate works which give uncommon insight into common experiences. We pay $30 per piece, regardless of genre or length. Guidelines: Submissions are accepted through e-mail: theredlemonreview@gmail.com Title the subject of the e-mail with the g ..read more