Call for Submissions

Crossroads: The Realm of Death. Drabble (exactly 100 words), Micro (100-500 words), Flash (500-1K) and Short Stories (1k up to 2500 words). Ghosts, ghouls, haunted houses, cemeteries, factories. The realm of the dead and the people they haunt. Kudos to the best and most creative realm of death story. Deadline June 14th, 2013.

The Little Magazine of Magnificent Monsters. Micro (100-500 words), Flash (500-1K) and Short Stories (1k up to 2500 words). Fantasy/Steampunk. Dragons, dinos (in unusual settings and circumstances), sea serpents, basilisks, etc. All with the added awesomeness of being man-made…clockwork monsters made of metal or other substances. For instance, a living dragon made of jade. Deadline: August 15th,  2013.

The Day the Zombies Ruled the Earth. Micro (100-500 words), Flash (500-1K) and Short Stories (1k up to 2500 words). Drabbles considered. A general zombie themed issue. Send me any general zombie stories. Extra credit brownie points for genre-blenders, as usual. Zombies in unusual places and circumstances also win a special place in my editorial heart. Deadline: November 15th, 2013. 

The Shadows Only Hide the Monsters: A Tribute to H.P. Lovecraft and Edgar Allan Poe.  Micro (100-500 words), Flash (500-1K) and Short Stories (1k up to 2500 words). Lovecraft and Poe style horror stories. Special win for a good-old Poe style detective stories (it has to have monsters, though) and new takes on the Cthulhu Mythos. Deadline: January 15th 2014.

UPCOMING THEMES :

Southern Fried Freak Show. March/April 2014. Bizarro and Horror taking place in the south or in southern venues…i.e., freaky carnivals, festivals,  circuses , and (hell yes!) freak shows, where shit is more than just a little bit wrong. 

Alien Tech: Aliens & Cyberpunk/Steampunk/Soft or Hard Sci-Fi. June/July 2014.