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Book Chain 14: California Bear by Duane Swierczynski

Book Chain Campaign: BookChain14: Tracking Log for:

California Bear by Duane Swierczynski :

i. Given from Duane Swierczynski to Eric J. Guignard at StokerCon, May 31, 2024

ii. Given from Eric J. Guignard to Rebeca Gonzalez, January 22, 2024

iii. Where to next...? Only chance and the last reader involved may determine! #BookChainChallenge

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NOTES:

Book back copy: “KILLER”: Jack Queen has been exonerated and freed from prison thanks to retired LAPD officer Cato Hightower. But when guilt gnaws at Jack, he admits: “I actually did it.” To which Hightower responds: “Yeah, no kidding.” You see, the ex-cop has a special job in mind for the ex-con…

THE GIRL DETECTIVE: Fifteen-year-old Matilda Finnerty has been handed a potential death sentence in the form of a leukemia diagnosis. But that’s not going to stop her from tackling the most important mystery of her life: Is her father guilty of murder?

GENE JEANIE: Jeanie Hightower mends family trees for a living, but the genealogist is unable to repair her own marriage. And her soon-to-be ex may have entangled her in a scheme that has drawn the bloody wrath of…

THE BEAR: A prolific serial killer who disappeared forty years ago, who is only now emerging from hibernation when the conditions are just right. And this time, the California Bear is not content to hunt in the shadows…

From two-time Edgar nominee Duane Swierczynski, California Bear is clever, moving, and surprising as it takes aim at the true crime industry, Hollywood, justice, and the killers inside us all.

(pub. Mulholland Books, August, 2023)

Available here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/duane-swierczynski/california-bear/9780316382977/?lens=mulholland-books

And reviewed on:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/California-Bear-Novel-Duane-Swierczynski/dp/0316382973

Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/california-bear-duane-swierczynski/1142902652

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/75593495-california-bear

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January, 2025 Dark Fiction Short Story Markets

HWA L.A.: For January, 2025
New or Reopening Market Listings/ Notes
At Minimum Pro-Paying (5 cents+ per word)

https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-gothic/witch-craft-submissions
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: 2,000–4,000 words
Deadline: January 19, 2025
Reprints?: No
Response: by May 19, 2025
Description: We expect the storiesto deal with what it means to be ‘witch’, and the rediscovery and reclaiming ofthat power, its links to nature – and the exploration of whether a witch isdrawn to 'good' or 'bad', and why. Stories should be in the horror and folk horrorveins, and we’d like to see as wide a range as possible – the history, stigmaand varying interpretations from around the world that feed into this conceptshould yield some exciting results.


Three-Lobed Burning Eye
https://www.3lobedmag.com/submissions.html
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: 1,000–7,500 words
Deadline: Ongoing
Reprints?: No
Response Time: within two months
Description: Non-themed, originalspeculative fiction: horror, fantasy, and science fiction.


Flash Fiction Online
https://ffo.submittable.com/submit
Payment: $100 flat
Story Length: 500 to 1,000 words
Deadline: Open from the 1stto 21st of each month (or until reaching the cap of 1,000 submissions)(only)
Reprints?: Yes (payment at 2 cents/ word)
Response: Within eight weeks
Description: A very short but complete story of flash fiction. Strong,interesting characters.


Beneath Ceaseless Skies
http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/submissions/
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: Up to 15,000 words
Deadline: None at present. Closes intermittently
Reprints?: No
Response: Two to seven weeks
Description: “Literary adventure fantasy”: stories with asecondary-world setting and some traditional or classic fantasy feel, butwritten with a literary approach. We want stories set in what Tolkien called a“secondary world”: some other world that is different from our own primaryworld in some way. It could be different in terms of zoology (non-humancreatures), ecology (climate), or physical laws (the presence of magic). Itcould be set on Earth but an Earth different from our primary world in terms oftime (the historical past) or history (alternate history). It could have a“pre-tech” level of technology, or steampunk technology, or magic astechnology, or anything else that’s not advanced or modern technology. However,the setting should contain some element that is in some way fantastical.


Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
https://www.elleryqueenmysterymagazine.com/contact-us/writers-guidelines/
Payment: 5-8 cents a word
Story Length: 2,500–8,000 words softrange (additionally, ‘Minute Mysteries’ of as little as 250 words)
Deadline: Ongoing
Reprints?: No
Response: Three months
Description: (No Horror, but Mystery and Crime) Every kind of mysteryshort story: the psychological suspense tale, the deductive puzzle, the privateeye case—the gamut of crime and detection from the realistic (including thepoliceman's lot and stories of police procedure) to the more imaginative(including “locked rooms” and “impossible crimes”). We need hard-boiled storiesas well as “cozies.”


ESCAPE ARTISTS PodCasts (4 separate markets; different editors,similar guidelines)

All:
Payment: 8 cents a word/original; $100 flat rate for reprints
Story Length: 1,500–6,000 words(preferred 4,500 words or less)
Deadline: Intermittent (each market opens as needs)
Reprints?: Yes
Response: Up to three months

1. PodCastle (Fantasy Fiction Podcast)
http://podcastle.org/guidelines/
Description: Publishes in bothtext and audio. Looking for fantasy stories. We’re open to all the sub-genresof fantasy, from magical realism to urban fantasy to slipstream to highfantasy, and everything in between.

2. Cast of Wonders (Y.A. Fantasy Fiction Podcast)
http://www.castofwonders.org/submissions/schedule
Description: Stories that evoke a sense of wonder and have something unreal aboutthem. We aim for a 12-17 age range: that means sophisticated, non-condescendingstories with wide appeal, and without explicit sex, violence or pervasiveobscene language. Think Harry Potter or The Hunger Games.

3. Escape Pod (Science Fiction Podcast)
http://escapepod.org/guidelines/short-fiction
Description: Our mandate is fun. We are fairly flexible on what countsas “science” (as we’ll delve into superheroes or steampunk on occasion) and areinterested in exploring the range of the genre, but we are not looking forfantasy, magical realism, or more than a tinge of horror. If your story isn’tcentered on science, technology, future projections, alternate history, and howany or all of these things intersect with people, we’re probably not the rightmarket for it.

4. Pseudopod (Horror Fiction Podcast)
http://pseudopod.org/submissions
Description: Horror: dark, weird fiction. We run the spectrum from grim realism orcrime drama, to magic-realism, to blatantly supernatural dark fantasy. Wepublish highly literary stories reminiscent of Poe or Lovecraft as well asvulgar shock-value pulp fiction; strong pacing, well-defined characters,engaging dialogue, and clear action.



***Non-PRO-Paying Market, but Eric J. Guignard’s “Pick ofthe Month”

(Published by Crystal Lake Publishing)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xVEpj9Mg2JebvkDObUIeVYc9VC-vxlVyxrSn-pqGJ-M/edit?tab=t.0
Payment: 2 cents a word
Story Length:
Deadline: Open between January 1 andMarch 1, 2025
Reprints?: No
Response: by May 1, 2025
Description:



https://scythianwolf.com/#open-calls
Payment: $
Story Length:
Deadline: Open between January 1 andFebruary 28, 2025
Reprints?: No
Response: by April 30, 2025
Description:

Book Chain 13: Bleak Houses by Kate Maruyama

Book Chain Campaign: BookChain13: Tracking Log for:

Bleak Houses by Kate Maruyama :

i. Bought on Amazon, August 25, 2024


ii. Mailed from Eric J. Guignard to Wendra Colleen, October 22, 2024


iii. Mailed from Wendra Colleen to Brenda King, December 24, 2024

iv. Where to next...? Only chance and the last reader involved may determine! #BookChainChallenge

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NOTES:

Book back copy: An omnibus of two novellas.

SAFER: Los Angeles is in lockdown, "Safer at home," so Soledad, a college student, jumps at the opportunity to be live-in caretaker for Story, the son of an A-list celebrity. Solid pay and a change of scene are just what she needs in the pandemic. The parents are high maintenance, but she and Story form a quick bond. The dazzling lifestyle shows its dark underside when unsettling occurrences mount. Now it turns out the job that would set Soledad up for college might derail her life entirely if she decides to keep Story safer.

FAMILY SOLSTICE: The Massey family has a secret and Shea, the youngest, will be the last to find out exactly what's in the basement. She's been training hard for her 13th year when it will finally be her turn to perform the family duty of fighting. Her older siblings won't tell her anything, but she's excited and ready to take all comers. Even if they had, nothing could truly prepare her for what she has to face.

These compelling explorations of dark family secrets fearlessly delve into some of today's most relevant and troubling issues. In Safer, Maruyama explores what parents will do for a child, and what happens to outsiders in unsafe houses, while Family Solstice addresses the dangers of tradition, inheritance and the sins of the father.

(pub. Raw Dog Screaming Press, August, 2023)

Available here: https://rawdogscreaming.com/books/bleak-houses/

And reviewed on:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Bleak-Houses-Consortium-Anomalous-Phenomena/dp/1947879596

Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bleak-houses-kate-maruyama/1143403631

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/141319641-bleak-houses

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Book Chain 12: The City by S.C. Mendes

Book Chain Campaign: BookChain12: Tracking Log for:

The City by S.C. Mendes :

i. Mailed from S.C. Mendes to Eric J. Guignard, September 13, 2024


ii. Mailed from Eric J. Guignard to Rebecca Rowland, November 27, 2024

iii. Given from Rebecca Rowland to Gevera Bert Piedmont at Colony Pizza in Stamford, December 14, 2024

iv. Where to next...? Only chance and the last reader involved may determine! #BookChainChallenge

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NOTES:

Book back copy: Chinatown, 1910.

A series of ritualistic murders are discovered six months after Max Elliot turned in his badge.

Victims of the media-dubbed “Chinatown Surgeon” are little more than piles of flayed skin. The bones of each body were stolen. This torturous method of execution had only been seen once before and that case remained unsolved.

Confident of a connection between the grisly crimes, police turn to the one man they believe can help.

With the allure of closure to his own personal tragedy, Max Elliot agrees to reinstatement for one last case. But the clues lead the unstable detective down a path he never could have imagined.

Follow Max as he penetrates a supernatural world of drugs, violence, and an ancient race of chemists whose hidden influence shaped human civilization.

(pub. Blood Bound Books, January, 2023

Available here: https://www.amazon.com/City-S-C-Mendes/dp/1940250560

And reviewed on:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/City-S-C-Mendes/dp/1940250560

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35107124-the-city

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AND READ WHAT #BOOKCHAIN IS ABOUT HERE!  

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Release Day for: The Collected Works of S. Mukerji

It's release day today!!!

Edited and annotated by Eric J. Guignard
With Introduction by bestselling author K. Hari Kumar
Published by Dark Moon Books

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For as deft a hand as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle or Rudyard Kipling were at mystery, gothic, and tales of otherworldly phenomenon, S. Mukerji has left his own indelible mark in the pantheon of British Raj ghost tales.

Now, for the first time, both Indian Ghost Stories and The Mysterious Traders have been combined into one volume in this beautifully presented showcase by Dark Moon Books!

Also included within are:

K. Hari Kumar
• Annotations by award-winning editor Eric J. Guignard
• Illustrations, corrected text, reading list, and more!

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More here: http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/Mukerji.html

For sale here: https://www.amazon.com/Collected-Works-S-Mukerji-Mysterious/dp/1949491595/

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December, 2024 Dark Fiction Short Story Markets

HWA L.A.: For December, 2024
New or Reopening Market Listings/ Notes
At Minimum Pro-Paying (5 cents+ per word)

(anthology by Brigids GatePress)
https://brigidsgatepress.com/submissions
Payment: 8 cents a word (or flat $50 for poem ordrabble)
Story Length: 500–1,000 words (or100-word drabble or poem up to 32 lines)
Deadline: Open between December 15 andDecember 31, 2025
Reprints?: No
Response: By March, 2025
Description: A mix of bothnon-fiction and original fiction, poems, and essays where new and seasonedhorror writers recount their first experiences with the genre. A mix of terror,inspiration, comfort, and reassurance, this anthology offers a powerfulexperience for those who seek to create and consume stories that transcend thepage.


https://www.owlcrate.com/blogs/oc/future-states-of-stars-is-now-open-for-submissionsSci-fi/dystopian shortstories themes of the near-to-far future of states, whether set here on Earth,in space, or in other dimensions. Consider exploring dystopian themes such asauthoritarian regimes, environmental collapse, surveillance societies, loss ofindividual freedoms, or the impact of advanced technology on humanity.


Silent Nightmares (anthology byWritten Backwards Press)
https://nettirw.com/2024/09/05/silent-nightmares-open-submission-call/
Payment: 10 cents a word
Story Length: up to 5,000 words
Deadline: Open between December 1 andDecember 31, 2025
Reprints?: No
Response: up to three months (butusually much sooner)
Description: Original short storiesof dark holiday horrors.


Apex Magazine
http://www.apex-magazine.com/submission-guidelines
Payment:8 cents a word
Story Length: up to 7,500 words
Deadline: Ongoing
Reprints?: No
Response: One month
Description: Exceptionally well-written science fiction, fantasy,horror, and all its sub-genres.
NOTE: ALSO Open to Flash Fiction contest, usually between the 7ththrough last day of each month.


Uncharted
https://uncharted.submittable.com/submit
Payment: $200 flat
Story Length: 1,000–5,000 words
Deadline: ongoing
Reprints?: Yes (but no pay)
Response: Three months
Description: Any type of genrestory: Horror (under Thriller/Mystery), Science Fiction, Crime, Fantasy, etc.(see submission page for additional themed 1-time calls).


Calliope Interactive
https://calliopeinteractive.com/open-call
Payment: 5 cents a word
Story Length: 2,000–4,000 words (OR:Flash fiction up to 1,000 words)
Deadline: Intermittent
Reprints?: No
Response: estimated within 2 months
Description: Unthemed genre fiction;anything to do with high fantasy, operatic sci-fi, heart-stopping action,that’s our jam.

***Non-PRO-Paying Market, but Eric J. Guignard’s “Pick ofthe Month”

https://pressfuls.com/about
Payment: 4 cents a word
Story Length: 1,000–2,500 words
Deadline: ongoing
Reprints?: No
Response: 6 weeks
Description: Original horror,Fantasy, Sci-fi, and Crime/Mystery short stories.


Triangulation (Parsec Ink):“Dark Hearts” (annual themed anthology)
http://parsecink.com/index.php/triangulation-submissions/
Payment: 3 cents a word
Story Length: up to 5,000 words(preference at 3,000 words)
Deadline: January 31, 2025
Reprints?: No
Response: March 30, 2025
Description:

ANNOUNCING: The Collected Works of S. Mukerji: Indian Ghost Stories and The Mysterious Traders

ANNOUNCING NEW BOOK! And up forpre-orders!

Edited and annotated by Eric J. Guignard
With Introduction by bestselling author K. Hari Kumar
Published by Dark Moon Books

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For as deft a hand as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle or Rudyard Kipling were atmystery, gothic, and tales of otherworldly phenomenon, S. Mukerji has left hisown indelible mark in the pantheon of British Raj ghost tales.

Now, for the first time, both Indian Ghost Storiesand The Mysterious Traders have been combined into one volume in thisbeautifully presented showcase by Dark Moon Books!

Also included within are:


• Annotations by award-winning editor Eric J. Guignard
• Illustrations, corrected text, reading list, and more!

.

More here: http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/Mukerji.html

Available for preorder here: https://www.amazon.com/Collected-Works-S-Mukerji-Mysterious/dp/1949491595/

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November, 2024 Dark Fiction Short Story Markets

HWA L.A.: For November, 2024
New or Reopening Market Listings/ Notes
At Minimum Pro-Paying (5 cents+ per word)

https://www.sanspress.com/submissions
Payment: €200 flat (abt. $215U.S. (*which “may” ultimately calculate to a bit less than 5 cents a word)
Story Length: up to 5,000 words
Deadline: November 21, 2024
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Short stories that engagewith new ways of being, and that embrace unapologetic weirdness. Betweenliterary and experimental, sci-fi and speculative, that are no rules as to howyou interpret the prompt; be as metaphorical or literal as you wish – as longas you promise to take us on an unforgettable journey.


Shatter the Sun: Queer Tales ofUntold Adventure (published by Neon Hemlock)
https://www.neonhemlock.com/submissions
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: up to 6,000 words(preferred 1,000–4,000)
Deadline: Open between November 1,2024 and January 15, 2025
Reprints?: No
Response: up to 4 months
Description: Fantasy stories ofqueer heroes forged and tempered in the fire, fighting dark stars and brightsuns, and overthrowing tyranny in all its forms. Sword and sorcery, sweat andsandals, souls and stars. (Open to all authors.)


Small Wonders
https://smallwondersmag.com/submissions/
Payment: 10 cents a word (1cent a word for reprints)
Story Length: up to 1,000 words (or1,100 words for reprints)
Deadline: Intermittent
Reprints?: Yes
Response: Unspecified, but accordingto online reports up to five months
Description: Non-themed shortstories relating to Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror.


TWO SEPARATE ANTHOLOGIES from Flame Tree Publishing
Payment: 8 cents a word (6 cents/ word for reprints)
Story Length: 3,000–4,000 words (soft range)
Deadline: November 24, 2024
Reprints?: Yes
Response: within 4 months of the submission deadline

Morgana le Fay: Fiction short stories about the Greek goddess, Aphrodite.
https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-gothic/aphrodite-submissions

Loki: Fiction shortstories about the Norse mythological god, Loki.
https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-gothic/loki-submissions-0


Plott Hound Magazine
https://plotthoundmag.com/submissions/
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: up to 5,000 words(preferred 3,000–4,000); or flash fiction up to 999 words
Deadline: *Upcoming: Open betweenDecember 1 and December 15, 2024
Reprints?: No
Response: Unknown
Description: Stories withanthropomorphized animals as protagonists; Animal-centric speculative fiction(fantasy, science fiction, horror).


Dracula Beyond Stoker: Issue 6:Jonathan Harker
https://www.dbspress.com/submissions
Payment: 5 cents a word
Story Length: 1,500–5,000 words
Open From: Open between November 1,2024–December 31, 2024
Reprints?: Yes (if older than 10years) (and paid flat rate of $55)
Response: Unknown, but reported asgenerally between 30 and 60 days.
Description: The best new fictionbased on Stoker’s characters, locations, and themes. This issue: What happenedon the way from the castle to the hospital in Buda-Pesth? What happens afterthe story ends? What is his relationship with his son? Jonathan is often perceivedand portrayed as impish and weak, but he might just be one of the bravestcharacters in the book.



***Non-PRO-Paying Market, but Eric J. Guignard’s “Pick ofthe Month”

https://undertowpublications.com/weird-horror-magazine
Payment: 2 cents a word
Story Length: 500–5,000 words
Deadline: Open between November 2and November 15, 2024
Reprints?: No
Response: Generally within 2 months
Description: Original (non-themed)horror and weird fiction short stories: The strange, the macabre, the eerie,the esoteric, the fabulist, and the gothic.


Interzone Magazine (TTA Press)
https://interzone.press/submissions/
Payment: 1.5 euros a word
Story Length: 2,000–17,500 words
Deadline: ongoing
Reprints?: No
Response: usually within 5 weeks
Description: Fantastika fiction:non-themed, general audience, science fiction, fantasy, and horror.

Book Chain 11: When the Night Bells Ring by Jo Kaplan

Book Chain Campaign: BookChain11: Tracking Log for:

When the Night Bells Ring by Jo Kaplan :

i. Bought on Amazon, August 25, 2024


ii. Mailed from Eric J. Guignard to S.C. Mendes, September 5, 2024

iii. Where to next...? Only chance and the last reader involved may determine! #BookChainChallenge

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NOTES:

Book back copy: Don't awaken what sleeps in the dark.

In a future ravaged by fire and drought, two climate refugees ride their motorcycles across the wasteland of the western US, and stumble upon an old silver mine. Descending into the cool darkness of the caved-in tunnels in desperate search of water, the two women find Lavinia Cain’s diary, a settler in search of prosperity who brought her family to Nevada in the late 1860s.

But Lavinia and the settlers of the Western town discovered something monstrous that dwells in the depths of the mine, something that does not want greedy prospectors disturbing the earth. Whispers of curses and phantom figures haunt the diary, and now, over 150 years later, trapped and injured in the abandoned mine, the women discover they’re not alone . . . with no easy way out.

The monsters are still here―and they’re thirsty.

(pub. CamCat Books, October, 2022

Available here: https://camcatbooks.com/Books/W/When-the-Night-Bells-Ring4

And reviewed on:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/When-Night-Bells-Ring-Kaplan/dp/0744306159

Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/when-the-night-bells-ring-jo-kaplan/1140923071

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/60172285-when-the-night-bells-ring

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October, 2024 Dark Fiction Short Story Markets

HWA L.A.: For October, 2024
New or Reopening Market Listings/ Notes
At Minimum Pro-Paying (5 cents+ per word)

Dread Mondays (anthology,published by Whisper House)
https://stevecaponejrauthor.com/2024/08/31/call-for-submissions-for-dread-mondays-a-whisper-house-press-anthology/
Payment: 6 cents a word
Story Length: up to 4,000 words(prefer under 3,000)
Deadline: October 31, 2024
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Short stories ofworkplace horror.


https://www.dustanddark.com/submissions/
Payment: £0.07 (about US 9 cents a word)
Story Length: 2,000–7,000 words(prefer 3,000–5,000)
Deadline: Open between October 1–October31, 2024
Reprints?: No
Response: December 31, 2024
Description: Stylish, atmospherichorror fiction, and we take a broad view of what that means. We’re interestedin clearly defined characters, evocative settings, tight pacing and compellingplots. But most of all, we’re looking for stories that leave a lingering senseof unease after we’ve read them. We’re much more interested in expertlyrendered dread than straightforward shocks.


Confounding Cupids (anthology, editedby Kevin J. Anderson and Western Colorado University)
https://wordfirewestern.moksha.io/publication/confounding-cupids-when-love-goes-awry/guidelines
Payment: 6 cents a word
Story Length: up to 5,000 words
Deadline: October 7, 2024 (*Not muchtime left!)
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Speculative tales of love,magic, and wonder that can devolve into chaos and confusion. ConfoundingCupids: When Love Goes Awry is your chance to take aim at your favoriteromance tropes and have a fantastical time... Central to your story should be amatch or matches full of paradoxes and delightful disorder.


The DARK (monthly online e-magazine)
http://thedarkmagazine.com/submission-guidelines
Payment:5 cents a word (1 cent a word for reprints)
Story Length: 2,000–6,000 words
Deadline: Continuous
Reprints?: Yes
Response: between 1 day to 1 week
Description: Unique Horror and Dark Fantasy (No graphic/ violentcontent); fiction that may fall out of “regular” categories (Tons of greatauthors publish here).


Stop Surveillance Copaganda(published through Strange Horizons online Magazine)
https://www.stopcopaganda.org/
Payment: 10 cents a word
Story Length: up to 5,000 words
Deadline: November 21, 2024
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Stories aboutsurveillance tech that don’t perpetuate law enforcement propaganda; Surveillancetechnologies are increasingly built into our daily lives without ourconsent—and are championed in mass media for their power to do so-called good.The truth is, surveillance is mostly used to harm and oppresscommunities—misidentifying people through facial recognition, targetingfamilies for missile strikes, criminalizing people who seek to assert theirbodily autonomy, and facilitating scams and stalkers. Most “positive” uses ofsurveillance are straight-up copaganda. Searching for stories as alternativesthat tear down the narrative that surveillance and centralized powernecessarily equals safety.


Once Upon a Moonless Night (publishedby The Brothers Uber)
https://brothersuber.moksha.io/publication/once-upon-a-moonless-night-tales-of-betrayal-revenge-and-redemption
Payment: 5 cents a word (payment cap at $400)
Story Length: 250–15,000 words
Deadline: December 16, 2024
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Dark Tales of Betrayal,Revenge, and Redemption: Night after night the darkness beckons. You know thatone day soon you’ll lose your resolve, give in, and become the darkness.There’ll be no going back once you do. These are the tales whispered in darkcorners. Of good people pushed too far. Stories of revenge and redemption forpast wrongdoings. Stories that excite the mind where what seems to be trueisn’t always the case.



***Non-PRO-Paying Market, but Eric J. Guignard’s “Pick ofthe Month”

https://magazine.trollbreath.com/submissions/
Payment: 4 cents a word (1/2 cent a word for reprints);$25 flat rate for poetry
Story Length: 1,500–7,500 words(prefer 4,000–5,000)
Deadline: Open between October 1–October31, 2024
Reprints?: No
Response: Within 60 days
Description: Non-themed speculativefiction, poetry, and non-fiction; from dark fantasy to hope punk to surrealism,and everything in between.


Inner Worlds (magazine)
https://sarah-i-jackson.ghost.io/inner-worlds-zine/
Payment: £0.02 (about US 3 cents a word)
Story Length: 500–2,500 words
Deadline: Open between October 15–October31, 2024
Reprints?: Yes
Response: unknown
Description: Science fiction,fantasy, or supernatural horror prose with a strong emotional or psychologicalfocus.