Submissions Deadlines Approaching!

Deadlines for submissions for my two Cleis Press anthologies are fast approaching!

I've started reading through the submissions for the first anthology I want to fill, Beastly Babes, my lesbian shapeshifter anthology. I've gone through 24 stories so far. Several are intriguing. I thought it might be helpful for any of you writers out there to hear some feedback regarding the stories I have and what I hope to still discover.

First, creature features for the stories I'm considering: I have wolves (2), selkies (3), a fox, mouse, snake, panther and puma. That doesn't mean you can't still submit one of those kinds of stories, but yours had better knock my socks off.

Second, I have plenty of sweet, a couple of funny, what I really want to see are some darker, eerier stories with some edgy kink to help round out the collection. They still have to have that romantic Happy-For-Now. And again, that's not to say I won't take more sweet or funny, but your story has to surprise me.

If you have an idea and haven't started writing it yet, and need a little more time, let me know. The deadline is August 15, but I do have a little wiggle room. If I'm expecting it, I won't close the door.

For more information regarding the submission guidelines, check out this link:

Beastly Babes Rules

Let me remind you that I have a second collection I am looking to fill, this time hetero cowboy stories. That deadline is the end of this month. For more information, here's that link:

The Cowboy Rules