COSMIC HORROR MONTHLY: -Weird and cosmic fiction SUBMISSION WINDOW(S): Jan 1-7 July 1-7 WORDCOUNT: Under 5k PAYMENT: 3 cents per word LINK TO ORIGINAL CALL WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR: We believe that the horror genre’s diversity is its greatest strength, and we wish that viewpoint to be reflected in our story content and submission queues. We are especially interested in hearing from those whose voices are underrepresented in the cosmic/weird. If comfortable, feel free to drop

SLUGGER: In general, we are open to all subgenres of horror (dark fantasy, sci-fi, noir all accepted as long as horror plays a central...

TWISTED TERRORS: THE HAUNTED ONES Haunted houses, haunted objects, haunted people, etc. Whatever you can write about being haunted, we’ll...

SELF (S)CARE: Calling all self-published horror authors! Get those short stories ready! Open submissions begin next week for this...

DRACULA BEYOND STOKER: VAN HELSING The one everybody has been waiting for. What adventures did he have before the novel? Where did he go...

DRACULA BEYOND STOKER: MINA HARKER Mina is teacher, a wife, and the heart and the hero of the novel. Her spirit and intelligence keep her...

EXTREMITIES: Choose Your Own Death Extremities: Choose Your Own Death is akin to Goosebumps in that every book will be part of an...

FEARMOJI: Queer Emoji Horror Emojis carry a lot of weight in contemporary societies drenched by social media interactions. This theme is...

Check out this open call, for a charity anthology benefiting victims of the January 2025 L.A. wildfires

Check out this call from Conquest Publishing, edited by Brittany McMunn and Arwyn Sherman

Because this is a special call for a charity anthology, we are making a special exception for how we post our guidelines, and just...

THE CLEANSING POWER OF FIRE: We are seeking poetry and short fiction for this anthology dedicated to cosmic, folk, and religious horror....

VAMPIRE HUNTERS: An Incomplete Record of Personal Accounts: A collection of found diary/journal entries from vampire hunters through out...

Women of the Weird West: Traditionally, women authors have been vastly underrepresented in westerns and weird westerns, so this anthology...

Cosmic Horror Monthly: Fiction paying tribute to Shirley Jackson SUBMISSION WINDOW: March 1-7, 2025 WORDCOUNT: Under 5,000 words PAYMENT:...

PATTERNS: We’re looking for dark stories on the theme of patterns. DEADLINE: March 31st WORDCOUNT: 2 -- 4k PAYMENT: Payment: $0.01 per...

Dusty Attic Publishing: We are looking for previously unpublished short stories (500-2000 words) and poems (3-25 lines) that are spooky...

Open call details for Cosmic Horror Monthly

Carnival of Horror: We’re looking for stories of abandoned amusement parks, traveling carnivals, haunted attractions, chilling circuses...

MODERN MUMMIES: Mummies have been a staple of the horror genre for decades. From Universal Classic Monsters, to 1987’s Monster Squad, to...