Vacations From Hell is open for submissions.

Seeking short horror stories about vacations gone wrong.

Up to 7,000 words
Deadline April 15, 2026
$30 CAD + paperback copy
No reprints
No AI

Details:
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A wanted woman.
A newly turned vampire.
A world that never meant to let her win.

We sit down with V. Castro to talk Maria the Wanted, anger, identity, power, and monsters both human and ancient.

Full interview:
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Building a home for short stories 🏠📚

We interviewed author and publisher Emma Steel about Write Angle Publishing, her new press for gothic leaning, emotional short fiction and poetry.

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Dark short fiction writers, this one is for you 🖤

34 Orchard is open Jan 1 to 10 2026 for intense, unsettling stories that speak to deeper truths.

📏 1k to 6k words
💸 $50 per story

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Call for subs: Stygian Lepus Magazine – Jan 2026 window 🐇🖤

Dark-leaning:
• Fiction & serialized dark fiction
• Creative non-fiction
• Poetry, writing articles, & art (300 dpi)

🗓 Jan 1–25, 2026
💵 $5 + digital copy

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My short story “Landscape Leviathan” has been accepted for publication in Trembling With Fear (Horror Tree).

Many thanks to editor Lauren McMenemy and the entire team.

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Call for subs: Triangulation: Bad Romance 💔

Trashfire, toxic relationships + a speculative twist.
🗓️ Deadline: Jan 31, 2026
📏 <5,000 words / <60-line poems
💵 3¢/word orig, 1¢/word reprints

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Death tales wanted. 💀

The Deadlands is open for speculative fiction, poetry, and essays about death and what comes after.

🗓️ Deadline: Dec 31, 2025
💵 10¢/word fiction, $50 poetry, $100 nonfiction

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From @thedeadlands.com
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Call for LitRPG horror! 🎮🩸

SNAFU: LEVEL UP (Cohesion Press) is open for action-heavy stories where characters level up, gain skills, and fight horrendous beasts.

🗓️ Deadline: Mar 31, 2026
💵 Pay: A$0.05/word (2.5k–9.5k)

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Call for character-driven spec fic: Tales from the Crosstimbers – Spring 2026 🌾

🗓️ Deadline: Jan 15, 2026
📏 ~1,000–5,000 words (prefer 1–2.5k)
💵 Pay: $10 or 1c/word (max $50)

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Epeolatry Book Review: The Great Dick and the Dysfunctional Demon by Barry Maher - The Horror Tree Book Review: The Great Dick and the Dysfunctional Demon by Barry Maher from publisher Crystal Lake Publishing. Released on September 5th, 2025

The Great Dick: And the Dysfunctional Demon
"Will leave you on the edge of your seat . . . humor and ultimately pulse-pounding suspense.” -Horror Tree
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Scarlett Press is here to steal some hearts (and maybe a few souls). 🩸📚

Simon & Schuster’s new New Adult imprint launches with dark lords, fae courts, monsters, and romantasy galore.

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Book Review: Night of the Living Toilet Paper by Kevin Garone
A fast-paced, middle-grade adventure where paranormal chaos, friendship, and rogue toilet paper collide.

Full review on Horror Tree:
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Ongoing Submissions: A Midnight Kind of Place
💰 £15 (GBP) per story
Theme: Most forms of horror
🌍 Open worldwide (UK focus)

Seeking 500–10,000 word horror stories that chill, haunt, and linger.

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Book Review: Silent Night, Deadly Night by Armando Muñoz
The 1984 cult Christmas-slasher reborn as a brutal, expanded novelization.
@armandomunoz.bsky.social delivers gore, trauma & holiday dread worthy of the original film.

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Taking Submissions: Walls Anthology
🗓 Deadline: Nov 30, 2025 | 💰 $50
Theme: Walls-real, imagined, or rebuilt

Send your best creative nonfiction about barriers, freedom, and what lies beyond.

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Trembling With Fear: Year 7: Conover, Stuart, McMenemy, Lauren: 9798285793243: Amazon.com: Books Trembling With Fear: Year 7 [Conover, Stuart, McMenemy, Lauren] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Trembling With Fear: Year 7

Trembling With Fear Year 7 anthology from @horrortree.com is out! This has all their best of 2023, including my microfiction “Gifted Land.” a.co/d/2rF7xV2
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Two of my drabbles (‘All Eyes On Me’ and ‘Sleep Away’) are in @HorrorTree Year 6 anthology! Trembling With Fear: Year 6 a.co/d/0PtsjiK
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