Come one, come all horror authors. It’s time for another anthology. Life is too short and I’d like to leave our readers dead awake. Send in your best work and let’s make something that will leave the readers sleeping with their lights on.
What I’m looking for: Unadulterated horror. Slasher, psychological, monsters, clowns, stalkers, cults, demons, witches, whatever the hell you can think of! Let’s get cut their skin and leave scars. Send me your best!
What I’m not looking for: Gore for shock value, rape, any violence toward children or anything that really is just shock and nothing else. Give me horror that seeps in, not skin deep.
Requirements: Short horror that is between 2,000 and 6,000 words, exceptions for longer pieces based on quality. A hard cap at 10,000 words. Please put the title, your name, word count and email address on the title page. Single spaced, 12 point, new times Roman is preferred. Clean and edited. Please do your best.
Authors who are accepted will receive $25 per story accepted and one paperback author copy. Multiple submissions are welcome. Simultaneous submissions are welcome as well, but please let me know if it’s accepted elsewhere. Only original, unpublished work will be accepted.
Submissions will be closed April 1st. Get your ideas percolating and get to writing!
Send submissions in .doc or .docx format to nickcatron81@hotmail.com.
Nicholas Catron 
How hard is your “low” limit? I’ve got a story that I think may fit for you, but it’s under 2k.
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Pretty hard unless it’s something outstanding.
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How many stories can I submit?
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You can submit multiple stories but we only will accept one story. I recommend sending one but send your best.
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KEEP Up the amaziing work mate.
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Will do, thanks!
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Great, horror is my favourite genre! Will definitely send you something.
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Wonderful!
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I have a story which I think would fit, but is is just shy of 1900 words. I feel that if I pad it out more to hit the 2k count it will distract from the tension. Should I still bother to submit? Thank you.
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Well, if you feel it’s of high quality we are happy to take a look at it. You’re pretty close to the minimum.
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Thank you – I have just submitted it now. It is called Him/Her.
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Hi! I’m just wondering, would a vampire (of the non-romantic variety) story be a hard sell? Thank you 🙂
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As long as it’s horror, we’ll definitely read and consider it.
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Great – I’ll see what I can do with it. Thank you 🙂
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Is there any age limit?
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Nope, all authors are welcome
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I have a psychological horror story that might fit except that a character has a vision of a rape and child murder (of non-characters). The story is by no means a shock value story; the brutality is there to drive home a message about life. Are the “I’m not looking for” things strict, or would you potentially allow them, given the right context and enough psychic distance?
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That’s a really fine line. We’ve already rejected a story with implied child rape. If you’re to submit, those parts have to be very tastefully done and add to the story, not detract.
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I’ve been thinking about submitting a story I’ve written but it’s slightly below 9k words. Do I need to say anything during the submission about this (don’t want it to get tossed for not following guidelines!)? Also, will we have the rights to enter our stories elsewhere should they be accepted? Thanks!
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Hi Glen, sorry I missed your questions. Yes, please mention the word count but remember, stories over 6k need to be exceptional for us to accept them. As far as rights are concerned, they will revert back to the author over a period of time.
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Are you planning an audible version as well?
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Indeed. Not directly but yes, that is a goal.
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Submitted 🙂
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when are the results going to be out ?
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Hi Zahra, I don’t have a definitive date set for that yet, as the deadline hasn’t quite come to pass. We will be sending out acceptance/rejection letters as soon as we get all the stories read and make our decisions.
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Is the competition open to people from any country?
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Yup. All that you’ll need is a PayPal account of you get accepted.
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Wonderful! Looking for a good place to submit my story and this sounds awesome!
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Hi! Have the responses gone out yet? 🙂
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Yup, the first wave of responses have gone out. We have over 560 to send out so hopefully they’ll all be out soon
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Thank you for replying – I’ll keep an eye out for your email. And 560 responses – that’s huge! 😊
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It can bepsychologically hard due to the fact that a
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