The Beast Under Your Bed

Pitch Dark: A Dark Romance Anthology — 5k-10k, dark romance with morally gray/black characters, trigger warnings and dubious content welcome, reprints accepted. Deadline: December 1, 2026. Pay: $5 for reprints, $10 for originals.

Venom and Velvet: A Dark Romantasy Anthology — 5k-10k, dark romantasy (fantasy + romance) with fae, shifters, vampires, gods, demons, etc., spicy/explicit allowed, reprints accepted. Deadline: December 1, 2026. Pay: $5 for reprints, $10 for originals.

Open to: female authors

Scream Queens: A Women in Horror Anthology — Microfiction to 5k (flexible), all genres of horror, strong female leads, all tropes/stereotypes, reprints accepted, adult women authors only. Deadline: January 1, 2027. Scheduled for release March 2027.

Open to: female authors

Scream Queenettes: A Women in Horror YA Anthology — Microfiction to 5k (flexible), all genres of horror, strong female leads, YA content rules (no explicit sex/violence, screened by a teenager), reprints accepted, female authors only. Deadline: January 1, 2027. Scheduled for release March 2027.

Breaking the Habit: A Horror Tribute to Linkin Park — Microfiction to 5k, horror of all genres (esp. mental health, body horror, addiction), based on Linkin Park songs (no direct lyrics), up to 1 fiction piece per submission, reprints accepted, exposure only, open until full.

Confessions from the Think Tank Vol 2 — Microfiction to 5k, horror/urban legends/cryptids/aliens/conspiracy/folk legends/mythology, reprints accepted, exposure only, open until full.

Nightmare on Horror Street: The Big Book of Terror Anthology — Microfiction to 5k, all types of horror (gore, splatter, serial killers, monsters, etc.), reprints accepted, one submission per person, exposure only. Deadline: Open until full.

The Beast Under Your Bed: YA Horror — 3k-10k, horror for children and teens (PG, no cursing, no adult content, no graphic gore), reprints accepted, exposure only, ongoing project with multiple volumes.

White Trash Beautiful: An Anthology of Short Stories, Poetry, and Art — 1 short story per submission, 3k-10k, dark themes, exposure only, open until full.

Breaking the Habit: A Horror Tribute to Linkin Park — Up to 3 poems per submission, dark/horror poetry based on Linkin Park songs (no direct lyrics), reprints accepted, exposure only, open until full.

White Trash Beautiful: An Anthology of Short Stories, Poetry, and Art — Up to 3 poems per submission, dark poetry on broad themes of darkness and beauty, exposure only, open until full.