The Beast Under Your Bed

Open to: Women authors

Scream Queenettes seeks horror stories by female authors with strong female leads for a YA anthology; microfiction to 5,000 words, flexible word count. Sex may be non-descriptive and cussing is allowed, but no SA, CSA, or explicit graphic violence. Reprints accepted. Deadline January 1, 2027; release scheduled for March 2027.

Open to: Women authors

Scream Queens seeks horror stories by female authors with strong female leads; microfiction to 5,000 words, flexible word count. Reprints accepted. Deadline January 1, 2027; release scheduled for March 2027.

Dark short stories about imperfection, darkness, pain, triumph, and emotional struggle. One short story per submission, 3,000-10,000 words. Deadline is open until full.

Open-theme horror stories including gore, extreme horror, splatter, serial killers, slashers, stalkers, ghosts, vampires, zombies, and other terrors. Microfiction to 5,000 words. One submission per person; reprints accepted. Deadline is open until full.

Clean, PG horror for children through high school readers, featuring creepy monsters, vampires, and age-appropriate fear without graphic gore, extreme horror, cursing, or adult content. 3,000-10,000 words; reprints accepted. Ongoing project with multiple volumes and no deadline.

Horror fiction inspired by a Linkin Park song, especially mental-health, body, and addiction horror; direct lyrics and retellings are not allowed. Microfiction to 5,000 words, flexible word count. Up to one fiction piece; reprints accepted. Deadline is open until full.

Horror stories involving urban legends, cryptids, aliens, black ops, UAPs, conspiracy theories, cabals, folk legends, mythology, and thought-provoking themes. Microfiction to 5,000 words, flexible word count; reprints accepted. Deadline is open until full.

Dark poetry about imperfection, darkness, pain, triumph, and emotional struggle. Up to 3 poems per submission; no line requirement. Deadline is open until full.

Horror or dark poetry inspired by a Linkin Park song; direct lyrics and retellings are not allowed. Up to 3 poems; deadline is open until full.

Teen Screams Vol. 2 is an extreme-horror anthology for older young-adult readers and is not suitable for children under 13. The provided page text cuts off before the submission terms and deadline.

Dark romance short stories featuring morally gray, black, or pitch-black characters, stalkers, dubious content, and no-redemption arcs. 5,000-10,000 words; reprints accepted. Deadline December 1, 2026.

Dark romantasy short stories featuring creatures such as fae, shifters, vampires, gods, demons, mermaids, angels, reapers, and guardian beasts; dark arcs, obsession, enemies to lovers, and explicit content are welcome. 5,000-10,000 words; reprints accepted. Deadline December 1, 2026.