The Beast Under Your Bed

Dark romantasy seeking morally gray, unapologetically dark short stories featuring creatures such as fae, shifters, vampires, gods, demons, mermaids, angels, and guardian beasts; 5,000–10,000 words, with spicy or explicit content allowed. Reprints pay $5 and originals $10; deadline December 1, 2026.

Dark romance anthology seeking morally gray, black, and pitch-black short stories, including stalkers, no-redemption arcs, trigger warnings, and dubious content; 5,000–10,000 words. Reprints pay $5 and originals $10; deadline December 1, 2026.

Open to: female authors

Scream Queens seeks horror by female authors with strong female leads; microfiction to 5,000 words, reprints accepted, deadline January 1, 2027, scheduled for March 2027 release.

Open to: female authors

Scream Queenettes seeks horror by female authors for a YA anthology; microfiction to 5,000 words, with limited sex and profanity and no sexual assault, child sexual abuse, or explicit graphic violence. Reprints accepted; deadline January 1, 2027, for March 2027 release.

Dark short stories about imperfection, darkness, pain, triumph, and related themes; one story per submission, 3,000–10,000 words. Open until full.

Horror tribute anthology seeking microfiction to 5,000 words, especially mental-health, body, and addiction horror, inspired by a Linkin Park song without using lyrics or merely retelling it. Reprints accepted; open until full.

Horror anthology seeking microfiction to 5,000 words involving urban legends, cryptids, aliens, black ops, UAPs, conspiracy theories, cabals, folk legends, mythology, and related thinking pieces. Reprints accepted; open until full.

Open-theme horror anthology seeking gore, extreme horror, splatter, serial killers, slashers, stalkers, ghosts, vampires, zombies, and other terror; microfiction to 5,000 words. One submission per person; reprints accepted; open until full.

YA horror for pre-teen through high-school readers; clean PG stories with creepy monsters and necessary horror, but no cursing, adult content, graphic gore, or extreme horror. 3,000–10,000 words; reprints accepted; ongoing project with multiple volumes.

Dark poetry seeking up to three poems per submission about imperfection, darkness, pain, triumph, and emotional or figurative monsters; no line requirement. Open until full.

Horror and dark poetry inspired by a Linkin Park song, interpreting its emotional meaning without directly using lyrics or merely retelling it; up to three poems. Open until full.

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