***Update: This is now closed.
Ladies, I want your monsters. Announcing NOT ALL MONSTERS, an anthology to be released by Strangehouse Books in the fall of 2020 that I am editing!
There are monsters in every woman’s life. And while maybe not ALL monsters are so bad, I want you to tell me about the dark and twisted ones. Give me protagonists who take no shit. Show me women who save themselves. Does the hero slay the beast, or is she the monster? All types of monsters, protagonists, and antagonists are welcome here. I am looking for speculative fiction containing strong prose with character-driven stories that convey powerful messages. I am particularly drawn to the beautiful grotesque, gothic elements, the macabre, and poetic prose, but I welcome all well-crafted stories to be submitted.
All writers who identify as women are welcome to submit.
Submissions open on November 1st, 2018 and will remain open until our approximate word count has been met.
Manuscript formatting should follow the Shunn style
Send submissions to: notallmonsters2020@gmail.com
Payment: $0.01/word
Expected word count: ~90K
Stories should be a minimum of 2K and up to 8K
NO reprints
NO multiple submissions
NO simultaneous submissions
See the rest of the guidelines here.
Sara Tantlinger 