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New #TremblingWithFear is live 👁️ A chilling fable, “The Chosen” by Albert N. Katz, plus drabbles “Feast” by @ZenaShapter, “Showdown at High Moon” by @beatnikjuice.bsky.social, and “The Unveiling” by Daniel Foley. Read: horrortree.com/trembling-wi...
December 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Bloom, wither, obey. Honeysuckle by @barfridmantell.bsky.social turns a flower girl and boy genius into a dark tale of control and consent.
Review at Horror Tree: horrortree.com/epeolatry-bo...
Review from the always amazing @stephellis.bsky.social
#AmReading #BookReview #FolkHorror #DarkFantasy
December 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The search continues in Chapter Four of our Serial Saturday, Hide Away by Molly May Jones:

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#Fiction #Free #FreeFiction #TWF #amreading #AmWriting #WritersLife #bookworm #IndieWriter #IndieAuthors
December 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Call for subs 🕵️‍♀️
THE FOURTH BLACK BEACON BOOK OF MYSTERY is open Jan 1–Feb 28, 2026!
Original & reprint mystery shorts (3–9k). Pay: $30 originals, $10 reprints + print copy.
Details: horrortree.com/taking-submi...

From @blackbeaconbooks.bsky.social
#WritingCommunity #Mystery
December 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Author @barrymaher.bsky.social survived brain surgery, woke up with Lady Gaga in his head - and a vivid, hellish story that became The Great Dick and the Dysfunctional Demon. Read his wild origin story:
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#Horror
December 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Liberated, ravenous and armed. What could go wrong, and for whom? Find out in this week's Unholy Trinity, "Escape" by Noah Gibson.

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#fiction #free #freefiction #TWF #amreading #amwriting #writerslife #bookworm #indiewriter #indieauthorthings
December 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🚀 Call for subs 🛰️
Space and Time is open Jan 15–31, 2026 for speculative fiction & poetry (SF, fantasy, horror, steampunk, magical realism). Pay: 1¢/word fiction, $5/poem.
Details: horrortree.com/taking-submi...
December 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Call for subs: The Orange & Bee – Jan 1–14, 2026 🧡🐝

Fairy-tale/folklore-inspired poetry, flash, short fiction & essays.

Pay: $50/poem, $80/flash, $0.08/word short. No reprints, no AI, 1 piece.

Info: horrortree.com/taking-submi...
December 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Are you willing to trade your soul? 🩸
In The Psychology of Faustian Bargains, P.D. Alleva explores powerlessness, desperation, ego, and why “deals with the devil” still haunt us.
Read: horrortree.com/the-psycholo...
December 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Call for subs: Stygian Lepus Magazine – Jan 2026 window 🐇🖤

Dark-leaning:
• Fiction & serialized dark fiction
• Creative non-fiction
• Poetry, writing articles, & art (300 dpi)

🗓 Jan 1–25, 2026
💵 $5 + digital copy

Details: horrortree.com/taking-submi...

#horrortree #amwriting #darkfiction
December 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Holiday horror with a twist? 🎄🩸
Horrific Scribblings is running a December Holiday Horror Challenge—original dark fiction (1.5k–5k words) centered on Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, etc. $25, deadline Dec 15, 2025.
Details: horrortree.com/taking-submi...
#amwriting #horror
December 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Call for subs: Tales From The Moonlit Path – Bloody Valentine’s Day 2026 💔
Dark, character-driven stories & poems about a bloody Valentine’s Day. Horror-adjacent, human frailty, not just gore.
🗓 Deadline: Feb 1, 2026
📏 Max 2,000 words
💵 Pay: $10
Details: horrortree.com/taking-submi...
#AmWriting
December 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
December 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Call for subs: Triangulation: Bad Romance 💔

Trashfire, toxic relationships + a speculative twist.
🗓️ Deadline: Jan 31, 2026
📏 <5,000 words / <60-line poems
💵 3¢/word orig, 1¢/word reprints

Details: horrortree.com/taking-submi...

#horrortree #amwriting
December 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Death tales wanted. 💀

The Deadlands is open for speculative fiction, poetry, and essays about death and what comes after.

🗓️ Deadline: Dec 31, 2025
💵 10¢/word fiction, $50 poetry, $100 nonfiction

Details: horrortree.com/taking-submi...

From @thedeadlands.com
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December 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Need gift ideas for the writer in your life (or yourself 👀)? I’ve rounded up 10 author tools to spark creativity, boost comfort, and make drafting a little more magical this season.

Read the guide: horrortree.com/deck-the-hal...

#WritingCommunity #AuthorLife #WriterGifts #HolidayGiftGuide
December 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Call for LitRPG horror! 🎮🩸

SNAFU: LEVEL UP (Cohesion Press) is open for action-heavy stories where characters level up, gain skills, and fight horrendous beasts.

🗓️ Deadline: Mar 31, 2026
💵 Pay: A$0.05/word (2.5k–9.5k)

Details: horrortree.com/taking-submi...

#horrortree #LitRPG #amwriting
December 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Call for character-driven spec fic: Tales from the Crosstimbers – Spring 2026 🌾

🗓️ Deadline: Jan 15, 2026
📏 ~1,000–5,000 words (prefer 1–2.5k)
💵 Pay: $10 or 1c/word (max $50)

Details: horrortree.com/taking-submi...

#horrortree #amwriting
December 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Bunny Graves is lacing up her boots and dragging us back into DARK MATTER and the Dark Factory world. New Horror Tree blog tour stop with killer quotes and a walk into the dark.

@kkoja.bsky.social @meerkatpress.bsky.social
#DarkMatter #BlogTour
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December 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
New #TremblingWithFear is live! 🩸 Lead story “Straw Men” by Paul StJohn Mackintosh digs into identity in the modern age, plus drabbles by Julia Rajagopalan, Christopher Mattravers-Taylor & Emily Jones. horrortree.com/trembling-wi...
#WritingCommunity
December 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Reposted by Horror Tree
As an FYI, January 1 is just our next open sub window. We'll accept solarpunk horror subs during any of our 2026 open windows through July! And the issue will publish in November 2026. So you don't have to scramble to have work ready in January if that's too fast a turnaround!
December 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The hunt for Bedo continues in chapter 3 of our Serial Saturday, Hide Behind by Molly May Jones:

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#Fiction #Free #FreeFiction #TWF #amreading #AmWriting #WritersLife #bookworm #IndieWriter #IndieAuthors
December 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Dark Age Press is open Jan 1–31, 2026 for fantasy & sci-fi novels 🚀🐉

📏 Completed, unpublished novels 90,000+ words
💵 Advance: $500–$2,000 + royalties & copies
📚 Small indie press focused on SFF & literary fiction

Details: horrortree.com/dark-age-pre...

#amwriting #SFF #pubcall
December 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
New review on Horror Tree: The Great Dick and the Dysfunctional Demon by Barry Maher 👹

1982, a failed songwriter on the run, a dilapidated church, dark rituals, and a demon that won’t stay theoretical. Funny, bloody, and surprisingly sharp.

Read the review: horrortree.com/epeolatry-bo...
December 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Call for subs: Three-Lobed Burning Eye 🌒
Original horror/dark fantasy/SF with a strong narrative voice.
Pay $0.08/word + contributor copy.
Window: Jan 1–16, 2026.
Details: horrortree.com/taking-submi...
From @3lobedmag.com
#amwriting #specfic #OpenCall
December 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM