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🪖 Horror submissions open for current and former military dependents.

When the Base Goes Dark explores the terrors families face when deployments leave home vulnerable.

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#HorrorSubmissions #SpecFic
January 29, 2026 at 4:31 PM
🎤 Book Review: Screwing Sinatra by P. Moss

A noir crime thriller steeped in 1960s Vegas glamour, corruption, and betrayal. Stylish, dialogue-heavy, and unapologetically hard-boiled.

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#BookReview #NoirFiction #CrimeReads 🥃🎰
January 29, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Open call: Voices for the Voiceless

Stories of courage, guardianship, and compassion.
Deadline: April 30, 2026
Pay: $20

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January 28, 2026 at 8:30 PM
🌌 Eye to the Telescope #60 seeks speculative poetry on Paying Tribute.

1–3 unpublished poems.
Pay: 5¢/word ($5–$25).
Deadline: April 15, 2026.

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#SpecPoetry #WritingSubmissions
January 28, 2026 at 4:30 PM
January 28, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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John Passarella ( @jpassarella.bsky.social ) breaks down adapting Return to Silent Hill from game to film to novel — and how horror novelizations reclaim what scripts leave behind.

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From @titanbooks.bsky.social
#HorrorWriting #SilentHill #GuestPost
January 28, 2026 at 2:30 PM
🩸 Open Call: Vampires Anthology

Flame Tree Press is seeking original vampire short stories, paying SFWA rates. Edited by Marie O’Regan and Paul Kane.

Deadline: Feb 15, 2026

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January 27, 2026 at 8:30 PM
🔥 HellBound Books is celebrating 10 years of horror with a special anniversary anthology.

No theme. Original horror only.
4k–8k words.
$10 payment.
Deadline: June 30, 2026.

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From @hellboundbooks.bsky.social
#HorrorWriting #Submissions
January 27, 2026 at 4:31 PM
✍️ Ronald Malfi on why short horror stories are sharp, hungry, and unforgiving.

A guest post on precision, economy, and impact in short fiction. Published alongside We Should Have Left Well Enough Alone.

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#WritingHorror #GuestPost
January 27, 2026 at 3:31 PM
🐉 DEVIL DRAGON Ebook Giveaway 🔥
10 ebook copies Available!.
Creature horror set in outback Australia.
By award-winning author Deborah Sheldon.
🗓️ Jan 19–31, 2026
Part of her 40-year career celebration.
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#EbookGiveaway #CreatureHorror #MonsterHorror #Horrof="/hashtag/HorrorBooks" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#HorrorBooks #Horro
January 26, 2026 at 9:46 PM
✨ NonBinary Review #44 is open Feb 1–28, 2026.

Theme: Saying Goodbye to Yesterday
Speculative prose, poetry, nonfiction, and art
Reprints welcome
No AI content

Details:
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January 26, 2026 at 8:30 PM
🏠 Suburban Gothic stories wanted.

Quiet streets. Closed doors. Something wrong beneath it all.

Up to 7,500 words
$0.01 CAD per word
Deadline: March 31, 2026

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#HorrorWriting #Submissions #SuburbanGothic
January 26, 2026 at 4:30 PM
🩸 Book Review: The Brides

A feminist gothic reworking of Dracula told through letters and diaries. Slow-burn dread, rich atmosphere, and unforgettable women.

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January 26, 2026 at 3:30 PM
🐉 Enter Our DEVIL DRAGON Ebook #Giveaway!🔥
10 ebook copies up for grabs.
Creature horror set in outback Australia.
By award-winning author Deborah Sheldon.
🗓️ Jan 19–31, 2026
Part of her 40-year career celebration.
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#EbookGiveaway #CreatureHorror #HorrorBooks
January 26, 2026 at 1:24 AM
The gang move deeper into the woods in Chapter 2 of our Serial Saturday, Demon of Ubud: The Last Festival by Olga Korotkaya:

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#Fiction #Free #FreeFiction #TWF #amreading #AmWriting #WritersLife #bookworm #IndieWriter #IndieAuthors
January 24, 2026 at 1:30 PM
🧪 Agita Magazine is open for Bad Science.

Horror + dark sci-fi flash up to 1,000 words.
💰 5¢/word
🗓️ Mar 1–14
🗓️ Extended (LGBTQIA+, disabled, BIPOC): Mar 15–21

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From @frombeyondpress.bsky.social

#CallForSubmissions #HorrorFlash
January 23, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Open submissions: Modern Decadent

Wild Hunt Books wants unsettling, decadent short fiction inspired by symbolism and proto-Weird traditions.

Deadline: Feb 1, 2026
Pay: £100

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January 23, 2026 at 6:06 PM
New on Horror Tree 🖤
Ronald Malfi discusses short fiction, genre boundaries, obsession, and writing with precision.

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January 23, 2026 at 3:30 PM
🎭 Midsummer Nights 2026 is open.

Fantasy, speculative fiction, and horror inspired by Shakespeare.
750–1,500 words • Paid • Reprints OK
Deadline: Dec 18, 2026

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#CallForSubmissions #SpecFic #WritingCommunity #AmWriting
January 22, 2026 at 8:30 PM
🕵️‍♀️ Death Camas: Best New England Crime Stories 2026 is open.

Original crime, mystery, thriller, suspense, caper, historical, or horror.
1,000–5,000 words • 💰 $25
🗓️ March 31, 2026

For writers living in New England.

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#CallForSubmissions #CrimeFiction
January 22, 2026 at 4:31 PM
📚✨ New year, new imprints

Two major publishers just announced brand-new fiction imprints launching in 2027. Genre-blending, page-turners, and book club-ready reads are clearly on the menu.

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#Publishing #AmReading #SpeculativeFiction #BookNews
January 22, 2026 at 3:12 PM
A little repost with corrections from us -- come to the jungle to enjoy the first chapter of our Serial Saturday, Demon of Ubud by Olga Korotkaya:

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#Fiction #Free #FreeFiction #TWF #amreading #AmWriting #WritersLife #bookworm #IndieWriter #IndieAuthors
January 22, 2026 at 1:01 PM
🌀 Strange Vibes Volume 1 is open.

Weird, uncanny short stories wanted.
Horror, sci-fi, fantasy, dark comedy, paranormal romance.
2,000–5,000 words • $2 CDN
Due Feb 15, 2026

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From @sylvia-rose-books.bsky.social

#CallForSubmissions #WeirdFiction #WritingCommunity
January 21, 2026 at 8:30 PM
🚀 Mythaxis is open Jan 23–30, 2026 for sci-fi, fantasy, weird, and genre mashups.

Flash fiction especially wanted.
Pay: $0.01/word ($20 min).

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#SpecFic #WritingSubmissions
January 21, 2026 at 4:45 PM
⚔️🐙 Shared World is open.

Sword-and-sorcery with cosmic horror vibes.
Any length. Pro pay (~10¢ CAD/word).
You keep your copyright. Build new places or use the map.

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#CallForSubmissions #FantasyHorror
January 21, 2026 at 4:30 PM