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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 6h

Draft2Digital is changing how and when authors get paid from @melodyemcintyre.bsky.social
Starting Nov 1, 2025, new minimum payout thresholds will apply to all payment methods.
See how this affects your royalties 👇
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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 9h

🩸 Sponsor Spotlight: Andrew Robertson’s ( @andrewawesome.bsky.social ) InhuMANities tears into the vices, addictions, and monstrosities of men
“Beautifully painful and darkly necessary.” - Suzan Palumbo
“Drips with cruelty and razor-sharp wit.” - Warren Wagner
Grab it here: a.co/d/0WZbvkt
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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 11h

Read our #BookReview of The Official Godzilla Movie Novelization Omnibus by Greg Cox and Greg Keyes
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#AmReading #AmWriting #WritersLife #bookworm #IndieWriter #IndieAuthors #horror #Books #WritingCommunity

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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 15h

Connor only remembers these four walls -- what might lie beyond them? Find out in our new Serial Saturday, The Soul Equation by Zach Grant:

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#Fiction #Free #FreeFiction #TWF #amreading #AmWriting #WritersLife #bookworm #IndieWriter #IndieAuthors

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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 1d

Taking Submissions: Negative Space 3: The End of All Sanctuary
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Submission Window: January 1st - 31st, 2025
Payment: $25.00 and a contributor's copy
Theme: Survival horror stories with a siege, home invasion, or isolation sub-theme
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting

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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 1d

🚨 Paying Market Alert! 🚨
Tractor Beam Issue 4 is open for submissions. Theme: a positive future on Earth, rooted in soil and winter agriculture.
🪴 Deadline: Oct 15, 2025
💵 Payment: $1,000
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#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #SpecFic #PayingMarkets

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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 1d

When Grief Opens the Door to Horror: Writing Fear That Comes From Loss By Angela “A.G.” Slatter ( @angelaslatter.bsky.social )
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#AmReading #AmWriting #WritersLife #bookworm #IndieWriter #IndieAuthors #horror #Books #WritingCommunity

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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 2d

Taking Submissions: NonBinary Review #43
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Submission Window: Early submissions open 15 October 2025, regular submissions open 1-30 November 2025
Payment: Prose: 1¢ per word, Poetry: $10, Art: $25
Theme: Carnival
Note: Reprints Welcome
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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 2d

Taking Submissions: Horror Anthology Volume IV and V
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Deadline: December 31st, 2025
Payment: Contributor's copy
Theme: EXTREME Horror
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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 2d

Read @corinnepwriter.bsky.social's #BookReview of Secret Lives of the Dead by Tim Lebbon ( @timlebbon.bsky.social )
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#AmReading #AmWriting #WritersLife #bookworm #IndieWriter #IndieAuthors #horror #Books #WritingCommunity

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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 3d

Open Call: Very Special Episodes
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Window: Oct 15 - Jan 15 2026
Pay: $25, with $40 for their favorite story
Theme: Stories that recapture the magic of some of the most disturbing very special episodes kids shows of the 90’s which referenced horrific true crime
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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 3d

Taking Submissions: Dance, When They Want You to Cower
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Deadline: December 15th, 2025
Payment: Charity anthology - Contributors' copies for US authors
Theme: Queer protagonists in any setting or genre with a story of defiance, survival, hope, and love
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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 3d

Writing Prompt Wednesdays: Nature Finds A Way from @corinnepwriter.bsky.social
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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 3d

The Fluke That Brought Us The Discreet Eliminators Series
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#AmReading #AmWriting #WritersLife #bookworm #IndieWriter #IndieAuthors #horror #Books #WritingCommunity

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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 4d

Taking Submissions: Short Story Substack November 2025 Window
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Submission Window: November 1st - 30th, 2025
Payment: $100 for the chosen story + 50% of subscription revenue
Theme: Any genre, short story
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting

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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 4d

Taking Submissions: Stygian Lepus Magazine November 2025 Window
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Submission Window: November 1st - 25th, 2025
Payment: $5
Theme: Dark fiction, Serialized dark fiction, Creative non-fiction
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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 4d

Novelizations Aren’t Dead: Why Adapting Cult Horror Films Still Matters by Christian Francis
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#AmReading #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 4d

According to Worldstone's submission guidelines, "We are looking for great Sci-Fi and Fantasy. Don’t overthink it! Just write an incredible story and you will find yourself in this anthology." It sounds like they are flexible if the story is good and it falls into either category :)

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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 5d

Open Call: Cosmic Roots And Eldritch Shores November 2025 Window
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Window: Nov 1-2
Payment: 8 cents/word for original, 2 cents for reprints,
Theme: Original sci-fi, fantasy, myth, legend, fairy tales, and eldritch
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting

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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 5d

Taking Submissions: Summer of Sci-fi and Fantasy Volume 5
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Deadline: October 15th, 2025
Payment: $0.005/word up to 7500 words. Minimum of $15
Theme: Science fiction and fantasy stories
Note: Reprints welcome
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting

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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 5d

Check out our #BookReview of Steel Machines by Dan Franklin
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#AmReading #AmWriting #WritersLife #bookworm #IndieWriter #IndieAuthors #horror #Books #WritingCommunity

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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 6d

#TremblingWithFear takes off with Rhys Swainston introducing us to Smilog w/drabbles by Nicolette M Ward ( @shadowsbetween.bsky.social ), Lesley Hart Gunn, & RJ Meldrum!
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#Fiction #Free #FreeFiction #TWF #amreading #AmWriting #WritersLife #bookworm #IndieWriter

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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 7d

Read our #BookReview of The Fog – 50th Anniversary Edition by James Herbert
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#AmReading #AmWriting #WritersLife #bookworm #IndieWriter #IndieAuthors #horror #Books #WritingCommunity

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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 7d

Lucy takes over the story for the final chapter of our Serial Saturday, Vampire Fever by @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social :

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#Fiction #Free #FreeFiction #TWF #amreading #AmWriting #WritersLife #bookworm #IndieWriter #IndieAuthors

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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 8d

Taking Submissions: It Came From the Trailer Park: Vol 6
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Submission Window: May 1st, 2025 - July 1st, 2025
Payment: Royalties
Theme: Horror Comedy creature feature with the sub-theme of Prison Planet Earth
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting

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