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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 21m

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 · 1h

Writing Prompt Wednesdays: Nature Finds A Way from @corinnepwriter.bsky.social
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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 2h

The Fluke That Brought Us The Discreet Eliminators Series
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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 20h

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
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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 1d

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 · 1d

Novelizations Aren’t Dead: Why Adapting Cult Horror Films Still Matters by Christian Francis
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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 1d

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 · 1d

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
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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 2d

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
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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 2d

Check out our #BookReview of Steel Machines by Dan Franklin
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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 3d

#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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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 4d

Read our #BookReview of The Fog – 50th Anniversary Edition by James Herbert
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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 4d

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

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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 4d

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
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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 5d

Check out our #BookReview of Spoops: The Little Spirits of Halloween by A.J. LoCascio and Laurie A. Conley
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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 5d

Some trades can be more dangerous than others. Find out who can be trusted in this week's Unholy Trinity, "Killers by Trade" by Wyatt Roberts.

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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 5d

The Apex Magazine ( @apexmag.bsky.social ) 2026 Kickstarter is live! Help fund 4 issues of dark speculative fiction. Join the campaign and support the strange!
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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 5d

Taking Submissions: Stone's Throw November 2025 Window from @rhppress.bsky.social
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Submission Window: November 1st - 4th, 2025
Payment: $25
Theme: Your story must have the setting of an office holiday party
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