Weekly Posts from The Horror Tree for 07/28/2023

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Horror Tree's weekly newsletter of submissions, content, & more! View this email in your browser Word of the week: Eschew – to avoid using, partaking of, or participating in Welcome to the end of July! Good grief, where has it gone? I somehow managed to pull a muscle in my sleep earlier this week (yes, you read that right – in my sleep), so please excuse my painkiller induced ramblings. The HorrorTree has created an account at Bluesky, so if you are on the app, be sure to give us and our staff a follow. It’s a weird social media landscape now with people spread out over several different platforms. In light of this transition, don’t forget to share and support others in the community as we all try to build and rebuild audiences across new platforms. Social media is an excellent tool for meeting other people in the community. I’ve made some excellent friends over social media that I often turn to if I need advice, have a question, or just want to vent. No matter what platform you end up using, be sure to find your people! I also wanted to mention that we are working our way through the Shadowed Realms submissions. I’ve been impressed with the stories you all submitted. Some of the fiction I had read prior as a part of the round up, or just in anthologies and collections I’d read, but other pieces were completely new to me. Needless to say, thanks to everyone who has trusted us with their work. It’s going to be hard narrowing it down to final selections. You can find me (Holley Cornetto) lurking on Twitter @HLCornetto or on Spoutible @Holley_Cornetto and Bluesky @holleycornetto.bsky.social (I’m still learning this one). Now, onto the latest articles on writing from around the web. Newsletter Sponsor: "Step off the edge of the map into the wraith-haunted frontier, where madness and death await the unwary. Come seek the Door, but think twice before looking within." Find it at Amazon: https://amzn.to/3qX1RvE Horror Tree / Trembling With Fear Update (This section is generally updated by your fearless editor and chief, Stuart C.!): We made a LOT of progress on our Trembling With Fear physical release. I’ve finally pulled my weight being out of the MBA class and did just about everything I can on pushing it forward with 2-3 small changes over, so we should see some real finalized progress in the next week or two. Super excited! I’ve also but the time your reading this should have hit and passed the half way point for all of our other stories that are in the queue. So much reading! For those who are looking to connect with Horror Tree on places that aren’t Twitter, we’re also in BlueSky and Threads. *I* am also now on BlueSky and Threads. Though, no promises on how active we’ll be on either until after this semester. One quick request, please throw us a follow on MSN or on Horror Tree's Medium!!  And now, I return you to your regularly scheduled update of awesomeness from Holley! Newsletter Bonus: Our subscribers now get 15% off at PsychoToxin Press for direct orders. Visit them today right here and use the code ToxicTree to claim your offer!   Articles Most of the articles this week are geared toward writers who are newer to the writing journey. Though I dislike putting labels like “good” or “bad” on writing, the article “6 Tips to Fix Bad Writing” at The Write Place deals with some common mistakes writers make and how to correct them. I’ve also included an article on dealing with rejection. We often see people sharing acceptances and good news on social media, but the truth is that there is a darker side to being a writer, and it’s one that we are more reluctant to share. That’s rejection. It can be hard for newer writers in particular to keep up the enthusiasm for writing in the face of rejection, even though it’s something we all deal with. This article may help you deal with the feelings that come along with getting a “no.” Also in our general section is an article on the inciting incident in a story. Although more advanced writers may be very familiar with this term, and how to create an inciting incident, I found some useful information in this article, particularly in the breakdown of crafting the moment that sets the characters into motion. Perhaps you’ll learn something too. The last article is in the business section and is on social media (surprise!). I feel that I often focus our business section on social media, but it’s because I truly feel that social media can be a valuable tool for writers. Even if it doesn’t help you sell books, it can help connect you to the writing community, which is an excellent resource.   Craft: The Write Practice: “6 Tips to Fix Bad Writing” General: Publication Coach: “How to Deal With Rejection as a Writer” September C. Fawkes: “What is the Inciting Incident? Definition, Purpose, Examples, Tips” Business: The Write Conversation: “Take Your Social Media to the Next Level by Evaluating Where You Are and Where You Want to Go”   Free Fiction Roundup: In this week’s fiction, we’ll travel from snow to summer to space. In “Snow Like Pink Pepper,” Devan Barlow manages to create an interesting and unique setting without ever fully explaining it. This story does an excellent job of revealing the world of the story to the reader, without too much exposition. When you read this one, pay attention to what the author does and does not reveal about the world. The next story I’ve included is “Midsummer Magic,” which appeared in the most recent issue of Hexagon. This story was so well done, with beautiful imagery and a touching, albeit slightly creepy, message. The last one for this week is a drabble from Kai Delmas. Drabbles are 100 words exactly and are deceptively difficult to write. I’ve read several from Delmas at this point, and he has mastered this form.   “Snow Like Pink Pepper” by Devan Barlow at Metaphorosis. “Midsummer Magic” by Sylvia Heike at Hexagon. (Issue 13, pp. 21-24). “End of Shift” by Kai Delmas at The Martian.       – Writing Exercise: You open your eyes and you don’t know where you are or how you got there. Too much to drink the night before? Government experimentation? Were you kidnapped? Pick an angle and write the story. If you post any writing content during the week and think it would be a good fit for us to feature, do reach out and let us know at con...@horrortree.com Thank you, Patreons! As always, the site's lifeblood is in your hands, and we truly appreciate your support.  Newsletter Sponsor: "Queer, witchy, coming-of-age tale. Beware the Wolf. He's owed four rabbits, and he's come to collect." Find it at Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/y54bmv6w Looking To Help Horror Tree? Here are the main things we're looking for: - Advertising and either Site or Contest sponsorships!  - Someone to help create videos for social media (we have tools, but not time!)  - Article writers (articles, interviews, reviews, crowdsource compilations, etc.)  - Sharing guest posts with us or reaching out to us to be a blog tour host.  - The obvious one here is also to become one of our Patreons or donate via Ko-Fi! If you're interested in contributing and think you have something that would help out, PLEASE don't shy away from contacting us! (con...@horrortree.com) Excerpts: Taking Submissions: The Quiet Ones October 2023 issue (Early) Submission Window: August 13th – September 10th, 2023 Payment: $25 Theme: The End Accepting: Short Stories up to 3000 Words Flash and Micro Fiction up to 1200 Words Narrative Poetry/Stories in Verse up to 1200 Words Author Compensation: $25.00 (USD) per piece Rights: We request first worldwide and digital rights for four months following publication. Thereafter all rights revert to the author. All copyright remains with the author. Issue Theme: “The End” Call Status: CLOSED Publication: Digital Format (PDF) Submission Period: August 13th, 2023 – September 10th, 2023 Decisions By: October 1st, 2023 Release Date: October 26, 2023 What We’re Looking For: Quiet Horror and Dystopian genre works. You may be as creative with your interpretation of the theme as you like as long as your submission fits the genres we publish (see our FAQ page for more on how we define Quiet Horror and Intimate Dystopia). EMail Submissions To: submi...@wearethequietones.com Continue below to read our submission rules and guidelines… ~ Submission Guidelines ~ For all open calls, submit your work by email to submi...@wearethequietones.com with the subject line formatted as such: “[Zine Publication Month/Year] [Story title] [Author name] [Age Range]” (ex.“April 2023 – The Sinkhole – Emily Young – Adult”). Please submit your work as an email attachment in .doc/.docx format. Authors may submit up to two pieces per issue. We request that each piece be submitted via its own individual email. You are welcomed to interpret each issue’s theme however you like but keep in mind that your interpretation should be within the realms of quiet horror and/or intimate dystopia. Ensure your document contains your story title, your name (or pen name), and an approximate word count. In the event that your story is selected for publication, we will need your legal name for the contract. Please include a header on each page of your document with your surname, title and page number. Your document should be... The post Taking Submissions: The Quiet Ones October 2023 issue (Early) appeared first on The Horror Tree. Read on » Epeolatry Book Review: Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward The post Epeolatry Book Review: Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward appeared first on The Horror Tree. Read on » Indie Bookshelf Releases 07/28/2023 The post Indie Bookshelf Releases 07/28/2023 appeared first on The Horror Tree. Read on » Taking Submissions: Reckoning 8 Deadline: September 22nd, 2023 Payment: 10 cents/word, 2 cents/word reprints, $50/page of poetry, $50 minimum per piece of artwork. Theme: All of the current social issues that are happening We’re very excited to announce, for the forthcoming Reckoning 8, editors Knar Gavin and Waverly SM! Read on for their issue-specific submission call. Reckoning is a journal of creative writing on environmental justice; we’re looking for fiction, creative nonfiction, essays, poetry and art. For Reckoning 8, we want thinking, writing and art about … this. All of this, right now. We want to hear about active resistance to the patriarchofascist, corporate-captured extractive state. Show us what it means that in order to build Cop City*, a massive facility intended to train a new generation of lethal enforcers into an institution directly descended from slave patrols, the state of Georgia and its actors must first level a forest and label protestors “domestic terrorists” as a precursor to murdering them. Help us understand how strategies of repression and control all over the world concentrate agency in the hands of the few at the expense of all other life. We are looking for work in opposition to a broad, insidious fascism that treats water, trees, and bodies as exploitable, expendable resources rather than sacred, essential components of our global, infinitely interconnected and interdependent web of life. As always, we’re seeking work from people of all genders or none, all sexualities or none, of all neurotypes, all levels of physical ability, from all racial and ethnic backgrounds, in all parts of the world. We’d love to add all languages to that, though we publish in English and are currently limited to reading submissions for potential translation in Spanish, French and Swedish. Payment is 10 cents/word, $50/page of poetry, $50 minimum per piece of artwork. We don’t charge submission... The post Taking Submissions: Reckoning 8 appeared first on The Horror Tree. Read on » Taking Submissions: Fanatical Issue 4 Deadline: September 30th, 2023 Payment: £20 per accepted story Theme: Unpublished sci-fi, fantasy and horror stories inspired by/based on tabletop games – roleplaying games, board games, miniature wargames. We are looking for unpublished sci-fi, fantasy and horror stories of between 2,000 and 6,000 words. Please only submit one story at a time and don’t submit if it’s already submitted somewhere else. All stories should be self-contained, no “to be continued”. Recurring characters across multiple stories will be considered, as long as each story is a solid read in its own right. If you’ve already been published in an issue of Fanatical you are free to submit again, but we may hold your submission over so as not to publish the same author in back to back issues. Fanatical will pay £20 per accepted story, paid upon publication. We pay via Paypal. Upon acceptance, authors retain rights to the story but we ask they don’t publish/submit it anywhere else before it is published in Fanatical. These stories should be inspired by/based on tabletop games – roleplaying games, board games, miniature wargames. Though Fanatical may take it’s name from the concept of fan fiction, we’re not looking to get sued here.   A story about an adventuring party consisting of a dwarf, an elf, a human and a halfling going into a dungeon to fight a dragon is fine. A story specifically set in a copyright protected world of Dungeons & Dragons, with reference to its locations and characters is not. A story about a genetically engineered super-soldier in power armour fighting aliens in the far future is fine. A story about a Space Marine fighting Xenos in the grimdark universe of Warhammer 40,000 is not. Rest assured the editors at Fanatical will work with you to ensure your stories meet our criteria in this regard.   Authors should be able to clearly... The post Taking Submissions: Fanatical Issue 4 appeared first on The Horror Tree. Read on » Anthony Ferguson Interview: Always Drawn to the Left-hand Path: because the middle road is boring! Always Drawn to the Left-hand Path: because the middle road is boring! An interview with Anthony Ferguson By Sarah Elliott   You know those people who never ruffle anyone’s feathers? You know, the ones who sit on the fence, always wanting to walk the hallowed middle path. Well, Anthony Ferguson is not that person. Self-confessed left-hand path walker, prolific author and an advocate of all the spookiness Down Under, Anthony is about to publish his first short story collection, Rest in Pieces. Let’s find out what makes him tick as he makes us twitch, wriggle and squirm with his stimulating use of word and story. Bio: Anthony Ferguson is an author and editor living in Perth, Australia. He has published over seventy short stories and non-fiction articles in Australia, Britain and the United States. He wrote the novel Protégé, the non-fiction books, The Sex Doll: A History, and Murder Down Under, edited the short-story collection Devil Dolls and Duplicates in Australian Horror and coedited the award-nominated Midnight Echo #12. He is a committee member of the Australasian Horror Writers Association (AHWA), and a submissions editor for Andromeda Spaceways Magazine (ASM). A four-time nominee, He won the Australian Shadows Award for Short Fiction in 2020. His short story collection, Rest in Pieces will be published by IFWG in August 2023. Visit his website at https://anthonypferguson.wixsite.com/mysite   Facebook – anthonypferguson Twitter – AnthonyFergo LinkedIn – anthonypferguson Instagram – Anthony.p.ferguson   Now we have the form, let’s dig down a bit more into the content…   Sarah: So, Anthony, why horror? Tell us your origin story and how the horror genre lured you in. Anthony: I think I was always subconsciously a fan of the genre, without consciously acknowledging it. Like most things in my life, I came late to writing horror, to writing altogether in... The post Anthony Ferguson Interview: Always Drawn to the Left-hand Path: because the middle road is boring! appeared first on The Horror Tree. Read on » Taking Submissions: Little Bastards (Early) Submission Window: September 15-30th, 2023. Extended submission window exclusively for LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, and marginalized writers open October 1 – October 7, 2023. Payment: 8 cents per word Theme: Horror stories at 1000-2000 words They got sub calls for flash and sub calls for 2000+, but what about those little bastards no one wants? What about those stories YOU wrote for no call at all, just because you wanted to? Those guys that never get picked for dodgeball. Let’s find them a home. Let’s find a place for those treasures, those stories that said all you had to say in 1600 words. Those outcasts, those weirdos, those stories that Goldilocks wouldn’t look at twice. Open call submission window open September 15 – September 30, 2023. Extended submission window exclusively for LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, and marginalized writers open October 1 – October 7, 2023. This anthology is unthemed and will be made up entirely of stories from the open call. No invites! What are we looking for? We want the stories you love the most, that you wrote in a fit of fury, passion, grief, or worry. Anywhere between 1000 and 2000. Too big for flash, too small for a short story. Horror only, though we count dark fantasy and gruesome or heart-wrenching literary in there too. This anthology is open to all writers, but we strongly encourage writers from the LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, and other marginalized communities to submit. What are we NOT looking for? No cruelty/death to dogs or dog-like creatures. Those will be rejected outright and you will have made an enemy for life. Beyond that, we understand the horrors of bigotry and how that makes for great storytelling, but bigoted/queerphobic/racist/misogynistic stories will be rejected and you run the risk of being put on blast. Don’t be an asshole, though your... The post Taking Submissions: Little Bastards (Early) appeared first on The Horror Tree. Read on » Taking Submissions: African Ghost Short Stories Deadline: August 27th, 2023 Payment: 8 cents/6 pence per word for original stories, 6 cents/4 pence for reprints. Theme: Ghost Stories by African and African-diaspora writers Following our hugely successful Black Sci-Fi Short Stories, First Peoples Shared Stories, Immigrant Sci-Fi Short Stories and Asian Ghost Short Stories, we’re now seeking tales from African and African-diaspora writers to be included in our powerful collection of African Ghost Short Stories. The volume will explore the deep-seated supernatural element in African storytelling – whether reaching back to the spirits, ancestors and ogres of folklore or the vibrantly modern ghosts of today’s African horror. New and contemporary stories will complement poignant folktales such as ‘The Story of Takane’ from Lesotho and  ‘The Disobedient Daughter Who Married a Skull’ from Nigeria. The book will delve into the fascinating heritage of African ghostly lore and literature, encouraging it to be reclaimed and retold by contemporary African voices. As with the collections mentioned above, this new title in the Flame Tree Gothic Fantasy series will be supported by a new Foreword (written by award-winning Nigerian-British writer Nuzo Onoh) and a new Introduction. We are also proud to announce that we are working in partnership with outstanding African literature magazine Brittle Paper. Nuzo Onoh (foreword) is an award-winning Nigerian-British writer of speculative fiction. She is a pioneer of the African horror literary subgenre. Hailed as the ‘Queen of African Horror’, Nuzo’s writing showcases both the beautiful and horrific in the African culture within fictitious narratives. She is a Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. Nuzo’s works have featured in numerous magazines, podcasts, and anthologies, and have been longlisted, shortlisted and recommended. She has given talks and lectures about African Horror, including at the prestigious Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies, London. Her works have also appeared in academic and feminist studies and she has also featured in Starburst magazine, the world’s longest-running magazine of cult entertainment. Nuzo holds a... The post Taking Submissions: African Ghost Short Stories appeared first on The Horror Tree. Read on » Deadset Press Is Open To Novellas for Australian or Kiwi authors Deadline: October 2nd, 2023 Payment: $200 and 50% royalties of ebook sales and 40% royalties of paperbacks. Theme: Speculative Fiction novellas for Australian or Kiwi authors Deadset Press are happy to announce that during September, we will be accepting submissions of speculative fiction novellas, with a goal to publish up to four over the next eighteen months. Submissions are open to authors from Australia and New Zealand, and we encourage everyone – especially LGBTIQ, neurodiverse, and BIPOC authors – to send through their stories. As a publisher, we want to provide opportunities to voices that have been ignored or underrepresented, and celebrate the diversity of the Australian and New Zealand speculative fiction community. If you identify as a LGBTI, BIPOC or disabled / ND author, please mention this in your email. We would prefer to publish stories which feature Indigenous characters or address LGBTI themes, for example, by authors whose stories they are to tell. The novellas must be speculative in nature, as per this definition: “Speculative fiction is an umbrella genre encompassing narrative fiction with supernatural or futuristic elements. This includes, but not limited to, science fiction, fantasy, superhero fiction, science fantasy, horror, utopian and dystopian fiction, supernatural fiction as well as combinations thereof.” Payment: Each successful author will receive a payment of $200 upon publication, plus 50% royalties of ebook sales and 40% royalties of paperbacks. Word limit: Between 30,000 and 40,000 words. Stories must be written by Australian or Kiwi authors. Submissions will close at 11:59PM on Sunday the 2nd of October 2022. Please only submit if your novella is completed and you’ve polished it up to a standard that you’re satisfied with. Stories must be in .doc/docx format, double spaced and in 12 point font, in an easy-to-read font like Arial or Times New Roman. Please... The post Deadset Press Is Open To Novellas for Australian or Kiwi authors appeared first on The Horror Tree. Read on » Epeolatry Book Review: Erie Tales #15: Classic Monsters edited by Michael Cieslak The post Epeolatry Book Review: Erie Tales #15: Classic Monsters edited by Michael Cieslak appeared first on The Horror Tree. Read on » UK Giveaway! Abandon by Blake Crouch Enter to Win Abandon by Blake Crouch Today, we’ve got another great giveaway to offer up to our UK readers! We have 2 paperback copies of Abandon by Blake Crouch to give away. That is two times the opportunity for a fantastic read being freely sent to your door! We’re open right now until the end of August 4th (technically, a little bit into August 5th, though it’ll be late at that time of day in the UK.) About ‘Abandon’ by Blake Crouch A century-old mystery – and a desperate battle to survive. Abandon is a compulsive standalone thriller from Blake Crouch, the New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter and Recursion. On Christmas Day in 1893, every man, woman, and child in a remote mining town disappeared, belongings forsaken, meals left to freeze in vacant cabins, and not a single bone found. Now, journalist Abigail Foster and her father, a historian, have set out unocver the truth. Exploring the area, they are joined by two backcountry guides: a psychic and a paranormal photographer. The long-abandoned town is, according to rumour, haunted. But Abigail and her companions are about to learn that the town’s ghosts are the least of their worries. Twenty miles from civilization, with a blizzard bearing down, they realize they are not alone. The ordeal that follows will test this small team past the breaking point as they battle the elements and human foes alike and discover that the town’s secrets still have the power to kill. Part journey into old-West history, part nail-biting survival thriller, Abandon is a bloody, darkly surprising tale as only Blake Crouch could deliver. Enter to Win one of two copies of Abandon by Blake Crouch here! From some easy social media follows and page visits, there are a lot of easy ways... The post UK Giveaway! Abandon by Blake Crouch appeared first on The Horror Tree. Read on » Taking Submissions: Ghoulish Tales Issue #2 Deadline: August 31st, 2023 Payment: 10 cents per word Theme: Stories that are ghoulish or “fun horror that aims to celebrate all things spooky” We are…blown away by this cover, and we can’t wait to fill it with a bunch of gnarly stories. That’s where you come in. What we are after: short stories that fit our personal definition of the word GHOULISH, which is “fun horror that aims to celebrate all things spooky.” Note that we said fun, not funny. Comedic stories are definitely allowed, but it’s not all we’re looking to receive. We want stories that remind us why we love the horror genre. We want to have a perverted little smile across our face while reading. Make us slobber like idiots. Turn us into the Sickos.jpeg meme. We are also interested in non-fiction about the horror genre. GUIDELINES: Deadline: August 31, 2023 (11:59 PM CST) Word count: 5,000 max (short stories); 3,000 max (non-fiction) Payment: 10c per word Simultaneous Submissions: Yes Multiple Submissions: No (Please only submit one story per open call. If we reject you, do not resubmit until we reopen for the next issue.) Reprints: No AI Submissions: No. Please note if you are caught sending us an AI story, you will be blacklisted from ever publishing with us in the future. Don’t do it. How to submit: Send all stories & essays to ghoulishsubmissions @ gmail dot com with [TITLE] – [ LAST NAME] – [STORY/ESSAY] in the subject line. Please do not copy/paste the story in the body of the email. We prefer Word doc attachments if possible. All inquiries can also be directed to the same address. As you wait, feel free to come hang out in the GHOULISH discord. Thank you and good luck, ghouls! Via: Ghoulish Books. The post Taking Submissions: Ghoulish Tales Issue #2 appeared first on The Horror Tree. Read on » Taking Submissions: Shub-Niggurath’s Sweater Deadline: August 11th, 2023 Payment: 1 cent per word Theme: Cozy cosmic horror UNDERLAND PRESS is publishing SHUB-NIGGURATH’S SWEATER, a cozy cosmic horror anthology. This project will be edited by Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito and Mark Teppo, and it will be launching in October 2023. THE PITCH: We acknowledge the futility inherent in cosmic horror. There are no winners in this life. Ultimately, we are insignificant and existence is meaningless. The best minds gibber at the unholiness of it all, and then cack off because they can’t comprehend any alternative. Whatever. The rest of us still have to get up in the morning and go to work. We want to see stories about those who continue on. Stories about those who know their spouses are planning on sacrificing them during the next full moon, but in the meantime, these spouses make a solid mac and cheese and they listen when you bitch about the absurd emptiness that is the day job. Send us stories about those who shed a quiet tear as they wait for the tea kettle to boil, knowing who they buried—for the second time—in the yard less than an hour ago. Tell us tales of those who know where the black wool comes from, but they wear the sweater anyway because it was a gift—an expression of love—and, well, fuck being alone because that’s worse than the horror of the unknowable, isn’t it? This is Shub-Niggurath’s Sweater. Wrap it tight. Burn some sage. Light a few candles. Yes, the Old Ones are out there, but there’s no reason not to be cozy. THE DETAILS: This project is on an extremely short deadline. The submission window is open now and closes August 11th, 2023. Stories should be between 1,000 and 5,000 words. We’ll consider longer stories, but we’re not interested in novellas for... The post Taking Submissions: Shub-Niggurath’s Sweater appeared first on The Horror Tree. Read on » Set Your Sights On Adventure Set Your Sights On Adventure By Michael Clark Creativity! How does it happen? For me, it always starts with a spark of inspiration: a seed, a kernel of something that stirs in my gut. But how does that seed grow into a full-length novel? The quick answer is “slowly,” but that’s no help. In order to explain better, I’ll use my adventure-horror novel Hell on High to help spell it all out. The back-cover synopsis of Hell on High reads:   Prepare for adventure as Juliana, a nineteen-year-old Brazilian, is forced to run from an occult overlord, leaving her sister in peril. Temporarily safe, Juliana works to save money for Vilma’s rescue—and along the way, meets Patrick, a rich-boy mountain climber with friends in high places.  Angus Addison wants to see his corporate flag on the summit of Mount Everest—carried there by the first woman in history—but the Himalayas are no joke. Failure could cost both sisters their lives.  Juliana weighs the risks and rewards—for even if she raises the cash, she still must figure a way to free Vilma from the same man she ran from—a man known to his disciples as The Farmer. Don’t worry if you can’t spot my kernel of inspiration, it’s not in the synopsis, but you can see that this book starts in Brazil and at some point includes a trip to Nepal. If you read between the lines, you might also gather there’s a stop in the United States to meet a boy named Patrick. That’s a lot of adventure. How did I connect the dots? I’ll cut to the chase.  My first kernel of inspiration for sitting down to write this book was my fascination with the dead climbers left on Mount Everest. That’s the butterflies-in-the-gut reason for the whole thing. For me,... The post Set Your Sights On Adventure appeared first on The Horror Tree. Read on » Taking Submissions: Spectrum Deadline: August 25, 2023 Payment: .10 Per Word Theme: Queer Neurodivergent Horror of any sub-genre/trope A Queer Neurodivergent Horror Anthology edited by Aquino Loayza, Lor Gislason, and Roxie Voorhees. Deadline: August 25, 2023 Payment: .10 Per Word Theme: Queer Neurodivergent Horror of any sub-genre/trope Deep in the recesses of our minds are twisted realities that closely mirror our own. In these pages our nightmares are laid bare, made to manifest. There is no waking up, there is no going back once you fall into the tapestry of terrors that await. Are you ready? Aquino Loayza, author of the queer New England folklore horror novel Deep, Roxie Voorhees, author of The Longest Thirst: A Splatterwestern, and Lor Gislason, the mastermind behind the dark and twisted body horror novel Inside Out present   SPECTRUM   Submission guidelines: Submissions open June 16, 2023. Please email all submissions to Aquino...@aquinoloayza.com. All writers are welcomed to submit, but editors heavily encourage Own Voices from marginalized communities. No writer will be asked to out themself or prove their racial identity or neurodivergency. What we’re looking for: Horror prose related to neurodivergency of any sub-genre, genre chimera, or trope. What we’re NOT looking for: Fanfiction, abelist/bigoted stories. Abelist/bigoted characters are okay as long as the overall message isn’t derogatory. Word count: Under 4,000 words   Formating: DOC or DOCx only Standard Manuscript format: Attached is a link to help you, we don’t need your address in this information, just an example: https://www.shunn.net/format/ Save document as: Last, First- Title- Word Count   Content warnings will be utilized. Please include any potential content warnings in your cover letter. Authors may send up to TWO stories each. Simultaneous submissions are allowed but notify us if your story is accepted elsewhere as soon as possible. No reprints. All submissions must be the original, unpublished work of the author.... The post Taking Submissions: Spectrum appeared first on The Horror Tree. Read on » Copyright © 2023 The Horror Tree, All rights reserved. You were subscribed to the newsletter from The Horror Tree Our mailing address is: The Horror Tree 225 S. Cass Ave. WESTMONT, IL 60559 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? 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