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Unpeakable Horror: From the Shadows of the Closet
http://www.darkscribepress.com/submissions.shtml
Dark Scribe Press is seeking short story submissions for an anthology of queer horror tales.  We are looking for edgy, provocative dark genre fiction – horror and dark psychological suspense only.  We are not interested in science fiction/fantasy, mystery, or splatter punk for this anthology. We’re looking for stories about those terrors that populate the closets of gays, lesbians, and bisexuals.  Terrors can be of any shape, size, and theme – supernatural, psychopaths and slashers, vampires, werewolves, zombies, urban legends, ghosts, witchcraft, demons, and original horrors of any kind. 
Deadline: 15th May 2008
Payment 5 cents per word.
Submission Guidelines: http://www.darkscribepress.com/submissions.shtml

Butcher Shop Quartet 2
http://cuttingblock.net/submissions.html#bsq2
Deadline: April 30th 2008
Seeking unpublished Novellas between 15,000 and 40,000. Each work must be accompanied by a 250-1000 word synopsis. Payment is 1.5 cents per word plus one contributor's copy.
Particular attention will be given to those works that make best use of supernatural content and themes. Works accepted will be those best drawn on an epic scale, whether that’s achieved through use of ordinary characters in extraordinary settings and circumstances, or by plumbing the boundless depths of human character, motivation and innermost fear. Psychological thrillers, dark satire, a journey into black magic, traditional works of supreme horror and whatever else you can imagine will all be considered, so long as they’re created on a large canvas with the explicit purpose to disturb the reader right into the darkest of dreams.
Submission Guidelines: http://cuttingblock.net/submissions.html#bsq2

Harvest Hill
http://www.gravesidetales.com
Graveside Tales is now open to submissions for an upcoming Halloween-themed anthology entitled Harvest Hill. We are seeking stories from 4,000 to 6,000 words. The pay rate is $.01 per word and a contributor’s copy. All rights of work revert to the author after two years from the publication date.

The set up:
Harvest Hill, a little town in East Tennessee, seems like an idyllic place most of the year. But it is not always so, and especially not on Halloween--every Halloween. From just after midnight of Oct. 30 until midnight Oct. 31, horrors break loose both big and small. And this has been happening as far back as the 1500s.

The treats we want:
Place your story in Harvest Hill, TN. You can set it on any Halloween of any year from 1550 CE until the end of the 20th century.

Horror is the essential genre here but the stories can include elements of crime, black humor, dark fantasy or even mild sci-fi. Sexual and gory situations are fine as long the plot justifies them. You may use standard Halloween images, but strive to execute them in new and amazing ways.

We will be looking especially for strong three-dimensional characters, as well as unusual disturbing situations. Think about your setting and the characters in it--what are the hidden things that have been near the surface, just waiting for an unseen push to tear free? Tell us those stories.

Do your research, but do not get bogged down in it. We will check your setting against general history as it is knowable, and so should you. Pay careful attention to the time line of Halloween itself, including its varying names and rituals.

Submission Guidelines: http://www.gravesidetales.com

The Age of Blood and Snow
http://morriganbooks.com/TheAgeofBloodandSnow.html
Tell us your tales of Vikings, Elementals, Witches, Beasts, Swordsmiths, Villains, Seers, Spirits, Bloodshed.
Dark Fantasy, Black Horror, Slipstream, Dark Romance, Contes Cruels & all brutality marking that heroic, vile era.

~ Nihilism vs. Life ~ Selfish pursuit vs. Selfless power ~ Shadows vs. Light ~ Sword vs. Word ~

Give us the most secret exploits of Loki. Speak of Odin’s darkest thoughts as he hanged from the windswept tree. Weave us tales of dragons, queens, sea creatures, ash-boys, lust, murder, afterlife. Tell us of Ragnarok. We want blood and snow. Stay rooted in Planet Earth, in Yggdrasil.

Deadline: 1st June 2008
Pay $20 plus one contributor copy
Submission Guidelines: http://morriganbooks.com/TheAgeofBloodandSnow.html

Potter's Field 3
http://www.samsdotpublishing.com/pottersfield.htm
Deadline: 31st December 2088
A print anthology of tales from the graveyard. Stories should be between 2,000-8,000 words. We do not want gore, blood, splatter, slice-and-dice. Sure, it might be good fun to make balloon animals out of someone's intestines, or find out how long the heart will continue to beat after it has been ripped from the body with a runcible spoon. But that's not what we want. We want stories that will scare readers, not stories that will make them gag. This is not to say that someone in your story cannot bleed, or die. Just put a lid on the icky stuff.
Submission Guidelines: http://www.samsdotpublishing.com/pottersfield.htm

Night of the Working Dead
http://bluphier.com/home.html
Zombie anthology - Looking for great horror, the visceral the better. Sex, and true gore very welcome: We want the most disgusting brutality you can think of. Vampires and werewolves can be a part of the story, as long as Zombies are the main force of the story, with a work place theme. And no erotic vampires. We want scary monsters. Pay is $60 for stories of 2000 or more words plus 2 contributor copies.
Deadline: 29th July 2008
Submission Guidelines: http://bluphier.com/page5.html

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