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Madness Heart Press @madnessheartpress.bsky.social · 10d
SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN UNTIL 2/28
What are we looking for?
*Splatterpunk, antifascist, and anti-capitalist #horror
*Works from members of marginalized groups
*Novels, novellas, poetry chapbooks, and nonfiction
*NEW: WE ARE NOW LOOKING FOR SMUT/EROTICA!
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Submissions
Submit to Madness Heart Press, Madness Heart Games, Aggadah Try It, Maddeningly Erotic Booksand Gutter Mystic Books We are overjoyed to see that you are interested in joining the Madness Heart Pres…
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WONDERLAND AWARD NOMINEE: Gush - Tales of Vaginal Horror by Gina Ranalli! Portal of moon-linked mysticism. Creator of life. Object of desire. However you frame it, nature can be gross. Messy, pungent, painful, and downright horrific. #Horror #Books tinyurl.com/GRGush
Art card featuring a painting of a vaginal-looking orchid disgorging a wad of moist stamen. Text reads "Gush: Tales of Vaginal Horror by Gina Ranalli"
February 18, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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We are now open for Pride in Horror 2026 submissions! For more information PIHM, what we're looking for and how to submit, check out the PIHM page over at DHR
Pride in Horror Month — Divination Hollow Reviews
Every June, Divination Hollow Reviews celebrate Pride in Horror Month. This is an event that we, as a small, majority queer review team, feel passionate about. We promote diverse voices through the year, but June is when we throw our doors open and invite you all to join us. As always, queer voices and allies are welcome, and we’d love to spotlight your work. Just read the below for what we’re looking for and for the submission guidelines, and send us your work.
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February 16, 2026 at 1:22 PM
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📚🩸 Taking Submissions 🩸📚

Horror Library Volume 10 is open.
Original, thoughtful horror short stories wanted.

🗓 Feb 23 – March 9, 2026
💰 $0.02 per word + contributor copy

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From @darkmoonbooks.bsky.social
#WritingSubmissions #HorrorAnthology #DarkFiction
February 16, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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PREORDER NOW: our debut title from Maddeningly Erotic Books, Thrust Into Battle by Dez Zuri! In the midst of a war against a horrifying cult Dhalius must learn to navigate the relationships, desires, and passions of his new mercenary company. madnessheart.press/product/thru...
Art card: A network of branches and lightning intertwine over a Solomonic seal. Text reads "Thrust Into Battle" with the logo for Maddeningly Erotic Books (bound wrists holding a heart) in one corner.
February 17, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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Pssst: we’re open to submissions of horror fiction, interior art, and full color cover art AND WE’RE PAYING MORE NOW.

Guidelines here: fraidycatpress.com/submission-g...

#horrorlit #cosmic #horror #indie #shortstory #novelette #magazine #art #illustration
Submission Guidelines - Fraidy Cat Press
Fraidy Cat Press Submission Guidelines Guidelines, open dates, and more information for Fraidy Cat Press (novellas/novels) and Fraidy Cat Quarterly (flash, short stories, novelettes, art) are below. W...
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February 16, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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Ten Words For A Wicked Woman by Wonderland Award winner Susan Snyder is out! This book is a clarion call against our march backward into patriarchy. It's a gander at hypocrisy and inner turmoil. It's Snyder at her most incisive! #Books #WritingCommunity a.co/d/cVw4LAH
Art card featuring a green-tinted closeup of a woman's eye with hair draped near it. Text reads "Ten Words For A Wicked Woman by Susan Snyder"
February 16, 2026 at 7:52 PM
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PREORDER NOW! Aggadah Try It, our Jewish fiction, religion, and mysticism imprint, presents THE BOOK OF BRILLIANCE: Selections from the Sefer ha-Bahir, one of the earliest texts of #Jewish #mysticism interpreted by renowned scholar Rabbi Geoffrey Dennis. madnessheart.press/product/the-...
Art card featuring a bearded king staring at the stars. Text reads "The Book of Brilliance: Selections from the Sefr ha-Bahir translated, annotated, & interpreted by Rabbi Geoffrey W. Dennis"
February 15, 2026 at 10:18 PM
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🏚️🌫️ Taking Submissions 🌫️🏚️

Dead Birds Publishing is open for Unsettling Settings.
Stories where the environment itself drives the horror.

🗓 Deadline: April 30, 2026
💰 Royalties

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#WritingSubmissions #HorrorAnthology #DarkFiction
February 13, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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We're open for submissions for several horror themed anthologies. 

Check out the link if you want a flavour for the audio side of things. 

#submissioncalls

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LW-5JGr2NY
February 15, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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Brand new: Squirming All The Way Up by Joey Powell! Two brothers reunite in rural Virginia to reconcile after their split years ago. For one, it's a chance to indoctrinate his brother into the Fellowship of the First Divine. #Horror #Books madnessheart.press/product/squi...
Art card in the style of a scuffed 1980s paperback: a priest wearing a cross and Roman collar extends hands filled with wriggling worms. Text reads "Squirming All The Way Up by Joey Powell"
February 14, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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What is Starfarer's Cafe and what's its philosophy?
#OldSchoolSciFi #sciencefantasy #sciencefictioncommunity #sciencefictionfantasy #sciencefictionlovers #sciencefictionnovel #sciencefictionseries #scifiauthor #scifibooks #scifihorror
About Us
In an era when science fiction magazines are disappearing faster than dinosaurs after the KT asteroid hit, we’re dedicated to giving science fiction writers an opportunity to place their work befor…
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February 12, 2026 at 9:19 PM
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Eavesdrop Magazine (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction Art; Open, General, Fantasy, Horror, SF; pays) opened to submissions https://duotrope.com... #amwriting
Re-opening: Eavesdrop Magazine
Eavesdrop Magazine (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction Art; Open, General, Fantasy, Horror, SF; pays) opened to submissions https://duotrope.com/magazine/eavesdrop-magazine-36084 #amwriting
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February 13, 2026 at 9:19 PM
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Brand new: PINS by Jessica McHugh! With cash and weed dwindling Birdie does what any 21-year-old woman would: gets a job dancing at a strip club / bowling alley called PINS and, as murders occur, begins to question her sexuality. #Horror #WritingCommunity a.co/d/2b0zkgJ
Art card featuring a dancer wound around a stripper's pole holding a severed leg. Text reads "PINS by Jessica McHugh" with the I in PINS represented by a stylized bowling pin.
February 13, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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🌍🔥 Taking Submissions 🔥🌍

Earth fights back in this eco-horror call from Tundra Swan Press.
Climate as reckoning. Environment as intent.

🗓 April 1 – June 15, 2026
💰 $50 + contributor copy

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#WritingSubmissions #EcoHorror #ClimateHorror
February 12, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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BRAND NEW: Bound With Briars by Charles R. Bernard! In a future dystopian American monarchy, inhuman experiments are carried out on prisoners in a pocket dimension. Now, however, a stranger has appeared to upset the balance. #WritingCommunity #Horror tinyurl.com/BoundWithBri...
Art card: a humanoid figure wearing soft, fungal-looking tan clothing and holding a soft-brimmed cowboy hat stands before a desolate background. His head from the eyes up ascends in pinkish-white ribbons of vapor. Text reads "Bound With Briars by Charles R. Bernard"
February 12, 2026 at 7:29 PM
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#POETS

#ANTHOLOGY SUBMISSIONS CLOSE 28 FEB.

Theme: "Thresholds"

(Play sound).

#Anthologies #LiteraryMagazine #Writer #Writing #WritingCommunity #Microfiction #FlashFiction #ShortStory #Poetry #GraphicNarrative #Horror #Weird #Supernatural #Spectral #Speculative #Dystopian #Fantasy #Gothic
February 12, 2026 at 10:11 AM
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We are so excited to re-open submissions for SICK FREAKS Magazine! SICK FREAKS is a riso magazine dedicated to uplifting marginalized artists! The theme is HORROR 😈

For more details go to jessjesspress.com/sick-freaks Looking forward to seeing your work!
#opensubmission #indiecomics #risograph
Open Submissions Swipe for details sick freaks issue 2 Horror JESS JESS PRESS for more details visit jessjesspress.com JESS JESS PRESS is seeking submissions for the second issue of SICK FREAKS Magazine the theme is horror we're looking for: Works by marginalized artists (preference for Baltimore/DMV} 2-4 page comics riso ready grayscale files fully owned by author/artist submissions due 3/21 acceptances emailed 3/28 Jess Jess Press for more details, visit jessjesspress.com submit your work yo our email: jess@jessjesspress.com Include the following: 1.Subject: "Issue 2 Submission" 2.At least 2 sample pages* 3. Logline summary of the comic 4. Artist biography 5. Your contact info (email, IG) *Don't feel obligated to submit fully polished work! If we pick your comic, you still may be asked to make edits. Your sample pages do not have to be completely relevant to the theme, but should reflect the type of work you'd be creating. Submissions due 3/21 Acceptances Emailed 3/28 Jess Jess Press For more details, visit JessJessPress.com Timeline: 2/8 - Submissions open 3/21 - Submissions close 3/28 - Accepted artists emailed **Working period begins in early April and ends in late May** Specifications: Pages are 6x9" with a 1/8" bleed Colors are Bright Red & Black Further details and PSD templates will be provided in your acceptance email! Submissions due 3/21 Acceptances Emailed 3/28 Jess Jess Press
February 8, 2026 at 11:01 PM
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WONDERLAND AWARD WINNER FOR BEST COLLECTION! The Expectant Mother Disinformation Handbook by Robert Guffey, a curiosity disguised as a maternity guide! Replete with footnotes, Guffey explores the absurdity of postmodern motherhood. #Books a.co/d/1WFOsAQ
Art card featuring a psychedelic side-view of a pregnant person surrounded by a typewriter, goggles, a butterfly, a centipede, and a talon. Text reads "The Expectant Mother Disinformation Handbook by Robert Guffey"
February 11, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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We are OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS for our Spring 2026 issue!
We don't stick to a theme, but if your scifi, horror, weird fiction, or fantasy short story matches the issue's season, the Reading Team's unsettling eyes may look on it more favorably!
Submit by Feb 28th for the April issue!
February 10, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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🚀👁️ Taking Submissions 👁️🚀
Tales to Terrify wants flash fiction that merges horror and science fiction.
Cosmic dread. Rogue tech. Scientific terror.
🗓 Deadline: Feb 28, 2026
💰 $50 + podcast production
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From @talestoterrify.bsky.social
#WritingContest #SciFiHorror
February 11, 2026 at 2:45 AM
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PREORDER NOW: our debut title from Maddeningly Erotic Books, Thrust Into Battle by Dez Zuri! In the midst of a war against a horrifying cult Dhalius must learn to navigate the relationships, desires, and passions of his new mercenary company. madnessheart.press/product/thru...
Art card: A network of branches and lightning intertwine over a Solomonic seal. Text reads "Thrust Into Battle" with the logo for Maddeningly Erotic Books (bound wrists holding a heart) in one corner.
February 10, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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We've received some amazing #indie #horror story #submissions for our upcoming Seven Deadly Sins themed anthology. Have a story you'd like to see published? We'd love to read it! Send it to: sinistersociety1@gmail.com. 

#authors #writers #writingcommunity #horrorcommunity
February 9, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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WONDERLAND AWARD WINNER FOR BEST NOVEL! Nympho Shark Fuck Frenzy by Susan Snyder and Christine Morgan! All the guts you can handle, all the glory the Wonderlands bestow, and a plot packed to the gills with unusual sex acts! GET IT NOW! madnessheart.press/product/nymp...
Art card featuring a trio of nude women atop a gigantic shark surfing atop a sea of blood. Text reads "Nympho Shark Fuck Frenzy by Christine Morgan & Susan Snyder"
February 9, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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"Send me fungi horror or horror that’s very cerebral, gets under your skin—where something is very wrong, but you just can’t put your finger on it…"
Marina Green #MSWL

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February 5, 2026 at 12:41 AM
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"I'm on the lookout for Gothic horror and horror/romances that are fresh, unnerving, and get under my skin."
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February 6, 2026 at 7:20 PM