“This was the beginning of the fairy tale, he thought…”

— Assassination Scene, Jason Atkinson

Our summer submission calls

Our summer reading period is open now, and will run until Friday, 27th September, 2024.

Until then, we’ll be running two calls for short story submissions:

  • Our General Submission Call is our standard call for stories in any of the themes and styles we features in our anthologies.
  • Our special themed call this summer is a repeat of our popular request for ‘Stories about Music‘.

The deadline for both calls is midnight on Friday, 27th September, so please make sure to send in your work before then.

As ever, be sure to read our submission guidelines before sending in your work – and why not read one of our anthologies to get up to speed before submitting? Our latest volumes are the supernatural collection New Ghost Stories IV, and the general fiction collections Houses Borders Ghosts and Somewhere This Way.

Our new anthology

This summer also sees the publication of our new anthology. We’ll be announcing details of that very soon.