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*PLEASE: WOMEN WHO BEG*

Editor: Maria Angeline

Do you love when your partner makes you beg? Do you crave being deprived of your desires until you utter that magic word – and really say it like you mean it? Or maybe, your partner makes you beg for what you /don’t/ want to do?

Begging isn’t about wanting something; it’s about how much you want something. It’s about need. Please: Women Who Beg will include stories from all over the erotic map that possess one common factor: a woman’s lips forming the sound of that “pretty please.”

Submissions should involve queer, lesbian, or bi themes.

Guidelines:

• Erotica only.

• Submit stories of 1500-6000 words to PleaseSubmissions at gmail dot com.

• Put the title of your story in the subject line of the email. Each story must be emailed separately.

• Submissions must be sent as Word files with text in 12 point Times New Roman font and must be double-spaced.

• Include your legal name, pseudonym (if any) you wish to use, address, phone number, email and a bio (selected authors will be asked to update their bios prior to publication) above the title of your submission directly on the Word file.

• Unpublished material will be strongly considered.

• Previously published material will also be considered, provided you have retained your rights; please submit previous publication information (and the terms of your copyright agreement) in these cases.

• You may submit more than one piece of writing.

Authors maintain and control the copyright of their stories and license their First North American Rights to Merge Press for publication purposes. Authors retain the right to reprint their material in any publication. Contributing writers will share 25% of the net profits of Please: Women Who Beg and receive a free copy of the anthology.

Send questions to maria.angeline at gmail dot com.

Please: Women Who Beg is expected to be released in 2009. Submissions are now open. A submissions deadline will be announced in 2008.

Once selections have been made, every person who submitted work will receive an announcement.

UNSPEAKABLE HORROR:
     FROM THE SHADOWS OF THE CLOSET
Edited By: Vince A. Liaguno and Chad Helder
Minimum Length: 1,000 words
Maximum Length: 7,500 words

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. 

At Dark Scribe Press, we believe that horror is meant to unnerve, disquiet, and strike deeply at the darkest places in readers’ hearts.  We believe that writers should never be restricted within the established genre limitations and should feel comfortable offering up their darkest tales.  As the publisher, if we don’t like it or it’s not a right fit for a particular anthology, we’ll simply politely pass on the submission.  Taboo and edgy subject matters are welcome if handled in a literary manner – nothing is off limits if well executed and compelling.  Stories may include explicit sex and erotic elements if well-integrated into the tale itself – we are not looking for a subtle ghost story with a raunchy sex scene inserted into the middle of it.  Please avoid clichés – unless you have a fresh queer twist or perspective to offer. 

At the heart of all submissions must be a distinct queer theme running through the fabric of the story – stories that represent the harmful effects of repression, the manifestation of homophobia (both internal and external), childhood anxieties that run parallel to sexual orientation and the coming out process, and any other well-conceived and executed queer theme.

Email queries only.  Please note some helpful email query guidelines here .  As with all Dark Scribe Press calls for submissions, your query represents our first impression of you and your story.  Avoid rattling off an abstract to us in an informal email – chances are we’ll pass.  We’re looking to see that writers have given thought to their story and have the ability to articulate those thoughts. 

Queries can be emailed to publisher@darkscribepress.com beginning October 1, 2007 and will be accepted through May 15, 2008.  Response time to queries is 30-60 days.  Once a query is greenlighted, the deadline for actual submissions is June 30, 2008.  Response time to submissions is 30-60 days.  Please put Query / Anthology in the subject line of all emails to help us efficiently route your email.  Kindly note that queries with attachments will be deleted – do not send your story until you have queried us first.

Format guidelines will be emailed upon our response to your initial query. 

Terms: Pays $.05 per word upon acceptance for FNASR

Anthology is slated for 4^th quarter 2008 publication – subject to change.

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