Dark Moon Books (and myself) are thrilled to be part of Buzz
Book Expo this year! We’ll speak briefly about the press and chat with a few
authors who are part of it. We'll be online there on Sunday, September 10 at 9:30
a.m. PST.
Thanks to Somer Canon, Mary SanGiovanni, and Matt Wildasin for having us!
https://www.buzzbookexpo.com/
#buzzbooksexpo #ericjguignard #ericguignard #darkmoonbooks
#bookstagram #horror #darkfiction #Booksofericjguignard
Nightmare Diaries
https://www.moonstruck-books.com/submissions
Payment: 10 cents a word
Story Length: 500–10,000 words
Deadline: December 27, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Non-themed Dark Fiction
short stories.
Feisty Felines and Other Fantastical
Familiars
https://wordfirewestern.moksha.io/publication/6
Payment: 6 cents a word
Story Length: up to 5,000 words
Deadline: Open between September 1
and October 15, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: By December 31, 2023
Description: Magical animal
familiars and their humans: Original feline and or familiar stories and poetry
in the genres of fantasy, science fiction, horror, suspense, humor, and
romance, appropriate for up to a “PG-13” audience. Felines and or familiars (of
other types) must be central to the story.
Little Bastards: Too-Short Horror
Stories Nobody Wants
https://www.hungryshadowpress.com/submissions-little-bastards
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: 1,000–2,000 words
Deadline: Open between September 15
and September 30, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Unthemed horror stories
(including all sub-genres, as well as fantasy and dark literary).
https://grendelpress.com/anthology-submissions/
Payment: 5 cents a word
Story Length: 2,500–7,000 words
Deadline: December 31, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: Generally within 2 months
Description: A tale delivered from a
character who stepped through a door and found themselves someplace unexpected.
On their journey, they will notice a book called Midnight Labyrinth. No
requirement to read or interact with it; it just needs to appear. Genre-bending
is welcome! Sci-fi, steampunk, horror, fantasy, etc.
Here There Be Dragons
https://www.hiraethsffh.com/here-there-be-dragons
Payment: 8 cents a word for
the 1st 3,00 words and 3 cents a word thereafter
Story Length: 3,000–6,000 words
Deadline: Open between October 1 and
January 1, 2024
Reprints?: No
Response: Two months
Description: Renderings of dragons
in writing and art that capture the essence of these fascinating creatures.
***Non-PRO-Paying Market, but Eric J. Guignard’s “Pick of
the Month”
https://www.bourbonpenn.com/submissions
Payment: 3 cents a word
Story Length: 2,000–7,500 words
Deadline: Intermittent. Reopens
September 1, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: up to 3 months
Description: Highly imaginative
stories with a healthy dose of the odd. Odd characters, odd experiences, odd
realities. We’re looking for genre / speculative stories and are quite partial
to slipstream, cross-genre, magic realism, absurdist, and the surreal.
https://undertowpublications.com/weird-horror-magazine
Payment: 1.5 cents a word
Story Length: 500–6,000 words
Deadline: Open between September 2
and September 16, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: Generally within 2 months
Description: Original (non-themed)
horror and weird fiction short stories.
https://theunderdogpress.com/pages/submission-guidelines
All 3 anthologies:
Payment: 3 cents a word
Story Length: 3,500–12,000 words
Reprints?: No
Response: Within 3 months
1. The Underdogs Rise Vol. 2
Deadline: August 31, 2023
Description: Science fiction or
fantasy stories about underdogs that take fantastical worlds or places but want
characters to be the focus.
2. The Way of Worlds
Deadline: December 31,
2023
Description: Stories about outer
space exploration and colonization.
3. Nightmares Before Bed
Deadline: January 31,
2023
Description: Unthemed horror
stories
Just set up my account on Bluesky (which is unfortunately still invite-only). But if you're there, let's connect! I'm: @ericjguignard
https://bsky.app/profile/ericjguignard.bsky.social
New release today by Dark Moon Books!!
Presenting the NEW horror anthology:
+HORROR LIBRARY+ VOLUME 8
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The +Horror Library+ anthologies are internationally praised as a
groundbreaking source of contemporary horror short fiction stories—relevant to
the moment and stunning in impact—from leading authors of the macabre and
darkly imaginative.
Filled with Fears and Fantasy. Death and Dark Dreams. Monsters and Mayhem.
Literary Vision and Wonder. Each volume of the +Horror Library+ series is
packed with heart-pounding thrills and creepy contemplations as to what truly
lurks among the shadows of the world(s) we live in.
Read Volume 8 in this ongoing anthology series, and then continue with the
other volumes.
Shamble no longer through the banal humdrum of normalcy, but ENTER THE HORROR
LIBRARY!
Volume 8 contains 31 all-original stories, including:
• In Saving the World," a family
feeds their captive devil the sorrows of neighbors.
• In “We Can't Let Go," a welfare
check by a child services worker proves that not all in life is as expected.
• In “Only the Stones Will Hear You
Scream," a man meets his nightmares while caving through narrow
underground passages.
• In “Broodmare," a teen girl
yearns to be as free as her beloved horse while waiting to give birth to the
savior-figure of her tribe.
• . . . and more!
** Also including a special guest-artist's gallery of Jana Heidersdorf Jana
Heidersdorf Illustration!
###
Title: +Horror Library+ Volume 8 (or, Horror Library, Volume 8)
Editor: Eric J. Guignard
Publisher: Dark Moon Books (Los Angeles, CA)
Format: Available in TRADE PAPERBACK and EBOOK
Number of pages: 338 pgs at 6” x 9” trim (109,000 words)
Date of publication: July 25, 2023
###
Praise for the +Horror Library+:
“Excellent stories of the highest caliber.” —Dread Central
“Uniformly well-crafted and original.” —Rue Morgue Magazine
“Impactful tales that throw the rules of both reality and genre fiction out the
window.” —Fearnet (Chiller TV)
###
Full Table of Contents includes:
Introduction to +Horror Library+ Volume 8 by Eric J. Guignard
“Rides” by Eric Del Carlo
“Only the Stones Will Hear You Scream” by R.A. Busby
“Poor Mad Isaac” by Don Raymond
“Mr. Hunicutt” by Bentley Little
“Lise Meitner Speaks to the Living” by Octavia Cade
“Lines” by Lauren O’Donoghue
“Blockchain” by Dexter McLeod
“On the Corduroy Road” by Bryson Richard
“Under the Pale Mother Moon” by Garick Cooke
“Solace” by Anna Ziegelhof
“Saving the World” by Eric Nash
“The Old Tip Road” by C.M. Saunders
“Lullaby” by Lorne Dixon
“Story of Her Life” by Tom Johnstone
“H Is for the Hunt” by Steve Rasnic Tem
“Mazu—Goddess of the Sea” by Ai Jiang
“Hymns in the Dark” by Gordon Grice
“Holler Bridge” by J.L. Hoy
“The Rest Cure” by Shenoa Carroll-Bradd
“Zipper Back” by Thersa Matsuura
“Fishers of ___” by Frances Ogamba
“The Blind” by James Owens
“Unwind” by Christopher O’Halloran
“Girlskin” by Clara Madrigano
“A Dormant Concern” by Charles Wilkinson
“Clay” by Colin Leonard
“Broodmare” by Jo Kaplan
“In Fear as Dark as Coal” by Ron Perovich
“The Yearning Pool” by Thomas P. Balazs
“We Can’t Let Go” by Sheldon Higdon
“Fell Mill” by Charlie Hughes
+Horror Library+ Presents: Special Guest-Artist’s Gallery of Jana Heidersdorf
And with cover art by Magdalena Kaczan!
#HorrorLibrary
#ericjguignard #ericguignard #Booksofericjguignard #darkmoonbooks #horror
#darkfantasy #darkfiction #anthology #horrorstories #horrorshortstories
#shortstories #series #thehorrorlibrary
###
LINKS!
Publisher’s Page: http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/Horror_Library_8.html
Amazon (paperback): https://www.amazon.com/Horror-Library-8-Eric-Guignard/dp/194949151X/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/135967283-horror-library-volume-8
Also available on all other online distribution sites, including B&N,
IndieBound (and bookshop.org), Kobo, etc.
I love being part of Writers’ panels. I’ve spoken
on them (40 or 50 by now?) over the past 8 or 9 years at events all over the
country. Yesterday was the first time I’d ever spoken at ComicCon, and it was totally
one of the most memorable. Normally I’m on the panel with other writers who are
generally similar to me, in terms of their career and/or goals. Yesterday I was
on a panel for Ghostwriting, and it was a wild mix of stars from all across the
cosmos of creative endeavors.
•
Hunter Jackson, one of the founding members of madhouse metal band GWAR as Techno
Destructo (my brother would have been so envious!)
•
Nicholas Cvjetkovich, WWE wrestling superstar and promotor under the name Sinn
Bodhi (Bowdee)
•
Horror film actor Pat Jankiewicz
•
Hypnotherapist Grant Offenberger
•
Renowned sci-fi author and mega-icon of self-publishing Hugh Howey (“THE” Hugh Howey,
with WOOL coming to AMC and SILO to Apple TV)
•
And moderated by filmmaker and comedian Tim Chizmar
It
was hilarious, insightful, and a great time, and thanks to Tim for bringing us
all together!
