Solarcide - Open for Submissions

Solarcide has opened submissions for short stories of 1000 to 3000 words.  They are open to all genres but they want the stories dark and weird.  Payment is $50.  You can find the details here.

Gamut - Opens for Submissions at Midnight

Just a reminder that Gamut magazine opens for submissions at midnight tonight (November 1).  They close after 300 submissions are received and that usually happens within 24 hours.  You can find the details here.  Submissions are through Submittable.

Broken Eye Books - Anthology Call

Broken Eye Books opened submissions today  for their newest anthology call, "Ride the Star Wind:  Cthulhu, Space Opera, and the Cosmic Weird".  They're looking for stories of 3000 to 6000 words that combine space opera with cosmic weird Horror either set within the Cthulhu mythos or inspired by it.  They are also looking for flash fiction under 1000 words.  The deadline is January 31, 2017 and payment is 8cents a word.  You can find the details here on the right hand side of the page.

Dark House Books - Anthology Call

Dark House Books has posted a new anthology call for "Descansos".  Descansos is Spanish for rest but in this case they refer to roadside memorials that mark an interrupted journey.  "Born of grief and loss, descansos memorializes love"  Dark House Books is looking for flash fiction, short stories, poems, and essays that embrace the spirit of descansos.  The deadline is December 31, 2016 and payment is a royalty split.  Reprints are welcomed.  You can find the details here.

Mighty Quill Books - Anthology Call

Mighty Quill Books has posted an anthology call for "Dead of Winter".  The anthology has no particular theme but they are looking for dark fiction stories of 1000 to 5000 words in any genre (there are a few exceptions like romance and erotica).  The deadline is November 15, 2016 and payment is $10 plus a print copy.  You can find all the details here.

Civil Coping Mechanisms - Non-fiction Charity Anthology Call

I ran across this call over at the HTML Giant site.  The call is for "A Shadow Map:  An Anthology by Survivors of Sexual Assault".  They're looking for poems and essays up to 1000 words by people who have been assaulted.  Proceeds will go to Planed Parenthood and RAINN.  The deadline is December 1, 2016, this is a non-paying market.  You can find all the details here.

Twelfth Planet Press - Non-fiction Anthology Call

Twelfth Planet Press has opened submissions for a non-fiction anthology titled "Letters to Octavia Butler".  They're looking for letters of 1000 to 1500 words addressed to Octavia Butler.  The deadline is January 8, 2017 and payment is 5cents a word with a $75 cap.  You can find all the details here.

Bouchercon 2017 Charity Anthology Call

The Bouchercon 2017 anthology is "Passport to Murder".  They're looking for mystery stories up to 5000 words that include travel in some way.  The deadline is January 31, 2017.  As this is a charity anthology there is no payment.  You can find all the details here.

Switchblade - New Crime Market

Switchblade is a new print anthology crime market.  They're looking for hardboiled/noir crime stories of 2000 to 4000 words and flash fiction up to 1000 words.  The deadline for the first issue is November 30, 2016 and payment is one copy.  You can find the details here.

Smoking Pen Press - Anthology Call

Smoking Pen Press has posted their third anthology call for their "Read on the Run" series.  This one has no title but the theme is romance.  Stories should be 1500 to 5000 words in any genre so long as romance is the central theme.  The deadline is December 10, 2016 and payment is $25.  You can find the details here.

Yellow Mama - New Issue

The October issue of Yellow Mama has gone live and is free to read.  Check it out.

Dark City Soul Magazine - New Crime Market

Dark City Soul Magazine is a new online crime market.  They're looking for crime stories up to 1000 words.  Payment is $5.  You can find the details here.

Catapult Publishing - Anthology Call

This came through SMFS via Kevin Tipple.  "The Gigantic Book of Tiny Crimes" is looking for flash pieces up to 1200 words that feature noir crime.  The deadline is November 15, 2016 and payment is $60.  You can find the guidelines on their Submittable page.

Computer Woes

Just a note to let everyone know that I'm still alive and kicking.  I wish I could say as much for my computer.  It's been having fits with the screen going black for some reason.  Hopefully I'll be able to get a new computer in the next week or so and everything will be back on track.  Today the darn thing is working so I'm hoping to catch up and post a few markets for you.  Unless, of course, the screen goes black again :) 

Writing the Crime Scene: Cops Don't Talk Like That

Over at Lit Reactor there's a good article about getting police dialogue right.  Check out "Writing the Crime Scene:  Cops Don't Talk Like That".  There's also some links where you can find some help with getting things right.

Dirge - Call for Non-fiction Articles

This popped up on Twitter for those of you who write non-fiction articles:

Dirge Magazine ‏@DirgeMagazine

Dirge will start paying for articles in 2017, & we're looking for writers to start NOW. Email an intro & samples to editor@dirgemag.com

You can find more information and check out Dirge here.  Also be forewarned that Dirge isn't for people who are easily offended.  They are a paying market (successful Patreon account) but they don't say how much.

RIP Ed Gorman

I just read on Bill Crider's blog that Ed Gorman has passed away.  I didn't know the man but I was a constant reader of his blog and learned a lot about books and writing from his posts. 

Long before I knew about Mr. Gorman I read his short story "The Face" in the first issue of Louis L'amour Western Magazine.  The story just blew me away and still does every time I read it.  It doesn't get any better than that.  I haven't read all of his work but what I've read always reminds me of how great a writer can be.

I was very lucky to have a story of mine chosen by Mr. Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg for inclusion in their best of the year crime and mystery anthology titled "By Hook or by Crook".  It was one of the most amazing things that has ever happened to me and I will be forever grateful to have been included.

Rest in peace Mr. Gorman.  My sympathies go out to your wife and family.  You will be sorely missed by everyone who knew you.

Angie's Desk - Anthology Calls

Angie has posted her October list of anthology calls.  Thanks, Angie!

Manchester Speculative Fiction - Anthology Call

Manchester Speculative Fiction has posted an anthology call for "Revolutions 2".  They're looking for speculative fiction stories of 1500 to 6000 words that are linked in some way to Manchester, England.  The deadline is December 31, 2016 and payment is 15pounds Sterling.  You can find the details here.

Ella @ 100 Anthology - Call for Submissions

The Ella @ 100 Anthology is seeking poems, stories, essays, scripts, and graphic essays or stories inspired by the life and work of Ella Fitzgerald.  They looking for up to 15 pages per submission.  The deadline is January 15, 2017 and payment is $10.  You can find the details here, just scroll down the page for the guidelines.

The Obituary by Mike Penn

Over at Shotgun Honey you'll find this delicious little flash titled "The Obituary" by Mike Penn.  Maybe I shouldn't have, but it made me laugh.

I've added the link today (Saturday).  Don't know how I managed to forget it yesterday.  Sorry about that!

SQ mag - Story Quest Contest Open for Submissions

Australian based SQ mag has opened submissions for their annual Story Quest Contest.  This year's theme is Growth.  They're looking for speculative fiction stories of growth (literal growth, coming of age, or spiritual) up to 5000 words.  The deadline is November 30, 2016.  Five or six stories will be short listed and published, each of them being paid the usual rate of $15.  The first place story will receive an additional $100, second place $50, and third place $25.  There is no fee to enter and submissions are through Submittable.  You can find all the details here.

9 Tales - Open for Submissions

9 Tales is currently open for submissions.  They are looking for stories of 1000 to 15,000 words in the genres of fantasy, horror, sci-fi, crime, and westerns.  Payment here is $5.  They also accept reprints.  They will not be reading submissions from November 1, 2016 to January 1, 2017 but you can still submit during this period.  You can find all the details here.

Lovecraft eZine - Open for Submissions

Lovecraft eZine has opened submissions for short stories.  they're looking for new tales on old Lovecraft themes.  Payment is $25 under 3000 words and $50 for stories over 3000 words.  You can find the details here.

Flash Bang Mysteries - New Issue

The Fall issue of Flash Bang Mysteries has hit the virtual streets.  It's free to read here.

Flash Bang Mysteries - Open for Submissions

Flash Bang Mysteries has opened for submissions.  They are looking for mystery/crime stories of 500 to 750 words.  The deadline is October 31, 2016 and payment is $10.  You can find the details here.

Weasel Press - Anthology Calls

Weasel Press has two anthology calls listed on their site.  The first is "How Well You Walk Through Madness".  For this they're looking for stories up to 5500 words about ordinary madness written in the Beat Style.  The deadline for this one is November 4, 2016 and payment is 1/2cent a word.  The second is "Passing Through".  For this one they're looking hitchhiking stories up to 10,000 words that have at least one "furry" character.  The deadline is May 1, 2017 and payment is 1/2cent a word.  You can find the details for both here.

Cowboy Jamboree - New Issue

The first issue of Cowboy Jamboree is now available as a free pdf download.  Check it out here.

Plots With Guns - New Issue

The Fall issue of Plots With Guns has gone live.  Read it free here.

Hat tip to Bill Crider!

Less Than Three Press - Novella Call

Less Than Three Press has posted what they call Collection Calls.  They want stories of 20,000 to 50,000 words that follow a theme and each story will be published separately as an ebook.  The collection is called "The Hoard" and the theme is dragons and their hoards.  You must have at least one LGBTQIA character in your story.  Your story can be in any genre so long as there are dragons and hoards.  The deadline is January 31, 2017 and payment is a royalty split.  You can find the details here.

Third Flatiron - 2017 Anthology Themes Posted

Third Flatiron Anthologies has posted their themes for 2017.  The first one is for weird westerns and opens on November 1, 2016.  Stories should be 1500 to 3000 words.  Payment is 6cents a word.  You can find the themes here, just scroll down the page.

Mystery and Horror LLC - Anthology Call

Submissions open today for "Strangely Funny IV" over at Mystery and Horror LLC.  They're looking for funny paranormal stories of 2000 to 6000 words.  The deadline is November 30, 2016 and payment is $5 plus a royalty split.  You can find the details here, just scroll down a bit.