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 Full details   ergot. is a literary website interested in furthering the innovative and experimental tradition in horror. If you aren`t sure what experimental horror is, or whether your own work falls into this category, please look through our archive or the `work of the day` posted to our Twitter account . We seek previously unpublished fiction and hybrid work under 10k words [including excerpts and work in translation] that push out the boundary of what literary horror is and what it might become. Work where close attention has been paid to the prose style. Work that values atmosphere and mood over plot. Work that fails in new and unusual ways over work that succeeds in the tried and true. We are far less interested in "Experimental" work (attempting to display the author‘s brilliance through references, tricks or gimmicks) than experimental work (that seeks to push out the boundaries of what fiction can and might do). Please send only one piece - or up to three ...

 Full details  Wet Cement Press is a small press based in Berkeley, California, with editors in Reno, Nevada, and Asheville, North Carolina. We typically publish 3-5 books a year, with a focus on poetry, innovative memoir / creative non-fiction, experimental fiction and hybrid work combining image and text. Our first love is creating simple yet wonderful print volumes, but we are also exploring eBooks and other modes of digital publishing.      Wet Cement Press was started by a group of writers who once lived and worked together in San Francisco. We have worked in publishing in New York and San Francisco, several of us were involved in the Five Fingers Review. Our tastes run toward the lyrical and spontaneous, the raw and unsmooth. We are interested in writers & artists who are established in their craft but have not yet been recognized, perhaps because their work is not easily classifiable, or because it falls outside of current trends...

Full details Crush: An Anthology of Obsession Editor: Sophie Essex We are seeking work that explores the theme of obsession in all its variances and contexts. Poetry (min. 2 poems) Short Fiction (max. 8000 words) Flash Fiction Non-Fiction Essays Experiments Other Send your submission as a .doc or .rtf or .pdf to editorsalopress@gmail.com , quoting ‘ CRUSH ‘ in the subject header. Response times vary though feel free to query at any time. There is no current deadline though we do hope to be in print before 2021. NOTE: Blank emails will be deleted. Please be polite. Say hello. Shared Google Drive files will not be read. No reprints. We unfortunately cannot offer feedback. We do send a form rejection email. Simultaneous submissions are good with us, though do let us know if accepted elsewhere. Payment: The author will receive one copy of the anthology, access to discounted copies, and a percentage split of any profits. The Flirtations ...