DARK LANE ANTHOLOGY
VOLUME 13 - SUBMISSIONS NOW CLOSED.
Submissions are now CLOSED for Dark Lane Anthology Vol.13
Submissions are now CLOSED for Dark Lane Anthology Vol.13
GUIDELINES
WE WANT YOUR WEIRD.
What we’re looking for:
Well-written, literary
‘weird’ tales. Short stories that have a beginning, a middle and an
end. This will not be an anthology of horror stories.
Think writers such as Angela
Carter, Ray Bradbury, Mervyn Peake, Jeffrey Ford, Flannery O'Connor, Robert Aickman, Laird Barron, Gabriel Garcia Marquez,
Truman Capote, Rebecca Lloyd, Vladamir Nabokov, T.C. Boyle, Andre Dubus, and Margaret Atwood.
Stories must have a
touch of ‘the weird’ – how you interpret that is up to you - and can
include elements of the following: surrealism, horror, humour, sci-fi,
fantasy, sex and romance, magic realism, mystery, fairy and folk
tale. We want a mix of stories that will appeal to readers who don’t
necessarily read genre fiction. We want stories that have an
emotional depth, that remind us how full of wonder life can be (although that
doesn’t mean they have to be uplifting).
What we’re not looking for,
and what we've seen too much off:
Pulpy-type stories, blood
and gore, hard science fiction, familiar tropes (vampires, werewolves, serial
killers, zombies, etc) unless given a new interesting slant, stories about
cannibalism, re-written fairy tales, D&D type fantasy, fan fiction,
murdered girlfriend/dead girl stories (or stories where woman are only there to
be victims), superheroes, stories were the primary objective is to scare or
repulse the reader, stories with no plot or point.
If would be a great help if
you could try and avoid the following: Indenting your paragraphs manually, (this creates so much work for us that it may be the
sole cause of rejection). Using single quotation marks. Using
anything but a hard return to separate paragraphs.
We at Dark Lane Books
believe in being inclusive rather than exclusive, so welcome submissions from
everyone and anyone regardless of sex, age, skin colour, ethnic origin, and
sexual preference. The only thing we're interested in is your story.
Word count: 1000 - 8,000 words (query for longer pieces).
Deadline: Until full.
Payment: Contributor's copy
(paperback).
To be published Spring 2023
All submissions must be
double-spaced and in Times New Roman font.
Submit as a Word or RTF file
to darklanebooks@gmail.com with the header: Anthology
Submission,(TITLE),(YOUR SURNAME). Eg: Anthology Submission, Great Story,
Smith.
Reprints: We accept a small number of unsolicited reprints, however priority will be given to unpublished stories.
WE DO NOT ACCEPT MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS. ONE SUBMISSION PER READING PERIOD PLEASE. MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS WILL BE DELETED UNREAD.
Reprints: We accept a small number of unsolicited reprints, however priority will be given to unpublished stories.
WE DO NOT ACCEPT MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS. ONE SUBMISSION PER READING PERIOD PLEASE. MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS WILL BE DELETED UNREAD.
Artists:
We're also looking for
artist interested in providing black and white illustrations to go with some of
the stories. Send examples of your work to us at the email above.
