FABLE: An Anthology of Sci-Fi, Horror & the Supernatural (CLOSED)

UPDATE

Due to an overwhelming response to our open call, we are unable to give an update on individual stories. Please do not email us that you’re withdrawing a story; withdraw the story inside HeyPublisher. If you have any questions not related to an update on your individual story, please contact us.

OPEN CALL

Aurelia Leo presents FABLE: An Anthology of Sci-Fi, Horror & the Supernatural open to all authors. Submissions must fall into one of the following categories: sci-fi, horror, mystery, crime, thriller, and/or suspense. Supernatural elements are encouraged across the board. However, they are not necessary.

GUIDELINES

Submit? azkstudios.com/submit or heypublisher.com/publishers/aurelia-leo

Deadline: November 30, 2022

Publication Date: Mid-2023

Payment:

• Original Fiction: $0.08/word for the first 1,000 words, and $0.01/word after
• Reprints: $0.01/word

Length? Flash (1,000 words) up to novella length (39,999 words) (NOT FLEXIBLE)

Format? Shunn Modern Manuscript Format

Track submissions using Duotrope and The Submission Grinder.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

“Four-and-a-half Feet” © Z. C. Loki (1,500): A father changes his son’s life forever.

“Me, A Hero” © Warren Benedetto (2,200): TBA

“House of Sugar, House of Flesh” © Lyndsay E. Gilbert (2,840): TBA

“The Memories Rise to Hunt” © Marie Brennan (2,852): In a city, the marks of violence linger.

“The Silk-Weaver’s Shanty (Arranged for Duet)” © Dan Micklethwaite (3,520): TBA

“Shade” © E.G. Condé (3,743): TBA

“Ants” © Johnathon Heart (4,400): A seemingly happy woman who has just bought a house with her fiancé forms a relationship with the local ant infestation.

“A Necklace of Witchwheat” © Danielle Coombs (4,558) (REPRINT): A young woman twists an ancient harvest-time tradition to her own ends in pursuit of justice for someone she loves.

“This isn’t Othello” © Katherine Westermann (5,824): When an uptight lawyer uses mind-link technology to spice up her marriage, she falls into the grips of an obsession with sex and death that threatens to destroy her.

“Paddlejumpers” © R. B. Payne (5,950) (REPRINT): Two graveyard shift EMTS battle an invasive species when they respond to a not-so-routine emergency call from Hollywood’s famed porn ranch film location.

“The Lunatic” © Gordon Linzner (6,500) (REPRINT): A stray dog seems a sheriff’s best clue to tracking a serial killer but leads to the investigation taking a dark turn. [Originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (December 1983)]

“Swing Low Sweet Moon” © Phoebe Wagner (7,405) (REPRINT): What if for-profit prisons were werewolf sanctuaries?

“The Vandal” © Antony Paschos (8,300): TBA

“The Slow Blues of Tommy Black” © Erik Lynd (9,100): TBA

“Blood Mangoes” © Ashok Banker (9,100): Shanti wanted the best mango she could find to win back her best friend–and was willing to do anything to get one.

RULES

• Translations are accepted
• Simultaneous submissions to other markets are accepted
• Only two submissions allowed in total (one original and one reprinted story)

RIGHTS

• Copyright remains with the author at all times
• Non-exclusive archival rights as long as the website(s) hosting the work are online
• First world electronic and print rights in English with exclusivity for 12 months from the date of publication
• If selected to be republished in another anthology in the future, payment in royalties is $0.01USD per word
• If selected for a podcast or audiobook, payment is $0.01USD per word for non-exclusive electronic audio rights

HARD SALES

• Excerpts out of a novel
• Poorly formatted and edited work
• Overtly racist, sexist, or violent work

ABSOLUTE NO

• Fanfiction of any kind
• Works above the word count
• Taboo elements (rape in all forms, incest, pedophilia, etc.) in almost all cases

OF INTEREST

• Protagonists that are Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, or/and People of Color (QTBIPOC)
• Settings outside of the United States of America, or the United States of America as we know it
• Intersectionality in regards to gender, class, ability status, ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation, and so on