Horror Tree

🧛‍♂️ Who was Dracula's mysterious American cowboy? Bloodbound by Anthony Lee Head gives Quincey Morris a supernatural origin story! Our reviewer loved this fresh take on Stoker's classic. horrortree.com/epeolatry-bo... #Dracula #AmReading #BookReview

🍬 What if Hansel and Gretel took a different path? Ye Olde Dragon Books seeks creative fairy tale retellings! 📅 Nov. 1–Jan. 31 📝 3–15K words 💰 Shared royalties + 2 print copies 📚 PG-13 horrortree.com/taking-submi... #WritingCalls

A TWO-DAY submission window! 🚀 Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores seeks SF, fantasy, myths & uncanny fiction. No horror. 📅 Nov. 1–2 💰 8¢/word originals | 2¢ reprints ✍️ Poetry: $1/line 📝 Fiction: 1K+ words horrortree.com/taking-submi...

⚔️ What if peace were bad for business? David J. Harrison discusses The Glorious Dead, grief, surviving cancer & finding humor in darkness. Plus, writing advice and a canine critic! 🐕 horrortree.com/author-inter... #AuthorInterview

🇬🇧⚔️ UK BOOK GIVEAWAY! Win 1 of 3 physical copies of The Glorious Dead by David J. Harrison! 📚 3 copies 🇬🇧 UK only 📅 Oct. 26–Nov. 8 Enter: horrortree.com/uk-readers-t... #BookGiveaway #DarkFantasy

🏆 Want to read an Aurealis Best Horror Novel Award finalist? We're giving away 10 e-book copies of Bodily Harm by Deborah Sheldon! 🔪 Crime horror & suspense 📅 Ends Oct. 31 horrortree.com/bodily-harm-...

🩸 🩸 Trembling With Fear🩸 🩸 F.M. Scott explores an existential terror in ‘𝗛𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗠𝗼𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁’ 🏠 Aaron Grierson braves a Halloween themed adventure in ‘𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗿’ 💀 Rob Martin gets in the spirit of the day in ‘𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗹’ 🌳 Catherine Berry drops a little surprise in ‘𝗗𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘃𝗲’

🎉 Deborah Sheldon is celebrating 40 years as a professional writer with 12 months of giveaways! October's prize: 10 e-book copies of Bodily Harm, an Aurealis Award finalist. 📅 Ends Oct. 31 horrortree.com/bodily-harm-...

Bounce back. Bounce forward. Bounce somewhere strange. 🌀 Spoon Knife 12 seeks fiction, memoir & poetry. Weird, queer & genre-bending work encouraged! 📅 July 31, 2027 💰 $30 + 1¢/word 📝 Up to 10K words horrortree.com/taking-submi...

🚀 What makes science fiction science fiction? Robert J. Sawyer explores decades of genre history, writing & debate in Sawyer on Science Fiction. @melodyemcintyre.bsky.social reviews the massive collection. horrortree.com/epeolatry-bo... #BookReview #AmReading

🔪 HORROR GIVEAWAY! Win 1 of 10 e-book copies of Bodily Harm by Deborah Sheldon, an Aurealis Best Horror Novel Award finalist! 📅 Oct. 19–31 🎁 10 winners Enter: horrortree.com/bodily-harm-...

🎪 Bring your strange. Bare your teeth. @eavesdropmagazine.bsky.social seeks subversive fiction, poetry, art & comics for Issue 7: Freak Show. 📅 Jan. 10 deadline 💰 $30–$70 📝 Prose ≤2,500 words 🌎 Worldwide 🚫 No fees horrortree.com/taking-submi...

👁️ Know some wonderfully weird horror? @tenebrouspress.bsky.social seeks previously published fiction for Brave New Weird Vol. 5! 📅 Nov. 1, 2026 💰 $25 + copy + certificate 📝 Under 7,499 words 📖 Published Oct. 2025–Oct. 2026 horrortree.com/taking-submi...

Six words or 10,000. Any genre! 📚 Short Story Substack seeks fiction for its November window. 📅 Nov. 1–30 💰 $100 + 50% subscription revenue for winner 📝 6–10K words ⚡ Flash & reprints welcome 🚫 No fees horrortree.com/taking-submi...

🔪 An armed robbery. A traumatized survivor. A dangerous obsession. Bodily Harm by Deborah Sheldon is our October horror giveaway! 🎁 10 e-books to win 📅 Ends Oct. 31 horrortree.com/bodily-harm-...

The Submission Pit wants your SF, fantasy & horror! 👻🚀 One monthly winner earns $100 + 50% of paid subscriber revenue. 📅 Nov. 1–30 📝 6–10K words ♻️ Reprints accepted 📖 One entry per author 💸 No fees horrortree.com/taking-submi...

The apocalypse was only the beginning. ☢️ @blackbeaconbooks.bsky.social seeks terrifying post-apocalyptic horror & SF for Tales from the Ruins 2. 📅 Nov. 1–Dec. 31 💰 $30 + print copy 📝 3K–9K preferred 🚫 Originals only horrortree.com/taking-submi...

Writing Prompt Wednesdays: Monster Mashed from @corinnepwriter.bsky.social horrortree.com/writing-prom... #WritingPrompt #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

🔪 HORROR GIVEAWAY! Win 1 of 10 e-book copies of Bodily Harm by Deborah Sheldon, an Aurealis Best Horror Novel Award finalist! An armed robbery, a traumatized survivor & a dangerous obsession. 📅 Oct. 19–31, 2026 🎁 horrortree.com/bodily-harm-...

🔎 Crime meets the uncanny! @mythaxis.bsky.social seeks crime, horror, sci-fi, fantasy & weird fiction. Flash especially welcome! 📅 Oct. 23–30 💰 1¢/word ($20–$50) 📝 500–5,000 words horrortree.com/taking-submi... #WritingCalls

🍂 The Rotting Leaf wants eco-horror, eco-gothic & strange environmental fiction! @briefecology.bsky.social 📅 Nov. 1–7, or 50 submissions 💰 6¢/word ($30 min) + copy 📝 Up to 1,500 words ✍️ Flash welcome horrortree.com/taking-submi...

👻 1,264 pages of ghosts, grief & conspiracy. China Miéville's The Rouse reimagines the English ghost story on an enormous scale. Our review praises its ambition but questions its pacing and length. Masterpiece or magnificent slog? horrortree.com/epeolatry-bo...

Tinsel, grime & Christmas nightmares. 🎄🖤 @liarsleague.bsky.social seeks Grit & Glitter stories. Any fiction genre, including horror & humor! 📅 Nov. 1 💰 £20 📝 800–2,000 words 🎭 Live actor reading horrortree.com/taking-submi...

What if the moral of the story was wrong? 🖤🌈 My Galvanized Friend seeks LGBTQIA+ creators to queer fairy tales, folklore & fables. 📅 Nov. 15 💰 $25 prose | $10/page poetry 📝 500–3,500 preferred ⚡ Flash & poetry welcome horrortree.com/taking-submi...

What if the evidence proves the monster is real? 🔎🐺 @benjaminlsmith.com explores supernatural crime fiction, police procedure & mysteries that don't explain away the impossible. Read his Horror Tree guest article: horrortree.com/when-the-cri...

🔪 TEN FREE HORROR EBOOKS! 🩸 Win 1 of 10 digital copies of Bodily Harm by Deborah Sheldon, an Aurealis Best Horror Novel finalist! Celebrating her 40th year as a professional writer. 📅 Oct. 19–31, 2026 🎁 10 copies horrortree.com/bodily-harm-...

🎄🩸 Merry bleeding Christmas! O Holy Fright seeks extreme holiday horror that'll make Santa reconsider his route. 📅 Nov. 17 deadline 💰 $5 + physical copy 📝 2,500–4,000 words ♻️ Reprints welcome horrortree.com/taking-submi... #HorrorWriters #WritingCalls

🖤 Open submissions! @taintedglasspress.bsky.social seeks literary horror, gothic, slipstream & speculative fiction. 📅 Nov. 15, 11:59 PM CST 💰 $10 + royalty pool 📝 2–8K words preferred 🎭 Open theme 📖 Reprints considered horrortree.com/taking-submi...

😱 Trembling with Fear 😱 This week's feature story looks at that voice that talks to you in the quiet hours, or all the time, asking questions in, 'The Presence', by Jake Stein. The drabbles have us meeting aliens: 👽 Skin 🩸 At the Bloodthirsty Demonic Space Alien Center... ⚰️ Space Coffin

Horror Tree is turning 15! We’re looking for authors, editors, publishers, reviewers, and other horror and speculative fiction voices to take part in anniversary interviews and features. Interested? contact@horrortree.com #HorrorTree #HorrorWriters

👻 Want to scare your readers? Reedsy's Oct. 27 horror workshop covers suspense, dread, and the uncanny with Rachel Moulton and Hannah VanVels Ausbury. 🎟️ Find a 10% discount code in our article! horrortree.com/reedsys-horr... #HorrorWriting #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

🎨 Art can inspire. It can also devour. 🩸 Flame Tree seeks horror about creativity, obsession & artistic sacrifice for Art Is Horror, edited by Johnny Mains. 📅 Nov. 15 deadline 💰 8¢/word 📝 2–4K words preferred 📖 Originals only horrortree.com/taking-submi... #WritingCalls

👹 Encountered a monster? Document it. Flame Tree seeks epistolary horror, folklore & dark fantasy for Mythos & Meaning, edited by Dave Jeffery. 📅 Nov. 1 deadline 💰 8¢/word 📝 3–5K words preferred 📜 Originals only horrortree.com/taking-submi... #WritingCalls

Heading to DreadCon in Burlington later today! I'll be at the HWA booth off and on throughout the con! Come find me!

Love is blooming. Something deadly is growing. 🌿🖤 @delilahsdawson.bsky.social's Monstera blends sapphic romance, botanical horror & feminine rage. Published by @titanbooks.bsky.social. Read our review: horrortree.com/epeolatry-bo...

What a night for a romantic date by the lake! Be a part of the love story in our Serial Saturday, The Math of Love 1+1=1, by Ziaul Moid Khan: horrortree.com/serial-satur... #Fiction #Free #FreeFiction #TWF #amreading #AmWriting #WritersLife #bookworm #IndieWriter #IndieAuthors

Big ideas over character drama? 🚀 Sci Phi Journal seeks hard SF, philosophical speculation & fictional nonfiction. 📅 Oct. 15–Nov. 5 💰 €0.03/word originals | €0.01 translations 📝 ≤2K words horrortree.com/taking-submi...

We don't usually highlight markets at this payment level, but... mystical cats. 🐈‍⬛✨ A Guide to Mystical Cats seeks short fiction & poetry. 📅 Feb. 28, 2027 💰 $5 Amazon gift card 📝 Stories ≤5K ✍️ Poetry welcome horrortree.com/taking-submi...

🤖 ERROR 404: GOD NOT FOUND. An AI declares God doesn't exist. Humanity unravels. @stephellis.bsky.social reviews Richard Ferrer's Error 404, a witty sci-fi satire for fans of Douglas Adams, Monty Python & Terry Pratchett. horrortree.com/epeolatry-bo...

Ancient ruins. Sentient tech. Megastructures. Gothic space. 🌌 @foldedspace.bsky.social seeks SF about identity, technology, personhood & an indifferent universe. 📅 Oct. 31–Dec. 30 💰 2¢ originals | 1¢ reprints 📝 3K–7K horrortree.com/taking-submi...

Giant robots don't have to be giant. @middlewestpress.bsky.social seeks poetry & micro-fiction about humans and technology: mechs, drones, living ships, AI, cybernetics & more. 📅 Dec. 31 💰 $10/item 📝 Fiction ≤450 words horrortree.com/taking-submi...

What if the universe isn't silent? 🌌👂 Our latest guest article explores cosmic horror's obsession with whispers, forbidden voices & sounds from the void. Is hearing the impossible worse than seeing it? horrortree.com/whispers-in-...

Hero to one person. Villain to another. @bigbearpress.bsky.social seeks original superhero & supervillain stories, including strange powers, reimaginings & folklore-inspired supes. 📅 Dec. 1 💰 $100 📝 8K–10K horrortree.com/taking-submi...

Wake up. Live the day. Die. Start over. ⏳ @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social seeks SF, fantasy & horror where time loops drive the story. 📅 Oct. 15–22 💰 $200 originals | $25 reprints 📝 Originals 2K–6K | Reprints ≤10K horrortree.com/taking-submi...

Writing Prompt Wednesdays: Home Sweet Home from @corinnepwriter.bsky.social horrortree.com/writing-prom... #WritingPrompt #WritingCommunity #AmWriting

Who needs a queer Cthulhu Mythos? 🐙🏳️‍🌈 Queering Cthulhu seeks cosmic horror through LGBTQ+ points of view. Take the Mythos, queer it & show them something new. 📅 Dec. 31 💰 $30 + copy 📝 500–6K horrortree.com/taking-submi...

Pitch Dark seeks morally gray, black & pitch-black dark romance. Stalkers, killers, dubious choices, no redemption arcs. Reprints welcome. 📅 Dec. 1 💰 $10 originals | $5 reprints 📝 5K–10K horrortree.com/taking-submi...

💪 “We’re allowed to make ourselves bigger?” @delilahsdawson.bsky.social writes about weightlifting, transformation, female rage, Monstera & creating women who boldly take up space. Plus, the usefulness of deadlifting when disposing of fictional bodies. 💀 horrortree.com/how-to-take-...

Cursed paintings. Uncanny statues. Haunted art. 👁️ @agitapublishing.bsky.sociall seeks weird flash fiction exploring ekphrasis & unsettling visual art. 📅 Oct. 17–Nov. 17 📅 Extended to Nov. 25 for LGBTQIA+, disabled & BIPOC authors 💰 5¢/word 📝 ≤1K horrortree.com/taking-submi...