OPEN SUBMISSIONS: The Sirens Call – Issue 39 ‘Scared Stiff’ | #Horror #OpenCall #ReprintsWelcome

For the 39th issue of The Sirens call eZine, we’re looking for solid horror pieces. They don’t need to fit any specific theme, they just need to be dark fiction/horror. We accept short stories, flash fiction, drabbles, and poetry provided they are written well and catch our attention. We welcome reprints as long as you hold the copyright to the work.

Your piece can be creepy, sullen, emotive, freaky, elegant, bizarre, have a dark-humor edge to it, or simply be flat out scary as hell!

The basic rules:

• Write the piece well.
• It must be primarily horror/dark fiction.
• Pieces about sexual ‘stiffies’ are not welcome – don’t waste your time or ours with them.
• Don’t break our set-in-stone taboos – NO pedophilia, NO bestiality, and NO descriptive rape scenarios.
• Send us your horrific imaginings, and if they fit the bill, we’ll bring them to life for 35,000 readers!

REPRINTS ARE WELCOME

Submission Deadline: May 31, 2018

Circulation: Approximately 35,000

Short story word count: 1,000 – 2,500 (limit of one submission per author)
Long flash fiction word count: 500 – 1,000 (limit of one submission per author)
Short flash fiction word count: 200 – 500 (limit of three submissions per author)
Poem length: minimum 10 lines; maximum 50 lines (limit of five submissions per author)
Drabbles: 100 word prose (limit of five submissions per author)

Reprints are acceptable as long as you currently hold the copyright.

Full page/single book cover ads for individual authors are available at $10 per ad. Please contact Julianne@SirensCallPublications.com for advertising information.

All story, flash, and poem submissions MUST be submitted to:
Submissions@SirensCallPublications.com for consideration.

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RELEASE: The Sirens Call Issue 38 ‘Straight Up Horror’ | #Horror #Fiction #FREE @Sirens_Call

Sirens Call Publications is pleased to announce the release of the latest issue of

The Sirens Call

Our 38th issue of The Sirens Call eZine comes in at 186 pages and features short stories, flash fiction, and poetry of Straight Up Horror! It also contains artwork by, and an interview with Tony Orcutt, and an interview with Elaine Pascale, and a teaser of her upcoming novella The Blood Lights. 

Click on the cover for your #FREE download!

RELEASE: The RIP by Alex Woolf via @PhrenicPress

Phrenic Press, the short story imprint of Sirens Call Publications, is please to announce its latest release

The RIP

Alex Woolf

Imagine the air as a piece of paper someone just grabs and rips…

Something has been opened that maybe shouldn’t have been…

It has the appearance of damage…

Chris is in love with Sian.

Sian is dating Toby, and although she’s not sure she loves him, they’re going to have a baby together.

Are Chris and Sian destined by fate to live this unfortunate and separate reality, or did they take a wrong turn somewhere along the way? Perhaps the rip might provide a clue… But whatever it is, its sudden appearance shakes up the lives of Chris and Sian, and nothing will ever be the same again.

In this unsettling tale of romance, voyeurism, and alternative reality, is the rip a portal to another world, or an eye into our own?

The RIP is available exclusively for purchase or borrow on Amazon at:

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Alex Woolf is the author of 16 commercially published novels aimed at young and YA readers. They include Soul Shadows, a novel about shadows that come to life, shortlisted for the 2014 Red Book Award, and Aldo Moon, about a teenage Victorian ghost-hunter. He has also had numerous adult stories and novellas published by Sirens Call Publications, Strange Circle, and Vagabondage Press.

 

RELEASE: Mictlan by G. Graves via @PhrenicPress

Phrenic Press, the short story imprint of Sirens Call Publications, is pleased to announce its latest release

Mictlan

G. Graves

Mictlan is a planet of tropical breezes and endless beaches—a paradise; or it would be if not for the apex predator inhabiting it…

When Dash2, a specifically bioengineered monster, is introduced to make the planet hospitable for human guests it comes face-to-face with the ahuizotl and the battle for domination begins.

When the dust settles, who will ultimately reign supreme on Mictlan? The bioengineered Dash2 or the indigenous creature evolved over centuries to hunt in this tropical paradise?

Mictlan is available exclusively for purchase or borrow on Amazon at:

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR — Having always been intrigued by a good story and science, G. Graves searched for a way to pursue both. When she’s not busy with something involving elaborate costumes and backstory she tries to find the time to write about where science might take us in the future.

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RELEASE: Red in Tooth and Claw by Dale W. Glaser via @PhrenicPress

Phrenic Press, the short story imprint of Sirens Call Publications,

is pleased to announce its latest release…

Red in Tooth and Claw

Dale W. Glaser

When Rick Ormond’s world hit rock bottom he was transformed into Snow Wolf; a super hero on a mission to preserve the Earth’s ecosystem.

While working against the mega-corporations intent on pillaging the Earth of its natural resources with no thought of the repercussions, he finds himself in a lush tropical paradise faced with a foe only his alter ego has a chance in hell of beating. That foe, straight from the mouth of a dormant caldera, could wreak ultimate havoc on the world he’s sworn to defend.

Will Snow Wolf be able to save the day?

Red in Tooth and Claw is available exclusively for purchase or borrow on Amazon at:

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Dale W. Glaser is a lifelong collector, re-teller and occasional inventor of fantasy tales. His secret origin involves his father stepping on a mutated sea urchin in the Caribbean Sea, which passed along to his progeny the ability to move slowly, think deeply, and extrude defensive spines at will. He currently lives in Virginia with his wife and three children.

Website  https://dalewglaser.wordpress.com/

 

RELEASE: Mothsquito by Pedro Iniguez via @PhrenicPress

Phrenic Press, the short story imprint of Sirens Call Publications,

is pleased to announce its latest release…

Mothsquito

Pedro Iniguez

On a low-budget B-Film set, Sal, a one-time solider turned movie consultant, finds he has more to stress over than his crushing debt and late paycheck.

When a local military base erupts in a massive fireball, a mysterious scientist wanders onto their shoot and Sal is forced to face a mockery of nature unlike anything ever seen before. With nowhere to go and the cameras still rolling, he and the crew are forced to survive the night alone in the desert with this aberration of nature, or die trying.

In a dreadful twist of fate, this fight may just be stranger than the monster flick he’s working on, and more dangerous than any battlefield he’s seen…

Mothsquito is available exclusively for purchase or borrow on Amazon at:

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Pedro Iniguez lives in Eagle Rock, California, just outside the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles. Aside from writing Science-Fiction and Horror, he enjoys art, Film, and catching up on comic books. His Cyberpunk novel, ‘Control Theory’, is forthcoming from Indie Authors Press.

Twitter: @Pedro__Iniguez

Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/author/pedroiniguez

 

RELEASE: My Sweet Rock by Alex Woolf via @PhrenicPress

Phrenic Press, the short story imprint of Sirens Call Publications,

is pleased to announce its latest release…

My Sweet Rock

Alex Woolf

She would always be there, just out of sight, behind every porter’s trolley, pillar, or steamy cafe window…

You see a girl in the train station; your heart skips a beat. With no opportunity to meet, you move on with your life. Some years later, you see the same girl at a ferry port. Again, a furtive glance is all you are afforded. A third sighting twenty years after the first, and the beautiful young woman hasn’t changed since the first day you saw her. What was simple fascination now turns to obsession. You must meet her, but how? You never spoke a word; you know nothing of her.

With no idea who this elusive creature is, you hire a private investigator. Even you know it sounds ridiculous that you’ve encountered the same girl three times over the course of two decades and she hasn’t aged a day. As ludicrous as it seems, the investigator takes the case, but what happens when he finds her and is captivated by her as well? Did you trust the wrong man? Could you trust any man?

Is this enigma a figment of your combined imaginations—have you both become so enamored with the idea of her that any woman becomes the ideal creature? Or is she simply the beautiful girl you initially saw living her life with nothing to hide?

My Sweet Rock is available exclusively for purchase or borrow on Amazon at:

US | UK | Canada | Australia | Germany | Italy | Spain | France | Japan | Brazil | Mexico | India | The Netherlands

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Alex Woolf is the author of 16 commercially published novels aimed at young and YA readers. They include Soul Shadows, a novel about shadows that come to life, shortlisted for the 2014 Red Book Award, and Aldo Moon, about a teenage Victorian ghost-hunter. He has also had numerous adult stories and novellas published by Sirens Call Publications, Strange Circle, and Vagabondage Press.