✏️ Short story writers Newsela is paying 1,500 dollars for original fiction for grades 3 - 12 1,500 - 5,000 words All genres, classroom friendly Deadline March 15, 2026 Details: horrortree.com/taking-submi... #WritingCommunity #KidLit #ShortStory #AmWriting

Black horror writers 🖤 Black Horror, Then & Next is open for submissions. Theme: stories that honor the legacy of Black horror and imagine what comes next. Pay: 8c per word Deadline: Jan 14 2026 Details: horrortree.com/taking-submi... #BlackHorror #amwriting #WritingCommunity #HorrorCommunity

Writing Prompt Wednesday: Jólakötturinn from @corinnepwriter.bsky.social horrortree.com/writing-prom... #WritingCommunity #AmWriting

Taking submissions: Obsidian: The Dark Space Novelette Anthology 🌌 Dark SF & horror about isolation, exploration, & the brutal void of space. 9k to 25k words 1p per word up to £100 Deadline Feb 15 2026 Details: horrortree.com/taking-submi... #WritingCommunity

Call for subs: Verify You’re Not Human 🐺 @tfpublishing.bsky.social is seeking stories about therian identity MC must be therian or otherkin 2k-10k words, any genre or rating Pay: AU 1c per word + contributor copy Deadline: March 1 2026 Details: horrortree.com/taking-submi...

Call for submissions: Who Am I? A Sapphic Spec Fic Anthology of Identity and Purpose is open from Dec 1 2025 to Feb 28 2026. Looking for 2k to 5k word speculative stories centered on sapphic characters and identity or purpose. Full guidelines: horrortree.com/taking-submi... #WritingCommunity

Taking submissions: Sci-Fi Ireland Winter 2025 🚀 SF that only works because of the science or tech at its core. 🌌 Pays £75 · 2k-6k words 👾 Born in or living on the island of Ireland 👽 Deadline Jan 31 2026 🛰️ Details: horrortree.com/taking-submi... #SciFi #WritingCommunity #AmWriting

... @nighttidemag.bsky.social hear the tolling bells of Christmas Carols and note how well they fit the horror genre, The Lineup select 10 bitesize horror reads for bingeing in the holidays, and @horrortree.com sit down for an author interview with @danielbraum.bsky.social. Happy reading, friends!👻

New review at Horror Tree 🩸 Something’s Wrong With Maddie by Taylor Z. Adams ( @tayloradamsbooks.bsky.social ) is a sapphic zombie love story about grief, obsession, and how far you will go to keep the dead you love. Read more: horrortree.com/epeolatry-bo... #BookReview #Horror

New #TremblingWithFear is live 🧟‍⬛ Cat in a Box by Miranda Lewis brings zombie cats and grief. Drabbles: Yuletide Reclaimed by @shadowsbetween.bsky.social Lorcan the Legend by @ctomahony.bsky.social In Their Image by RJ Meldrum Read: horrortree.com/trembling-wi...

How is everyone's reading, writing, and editing going this weekend? #writingcommunity

Hunters, rejoice. Luc Dantes dives into Bloodborne: The Death of Sleep deluxe edition for Horror Tree: horrortree.com/epeolatry-bo... #Bloodborne #GraphicNovel

Amis continues to scour the island in Chapter 5 of our Serial Saturday, Hide Behind by Molly May Jones: horrortree.com/serial-satur... #Fiction #Free #FreeFiction #TWF #amreading #AmWriting #WritersLife #bookworm #IndieWriter #IndieAuthors

Got a toothy tale? 🦷 Dreampunk Press is seeking eerie, creepy, or Gothic short stories about TEETH for a new anthology. 3,000–3,500 words, no extreme gore or slashers. $200 per story. Deadline March 31, 2026. horrortree.com/taking-submi... #amwriting

Coal country, folklore, and something terrible beneath Scratch Moss. Stephanie Ellis ( @stephellis.bsky.social ) reviews David Barnett's ( @davidmbarnett.bsky.social ) new folk horror for Horror Tree: horrortree.com/epeolatry-bo... #BookReview

Mythic, morbid and somewhat morose. What is the price of love? Find out in this week's Unholy Trinity, "The Boulder, A World" by Patrícia Sá. horrortree.com/unholy-trini... #fiction #free #freefiction #TWF #amreading #amwriting #writerslife #bookworm #indiewriter #indieauthorthings

Summer streets, dark tales. 🌃 Ruadán Books is seeking original dark fantasy & other spec fic for SUMMER IN THE CITY - stories where a real-world city (pop. 700k+) is as important as the characters 💸 10¢/word ⏰ Deadline: Jan 31, 2026 From @ruadanbooks.bsky.social Call: horrortree.com/taking-submi...

Ring in the end of the world. Horrific Scribblings’ New Year’s Apocalypse Challenge wants dark tales where the new year brings the apocalypse. 1,500–5,000 words, $25. Deadline Jan 15, 2026: horrortree.com/taking-submi... #horror 🎆

New on Horror Tree ✨ An Interview with Daniel Braum 🌌 We talk strange tales, ghost stories, Night Time Logic, and his latest collection Phantom Constellations from Cemetery Dance. Read it here: horrortree.com/an-interview... #HorrorCommunity #SpecFic #GhostStories

Microfiction in the in-between. 🌒 Crepuscular Magazine is open for ongoing subs: stories under 250 words that live in the gray spaces between night & day, real & unreal, good & evil. Pays $0.10/word (min $5). Details: horrortree.com/ongoing-subm... #microfiction #amwriting

Have a story rooted in the woods? 🌲 The Ranger’s Almanac is seeking short fiction, poems, art, photos & music inspired by forests or parks (any genre, PG-13). Pays $5 per 500 words for stories. Deadline: Feb 28, 2026 horrortree.com/taking-submi... #AmWriting #PayingMarket #WritingCommunity

Writing Prompt Wednesdays: Mistletoe Misery from @corinnepwriter.bsky.social horrortree.com/writing-prom... #WritingCommunity #AmWriting

Holiday fright with a sparkle 🎄 Luc Dantes reviews My Little Pony: Holiday Collection - cozy chaos, bold art, and surprising heart. Read it on Horror Tree: horrortree.com/epeolatry-bo... From publisher @idwpublishing.com #BookReview #AmReading

Waking up to the Chicago HWA group email titled — Becky in the trib! Is the best way to wake up!! CHICAGOAN OF THE YEAR, BECKY SPRATFORD @raforall.bsky.social Congratulations! www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/16/c...

The Neon Revelation delivers... Out today! Get your copy and see what everyone is talking about! www.timberghostpress.com/neon-revelat...

I won't lie, we're buzzin' pretty hard from this energy over on IG🖤☠️ @kristalstittle.bsky.social's Weird Sci-Fi/Horror epic is gonna floor you, & that cover by @kerissonlp.bsky.social & the interiors by @blackyshep.bsky.social are big bonuses to boot. Preorder KAYAK: store.tenebrouspress.com

Available now: The Backwoods by underground #horror legend Edward Lee! Something from the heart of the night stalks Patricia. Her hometown seems cursed by a nameless evil. Lust-filled dreams fuel deadly obsessions, and the blood flows. #Books #Splatterpunk tinyurl.com/LeeBackwoods

Soup’s on. Happy release day to Wendy and Grace and all the authors who came to the table.

No matter the temperature, our ecofiction anthology is always in full bloom ❄️🌸 Don't forget to grab a copy of ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION this holiday season at www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco..., and bring some new life to your bookshelf! 📚

Order our entire digital catalog (9 horror/Weird fiction books and 15 wild zines) for just $24! www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/the-...

🌌 Heads up: @innerworlds.bsky.social is open Jan 1–14 for marginalised authors and Jan 15–31 for writers 🌌 Send 500–2,500 word SFF or supernatural horror with a strong emotional or psychological focus. Pays £0.02/word. Guidelines: horrortree.com/taking-submi...` #WritingCommunity #AmWriting

✍️ Short Story Substack is open Jan 1–31, 2026 for any-genre stories (6–10,000 words). One winner gets $100 + 50% of that issue’s subscription revenue. Reprints ok if you hold the rights. Details: horrortree.com/taking-submi... #WritingCommunity

Harrowfield will burrow under your skin 🌿🩸 @stephellis.bsky.social's new folk horror traps a tiny border village in ritual and dread. Review by @corinnepwriter.bsky.social : horrortree.com/epeolatry-bo... #FolkHorror #AmReading

✍️ Cosmic Roots & Eldritch Shores is open Jan 1–2, 2026 for original & reprint SFF, myth, legend, fairy tales, and eldritch tales from around the world. 8¢/word originals, 2¢/word reprints. Full details: horrortree.com/taking-submi... #WritingCommunity #amwriting

🌳 Call for subs! Fairy Tale Magazine is open Jan 15–21, 2026 for their Spring/Summer “Green Man/Woman & Tree Spirits” issue. Lore-rich fairy-tale style, PG only, $25 per accepted piece. Full guidelines: horrortree.com/taking-submi... #WritingCommunity #fairytales

Kraken is here to punch Nazi cultists and unleash eldritch chaos 🐙 Supernatural 1930s action, occult horror and pulp fun in one graphic novel. Read our Horror Tree review: horrortree.com/epeolatry-bo... #GraphicNovel #HorrorComics

Give this playlist a listen: InhuMANities open.spotify.com/playlist/3DK...

New #TremblingWithFear is live 👁️ A chilling fable, “The Chosen” by Albert N. Katz, plus drabbles “Feast” by @ZenaShapter, “Showdown at High Moon” by @beatnikjuice.bsky.social, and “The Unveiling” by Daniel Foley. Read: horrortree.com/trembling-wi...

Bloom, wither, obey. Honeysuckle by @barfridmantell.bsky.social turns a flower girl and boy genius into a dark tale of control and consent. Review at Horror Tree: horrortree.com/epeolatry-bo... Review from the always amazing @stephellis.bsky.social #AmReading #BookReview #FolkHorror #DarkFantasy

The search continues in Chapter Four of our Serial Saturday, Hide Away by Molly May Jones: horrortree.com/serial-satur... #Fiction #Free #FreeFiction #TWF #amreading #AmWriting #WritersLife #bookworm #IndieWriter #IndieAuthors

Call for subs 🕵️‍♀️ THE FOURTH BLACK BEACON BOOK OF MYSTERY is open Jan 1–Feb 28, 2026! Original & reprint mystery shorts (3–9k). Pay: $30 originals, $10 reprints + print copy. Details: horrortree.com/taking-submi... From @blackbeaconbooks.bsky.social #WritingCommunity #Mystery

Author @barrymaher.bsky.social survived brain surgery, woke up with Lady Gaga in his head - and a vivid, hellish story that became The Great Dick and the Dysfunctional Demon. Read his wild origin story: horrortree.com/origin-of-th... #Horror

Liberated, ravenous and armed. What could go wrong, and for whom? Find out in this week's Unholy Trinity, "Escape" by Noah Gibson. horrortree.com/unholy-trini... #fiction #free #freefiction #TWF #amreading #amwriting #writerslife #bookworm #indiewriter #indieauthorthings

🚀 Call for subs 🛰️ Space and Time is open Jan 15–31, 2026 for speculative fiction & poetry (SF, fantasy, horror, steampunk, magical realism). Pay: 1¢/word fiction, $5/poem. Details: horrortree.com/taking-submi...

Call for subs: The Orange & Bee – Jan 1–14, 2026 🧡🐝 Fairy-tale/folklore-inspired poetry, flash, short fiction & essays. Pay: $50/poem, $80/flash, $0.08/word short. No reprints, no AI, 1 piece. Info: horrortree.com/taking-submi...

Are you willing to trade your soul? 🩸 In The Psychology of Faustian Bargains, P.D. Alleva explores powerlessness, desperation, ego, and why “deals with the devil” still haunt us. Read: horrortree.com/the-psycholo...

Call for subs: Stygian Lepus Magazine – Jan 2026 window 🐇🖤 Dark-leaning: • Fiction & serialized dark fiction • Creative non-fiction • Poetry, writing articles, & art (300 dpi) 🗓 Jan 1–25, 2026 💵 $5 + digital copy Details: horrortree.com/taking-submi... #horrortree #amwriting #darkfiction

Holiday horror with a twist? 🎄🩸 Horrific Scribblings is running a December Holiday Horror Challenge—original dark fiction (1.5k–5k words) centered on Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, etc. $25, deadline Dec 15, 2025. Details: horrortree.com/taking-submi... #amwriting #horror

Call for subs: Tales From The Moonlit Path – Bloody Valentine’s Day 2026 💔 Dark, character-driven stories & poems about a bloody Valentine’s Day. Horror-adjacent, human frailty, not just gore. 🗓 Deadline: Feb 1, 2026 📏 Max 2,000 words 💵 Pay: $10 Details: horrortree.com/taking-submi... #AmWriting