Calls for Submissions
ANTHOLOGY CALLS
Dark Mythology (Anthology)
Editor: Catherine Leary
Publisher: Freaky Fountain Press – www.freakyfountain.com
Compensation: Royalties are 25% on net revenue and will be divided equally among all contributors. All authors and artists will receive a free electronic copy of the anthology.
Deadline: April 1, 2011
Publication Date: August 1, 2011
All mythologies have them—dark, twisted, horrifying elements laced with the potential for Eros. Give us stories between 2000-10,000 words that reinterpret, reinvent, and re-imagine these themes. Tease the erotic out of the darkness and bring it to the fore. Make it irresistible.
Dark Mythology Guidelines
All mythologies are welcome. We are particularly interested in Norse, Celtic, Hindu, Egyptian, Sumerian, Native (North, Central, and South American as well as Australian), Chinese, Japanese, and Aztec/Mayan. No more than three of the selected stories will be based on Greco-Roman myth; if you’re inclined to use Greco-Roman myth as inspiration, make it exceptional. Stories based on Christian, Jewish, or Muslim texts should be submitted to our concurrent anthology Heavenly Bodies.
We welcome the erotic retelling of myths with edgy themes (bestiality, incest, cannibalism, etc. – please refer to our general guidelines).
Do your research, because we will.
Fictional mythologies are welcome as long as they aren’t invented by you and are in the public domain (such as Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos).
Literary styling, experimental formats, surrealism, and magic realism are strongly encouraged.
Heavenly Bodies (Anthology)
Editor: Robin Wolfe
Publisher: Freaky Fountain Press – www.freakyfountain.com
Compensation: Royalties are 25% on net revenue and will be divided equally among all contributors. All authors and artists will receive a free electronic copy of the anthology.
Deadline: April 1, 2011
Publication Date: August 1, 2011
Angels. Demons. Nephilim. Prophets. Messiahs. We’re looking for stories between 2000-10,000 words showcasing the erotic subtext of religious mythology. Re-imagine familiar stories from the Bible or Koran, or create original stories featuring characters from those books. All stories MUST feature at least one character from a holy book: Gabriel, Legion, Jesus, Mary Magdalene, Muhammad, Moses, Eve, or any other figure from the Bible, Koran, or other book from a Judeo-Christian tradition (the Book of Mormon, Gnostic texts, etc). Minor or background characters are both accepted and encouraged.
Heavenly Bodies Guidelines
If your story has Lucifer in it, it better be spectacular. No more than three Lucifer-centric stories will be selected for publication. Likewise, if you want to submit a story centered on the Islamic concept of houri (the eternal virgins in Paradise), it needs to be more than a self-insert harem fantasy.
Pairings may or may not involve humans. It’s perfectly acceptable for the story to involve only supernatural beings.
Creative and sexy re-imaginings of Christian or Islamic stories are part of what we’re seeking. Lucifer tempting Jesus in the desert, anyone? Maybe the Three Wise Men took some time for themselves on the way to Bethlehem?
We’re looking specifically for stories based on Christian, Jewish, and Muslim texts. Entities from other religions are appropriate for our concurrent anthology, Dark Mythology.
Remember: here at Freaky Fountain, almost nothing is too controversial. Incest, bestiality, murder, and dubious consent are by no means unusual in the Bible and other religious books. Please refer to our general submission guidelines.
Yes, we realize there is also a lot of sex with prepubescent and pubescent children in both the Bible and the Koran, but sex with minors is the one thing that Freaky Fountain will not, under any circumstances, publish. Keep your submissions about Muhammad and his nine-year-old wife to yourself.
We are also accepting submissions for cover art for both anthologies. See our artwork submission guidelines.
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Calls for the anthologies Bad Romance and This Is The Way The World Ends are closed as of December 1, 2010.
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FREAKY FOUNTAIN PRESS SHOWCASE (SHORT TERM ARCHIVE/ANTHOLOGY)
Not sure if what we’ve got here at Freaky Fountain is to your taste? Looking for a little sample of what we’re looking to publish?
We created the Freaky Fountain Press Showcase as a way for readers and writers like you to have a little taste of what we publish. A new Showcase story will be published on the site at the beginning of every month. Showcase stories remain in the archive, online and available to anyone who feels like stopping by, for six months. When twelve months have passed, the stories for that year will be combined and sold as an anthology. If an author doesn’t wish to have his or her story included in the anthology, the press retains exclusive rights for one year from the date of Showcase publication.
We want 1000 – 5000 words of the darkest, edgiest, hottest stuff you can come up with. Please refer to our general guidelines.
Editors: Catherine Leary and Robin Wolfe
Compensation: Upon publication of the story in our Showcase Archive, you will received a free e-copy of the anthology of your choice. Should you choose to include your story in the annual anthology, standard royalty rates apply.
Submissions for the Freaky Fountain Showcase are always open. Include contact information: your name, your pseudonym if applicable, address, phone number, and email address. Please include any publishing credits you may have as well. Send story submissions in the body of your email with SUBMISSION: SHOWCASE in the subject line to submissions@freakyfountain.com .
Rights: Press retains minimum exclusive rights for one year. If the author elects to publish in the annual anthology, the press will retain exclusive rights for five years following the date of the anthology’s publication.
Books will be offered in all major eBook formats and in print-on-demand.