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Winter 2023/2024

The 64th issue of The Sirens Call comes in at 253 pages! It's made up of 167 pieces of fiction in the form of short stories, flash fiction, and dark poetry. With a 'When Hell Freezes Over' sub-theme, this issue contains Mike Lera's Corridor of Horror which offers us a glimpse of The Tumultuous Journey of a Kaiju King! Our Featured Artist, Judson Michael Agla, shares a peek into his world along with 18 images from The Pencil Works! Our Featured Project this Winter is none other than Hellcat Woodcraft, this woodworker is making some incredibly spectacular things, come have a look for yourself! And our Featured Author, Briana Morgan, tells us about her inspiration and love of nightmare-inducing horror! Morgan also offers us a peek into her novel, The Reyes Incident!

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Spring 2024 - issue 65

Submission Period: February 1, 2024 - February 29, 2024
Publication: Last week of April 2024

Spring is a time of rebirth, but not all things born are gentle and kind.

For the 65th issue of The Sirens Call Zine, we have a sub-theme of Born Ravenous. With the coming warmth of Spring, life rises in all its forms. And how hungry would those things be? What would satisfy the voracious appetite of a new-born being, whether it be natural or brought to life through other means? Feed us a tale of what eager-mouthed things might feast upon that would make the hungriest of stomachs lose its appetite!

In addition to this issue's sub-theme, we're always looking for well-constructed tales and poetry that deliver solid horror and dark fiction.

We'll be accepting short stories, flash fiction, drabbles, and poetry that fit within the horror/dark fiction genre. We welcome reprints as long as you hold the copyright to the piece.

Your piece can be scary, sullen, emotive, freaky, elegant, have a dark satirical edge to it, or make us sleep with the lights on!

The basic rules:

  • Write the piece well.
  • It must be horror/dark fiction oriented.
  • No pieces containing coronavirus/COVID-19 references will be accepted.
  • Don't break our set-in-stone taboos - NO pedophilia, NO bestiality, and NO descriptive rape scenarios.

Be creative, be morbid, be vicious, be clever, and, most of all, write something you want the world to read! If your piece fits our criteria, we'll offer it up to our readership of approximately 35,000.


REPRINTS ARE WELCOME


Submission Deadline: February 29, 2024

Circulation: Approximately 35,000

Multiple submissions to our Zine are accepted (please see below). We ask that you refrain from simultaneous submissions.

NO WIPs or unsolicited excerpts! We are looking for individual pieces, not portions of longer works.

Short story word count: 1,000 - 2,500 (limit - one submission per author)
Long flash fiction word count: 500 - 999 (limit - one submission per author)
Short flash fiction word count: 101 - 499 (up to 3 submissions per author)
Micro fiction word count: 50 - 99 (up to 5 submissions per author)
Drabbles: 100 word prose (up to 5 submissions per author)
Poem length: minimum 10 lines; maximum 50 lines (up to 5 submissions per author)

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

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Please contact Nina@sirenscallpublications.com for details.

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Halloween 2023

Issue #63

The 63rd issue of The Sirens Call is humongous! It's 344 pages made up of 231 pieces of fiction in the form of short stories, flash fiction, and dark poetry from 136 different authors and poets! With a Halloween sub-theme, this issue contains Mike Lera's Corridor of Horror which offers us four horror film gems that are Buried, Yet Undead (and they're all awesome)! Our Featured Artist, Photographer Gerrie Paino, gives us a glimpse into her world and shares 16 of her gorgeous images, including the cover art for this issue. Our Featured Project this October is The Final Guys Podcast, a witty horror and humor filled streaming show that brings us all things freaky and creepy! And our Featured Author, L. Stephenson, talks about his early creative endeavors and the adversity he's had to overcome in his writing career. He also offers us a peek into his newly released novel, The Boatmore Butcher!

Summer 2023

Issue #62

The 62nd issue of The Sirens Call is a whopping 274 pages made up of 169 pieces of fiction in the form of short stories, flash fiction, and dark poetry from 105 different authors! With a sub-theme of Cryptid Horror, this puppy has a little something in the mix for everyone! Mike Lera's Corridor of Horror presents 'The Worst Shark Attack Films You've Never Seen', a glimpse of what makes bad shark flicks so good! Our Featured Artists, The Flash Nites (Katie & Chris Robleski), introduce us to 'painting with light' and offer 15 of their amazing photographic images - including the artwork on the cover of this issue! This quarter's Featured Project is 'Paper Cuts Live Show and Podcast' hosted by Brad Proctor and Jason Grell. They tell of how their separate BookTube channels birthed a show that hosts interviews with authors on their live stream - so hit 'em up, guys! Our Featured Author, Brent Abell, tells us 'It's Time to get Things Started', and offers us a peek into his latest double-dose release of White Creek Horror: 'Dragonflies' - a novella, and 'Small Town Terrors' - a collection of short stories.

Spring 2023

Issue #61

The 61st issue of The Sirens Call weighs in at 236 pages made up of 173 pieces of fiction in the form of short stories, flash fiction, and dark poetry from 100 different authors! Mike Lera's Corridor of Horror presents 'Short, But Scary', an introspective on anthology film making. Our Featured Artist, Ksenya Lumitar Drozd, speaks about 'The Power of the Wild Mother Wolf', as well as offers 14 of her watercolor illustrations. This quarter's Featured project is 'What A Scream' podcast, hosted by Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana, not only does she detail 'Turning Nightmares Into A Dream', she's also picked out her top 5 episodes and tells us why each is so significant. Our Featured Author, Gwendolyn Kiste, discusses 'Everyday Horror: The Existential Terror of Daily Living', and offers us a peek at her novel, 'Reluctant Immortals'.

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