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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.

Full page ads are available for purchase at the rate of $10 per ad per issue.
Please contact Nina@sirenscallpublications.com for details.

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


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