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Flash on the Fly is back in June 2024 with guest judge, Laurel Hightower! How quickly can you go from reading the open call to submitting a story? Can you do it in 2 days? HOW IT WORKS: On Saturday, June 8th, 2024, we will announce the horror subgenre and theme of the contest. FromContinue…
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On December 10th, I announced a surprise micro-fiction contest challenging writers to write a 200-300-word winter/holiday story. Typically, the Flash on the Fly contests request up to 1000 words in only 2 days, but since ’tis the season for giving, I gave writers 7 days and offered the same prize amount of $50.00. I receivedContinue…
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A SPECIAL HOLIDAY EDITION CLOSED TO SUBMISSIONS Things have been a little quiet around Death Knell Press, so let’s spike this egg nog and make things interesting. And since it’s the season for giving, we’re giving you not 2 days, but 7 days to write a 300-word story. No fee to enter. $50 prize. AContinue…
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IMPULSES OF A NECROTIC HEART releases Friday! To celebrate, I am joining Papercuts Live for a YouTube launch party on Saturday September 30th at 8pm EDT. Come chat with us, play horror trivia, and have a chance to win a copy of this new horror collection. BONUS: Someone will win one of the 7″x11″ originalContinue…
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Each story and poem in this anthology was donated by the individual authors, and all publisher and author profits from sales will go to Scares That Care. Find out more about this 501(c)(3) organization here. From the STC website: “Scares That Care! Inc. is an IRS approved, 501(c)(3) charity. Founded in 2006, Scares That Care! to date hasContinue…
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With the release of our charity anthology DARK CORNERS OF THE OLD DOMINION right around the corner, we spoke with some of the authors, including Clay McLeod Chapman, Stephen Mark Rainey, Catherine Kuo, Sonora Taylor, Nicole Willson, and more, and asked them what’s so scary about Virginia. Find out where they’d send a paranormal teamContinue…
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We are celebrating the 6-month mark since the release of EVERY WOMAN KNOWS THIS by Laurel Hightower. We have SIX signed paperbacks to give away! If you’ve purchased an ebook (or a paperback) then you’re eligible to enter. Don’t have one yet? No worries. Every Woman Knows This is sold through most online book retailers.Continue…
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DARK CORNERS OF THE OLD DOMINION A Virginia Horrors Anthology COMING SEPTEMBER 8, 2023 What’s so scary about Virginia? From Edgar Allan Poe’s Ragged Mountains to the shores of Tidewater’s Seven Cities… From the blood-soaked battlegrounds of the Civil War to the shadowy political arena of the D.C. Beltway… We have four hundred years’ worthContinue…
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In July, we posted a pop-up flash fiction contest where participants had only 48 hours to write a 1000-word max, bicycle-themed body horror story. Tiffany Michelle Brown read through 88 submissions and the decision was not easy. The winning story is: “Langoustine Bouillabaisse” by Aled Turner. This is what Tiffany had to say about LangoustineContinue…
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A HORROR WRITING CONTEST July 15-17 48-HOUR SUBMISSION WINDOW IS NOW CLOSED! Submissions are open now, July 15 at 10AM EDT and will close in 48 hours on July 17 at 10AM EDT. No submissions will be accepted before or after the open window. Genre: BODY HORROR Theme: BICYCLES Write a BODY HORROR flash fictionContinue…
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