Paying Markets For Speculative Fiction Authors | Top Open Calls April 1st-5th, 2024
Channel: Horror Tree
Date: 2024-04-05

As April begins, we are called to craft narratives that peer into the depths of human experience, exploring the fears, desires, and mysteries that lie just beneath the surface of everyday life.

This week's selection of opportunities invites you to delve into the psychological, the supernatural, and the simply unexplainable, each link a doorway to stories that challenge the boundaries between the known and the unknown.

A curious tidbit for this period: April 1st is known worldwide as April Fool's Day, a day of pranks and jests. This tradition of turning the world upside down for a day echoes the speculative fiction genre's power to challenge our perceptions and present reality in a new light.

Richard Matheson once penned, "That which you believe becomes your world." Let this quote remind us of the power of speculative fiction to open minds and challenge the status quo. In your writing this week, dare to question, to defy, and to reimagine the world as we know it.

In terms of notable speculative fiction authors born between April 1st and 5th, we celebrate the birthday of Anne McCaffrey on April 1st. Known for her Dragonriders of Pern series, McCaffrey's work seamlessly blends science fiction and fantasy, reminding us of the limitless potential of the imagination.

An additional fun fact about April relevant to speculative fiction authors: April is National Poetry Month in the United States, a time to celebrate poetry's expressive power and its close kinship with speculative fiction. Many speculative fiction authors have also been poets, using both forms to explore the fantastical and the otherworldly. This month, let the rhythmic beauty of poetry inspire your prose, infusing your narratives with a lyrical quality that transcends worlds.

As you navigate the first days of April, ldive deep into the emotional and existential terrains that define the human condition, and emerge with stories that resonate with truth and terror alike.

This week, I have dragged myself away from the chocolate long enough to speak about:

Eat the Rich
https://horrortree.com/taking-submissions-eat-the-rich/

World Balloon Books - Terrific Tomorrows
https://horrortree.com/taking-submissions-terrific-tomorrows/

Dangerous to go Alone - Vol 2
https://horrortree.com/taking-submissions-dangerous-to-go-alone-2/

Emberletter - Impressions Vol 1
https://horrortree.com/taking-submissions-impressions-volume-1/

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- Belinda and the Horror Tree Staff