Paying Markets For Speculative Fiction Authors | Top Open Calls February 5th-9th, 2024
Channel: Horror Tree
Date: 2024-02-09

Welcome, seekers of the arcane and chroniclers of the unseen! As we traverse the days from February 5th to the 9th, let us pen tales of the otherworldly and the macabre that dance on the edges of reality and madness. In this period, you are invited to craft narratives that whisper of ancient secrets and hidden truths, where the veil between worlds is but a gossamer thread ready to be unraveled.

This week's compendium of opportunities beckons you to pen tales imbued with both eerie beauty and existential dread. Each link is a doorway where your words have the power to summon the ineffable and the sublime.

A fascinating tidbit for this season: February 8th marks the birth of Jules Verne in 1828, a pioneer of speculative fiction whose visionary tales anticipated many technological advances long before their time. While Verne's work is often bathed in the light of adventure and discovery, it shares with our darker loves, a boundary-pushing imagination that dares to explore the unknown.

"The most delightful things in the world are dangerous." 

Let this thought guide your pen as you delve into the mysteries that lurk in the shadowed corners of the human heart and the universe at large. Your stories can be a labyrinth where beauty and terror intertwine, leading the reader down paths where danger and delight are two sides of the same coin.

As you embark on your journey through these early February days, let these twisted thoughts inspire you to explore the depths of horror fiction, crafting tales that echo stories of loneliness, madness, and perhaps even a bit of rebirth that all resonate with the timeless allure of the unknown. 🌌📖

In this week's video, I have spoken about:

Yabblins
https://horrortree.com/taking-submissions-yabblins-2/

PaABnormal Magazine 2024 - First Call
https://horrortree.com/taking-submissions-parabnormal-magazine-2024-first-call/

Skin
https://horrortree.com/taking-submissions-skin/

Doors of Darkness II - Trick or Treat
https://horrortree.com/taking-submissions-doors-of-darkness-ii-trick-or-treat/

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Thanks for joining us, and have a great weekend!
- Belinda and the Horror Tree Staff