Let your imaginations run wild with our "themeless" contest. That's right, you can write about vampires, ghosts, goblins, the boy next door, Janet Reno and her red truck or anything your little heart desires…if your story is dark, quirky and out there, we want to see it.

Deadline is December 1, 2006

What's ahead contest-wise?

We’re bringing back one of our most popular short story contests: the short short story (read some of the winners of the "Dark Short Shorts" contest in our Past Issues 7-9 to get an idea of what we like.) Your stories can be on any theme as long as they’re dark, different and, of course, short (1,500 words or less.).

Deadline for the "Tiny Horrors" short story contest is June 1, 2007

Please read our guidelines page for further information about submissions.