1986 Anthology
Description
Do you remember a time before the internet? Before we each carried a lifeline in our pockets? Before security cameras documented everything? Back when parents didn’t worry about their kids until after the street lights popped on? Do you remember how it felt to step into the neon-lit arcade on a Friday night, your pockets heavy with quarters?
For our very first anthology, we’re seeking dread-inspiring stories that take place in 1986—either the 1986 of our reality (Stranger Things) or an alternate version (Tales From the Loop). Bring us back to a simpler, scarier time. Let’s make something radical together.
For our very first anthology, we’re seeking dread-inspiring stories that take place in 1986—either the 1986 of our reality (Stranger Things) or an alternate version (Tales From the Loop). Bring us back to a simpler, scarier time. Let’s make something radical together.
This listing is permanently closed for submissions. This may mean one of several things:
- It was always planned to be a limited-time project, such as a one-time anthology, and the limited-time submission window has ended.
- The publisher has stated that they are permanently closed, or on hiatus with wording that makes it sound permanent.
- The publication website is down in a way that appears to be permanent, and we haven't been able to find a new website for them.
- The publication website is not down, but it appears to have been inactive for more than a year.
Market Genres
Genres
FantasyHorror
Science Fiction
Market Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Short Story
3000 to 7500 words
8 cents/word
Novelette
7500 to 10000 words
8 cents/word
Market Submission Types
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Reprints?: No
Multiple Submissions?: Yes
Simultaneous Submissions?: No
Postal Submissions?: No
Reprints?: No
Multiple Submissions?: Yes
Simultaneous Submissions?: No
Market Response Data
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Accuracy:
There are 32 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 3 | Average: 20.16 | Median: 15 | Max: 64
Responded:
96.87%
Accepted:
18.75% - avg 20 days
Rejected:
78.12% - avg 20 days
(0.00% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
-
Dead Letters:
3.12%
Lost/Returned:
-
Never Responded:
3.12%
Withdrawn:
-
Pending:
3 pending responses (46 min | 83 average | 102 median | 103 max days waiting)
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Listing added: 13 November 2020
Last officially checked: 13 November 2020