Death in the Mouth: an Anthology of Original Horror From People of Color
Description
Limited Demographic: BIPOC and other ethnically marginalized writers
Note: reprints are only allowed if they have not been published in prior paid publications.
What is horror to those living in the margins?
Where terror is systematized and in the very air everyone happily breathes?
A misheard word.
The thud of boots.
An impossible color.
A foreign growth.
DEATH IN THE MOUTH is a horror anthology showcasing BIPOC and other ethnically marginalized writers and artists from around the world.
Original manifestations of horror, dread, grief, fear, and anxiety. Embodiments of mania and displacements of faith. Harrowing ecstasy and debilitating hope. Consuming, relentless love. Transgressions of the body, the spirit, and the community. Quiet, creeping absurdities. Unique and terrifying alien mythology from the future. Weird and unsettling folklore from secondary worlds. Quiet contemporary techno-panic.
If that sounds broad, that’s because it is: our tastes run wide wide. We want to see stories written from places of boldness and tenderness. Stories that nauseate or introduce the smallest of psychic itches. Stories that span interstellar time or small, restrained fragments. Mixes of other genres (speculative, contemporary, “literary”, historical, etc) are great, but horror should be the focus.
Note: reprints are only allowed if they have not been published in prior paid publications.
What is horror to those living in the margins?
Where terror is systematized and in the very air everyone happily breathes?
A misheard word.
The thud of boots.
An impossible color.
A foreign growth.
DEATH IN THE MOUTH is a horror anthology showcasing BIPOC and other ethnically marginalized writers and artists from around the world.
Original manifestations of horror, dread, grief, fear, and anxiety. Embodiments of mania and displacements of faith. Harrowing ecstasy and debilitating hope. Consuming, relentless love. Transgressions of the body, the spirit, and the community. Quiet, creeping absurdities. Unique and terrifying alien mythology from the future. Weird and unsettling folklore from secondary worlds. Quiet contemporary techno-panic.
If that sounds broad, that’s because it is: our tastes run wide wide. We want to see stories written from places of boldness and tenderness. Stories that nauseate or introduce the smallest of psychic itches. Stories that span interstellar time or small, restrained fragments. Mixes of other genres (speculative, contemporary, “literary”, historical, etc) are great, but horror should be the focus.
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Market Genres
Genres
FantasyHistorical
Horror
Literary
Science Fiction
Market Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Originals
Short Story
1000 to 6000 words
8 cents/word
Market Submission Types
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: Yes
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Translations: Original Language Only
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: Yes
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Translations: Original Language Only
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Listing added: 27 August 2021
Last officially checked: 27 August 2021