Cemetery Songs
Description
a haunting collection of tales inspired by cemeteries, forgotten hymns, phantom melodies, ghost cats and the music of life that lingers long after death.
We’re looking for gothic, macabre, paranormal, or melancholy tales that explore the eerie bond between music and the dead. Think:
A violinist cursed to play in a graveyard
A choir of ghosts summoned by a forbidden hymn
A music box that brings back the dead, but only when the town is in danger from something worse
A lullaby passed down through generations with chilling consequences
?? Whether mournful or magical, surreal or suspenseful, your story should weave music into the bones of the tale.
Your story must feature a cat, a cemetery and a song (the more prevalent and central to the plot these three things are the better, but be creative with them!)
Please note that if the three above pieces are not included your story will be instantly rejected
Genres: Horror, gothic, dark fantasy, paranormal, magical realism, mystery, crime…pretty much anything goes, even sci-fi, high fantasy, post-apoc and various time periods!
We’re looking for gothic, macabre, paranormal, or melancholy tales that explore the eerie bond between music and the dead. Think:
A violinist cursed to play in a graveyard
A choir of ghosts summoned by a forbidden hymn
A music box that brings back the dead, but only when the town is in danger from something worse
A lullaby passed down through generations with chilling consequences
?? Whether mournful or magical, surreal or suspenseful, your story should weave music into the bones of the tale.
Your story must feature a cat, a cemetery and a song (the more prevalent and central to the plot these three things are the better, but be creative with them!)
Please note that if the three above pieces are not included your story will be instantly rejected
Genres: Horror, gothic, dark fantasy, paranormal, magical realism, mystery, crime…pretty much anything goes, even sci-fi, high fantasy, post-apoc and various time periods!
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
Mystery/Crime
Science Fiction
Market Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Originals
Short Story
1500 to 4500 words
$10/piece
Market Submission Types
AI Submissions?: Not Allowed
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: No
Translations: Original Language Only
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: No
Translations: Original Language Only
Market-Provided Data
The data in this section was provided directly by the publisher, not entered by Submission Grinder staff.
Market Response Data (User-Reported)
View recent responses from this market
This statistical information is an aggregation of submission data provided by our members. The more data we have the more accurate our
numbers will be so please be sure to log all of your submissions here and not just your rejections or acceptances.
numbers will be so please be sure to log all of your submissions here and not just your rejections or acceptances.
Count:
There are 5 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 5 | Average: 44.33 | Median: 61 | Max: 67
Responded:
60.00%
Accepted:
60.00% - avg 44 days
Rejected:
-
(0.00% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
-
Dead Letters:
20.00%
Lost/Returned:
-
Never Responded:
20.00%
Withdrawn:
20.00%
Pending:
There are 0 pending responses.
Click and drag within chart (make a box, not a line) to zoom in. Double click chart to zoom back out.
Registered users can customize graph colors in profile settings.
Listing added: 30 June 2025
Last officially checked: 30 June 2025