We love stories that take us on tours through the fantastic—whether in other dimensions or in the hidden spaces of our own world. We're looking to highlight an often unseen side of speculative fiction: we want to encounter characters so vivid that our souls slip into their bodies, themes that challenge and move us, and language that makes us swoon. Immersive world-building and twisting plots are awesome aspects of our genres, but we're looking for stories where these factors are shaped around the characters and themes, instead of the other way around. So often speculative stories are seen as escapist romps or slow, encyclopedic affairs—while there’s nothing wrong with these styles, we know the possibilities are infinite!

Rekindle the wonder and horror we all experienced as children. Make our eyes stretch wide as we read. Make our pulses pound faster. Raise our spirits. Break our hearts. Haunt us. Make us look at our own world just a little differently after we reach "the end."

Help our readers escape reality and experience it more deeply all at once in the way that only stories—especially speculative stories—can.

For the Prismatic Dreams anthology, we are looking specifically for works featuring LGBTQIA+ characters.

Show us your best work in any of the speculative genres or their sub-genres:

Fantasy
Science Fiction
Horror
Magical Realism
Fabulism
Slipstream
Paranormal, Surrealism, Weird Fiction, or any other style with speculative elements.