Afterlives: Year's Best Death Stories Anthology Series
Description
Note: only submit stories that were published within the specified calendar year.
This could mean exploring what happens to us after we die, traveling to the Underworld, Death gods, Death personified, metaphors for death, grieving, funerals, graves, stories based on death myths from cultures across the world, death magic, ghosts, resurrection, and so on.
This could mean exploring what happens to us after we die, traveling to the Underworld, Death gods, Death personified, metaphors for death, grieving, funerals, graves, stories based on death myths from cultures across the world, death magic, ghosts, resurrection, and so on.
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Market Genres
Genres
FantasyGeneral
Horror
Market Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Reprints
Short Story
1000 to 7500 words
1 cent/word
Novelette
7500 to 17500 words
1 cent/word
Novella
17500 to 19000 words
1 cent/word
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
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Market Response Data (User-Reported)
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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 81 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 12 | Average: 128.97 | Median: 95 | Max: 279
Responded:
100.00%
Accepted:
11.11% - avg 235 days
Rejected:
88.88% - avg 115 days
(19.44% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
-
Dead Letters:
-
Lost/Returned:
-
Never Responded:
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Withdrawn:
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Pending:
There are 1 pending responses.
(172 min | 172.00 average | 172 median | 172 max days waiting)
Note: pending statistics may skew high if some users neglect their data.
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Listing added: 10 August 2023
Last officially checked: 10 September 2024