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Second Round: A Return to the Urbar
Zombies Need Brains




Description
Note: this is a shared world anthology

SECOND ROUND: A RETURN TO THE URBAR is to feature stories where the time-traveling Urbar, first used in the anthology AFTER HOURS: TALES FROM THE URBAR, is a central part of the plot. The story may start in the bar, end in the bar, or be in the bar somewhere in the middle, but at some point a significant plot point must involve the Urbar. Stories featuring more interesting historical settings for the bar, and twists on how the bar is integrated into the story, will receive more attention than those with more standard uses of the bar, or where the bar is only incidental to the rest of the story. So be creative and use bar in an unusual and unexpected way, preferably in an unusual or unexpected era of history. In particular, you cannot use the same time period used in the anthology AFTER HOURS or that will be used by an anchor author of the current anthology (see the end of the post for time periods that are off limits). We are looking for a range of tones, from humorous all the way up to dark.


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Market Genres
Genres
Fantasy
Science Fiction

Market Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Originals
Flash
0 to 1000 words
6 cents/word Advance + Royalties

Short Story
1000 to 7500 words
6 cents/word Advance + Royalties



Market Submission Types
AI Submissions?: Unknown Policy
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: Yes
Simultaneous Submissions?: No
Translations: Original Language Only

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Submission Timeline for Second Round: A Return to the Urbar
Submission Timeline
2024/04/10
2024/05/20
2024/06/29
2024/08/09
2024/09/18
2024/10/29
2024/12/08
2025/01/18
2025/02/27
2025/04/09
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Listing added: 9 October 2017


Last officially checked: 15 October 2017


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