Denver Horror Collective is seeking short stories and flash fiction for its new anthology with a focus on horror in the American southwest, Frontiers of Fright: A Southwestern Horror Anthology. Whether people found themselves in ranches, small frontier towns, saloons, railways, or mines, the American Southwest was a harsh wilderness—a desolate and isolating landscape of deserts and mountains. We want these same people and places with a horror heartbeat, spotlighting the creepy, chilling, and unnerving aspects of when the west was young. For this anthology, we are considering the southwest as places such as Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, western Texas, southern Nevada, California, and northern Mexico. Authors will be paid ten dollars ($10) for the first 1,000 words, then a half (1/5) cent per word up to 6,000 words, plus a contributor’s copy. For inquiries, please contact weirdwestern@denverhorror.com. 

Submission guidelines

• Min 1,000 words | Max 6,000 words
• Deadline to submit is March 31, 2024
• Submit to weirdwestern@denverhorror.com
  • Submit stories as a Word Doc – .doc or .docx or .rtf
  • Partial blind submission: Please do not put any identifying information (name, pseudonym, address, email, etc.) on the actual document. This information is okay in the email and subject line.
  • Subject line should be written as: [Title] – [Author’s Last Name]
• Submit in Modern Manuscript Format – see here for format details.
• We accept simultaneous submissions, just let us know if your story is accepted elsewhere.
• Please, no reprints.