T.A.L.E.S. Submission Guidelines
Currently Accepting Submissiond For
Tales of Fang Thangs and Tales of Whisk-ful Thinking Submissions
T.A.L.E.S. (run by DC Gomez and Jamie Dalton) will be releasing their sixth short story collection!
All stories in Tales of Fang Thangs will feature vampires and all stories in Tales of Whisk-ful Thinking will feature holiday treats.
All submissions must have something that moves beyond pure contemporary. Fantasy, paranormal, PNR, Sci Fi, urban fantasy, magical realism are all acceptable. Anything works as long as it has some element that makes it not quite so possible to happen in real life.
Submissions are able to be for any genre at any steam level other than erotica.
Up to 8 stories will be selected to go into the collection.
Submissions are due by August 5, 2025 and must be 8,000-12,000 words and in a final fully edited form. We will work with you on edits, but you must block time to have everything completed and ready for formatting by deadline.
There is no cost to submit a short story. There is no guarantee your submission will be selected.
Tales of Fang Thangs and Whisk-ful Thinking will be published through Draft2Digital and royalty share will be divided equally between those published and EAR as a means to offset the cost of art, edits, and formatting.
Submissions cannot be currently published in another anthology or short story collection or be available free anywhere else until after the first 30 days the collection has been published.
You as the author retain the rights to your story even if it is chosen to be part of this. We will need to have the right to share, publish, and distribute the stories within the collection to promote it, all of which will be established in a signed contract if your story is selected.
This is not a limited time collection.
The book will stay published for a minimum of 5 years from the date of publication.
Stories will be selected by the end of August and authors will be contacted at that time. Selected authors will be asked to join a Facebook group or chat for 90 days for coordination of pre-launch, launch, and initial maintenance of the book so we can coordinate everything.
***T.A.L.E.S. at EAR will be doing 4 of these collections a year, so if your story is not selected for this one, you can still submit to future ones.
If you are selected, you will also be able to submit for future collections.
This can be a great way to write a reader magnet, experience the publishing process, work with other authors in a positive environment, and ultimately reach new readers.
Click on the link below to submit to one of the anthologies