Raven’s call
Raven Canticle Press is a US speciality press with an editorial team which ‘focuses on limited run and small press horror, fantasy, and science fiction genre fiction’. The press focuses on high-quality fiction and limited run content, and works with a variety of new technology and delivery methods to provide content.
Currently the team seek novels and novellas, especially ‘from diverse, under-represented perspectives and cultures’ which are ‘well-researched and written by fresh and exciting voices’. They prefer speculative fiction in these genres: fantasy, horror, espionage/thriller, and science fiction. Novels should be no more than 80,000 words, and novellas a minimum of 15,000 words.
Submit by email a well edited, polished and finished manuscript. Attach work as an rtf, doc or docx files. Please use the ‘best practices in manuscript formats’: www.shunn.net/format/classic/
Profanity, to a reasonable degree, is acceptable. The team prefer horror, dark, or gothic fiction, set in any period or place. Any sex and violence ‘should be narratively and artistically justifiable. Nothing explicit just for shock value.’
Valravn is the annual of ‘wyrd fiction’ short stories, 3,000-10,000 words. The anthology is horror themed, but each annual contains a multitude of genres and elements in it. Speculative short fiction in the genres of fantasy, horror, espionage/thriller and SF is what the editor requires. Submit the story online using their system. Make sure the work is in an rtf, doc or docx file format and correctly formatted according to the Shunn format.
Note that horror, dark or gothic themes must carry the stories. Profanity is allowed ‘to a reasonable degree, as long as it serves the story.’ Sex and violence should be narratively and artistically justifiable. Nothing explicit just for shock value. Response time is ‘slow’. Payment is discussed under contract for novels/novella, and for ‘short fiction annuals and anthologies, we offer a one-time purchase fee of 10¢ per word, with additional bonus pay-outs based on crowdfunding and sales.’
Submit stories online and novels/novellas by email: submissions@ravencanticlepress.com Website: www.ravencanticlepress.com