MARCH 2025 SUBMISSIONS

HARMACY & MEDICAL HORROR

Inside the isolated asylum, a sinister doctor conducts forbidden experiments, twisting the boundaries of life and death. Within the sterile walls of the pharmacy, potions are dispensed that hold both the promise of healing and the curse of addiction. Needles bite, pills dissolve, and syrups coat the throat with their deceptive relief—yet what lurks beneath the labels is far from medicinal.

From shadowy hospital wards to back-alley clinics, from untested treatments to experiments gone wrong, the line between cure and curse is perilously thin. The flicker of a failing fluorescent light, the muffled screams behind locked doors, the whispered deals between desperate patients and those who claim to help—this is the realm of medical horror. This month, we seek drabbles that explore the macabre side of medicine, where science and suffering intertwine, and every dose comes at a dreadful cost.

This theme will be open for submissions from 1st MARCH 2025 and will close midnight 28th MARCH 2025 (last place on Earth). Submissions received outside of this timeframe will not be read.

You must include the theme in your email subject (as shown above). Reading will start once the submission period has closed.

The BEST 12 drabbles will be chosen for publication in APRIL 2025.

Word count : EXACTLY 100 words, excluding title and pen name
Author eligibility : Open to all.
Reprints : Not allowed
Simultaneous Submissions : Not allowed
Multiple Submissions : One per pen name, per theme << IF YOU SEND MORE THAN ONE, WE WILL REJECT THEM ALL, UNREAD
Publication : Online in Dark Moments.  May be included in a single anthology in print and digital formats at a later date (but within one year of initial publication)

Author compensation : 0.04 USD per word via Paypal
Submit to : darkmoments@BlackHarePress.com