JANUARY 2025 SUBMISSIONS

EVIL EDITORS

Bring us your most wicked tales of editors gone rogue—those who wield red pens like daggers, twisting words, lives, and intentions. Show us their sinister motives, their darkest secrets, and the chaos they create. Let the power of editing become a weapon in your chilling, imaginative stories.
Or, perhaps, a tale of sweet, dark revenge—an editor you loathe, their sins laid bare, and their final, satisfying downfall.
Whether it’s through poetic justice or a cunningly crafted scheme, show us how you’d dispatch the editor who’s haunted your creative dreams.
Make it sharp, twisted, and unforgettable.

This theme will be open for submissions from 1st JANUARY 2025 and will close midnight 31st JANUARY 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 FEBRUARY 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