Publishing

READING PERIOD OPENING FOR

FANTASTIC VOYAGES

Critical Blast Publishing is reading for their new anthology, FANTASTIC VOYAGES, beginning February 1, 2026 through March 31, 2026.

Details: We are looking for portal stories, with characters taken unexpectedly and unexplainedly from the world they know into a world they don't. We're talking rabbit holes and wardrobes here. Absurdly huge magician's top hats and the yawning mouths of hippos at the zoo. 

Story Length: 2500 - 10,000 words

Mail to: ANTHOLOGY@CRITICALBLAST.COM

Format: Shunn Manuscript format in Microsoft Word (docx). (Turn *off* your Smart Quotes when writing.)

Payment: $25 plus copy

Simultaneous subs: OK but discouraged

Mutliple subs: OK

Reprints: OK with notification

Selected authors will be listed on this page by April 30, 2026.

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