Publishing

READING PERIOD OPENS FEB 1, 2024

THE FABLES NEXT DOOR

 

Reading from 1 February 2024 through 31 March 2024. Publishing target May 2024.

Critical Blast Publishing will be opening their reading period for the first volume in THE FABLES NEXT DOOR anthology collection. We are looking for stories that involve characters from recognized fairy tales placed in a modern setting where normal people meet and interact. All genres welcome as long as the theme is met.

Rights: First serial and e-book rights.

Payment: $25 plus author copy; authors also have the opportunity to purchase more books at cost (i.e. the same price we pay to have them printed and shipped) with no limits.

Word Count: 2000 - 10000

Query on reprints. (Reprints are acceptable, we just want to give them the proper copyright if they are selected for this volume.)

NOTE: We are not looking for retellings of fables and myths in a modern setting. We want you to take those characters who have already had that adventure in their past and give them a new adventure in the present.

Send submissions in MS-Word using the William Shunn Manuscript format to: anthology@criticalblast.com. This format is imperative. If you are reading this, and want us to read you, follow it.

UPCOMING PROJECTS AND READING PERIODS

  • GODS & SERVICES: NEW LOCATION: 1 May 24 -- 30 June 24.
  • MORE MONSTERS NEXT DOOR: 1 July 24 -- 31 August 24
  • TIME IN A BOTTLE: 1 September 24 -- 31 October 24
  • THE ALIENS NEXT DOOR: 1 Dec 24 -- 31 January 25

To know what kinds of stories we publish, check out the anthologies we have already produced in our bookstore