Calling all spicy writers! Do you like to write contemporary romantic fantasy? Urban romantasy, if you will? Do you dabble in short stories with a little (or a lot) of spice? Does the idea of naughty takes on fairy tales fill you with glee? Then Charming Fetish (an imprint of Periapt Press) would like to invite you to submit to our first anthology, Bedtime Stories: A Collection of Flirty Fairy Tales.
So, a few quick things about how we do submissions. First and foremost, there is no fee. That would be crazy. We’re not a non profit, this isn’t a charity event. Secondly, we currently pay $25 per story (plus an author copy) for accept works. While the goal is to eventually offer standard SFWA rates, we’re just not there yet. For a comprehensive list of our submission guidelines, please visit our Submissions page.
Here are the rules for this particular collection.
Guidelines for Bedtime Stories (a Charming Fetish collection):
- The submission window is February 15 – April 15, 2025 (for publication in the summer).
- The setting must be in a fantastical modern environment. It should be clear that this is still a fantasy setting, and not just a supernatural/paranormal setting.
- The theme for this anthology is fairy tale interpretations. You need to be able to site the fairy tale that inspired the story, and it shouldn’t be too much of a stretch to see which tale inspired your work. While we don’t support the softening of fairy tales as a whole, for this collection the ending should be HEA or HFN.
- Open Door Euphemistic and Open Door Descriptive scenes are acceptable. No rape, gore, incest, or child abuse.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact us either through social media or periaptpressinfo [at] gmail [dot] com. Happy drafting!