The Monsters Next Door is open to submissions! PLEASE NOTE BEFORE SUBMITTING: Your submission should be sent to one of TWO EMAIL ADDRESSES, depending on word count. Short Fiction 500 - 3000 words. Please send as an attached .rtf or .doc file to: tmndshorts@yahoo.com c/o Myrrym Davies Long Fiction 3000 - 7500 words. Please send as an attached .rtf or .doc file to: MonsterEditor@yahoo.com c/o LB Goddard The Monsters Next Door is published online quarterly. Your story must adhere to the following guidelines: *Your story must feature a character or situation that could be described as "monstrous". We don't require claws or fangs. Serial killers are human beings, but wouldn't you agree they are monsters? *Classic characters welcome (vampires, demons, ghosts, werewolves, ghouls, zombies) but please make the plot original! We all know that the classic vampire hates crucifixes and feeds daily. Make yours different! *Word length: 500 - 7500 words. Please no more than 7500 words! *Use standard fonts--Arial, Times New Roman, Courier New-- 11 or 12 point. Standard manuscript format is preferred--double spaced, no spaces between paragraphs, indent at paragraph beginning, underline italics. Simultaneous submissions are fine. Just let me know if your story gets accepted somewhere else. Multiple submissions are OK for poetry, but please only send ONE STORY at a time. You can try again if it is rejected. Reprints are welcome! If you send a reprint, please make sure the rights are yours. Payment: The Monsters Next Door cannot afford to pay contributors at this time. However, your story may be considered for the annual print anthology, in which case a free contributors copy will be received. Rights: The Monsters Next Door claims one-time electronic rights. 500 - 3000 words. Please send as an attached .rtf or .doc file to: tmndshorts@yahoo.com c/o Myrrym Davies 3000 - 7500 words. Please send as an attached .rtf or .doc file to: MonsterEditor@yahoo.com c/o LB Goddard Artists: I cannot pay for contributions, but I can help gain interest in your work. With any art submission, I would be happy to provide a link to your website. Have more than one website you want advertised? No problem! Send me the addresses and I'll post the links! Banners are fine. I have no problem displaying banners on the site to help my artists gain some well-deserved attention. If you have photos with a dark element you wish to submit, I would be pleased to append the proper copyright symbol and name (tastefully small, but there none-the-less). With any submission to my "Dark Photography" section, I will gladly include a short biography as well. Send up to four poems at a time, any length. Please no love poems or bleeding hearts... unless the bleeding is quite literal. MonsterEditor@yahoo.com

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