Pharmacopeia Obscura: The August Doctor’s Notes
This collection will explore medicine’s strangest frontiers—real and imagined—through the cryptic lens of the August Doctor, whose notes chronicle the weird, wondrous, and macabre.
We seek stories of speculative medicine: ancient treatments with unforeseen side effects, sentient diseases, experimental therapies, uncanny medical devices, or practitioners whose ethics and methods straddle the line between genius and madness. Think: surgical sorcery, pharmaceutical horror, future bioware, medieval apothecaries with secrets, or cosmic parasites only the Doctor understands. Tone can range from dark and eerie to surreal and satirical—but all submissions should have an edge of the uncanny.
We are not looking for stories with excessive gore for its own sake, or stories that stigmatize illness or disability. Psychological, existential, or body horror elements are welcome if handled thoughtfully.
Send us your stories because the doctor is in.
Submissions open until filled.
Professor Feiff's Trans-Dimensional Travelogue
Pack your bags and fasten your seatbelts—Professor Feiff is curating an extraordinary holiday guide like no other! We’re seeking speculative fiction tales that explore the idea of travel and vacations to places tantalizingly close to our own reality, yet thrillingly removed.
Whether it’s a weekend getaway to a parallel dimension, a guided tour through time itself, or a quiet retreat to a world hiding just beyond the veil of perception, your story should evoke the wonder, curiosity, and occasional peril of holidays beyond the mundane. Send us your (SFF+) tickets to astonishing locales!
Submissions open until filled.
Masque & Maelström:
The Reluctant Exhumation of Edgar Allan Poe
We invite writers to submit their best speculative fiction stories for an upcoming anthology inspired by the master of macabre, Edgar Allan Poe. We’re seeking tales that capture the essence of Poe’s work—be it eerie atmospheres, twisted psychological depths, or hauntingly gothic settings—while adding your own speculative twist. Whether infused with science fiction, fantasy, horror, or an unexpected blend of genres, your stories should explore the dark and the mysterious through new lenses. Let your imagination run wild and honor Poe’s legacy with chilling tales that resonate with his timeless themes. Send us your stories!
Deadline: June 15th, 2025