Short Story Anthologies

Necking

Dreamspinner Press Anthology of Love too Great for Two

Editor: Julianne Bentley

Just close your eyes and feel: soft, warm lips skimming from your shoulder to your ear, your skin prickling and tickling. Then add another set, echoing the first, layer upon layer of sensation as two sets of hands join the game, stroking, sliding, ratcheting up the heat. And when your lips part and the tip of your tongue darts out, it's met by two more in a luscious, messy, three-way kiss. This is necking, pure and hot, sending shivers of arousal down your spine. In these stories, the men come in threes: triple the pleasure, triple the love.

Length: 2,500 - 10,000 words (manuscripts shorter or longer will be considered but will have to be extraordinary)

Submission Deadline:March 1, 2010

Follow the general submission guidelines for short stories.

Midsummer's Nightmare:Things That Go Bump in the Night

June 2010 Daily Dose

Editor: Lynn West

Lay down and close your eyes to dream this night.
A wolf is howling at the full gold moon;
the blood in your veins will begin to pound.
A nightmare will o'ertake you very soon--
vampires, werewolves, the ghosts that haunt the eaves
rise up to rent what joy they hunt and find.
But with the pulse, wild passion is aroused.
These handsome men will tease and flaunt and grind
against the things that go bump in the night.
At dawn the sun will rise and evil flees;
it leaves the well-known truth bare to the light:
night is shortest, hottest, in the summer,
and love will banish night's consuming fright.

We are seeking romantic M/M stories with an edge of suspense, a touch of heart-pounding fear, and/or a taste of the paranormal (ghosts, werewolves, spirits, etc.). This is not a call for horror content; we welcome a more tongue-in-cheek and lover-like approach to dealing with nightmares and small scares.

Length: 3,500 - 18,000 words (manuscripts shorter or longer will be considered but will have to be extraordinary)

Submission Deadline:March 15, 2010

Follow the general submission guidelines for short stories.