Small press Fighting Monkey Press, which specialises in anthologies, needs submissions for Uncommon Origins, a third collection of macabre short stories. Stories can be on anything ‘which relates to the beginning of something new and unique’, with a tendency towards ‘creation stories, feral children, spontaneous evolution’. Fantasy and magical realism are favoured and stories may centre around gods or monsters or individual people. The collection will be rated for adults.
Submit stories, up to 10,000 words, by email, in US English, and avoid passive voice. No reprints or simultaneous submissions but you can submit a second story. Use standard formatting, a doc or docx filetype, and include a short summary and third-person biography in the body.
The deadline is 28 February. Only accepted authors will be contacted, by 15 March. Payment is a royalty cut.