US based TANSTAAFL Press – named after an acronym coined by Robert Heinlein in The Moon’s a Harsh Mistress, There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch – is reading for a trilogy of anthologies, Enter the Apocalypse, Enter the Aftermath and Enter the Rebirth. The volumes are to be edited by Thomas Gondolfi, with respective deadlines of 15 June, 15 September and 15 December.
Stories for Enter the Apocalypse must involve the lead up to or start of some sort of apocalyptic event. Submissions for Aftermath should be set during or just after an apocalypse, while stories in Rebirth will be about the world coming back to a new stability after an apocalypse. The disaster itself can take any form, including but not limited to nuclear, epidemic, supernatural, bioweapons, cosmic catastrophe, alien invasion, etc.