Multi Genre Anthology

Theme: The Emerald City

Horror / spec fic / science fiction

Give us stories about the city, what goes on in the city, the journey to the city.

What’s in your verdant city?
  • In the aftermath of a toxic apocalypse, does the green fog that shrouds the city hide something worse than the air?
  • Do dragons rule the skies, the streets, and the seas?
  • A man on the edge of his sanity painting everything green? Why?
  • Do zombies rot in the streets they rule?
  • Why is the flora taking over the deserted city?
  • What waits on the road to the city—and why does nothing travel it twice?
  • Do the caravans arrive lighter than when they left—and no one asks why?
  • Are the monsters on the road hunting you… or driving you forward?
  • Why do the mile markers count down, even when you turn back?
  • Does the road remember everyone who walks it?
  • Are the rivers running green because of poison—or because something is bleeding into them?
  • Do the dead stay dead here, or are they being used for something else?
  • Is the city abandoned—or waiting?
  • Why do the lights still burn when no one is left to tend them?
  • Do the walls keep people out, or keep something in?
  • Is the city a ruin of an ancient empire—or something still being built?
  • Do machines still function there—and who are they working for now?
  • Did something fall from the sky and make the city what it is?
  • Are the citizens human—or something that learned how to pass?
  • Why does every traveller believe the city will save them?
  • What does the city take from you before it lets you in?
  • And once you arrive… why would you ever be allowed to leave?
  • The apocalypse is a lonely place, but it beats having company.

CLOSES 19th JULY @ MIDNIGHT 

  • Word Count : 3,000 to 10,000
  • Author eligibility : Open to all.
  • Reprints : Not allowed
  • Simultaneous Submissions : Not allowed. Please don't send your submission to other publishers while we are considering it. We are a small team and we need to apply our meagre resources to those stories that we have a chance of securing.
  • Multiple Submissions : One per email. Please wait for a response before sending another.
  • Publication : In a single anthology in print and digital formats to be published in 2026.
  • Author compensation : 
    ~$20 USD per story published.
    ~A digital copy of the annual publication 

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