“Damnation Books specializes in dark writing: horror, dark fantasy, thrillers, science fiction and erotica (in dark settings). We officially launch the company in September 2009 with twenty-five titles. After the initial opening, we will release twelve new titles every three months. This means our submissions are ongoing and not for specific time periods. All our [...]

1. We accept unsolicited novel and short story collection manuscripts of up to 100,000 words. (We do not accept poetry at this time, although we might make an exception for a novel-in-verse, like Dorothy Porter’s noirish The Monkey’s Mask. Query first.) 2. We are a dark fiction genre publisher. This includes science fiction, fantasy, horror, [...]

Because of the many submissions we receive, we must strictly adhere to word-count requirements and the descriptions that follow. We are currently acquiring only the following: romance, horror, Westerns, and thrillers. Authors should attach their full manuscript in a Word or .rtf document, along with a 3- to 7-page synopsis. The body of the email [...]

We are looking for thoughtful, well written novels. Our definition of what constitutes SF, horror and Fantasy is extremely broad and we love to see well-written material with strong characterisation and original ideas pushing at the boundaries of the genre. We have a preference for Irish authors. Aeon Press is not interested in traditional Fantasy [...]