Graveside Press Paper Angel Press

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Graveside Press is a new imprint focused on horror, managed by members of the publishing teams that brings you Paper Angel Press, Water Dragon Publishing, Unruly Voices, and Cupid’s Arrow Publishing.

Bringing you sleep-shattering tales since October 2024.

STANDARD PAY RATES

Standalone works (novels, novellas, short stories "Tiny Terrors") - 50% royalties of net earnings paid quarterly
Anthology submissions - 2¢ per word to be paid 90 business days after publication
Illustrations - $75

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

When submitting, please do not send your manuscript already formatted as a book with fancy chapter headers, fonts, margins, etc. We would greatly appreciate if you can follow the formatting guidelines below:

file type: *.doc or *.docx
Font: Any legible serif, e.g., Times New Roman, Garamond
Include author information at the top of page 1 (see sample below)
Use formatted indents and not tabs to begin each paragraph
Use hard returns to start new paragraphs
Use page breaks to begin chapters on a new page

If you would like an example of what a properly formatted manuscript looks like or need help with any of the above, check here.

When in doubt, just remember we want your MS as clean and readable as possible!

More information can be found here on our website.

Disability Horror Anthology Temp Closed

You asked for it, and we're doing it...

Graveside Press's next themed anthology will be Disability!

What are we looking for?

We're giving the spotlight to an often overlooked marginalized community. Our goal for this anthology is to uplift disabled creatives and characters in the horror genre. We'll be on the lookout not only for short stories, but horror poetry and illustrations, too. Please see our general submissions page for pay rates and royalty info.

"The ADA defines a person with a disability as a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activity."

Requirements:

wordcount: approximately 2,000 - 6,000 words.
HORROR
be written by an author with a disability
feature a character with a disability (note: the character doesn't need to share the same disability as the author)
any character involved in adult activities must be 18+.
NO: non-con, r*pe, or other s*xual assault.

***News on submission and publication dates coming in 2026.***

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GRADEside Middle Grade & Young Adult Horror Temp Closed

Beware the children...

We're asking for your tales again, this time not for Graveside Press, but for GRADEside Stories!

Gradeside is your haunted carnival for the tales geared toward younger readers—still spooky, but with a little restraint. Both middle grade and young adult titles are considered, however, if we feel your YA title skews to an upper YA older audience, we may ask to publish it as a standard Graveside title.

Requirements:

wordcount: 2,000-6,000 (short story) / 20,000+ (novella or novel length)
aimed at a middle grade to young adult audience (10+)
have a PG to PG-13 rating

The standard horror elements are allowed, but keep in mind who you're writing for. Topics such as extreme body horror, assault, torture, etc., will not be considered. MG stories should maintain a PG rating, and YA should stick to PG-13.

Publication

Short stories will appear in our Tales from the Graveside anthologies! We are currently accepting submissions for late 2026 or 2027's edition.
Full-length works are being scheduled into 2026

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