Rat Bag Lit: Themed Drabbles: Haunted Technology Gold Star Program Gold Star Free Tip Jar Option

Deadline: Monday, September 7, 2026 11:59 PM EDT (in 4 days, 22 hours).

Themed Drabbles: Haunted Technology

This month we are looking for drabbles that explore abandoned and haunted tech:

The old Red Box's screen is dark, whispering secrets of the movies it once held. On the side of a road, an old phone book waits empty, haunted by the memory of a dial tone. Broken cassette tapes stream over the floor of a run-down car. An AOL CD suncatcher reflects the day's last light through the broken window of a video rental store.

Is it your nostalgia or these abandoned technologies haunting you?

Exactly 100 words, pays a penny a word for originals, half-rate for reprints.

You can send us two, as two individual submissions.

Reprints okay for this one. Please include the date and original publisher's name with your submission.

If your submission is declined and we are still open, you are welcome to send another.

Open September 1 - 7.

Category: Fiction
File types: .doc, .docx
Number of Pieces: 1 piece

Anonymous submissions are required (no identifying information in files).
Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Reprints are not allowed.
Multiple entries are allowed.
AI-assisted works are not allowed.

Quota: A quota has been set for this project. Submissions will close when it has been reached.

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