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Precocious Children in Adult Stories

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Solarwyrm Press is calling for submissions for an anthology of stories involving precocious children. These are not supposed to be children’s stories. What we’re looking for here are child protagonists in adult stories. The more twisty and creepy and strange, the better. There is a long history of precocious children in literature who don’t quite fit in. Mary from The Secret Garden is my personal favourite, but there are hundreds. Annie, Anne of Green Gables, Hermione. Zero in Holes. I could go on. What we’d like to see here are smart child characters, but not in children’s stories. I like to keep these things open to let people play, but I always like to be surprised, so go for twisty. Humour is welcome, but black humour will probably be a better fit.

Country of Publication

International

Publication Media & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic PublicationOne-time publication.
Print Publication Print PublicationOne-time publication.

Fiction Closed

Audience:
Unknown
Genres:
GenreSubgenres
Horror HorrorOpen to all/most Subgenres.
Open to all/most Genres Open to all/most Genres
Styles:
Open to all/most Styles, including: Dark, Humorous.
Topics:
Unknown
Types/Lengths:
TypeLength Details
Short Story Short Story1,000 - 7,000 words.
Payscale:
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Unknown payment Unknown payment.
Submissions:
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OK No No Unknown NoText format submissions
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Dates

Last Updated: 24 Apr 2018
Date Added: 01 Aug 2013

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