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The First Five Minutes of the Apocalypse Anthology

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Do not submit here! This project is permanently closed to submissions (February 2023). We provide the following information as an archive.

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At the moment the earth ended, a little over eight billion human souls clung to its surface. That’s eight billion stories. Nobody knows how many remain. But if you’re reading this, you are one of them. Good job! We want that story. It doesn’t matter how this thing started, what caused it, or where it came from. That’s not what we’re after. We want the experiences, the points of view, the wild, weird, disgusting, disturbing, beautiful, heartbreaking things that happened at the very beginning of the end of the world.

Country of Publication & Year Established

United States Established in 2022

Publication Media & Frequency

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

Fiction Closed

Short horror, weird, dark fiction that deals with a fictional apocalypse. The story must take place within a short period of time (less than a day) at the beginning of a fictional apocalypse. The story shouldn’t be the inception point or the origin of the apocalyptic event. It shouldn’t even be about the event itself.

Audience:
Open to a broad Audience.
Genres:
GenreSubgenres
Horror HorrorSubgenres: Apocalyptic/Post-Apocalyptic, Weird/New Weird.
Science Fiction Science FictionSubgenres: Apocalyptic/Post-Apocalyptic, Science Fiction Horror, Weird/New Weird.
Styles:
Open to all/most Styles, including: Dark, Mainstream.
Topics:
Society/Culture (See guidelines), Other (See guidelines).
Types/Lengths:
TypeLength Details
Short Story Short Story1,500 - 4,000 words.
Payscale:
We list broad pay categories rather than payment specifics. Check with the publisher for details.
Semi-pro payment (1-4.9 US cents per word) Semi-pro payment (1-4.9 US cents per word).
Submissions:
ElectronicPostalReprintsSimultaneousMulti-EntriesMedia
OK No No OK UnknownText format submissions
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Dates

Last Updated: 28 Feb 2023
Date Added: 17 Nov 2022

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