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Yankee Scares
submission guidelines

Horror stories, set in Connecticut, by local authors

 

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This is a series of Connecticut-based anthologies--Yankee Scares. All stories must be set in Connecticut. Preference will be given to writers who:
Live in Connecticut -- Have some connection to Connecticut -- Live in New England. Other writers may apply and will be offered space as available.

Stories from Horror Over the Handlebars were featured in the StokerCon 2025 anthology!

The next anthology (submissions call in 2026) will be Connecticut Kajiu with other qualifications that will be revealed at the time of the submissions call.

Open to stories 1,000 to 8,000 words, in English. Query for longer stories.
We are not considering stories written, or co-written, by AI at this time.

Payment: a dollar amount for first publication rights, plus a hard copy, and also PDFs of all future Yankee Scares anthologies. Query for reprints.

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Editor:

Gevera Bert Piedmont
Author of the Mickey Crow paranormal series, Fat Monster, and creator of the Quetzalcoatl Ascending world.  
Member HWA/HWA-NE, NEHW, CAPA

Publisher: Transformations by Obsidian Butterfly, LLC
Publication format: Paperback and Kindle
Rights: revert to author one year after publication