Call for Submissions

None at this time.

Previous Calls for Submissions

Submission deadline ended August 31, 2019. We are currently in the process of reading submissions for Haunted Playthings: 13 Tales of Terror Based on True Stories…or are they?

We aim to have rejections/acceptances to all authors by November 30, 2019. See below! If you do not hear from us by then, please inquire as to the status of your story. Otherwise, hold tight. We likely just haven’t gotten to yours yet.

Update November 30, 2019: We received more submissions than anticipated. We’re a little behind getting out acceptances and rejections. Our new response deadline is now January 15, 2020. Thank you for your patience. If you haven’t heard from us yet, though, and would like to make sure your story is in our queue, feel free to use the Contact Us page to reach out. 

Update January 17, 2020: This is embarrassing, but we’re still behind reading submissions. (2019 resulted in a bunch of unexpected jaunts that threw us completely off schedule. The holidays –and even more jaunts– didn’t help.) However, we have a new timeline and we’re determined to stick to it!

We’re now aiming to have all stories read and responded to by the end of February.

We’re aiming for an August 2, 2020 release date for National Doll Day.

If you’d like to know where your story is in the queue, please feel free to reach out: hauntjaunts [at] gmail.com (Just replace the “[at]” with an @ and delete the spaces. Trying to avoid spambots.)

Please accept our apologies and our heartfelt thanks for bearing with us!

Update January 30, 2020: We didn’t receive enough usable stories to make this anthology work, so we’ve now decided to take this project in a different direction. Individual emails will be sent to all authors to make sure everyone knows.

We appreciate your interest, though, and especially your patience.

Writers Wanted

Whether we have an active call for submission or not, we’re always looking for writers. From guest contributors to authors for Short Story Saturday installments.

Check out the Writers Wanted page for more info: https://www.hauntjaunts.net/writers-wanted/