Submission Guidelines

House of Horror New Guidelines

Below are the new guidelines set out for the different submissions areas of House of Horror. We have a lot going on here for the E-zine so we would gratefully appreciate these guidelines being followed as closely as possible which in turn makes our job as editors so much easier.

First things first. A few things to remember before submitting ANYTHING to any of our editors. 

ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE PASTED INTO THE BODY OF AN EMAIL PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE SENT YOUR SUBMISSION TO THE CORRECT EDITOR SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS ARE OK. MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS ARE NOT! PLEASE SEND JUST ONE SUBMISSION PER EMAIL. THIS GOES FOR YOU POETS TOO! REPRINTS OLDER THAN 6 MONTHS WILL BE CONSIDERED NO GORE FOR GORES SAKE, NO CHILD ABUSE, IF IN DOUBT PLEASE SEND A QUERY FIRST. PLEASE INDICATE ITALICS WITH ** BEFORE AND AFTER THE TEXT. I ASK FOR THIS BECAUSE TRANSFERRING TEXT INTO THE WEBSITE LOSES ALL UNDERLINES, BOLDNESS ET AND STARS ARE THE ONLY SURE WAY TO SEEK OUT THE ITALICS IN A STORY ONCE TRANSFERRED. TEXT SHOULD BE SINGLE SPACED WITH NO INDENTATIONS AND A HARD RETURN AFTER EACH PARAGRAPH. PLEASE INDICATE SCENE BREAKS WITH A SIMPLE * * *  

Monthly E-Zine Submissions

Please make sure all things are checked on your list before hitting send.

Before your submission, please introduce yourself and give us a short bio of no more than 100 words. Please include the word count and where you think your submission would fit best for example: Bedroom, Graveyard, Basement etc. In the subject line, I would like to see – SUBMISSIONS/TITLE/WORDCOUNT.

We do not issue contracts for these submissions nor do we offer monetary compensation. We are primarily a non-paying zine. The only compensation we can offer is that of publicity of your work and personal links and websites if you so wish.

You retain all rights to your work, all we ask is permission to to electronically publish your work for one month on the site and to keep in the archives as long as it is required. If you wish to submit your work elsewhere once the month is up and you need it to be taken down from the site, then please send an email to the Editor, Sam at horrorhouse.editor@yahoo.com

Please note. Below are the editors to who you should submit your type of work too. Unless you are submitting to any other area, please use these emails for your submissions.

Short Fiction of under 2000 words – Attention of Sam, Editor, horrorhouse.editor@yahoo.com

Long Fiction of 2-5000 words – Attention of Des, Co-Editor houseofhorror_coeditor@yahoo.com

Poetry – Attention of Charlotte, Poetry Editor horrorhouse.poetry_editor@yahoo.com

Attic Submissions

We are looking for works to serialize for The Attic each month. Works of 12-25000 words will be considered and upon acceptance will receive $10 for the whole thing. Each accepted work will be broken up for a period of four months.

In the subject line, I want to see ATTIC/TITLE/WORDCOUNT.

Audio Room

We have a new room oprn now where we are looking for works of under 1000 words to be recorded to audio file and played on the website. Three short stories will be chosen each month for this room depending on length of submitted stories. In the subject line place AUDIO/TITLE/WORDCOUNT and send to the editor Sam, at horrorhouse.editor@yahoo.com

The Gallery

This room consists of poetry and short stories under 1000 words accompanied by personal artwork or photography. Please make sure that you own all copyright to any artwork or photography that you submit to us.

Paste your story/poem into the body of an email and attach the artwork/photography as a jpeg file to the email. Please supply a short bio of no more than 100 words along with anything you would like to express about the piece. In the subject line, place GALLERY/STORY/POEM/WORDS/TITLE and send to horrorhouse.editor@yahoo.com

Book Reviews/Interviews

We are always looking for books to review and new authors/editors/poets to interview. If you have something that may interest us then please don't hesitate to contact the House of Horror Editor, Sam at horrorhouse.editor@yahoo.com

Please note:

We only interview those who have work available for purchase or who own or are a part of an ezine/publication.

We only review print books. No pdfs at this time.

Artwork/Photography Submissions

We love to showcase artwork and photography here. It must of course be in context with our site. Please always make sure that you own all copyright to anything that you submit to us.

In an email, please introduce yourself and supply us with a bio of no more than 100 words. Attach all work as jpeg files and send to horrorhouse.editor@yahoo.com

Anthology Submissions

Please follow any guidelines set out specifically for the anthology.

If you follow these simple guidelines, it will make getting back to you much quicker. Please remember that unless otherwise expressed, we are a non-paying zine.