This is a fiction and poetry anthology. “Into the Deep, Dark Woods is an anthology exploring the magic and mystery of the primeval wilderness, where tangled branches create a foreboding canopy. Think of the creatures that inhabit the forest and the people who stumble upon them. Behind a towering hickory could be a fairy circle, a dragon’s lair, or a druid’s cairn. The deep, dark woods lurk everywhere—on an alien planet, in the wilderness of a virtual world, or even in your own backyard.
Your story might be about a desperate lost hiker who bargains with a forest creature to find the way home; revolutionaries who combat AI-powered logging machines; a bamboo forest with wish-granting pandas who have a twisted sense of humor; someone hiding from a deadly stalker; or a wood fairy and human whose ill-fated romance might just work out after all.” Accepted genres are fantasy, science fiction, horror, suspense, mystery, humor, and romance. “The setting of “deep, dark woods” must be central to the story. Diverse cultures and non-traditional legends and persons welcomed.” Stories must be PG-13.
Deadline: 15 October 2025
Length: Up to 5,000 words
Pay: $0.06/word
Details here.
To apply for this job please visit wordfirewestern.moksha.io.
