Dark Peninsula Press

Independent publisher of dark fiction anthologies. Publisher of The Cellar Door series. Created & managed by author/editor Aric Sundquist.

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PHANTOM WORLDS is now live! $2.99 Kindle, 11.99 paperback. With stories by Richard Beauchamp, Travis Corter, Teagan Olivia King, Kristin Kirby, Scotty Milder, S.R. Miller, Maggie Slater, Aric Sundquist, and William R.D. Wood.

https://t.co/hB1nkI3aJW

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Submissions are now closed for Phantom Worlds. Received 150 stories this time around, which brings the total number to 650+ submissions. I'll be sending out responses over the next week and announcing new authors in an updated TOC very soon.

Publication date is Oct 7, 2025.

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PHANTOM WORLDS UPDATE: A huge thank you to everyone who submitted a story! I received 478 stories total, and accepted only 5. I try to get around 8-10 stories for each issue, so submissions have opened again until the last slots are filled.

Guidelines: https://t.co/FuqeDM5N7y

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Submissions are now closed for PHANTOM WORLDS: THE CELLAR DOOR ISSUE #6. This one broke a record with 500 submissions sent. I'll be busy over the next month reading your stories, so expect a TOC around March with a release date in early June.

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I got my contributor copy of the latest issue of The Cellar Door from @darkpenpress and I'm definitely looking forward to reading through the rest of these stories. And you should too!

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Submissions are now open for Phantom Worlds: The Cellar Door Issue #6. Seeking horror stories where alternate realities invade our own. Deadline is Jan 31, 2025. 2k- 8k length. Sim subs allowed. Payment is $50 + copies. Visit the website for more info: https://t.co/uUHyP40vD3

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Phantom Worlds: The Cellar Door Issue #6 will be opening to submissions from Dec 1, 2024 - Jan 31, 2025. Seeking horror short stories where alternate realities invade our own. 2k - 8k length. Payment is $50 + copies. Visit the DPP website for more info: https://t.co/B5ZgPsUMqs

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@JaninePipe28 My company has a survival horror submission call going out next year with a "siege" sub-theme. Click on the link--there is a list of movies on the bottom of the page as reference: https://t.co/3grbSab1Lq

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Marshland Horrors: The Cellar Door Issue #5 is now available in Kindle and paperback. Includes a novelette by featured author Scotty Milder!

Featuring: @scottymhorror @SRMillerAuthor @MattJBliss @wytwavedarling @AlexEbenstein @CassandraDaucus and more!

https://t.co/YFE3LclGnm

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Available on Kindle for $2.99, paperback $11.99: https://t.co/mlWPBWQQaj

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@ericarobyn Full review here: https://t.co/limQZqbvfq

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A huge thank you to @ericarobyn for the outstanding review of AFTER TOMORROW!

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@terrorca The sequel should've been called: I KNOW WHAT YOU DID TWO SUMMERS AGO.

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Cover artwork for PHANTOM WORLDS is now finalized, with artwork by Mikio Murakami! Submissions opening in December. Payment = $50 flat fee. 2k - 8k limit. Sim subs allowed.

For complete guidelines, visit the Dark Peninsula Press website at: https://t.co/KkjlhaN9Ht

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The digital version of After Tomorrow is now available for purchase through Amazon, with a brand new novelette by featured author Richard Beauchamp! Still waiting for the paperback version to appear online, so that should be available soon...
https://t.co/U1PzTvk3al

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The full TOC for AFTER TOMORROW is now finalized. With featured author Richard Beauchamp!

I'd also like to welcome @elin_writes to the TOC with her beautifully eerie flash fiction piece "Skies!"

Also featuring: @scottymhorror @SJ_Writer @ScottHallam1313 @sazjo_what

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There are 4 new submission themes posted for The Cellar Door series on the Dark Peninsula site. The upcoming themes are: Phantom Worlds (#6), Absurd Nightmares (#7), Dark Fantasy (#8), and Undead Rising (#9). More details for each coming soon...

https://t.co/Eg3zGJxmZm

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@gormanghast will be reading her horror story "Giant Killer" (from Woodland Terrors) at the Strong Women Strange Worlds event. Starts at noon EST today. Follow the link to request an invite & listen to some wonderful authors reading their works!

https://t.co/2YLQjPHdD3

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Here is the full TOC for Marshland Horrors. Congrats to all the authors! Fall 2024 release.
Includes new stories by: @scottypotty616, @wytwavedarling, @MattJBliss, @CassandraDaucus, @SRMillerAuthor, @AlexEbenstein, Ashlee Lhamon, Richard Beauchamp, Mark Szasz, & Martin Thompson.