The Were-Traveler

02/04/2021

https://the-were-traveler.weebly.com/home/submissions-now-closed-for-my-job-is-a-hell-hole

Not since the first Freakpunk (think carnivals and clowns) issue has The Were-Traveler had such a popular theme for writers. "My Job is a Hellhole!" closed submissions last night at midnight with 121...

17/02/2021

Open Call for Submissions: Open until filled. "Curst & Twysted Tarot."

Visit a link at iStock with tarot cards on it. Pick a creature tarot card. Write a flash or story.

Details here: https://the-were-traveler.weebly.com/submissions-call.html

NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS ​​ ​ Curst & Twysted Tarot OPEN UNTIL FILLED I'm looking to fill 12-25 Story spots. ACCEPTED: Flash (750 to 1500 words). $10 on publication. Short Stories (1500-2500...

16/02/2021

The "Women Destroy [Retro] Sci-Fi!!!" issue is published over at The Were-Traveler. Go give it a read. Some great speculative fiction stories by women!

https://the-were-traveler.weebly.com/current-issue/issue-22-women-destroy-retro-sci-fi

[Table of Contents with links follows editorial] Editorial: To write as a woman is to invite speculation even to this day, so it is only fitting that women write speculative fiction. Back in the...

16/01/2021

In February, The Were-Traveler will publish the "Women Destroy [Retro] SciFi!!!" issue commemorating women writers in speculative fiction. February 1991 was when the James Tiptree, Jr. Award (now known as the Otherwise Award) was first announced at WisCon. James Tiptree, Jr. was the pen name of Alice Sheldon, one of the best authors from sci-fi's "retro" period. This is one of my favorite stories, and spawned the idea for this issue.

https://lnkd.in/eC2Haf8

—I am hugely black and hopeful, I bounce on six legs along the mountains in the new warm! . . . Sing the changer, Sing the stranger! Will the changes change forever? . . . All my hums have words now. Another change!

15/01/2021

So I'm going to do a tarot monster themed issue that will be "open until filled." Keep your peepers peeled for this one.

https://the-were-traveler.weebly.com/home/2021-upcoming-open-call-for-curst-twysted-tarot

In the past , I published an issue that required the authors to select an image as a prompt and then write a story based on that prompt. Sometime soon after 2021 hits, I will place a call for...

04/12/2020

I am the publisher. You can ask me anything.
https://the-were-traveler.weebly.com/submissions-call.html

NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS ​​ ​
My Job is a Hellhole! Working for demons, imps, devils, and other minions of hell. You boss is a denizen of the underworld, but the story can take place in any setting. Any setting means: hell, another planet, Modern Earth, Future Earth. Heaven? Sure why not? Maybe there's an employee exchange program between heaven and hell.

I'm looking for fantasy, dark fantasy, horror, humor (oh HELL YES) and science fiction if you can come up with a science fiction-y hellscape.

Flash/shorts (750-1500 words. No MORE than 1500 words, no LESS than 750 words for flash, no more than 2500 words for shorts) for $10 per piece original, previously unpublished flash, shorts $15). Microfics (350-749 words) will pay at a $5 per story rate for original, previously unpublished stories.
Will consider publishing a couple of drabbles for this, at $1 per drabble.

Reprints accepted for this one, $10 for shorts, $5 for flash, $3 for micro. No drabble reprints.
No poetry for this one.

Submissions accepted from Dec 4, 2020 til March 31, 2021.

NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS ​​ ​ My Job is a Hellhole! Working for demons, imps, devils, and other minions of hell. You boss is a denizen of the underworld, but the story can take place in any...

03/12/2020

Will be starting a poetry & drabble e-zine, hopefully sometime during 2021. The zine will be called Starships & Dragonfyre.

03/12/2020

The "Women Destroy [Retro] Science Fiction" theme is now closed for submissions. Currently reading the submissions.

27/10/2020

Women Destroy [Retro] Science Fiction
Women authors only (Trans women authors accepted because trans women are women).

Retro Science Fiction. What is retro sci fi? It's also known as retro-futurism, and described as "the future that never was." Something like the science fiction stories of the 40s and 50s.

I want you to imagine me a future of women characters that shine and live in a world (that they created or helped to create) filled with impossible wonders.

Flash and short stories only.

Flash are (750 to 1500 words). $10 on publication.

Short stories are (1501 to 2500 words (no more). $15 on publication.

Reprints will be accepted on this one, just let me know where it was previously published.

Deadline is November 30th at 11:59 pm.

https://the-were-traveler.weebly.com/submissions-call.html

NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS Women Destroy [Retro] Science Fiction Women authors only (Trans women authors accepted because trans women are women). Retro Science Fiction. What is retro sci fi? It's...

07/09/2020

"This is an issue of timeliness. All that has been going on in our world, all the hate that we still have to deal with, and witness...the overbearing struggle of the human family who have different levels of melatonin in their skin than others…the absurdity of it all.

Timely because of the struggles in our country for equality, for sure, and...I saw an ad for a new TV show that kind of mirrors this issue: Lovecraft Country. It’s about the nightmare of people of color and monsters, and some of the monsters are not human, but the most inhuman monsters are."

https://the-were-traveler.weebly.com/current-issue/people-of-color-destroy-lovecraft

[Table of Contents with links follows editorial] Editorial: Dismantling the Monsters (Especially the Ones in Human Form) This is an issue of timeliness. All that has been going on in our world, all...

28/08/2020

SUBMISSIONS are open at The Were-Traveler for the Women Destroy Retro Science Fiction to be published in early 2021. Accepting Flash (750 to 1000 words) at $10 per flash on publication and short stories (1001 to 2500 words--firm) for $15 per story. Reprints accepted. Details:

https://the-were-traveler.weebly.com/submissions-call.html

NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS Women Destroy [Retro] Science Fiction Women authors only (Transwomen authors accepted because transwomen are women). Retro Science Fiction. What is retro sci fi? It's also...

15/04/2020

SUPERFREAK: FREAKPUNK #2 IS LIVE YA'LL!

https://the-were-traveler.weebly.com/current-issue/superfreak-freakpunk-2

[Table of Contents with links follows editorial] Editorial: What a long long long freaky trip it's been If you've visited the home page, you'll see The Were-Traveler has been on hiatus for a few...

02/03/2020

Submissions closed for "Freakpunk 2." Submissions now open for "People of Color Destroy Lovecraft." https://the-were-traveler.weebly.com/submissions-call.html

02/01/2020

A brief history of the fascination, the inspiration and an explanation of sorts for the Freakpunk genre (theme of the upcoming issue).

The new Were-Traveler has been officially released from the depths, and we are now awaiting the first submissions for the first new issue, SuperFreak! Freakpunk 2. ​ Freakpunk stories are...

30/12/2019

Call for Submissions to the new and improved (and now paying) The Were-Traveler.

Now Issuing a Call for Submissions for the theme of SuperFreak—Freakpunk Issue 2. Freakpunk is a genre I named that encompasses weird fiction where the setting is a carnival, theme park, circus or...

01/12/2019

The New Were-Traveler website is live. Hoping no bugginess.

https://the-were-traveler.weebly.com/

The original The Were-Traveler fiction eZine was first published in October 2011. The first issue was Hundred Word Halloween, a celebration of horror drabbles just in time for Halloween. There were...

29/11/2019

The new issue (last one for the old website) is now up. Hunter's Moon. Under a full moon, the predators play. https://theweretraveler.wordpress.com/2019/11/29/issue-23-hunters-moon-werewolves-vampires-and-other-denizens-of-the-dark/

  Welcome to the final issue of the old Were-Traveler. The Hunter’s Moon is shining. Be wary, be afraid. All manner of evil hunts under it glow. Werewolves, vampires, killers & ghost…

26/10/2019

The Outskirts issue is published and available online! https://theweretraveler.wordpress.com/2019/10/26/issue-22-outskirts-suburban-and-rural-legends/

What is that sudden movement in the mirror? Is this house haunted? Why do the neighbors look away suddenly when I ask them that question? Monsters under the bed exist everywhere, not just in Manhat…

18/10/2019

New post concerning the old issues that did not get published. https://theweretraveler.wordpress.com/2019/10/18/status-of-leftover-issues-new-site/

Hello, everyone. I have some good news. I have decided that I will publish two final issues on the old Were-Traveler site (this one). To honor the commitments of authors I already sent acceptance t…

18/10/2019

The new site is coming along. Will be using an outside free service for submissions. New Traveler will be a paying market. I'm going to need beta testers for the site and for the submission manager. Anyone up for it?

29/07/2019

https://theweretraveler.wordpress.com/2019/07/29/indefinite-hiatus-working-on-new-site/

Dear writers and Were-Traveler fans; I finally got a chance to address the reasons why this site has not been active in forever. I’ve been working three jobs and have had physical illness and…

04/10/2017

In the near future, The Were-Traveler will be doing a QUILTBAG issue based on falling in love with your clone or doppelganger. Also, need more Douglas Adams-type stories for the dedicated issue. The Outskirts issue is closed and submissions are being reviewed. https://theweretraveler.wordpress.com/call-for-submissions/

Open Calls for Submissions: Outskirts: Suburban and Rural Legends—Drabbles (100 words), Micro-Fiction (101-750 words), Flash (751-1000 words), and Poetry (up to 50 lines). I’m not accepting a…

26/09/2017

Getting some really good stories for The Were-Traveler's Outskirts: Suburban and Rural Legends issue.

03/09/2017

Issue 21, the PhotoFlash #1 issue, is up at The Were-Traveler. We have ghosts, curses, goth creature, a serial killer, a bad ass goddess, and WILD WEST DINOSAURS! Something for all your tastes, and you folks are twisted so you'll enjoy it. ;)

https://theweretraveler.wordpress.com/2017/09/03/issue-21-photoflash-1-eleven-visions/

11 images. 11 authors. 11 stories. I posted several images and asked for authors to pick an image on a first come/first serve/calling shotgun basis and then send me their story plots. I received a…

03/09/2017

Still missing one or two bios. And while one person declined a photo, I still did not receive a pic from everyone. Regardless, the issue will go up tonight.

31/08/2017

Getting TOC linked up and other stuff done in preparation for the PhotoFlash issue #1 going live this weekend!

31/07/2017

Submissions page updated for The Were-Traveler...now accepting submissions for this one:
"Mostly Harmful, Sort Of, Something Something 42 : A Science Fiction/Fantasy Humor Tribute to Douglas Adams"—Drabbles (100 words), Microfiction (101-750 words), Flash (751-1000 words), Short Stories (1001-2500 NOTHING OVER that). I want to publish this issue in time for Douglas Adams birthday, March 11th. So start sending me stories. No poetry for this one. No fan fic, no ripping off the man and his worlds. You can create stories set on similar worlds, but magic and characters and humor should be all your own uniqueness. Deadline: January 15th, 2018.

https://theweretraveler.wordpress.com/call-for-submissions/

Open Calls for Submissions: Outskirts: Suburban and Rural Legends—Drabbles (100 words), Micro-Fiction (101-750 words), Flash (751-1000 words), and Poetry (up to 50 lines). I’m not accepting a…

31/07/2017

The new issue of The Were-Traveler is up. Mythos Planet... Ia Ia Dagon, screamed in the vacuum of space.

https://theweretraveler.wordpress.com/2017/07/30/issue-20-the-mythos-planet/

Lovecraft inspired. Newly imagined and terrifying vistas populated with horrific monstrosities. No one is safe anywhere. We can go to the Old Ones or the New Ones. Or they come to us. Invading our …

03/07/2017

The short issue Mythos Planet will be up within the next few weeks. At the end of August, we will debut the PhotoPrompt Flash issue.

03/05/2017

Sent out emails to authors who've sent their PhotoFlash stories to let them know I haven't died and will look at them soon. Also, sent emails to folks whose stories I'm still waiting on.

30/03/2017

Now accepting Drabbles (100 words), Micro-Fiction (101-750 words), Flash (751-1000 words), Short Stories (1001-2000 words), and Poetry (up to 50 lines). Not a paying issue (sometimes we do pay), but we nominate the good ones for awards. Deadline is May 31st. https://theweretraveler.wordpress.com/call-for-submissions/

Open Calls for Submissions: The Mythos Planet: Lovecraft Insired Sci-Fi Terror–Drabbles (100 words), Micro-Fiction (101-750 words), Flash (751-1000 words), Short Stories (1001-2000 words), an…

30/03/2017

Now accepting Drabbles (100 words), Micro-Fiction (101-750 words), Flash (751-1000 words), Short Stories (1001-2000 words), and Poetry (up to 50 lines). Not a paying issue (sometimes we do pay), but we nominate the good ones for awards. Deadline is May 31st. https://theweretraveler.wordpress.com/call-for-submissions/

12/03/2017

Closing out the PhotoFlash query submissions now at 13. All the story ideas I received were awesome. This issue is going to be kick ass!

03/03/2017

The Were-Traveler is looking for contributors for its first paid issue. The PhotoFlash issue. Details, here: https://theweretraveler.wordpress.com/photoflash-issue/

The following are images to be used as prompts for the upcoming PhotoFlash fiction issue. I’m debating about making this issue the yearly contest issue, or trying to pay all the authors a lit…

02/03/2017

Due to not having enough submissions and not having enough time to post calls for subs on social media, I'm setting deadlines back for Mythos Planet issue of The Were-Traveler. I simply have to factor in some time to post calls for subs on the various fiction pages I belong to on Facebook. Who doesn't want to write about Mythos/Cthulhu??