NON-FICTION

Twilight Tales Online is always excited about well-written, relevant nonfiction. As a pangenre publication, we do favor articles about topics of interest to the science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, suspense, and slipstream genres. Many of our readers are writers, so articles of general interest to writers are also welcome.

Feature articles include (but are not limited to): interviews, profiles, and articles about cultural phenomena (such as the recent abundance of comic-book-inspired films). Approximately 1,500-3,000 words.

Reviews include: software, events, and other media of interest to writers. We are not generally interested in movie or video game reviews. We are, however, always interested in reviews of books or products that are helpful to writers (ergonomic keyboards, screenwriting software, etc). We do not publish book reviews. Generally 500-1000 words.

How to Submit: Queries only, please! E-mail your query to the nonfiction address, at features@TwilightTales.com.

Rights and Terms Acquired: Electronic Publication Rights (First Serial Rights or Reprint Rights), plus the right to archive the contributor’s work for up to two years.

Payment and Compensation: Currently, no monetary payment is offered, but bylines are given to all contributors. Promotion of contributors, their works, websites, and any other products or properties through our website will be gladly considered, at the discretion of the publisher.

FICTION

Twilight Tales Online is committed to publishing the highest quality material available from around the world. We’re looking for sharp, stylish prose that pushes the limits of creative writing, entertaining readers and challenging them to examine the depths and heights of insightful literature. All stories should explore, however slightly, some element of fantasy, the supernatural, horror, or science fiction. The materials we accept tend to have a darker, macabre, or unusual slant, and should push the envelope of literary exploration. Twilight Tales is open to unpublished works of fiction, reprints, and stand-alone excerpts from novels.

Word count: One or more short stories totaling between 2,000 to 4,000 words. We will also publish flash fiction of 1,000 words or less.

All writers are asked to provide a brief biography (100 words max) and a good-quality author photo in JPEG format at the time of submission.

Authors who write in languages other than English are asked to submit both an English translation and the story in its original language.

How to Submit: Submissions should be in proper manuscript format and include full contact information on the first page. E-mail submissions only. Submit entire story as a Word document attachment or RTF attachment only. Send to Ed@twilighttales.com.

Please include all copyright information and previous publication information if the story is a reprint. If not a reprint, we will list the copyright under the author’s byline name unless otherwise specified.

Rights and Terms Acquired: Electronic Publication Rights (First Serial Rights or Reprint Rights), podcast rights, plus the non-exclusive right to archive the contributor’s work for up to two years. The use of a story on our website constitutes publication in print and use of First Serial Rights.

Payment and Compensation: Currently, no monetary payment is offered, but bylines are given to all contributors. Promotion of contributors, their works, websites, and any other products or properties through our website will be gladly considered, at the discretion of the publisher.

Publication Schedule: New fiction appears at TwilightTales.com every other week on Friday.

Reply Time: You should hear a response from us in six to eight weeks.