CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Silence of the Apoc

Tannhauser Press Call for Submissions.

This is the foundation document for the short stories in the SILENCE of the APOC anthology.

Here is a set of common items all the submissions must include:

• The stories will be set after the Zombie Apocalypse has occurred. It could be the day it hit or a year later. It struck in the spring of 2017. The stories are from various locations around the world.
• Society was utterly destroyed in less than a month. No government, no media, no power grid remains.
• No one knows why or how it happened. None of the stories will solve that mystery.
• Anyone that dies for any reason will become a zombie. The dead will turn Two to Ten minutes after they die, even if they were not bitten.
• Zombies can only be killed with the destruction of the brain.
• The zombies dry out and mummify the older they get. They will last potentially for decades.
• Zombies hear and see and smell to find prey. It’s all they do.
• They will eat any mammal they can catch. Cats, dogs, rats, cows, horses, deer.
• Zombies get slower the older they get. Fresh ones can run and fight hard. Old zombies are shamblers.
• Zombie bites will not kill you outright. You die in 24 to 48 hours. Symptoms include sweating, extreme thirst, eventually fear of water (like rabies: Hydrophobia).
• These stories should be character driven and about survival. They are not stories the figure out how it happened.
• Stories will take place in a variety of locations: Urban, suburban and rural. Even desolate places. The focus is on survival.
• Stories should be 5,000 to 20,000 words.
• Authors will be paid between $25 and $100 per story if accepted, with signed agreement.
• All submissions are to be delivered in MSWord format. Garamond 12 will be used. Scene changes will be separated by “ *** ”.
• SILENCE of the APOC will be Rated R.
• Volume 2 and 3 are already planned so the deadline is continuous. 

--Please direct any questions to Martin Wilsey, martin.wilsey@gmail.com.