Taste Tests are mini-anthologies consisting of three or more stories ranging from 3000-7000 words each for a total of 10000-20000 words. Monthly themes are posted on the Taste Test submission page, along with deadlines and links to our general submission guidelines. Authors may submit a single story to any open theme, or submit a set of stories as single author collection, suggesting their own theme. Single-author collections will be published concurrently with a regularly scheduled monthly title.
Please send all submissions to submissions@torquerepress.com care of Lorna Hinson with Taste Test (theme title) in the subject line. This line pays our standard royalty rates, split equally among all authors (co-written stories receive a single payment divided between the co-authors). Please follow our general guidelines for formatting and cover letter information. If you have questions about the suitability of any story or need clarification on our guidelines, please email Lorna at ldoone@torquerepress.com

Currently seeking submissions for:

K9 – Publication date June 2009, submissions due 3/11/2009 (Who doesn't love a dangerous, sexy canine shapeshifter? Looking for hot, adventurous tails)

Walk the Plank! – Publication date July 2009, submissions due 4/15/2009 (Buckle my swash and send me pirates! Rapiers! Codpieces! Hot cabin boys!)

Pushy Little Bottoms – Publication date August 2009, submissions due 5/13/2009 (Topping from below? Demanding a good spanking RIGHT NOW? You bet. I want bossy little bottom boys! No whining allowed.)

Chain Male - Publication date September 2009, submissions due 6/17/2009 (Knights on white horses. Squires in chains! Saracens who want to show Europeans how to bathe, among other things. Bring on the knight.)

Scared Stiff - publication date October 2009, subs due 7/15/2009 (Sexy spooks? Ghosts with something extra to stick to you? Heck yes!)

Men in Kilts - publication date November 2009, subs due 8/12/2009 (Celtic barbarians, modern day commando hotties. Highland fling me, please!)

All Wrapped Up – publication date December 2009, submissions due 9/16/2009 (Bondage for the holidays? Heck yes. Who wouldn't want a little BDSM under the mistletoe?)

Wilde Oats celebrates gay and bisexual fiction.  
It embraces the joys and agonies of life for gay and bisexual men,
from hard gritty realism to wild flights of romantic fantasy.

http://www.wildeoats.com/ComingIssues

August: Pic4Fic

What is the hidden story behind this illustration?(See above link)  In Pic4Fic one of the Wilde Oats artists will provide a thought provoking and teasing image to stir the imagination of writers.  We challenge writers to send us a story using this illustration, by Wilde Oats artist Gormax, as a prompt, for the next (August) issue.  We will print all accepted stories -- the more, the better.

December: Gays and Marriage

Wilde Oats plans to feature a themed issue every December. As our first theme we have chosen marriage. Not just gay marriage, but any story about how gay men are affected by the institution of marriage – gays happy or unhappy in their heterosexual marriages, gays under pressure to marry, married couples with gay children or in-laws, etc. The field is wide open so start thinking about your story submission now. The deadline for submissions will be early October. While stories and articles about marriage will be given priority, we welcome submissions on other subjects as well. However, if you write about something else we will wait until the deadline before making our final selection, publish those we have room for in the order we received them, and hold the others we accept in reserve for our April issue.

Unmasked II: More Erotic Tales of Gay Superheroes

Edited by Eric Summers
Deadline: March 15, 2009

The response to "Unmasked: Erotic Tales of Gay Superheroes" was so positive that we have decided to publish a sequel.

What made the first "Unmasked" so well received was the originality of the characters and the great amount of humor, making it erotic and fun! If you contributed to "Unmasked," please consider a sequel to your story.

For those who wish to contribute for the first time, we are looking for superheroes that are original and not cliché, and a sexy sidekick is always welcome! Your superhero should have both an extraordinary talent and not so obvious weakness. All we ask is that your superheroes are hot and their actions hotter. And of course, we want them to be fun.

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Boys Getting Ahead

Edited by Mickey Erlach
Deadline October 15 2009

Everyone has heard of the casting couch, but did you know it stretches far beyond Hollywood? Many a stud has used his “talents” to get ahead, whether in an office, a loading dock, a store, or especially in politics. After all, to get ahead in life, you sometimes have to take it like a man, or give as good as you get.

BOYS GETTING AHEAD is about those ambitious young men, who will do what it takes as often as necessary to grab the brass ring or at least wear it. There are no limits to what some of these guys will do. If the boss wants it rough, that’s cool. If the boss wants romance, that’s perfectly acceptable. And, if the boss wants to throw you to the curb and treat you like a whore, that’s the chance you take. Who said having a successful life was going to be easy?

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TEAMMATES
Edited by Eric Summers

Deadline: November 15, 2009

There you are in the locker room after a hard practice, watching your teammates strip and head to the open shower room, and suddenly the practice isn’t the only thing that is hard. Or, during wrestling practice, you are paired up with the best built, most handsome guy on the team, whose singlet is stretched beyond its limits everywhere possible. You are the quarterback and the new center has the hottest butt you’ve ever seen, and now he is bent over in front of you with your hands against his crotch, ready to hike the ball. What do you do? What have you done? What do you regret not doing?

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Sloppy or poorly written stories will not be considered, replied to, or acknowledged!!!
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Dreamspinner Press is seeking homoerotic stories for the following short story/novella anthologies.
Deadline: March 15, 2009

Short stories and novellas for anthologies are purchased for a flat amount based on the length of the work.  Copyright remains with the author.  Dreamspinner requires two-year digital and paperback rights.

To Have and to Hold
A Love Story a Day for the Month of June

A wedding day is full of magic, whether you're the groom, the best man, a friend, or a bystander, and the love in the air is impossible to resist. We are looking for stories that give us a glimpse of that love - established couples or love at first sight, wedding bells or engagements, or something inexplicable that makes you think "I do." The details are up to you.

Length: 5,000 - 18,000 words (manuscripts shorter or longer will be considered but will have to be extraordinary)

Submission Deadline: March 15, 2009

Follow the general submission guidelines for short stories.
http://dreamspinnerpress.com/submissions.htm

Active Calls For Submissions: Click Here

Got your mojo working? QM is actively seeking daring new independent writers!

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CALLS FOR SUBMISSION

Desperately Seeking: Punks, urban outcasts and the just plain morally unfit
for a Queer Male Erotic Anthology

Editor: Sven Davisson
Publisher: Queer Mojo (an imprint of Rebel Satori Press)
Submission Deadline: June 1, 2009

Queer Mojo is looking for quality erotic, short fiction for an upcoming anthology. Stories should be creative, revolutionary, queer and... well, pieces gotta be good reads and they gotta be hot. They may be as explicit as you like, but should have some redeeming literary value (whatever you take that to mean).

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http://www.starbookspress.com/call.php

Pretty Boys and Roughnecks
Edited by Mickey Erlach

Deadline: February 15, 2009

Pretty boys having fun with roughnecks may sound cliché, and you may envision scenes of men finding themselves in bars or parts of town where they normally wouldn't venture; however, we want to you to add a new twist to this often too common scenario in gay sexual encounters.

Does the pretty boy have to be submissive, young, and rich? Are they always pretty or are they sometimes rough? Does the roughneck have to be uncultured and happy in a double-wide? Are they always rough or are they sometimes pretty?

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Unmasked II: More Erotic Tales of Gay Superheroes
Edited by Eric Summers

Deadline: March 15, 2009

The response to "Unmasked: Erotic Tales of Gay Superheroes" was so positive that we have decided to publish a sequel.

What made the first "Unmasked" so well received was the originality of the characters and the great amount of humor, making it erotic and fun! If you contributed to "Unmasked," please consider a sequel to your story.

For those who wish to contribute for the first time, we are looking for superheroes that are original and not cliché, and a sexy sidekick is always welcome! Your superhero should have both an extraordinary talent and not so obvious weakness. All we ask is that your superheroes are hot and their actions hotter. And of course, we want them to be fun.

We also welcome comic strips and artwork. Just query me at eric@starbookspress.com to discuss how to submit artwork.

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Historically-based Erotic Novels or Anthologies open until March 2009

Single Author Titles ongoing openings for Spring 2009 and Fall 2009

Novellas and Erotica Stories ongoing openings through 2009

Sloppy or poorly written stories will not be considered, replied to, or acknowledged!!!
 

Don Juan and Men
stories of lust and seduction
Edited by Kyle Stone
Deadline: 30th September 2008

The story of Don Juan is a popular one and has appeared in many guises throughout literary and musical history. The Spanish Don with his single minded drive to seduce, conquer and desert those who fall under his spell, fascinates us all. He is a man of power, a man who goes against the rules, a cynic with devastating charm. But the stories in this anthology will explore a side of the Don that has not been examined before. What if Don Juan were gay?

The kind of stories I'm looking for can be set in any place, in any time period, even the future. They can explore any dynamic, make the seductive one older... younger... looking back or far ahead into a future we can barely imagine. The content of the story can be romantic, darkly gothic, or modern and stark; the erotic element can range from subtle to very explicit S&M. Always the focus of the story, as with the Don himself, is on the process and psychology of seduction, in other words, on the hunt. The majority will be original stories, with no more than three reprints allowed. I expect to have from twelve to eighteen stories, running from 3000 to a maximum of 8,000 words. Deadline: September 30.

I hope to have about half the stories by invitation to writers of all sorts of genres, with plenty of room for an open call. I always enjoy discovering new voices (to me) and know the thrill of giving a new writer a first publication.

Needless to say this is a small press publication, the pay an honorarium. What we do for love... :)

Send queries to carosoles@rogers.com

Editor Joseph R.G. DeMarco will be reading for a forthcoming Lethe Press gay men's anthology tentatively entitled
A Study in Lavender: Queering Holmes.
Submissions will be read from January 1, 2009 through March 30, 2009

All stories must be both gay-themed and mysteries set in the Holmes mythos, however the character of Sherlock Holmes need not be the focus or even present.

Writers must do their homework to ensure that the stories are historically accurate if taking place in the Holmes era (though tales can be set later than the Victorian era, such as in the Golden Age of Hollywood during the filming of a Holmes movie or other appropriately familiar settings).

Before you submit, please query the editor with a synopsis of your story and the content, specifically, which characters are being queered.

Word Count: Submissions should be between 1,000 words and 8,000 words. Longer works may be considered but require advance permission from the editor.

Payment: 2 cents a word, of course, plus 2 copies of the book.

Submissions will be read from January 1, 2009 through March 30, 2009. Queries/Submissions to: holmesanthology@gmail.com

No electronic submissions will be accepted EXCEPT in the case of writers living outside of the United States.

A street address for submissions will be provided once you send an email query with the required synopsis, etc. If you would like to have your submission returned, please send a self-addressed envelope with sufficient return postage.

Electronic copies will be required for submissions accepted for publication.

Email queries and other communication may be made to holmesanthology@gmail.com

Editor Chip Capelli will be reading for a forthcoming Lethe Press gay men’s erotica anthology tentatively entitled Gemini: Twice A Man's Pleasure.
Submissions will be read from September 2, 2008 through January 2, 2009

Stories should be engaging first and foremost. As part of a new Zodiac-inspired line of gay erotica, all submissions must address a theme inspired by the specific sign: in this case, Gemini.

Appropriate subjects and themes would be: twins (fraternal or identical), brothers, mirrors, and pairings and couples. A sculptor creating a statue would also be apt as its one man regarding another. Be creative. Writers are encouraged to sprinkle throughout their story some of the associations (such as birthstones and purported psychological traits) attributed to Geminis.

Please depict acts of safer sex only - unless the story is obviously set before the AIDS crisis.

Word Count: Submissions should be no less than 2,000 words (yes, it’s a theme) and no longer than 6,000 words.

Payment: 2 cents a word, of course, to a maximum of $100, plus 2 copies of the book. Additionally, the publisher will choose one author, who in his opinion crafted the best story, to will receive a copy of all forthcoming volumes, 12 in all, in this series.

Submissions will be read from September 2, 2008 through January 2, 2009.

Gemini

PO Box 18070

Philadelphia PA 19147-0070

If you would like to have your submission returned, please send a self-addressed envelope with sufficient return postage.  Electronic copies will be required for submissions accepted for publication.   No electronic submissions will be accepted EXCEPT in the case of writers living outside of the United States.

Please query editor regarding reprinted stories.

Email queries and other communication may be made to ZodiacEditor@gmail.com.

SEXTIME: EROTIC STORIES OF TIME TRAVEL
Edited by Christopher Pierce
Deadline: August 20, 2008

Maximum word count: 5000 words.

Christopher Pierce, author of ROGUE:SLAVE and editor of TAKEN BY FORCE and MEN ON THE EDGE, is seeking stories for his next mind-blowing erotic adventure.

The power to travel through time is yours. The whole of human history is spread before you - you can go anywhere and anywhen you desire in the blink of an eye.

When would you go to get off?

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Cruising: Gay Stories of Public Erotica
Edited by Shane Allison
Deadline: September 01 , 2008

Maximum word count: 5000 words

Who can forget that rush of adrenaline when you walk in the backroom of a bar, or men steaming it up in gym showers, feet tapping in the stalls of college bathrooms and raunchy trysts in big city bathhouses, or small town sex arcades.

I'm looking for stories of public sex for my new anthology.

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GUIDELINES:

1. Submissions should be no more than 5,000 words.
2. Name, address, phone number, e-mail address (if applicable), and word count should all appear on the first page.
3. Submissions must be your original work that has yet to be published.
4. Please include a short bio with your submission.
6. All submissions must be typed, double-spaced in a 12 font and printed on one side of the page. No manuscripts will be returned.
7. Submissions for the anthology will be accepted electronically. E-mail your story as an attachment preferably in Microsoft word or as a rich text file (RTF) to sdallison01@hotmail.com with Cruising in the subject line

You don't need to sell your story in the letter; your work will speak for itself. If your query is accepted, I will be in contact with you about submitting the complete work. Be sure your query has been proofed and edited.

Sloppy or poorly written stories will not be considered, replied to, or acknowledged!!!

ETA: Anthology Full

Service With A Smile: Fun with Couriers, Contractors and Plumbers
edited by Eric Summers
Deadline: August 15, 2008

It is the oldest fantasy in the book. The delivery guy shows up wearing his tight brown uniform, and you answer the door, fresh from the shower. One thing leads to another and … Or, a contractor comes over to plaster a wall on a hot day. He strips off his shirt, you offer him a cool drink, and …

Torquere Books
Down the Chimney
Deadline August 15, 2008.

What does every good girl or boy want for Christmas? Why, another boy. Down the Chimney is a Christmas anthology for all of us who love m/m/f menage, where the boys love each other as much as they love their girl.

ERIC SUMMERS ANTHOLOGY SUBMISSION CALL
Service with a Smile – Fun with Couriers, Contractors and Plumbers
edited by Eric Summers
Deadline: August 15, 2008( Read more... )

HISTORICAL NOVEL SUBMISSION CALL
Historically-based Single Author Erotic Novel or Anthology
Deadline: December 30, 2008( Read more... )

• Works can be erotic, romantic, fantasy, even comedic.
• Strive to incorporate the tone and moment of the illustration somewhere into your story.
• Base your story on any^* illustration in my online gallery.
• Strive for between 2,500 and 7,500 words long, but that is not carved in stone.
• Stories must be your own original creation.
• Multiple entries are welcome.
• Submit stories as a Microsoft Word or rich text format file via email to 1000words@breyette.com.
• The call for submissions will end May 1, 2008.