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?)

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.

Hard Liquor Pulp Fiction/Men in Uniform II/Under this Cowgirl's Hat/Shifting Back
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