TreeShaker Books produces genre fiction anthologies. We have run successful anthologies in previous years. Coming in 2023 (holiday season) is an Urban Fantasy anthology. We are also collecting submissions for a Sci-Fi/Space Opera & MilSF anthology as well as a Halloween horror release of Anthology of the Damned 2.

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Please click and complete this form in addition sending a query (include the title, genre, wordcount, etc. as well as the completed story). to TREESHAKERBOOKS@GMAIL.COM Let us know if it has been published before and send stories as a .doc or .docx file.

We are looking for short stories and novellas. Reprints are perfectly fine and works from 6k-15k (hard limit at 20k) are preferred; we will make this available as a paperback as well, meaning it will be published in perpetuity in paperback, and will remain published at least 1 year in digital format and in broad distribution (ie. you cannot enroll your story in Kindle Unlimited, however, you may continue to publish it in all formats on your own).

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Our contracts are: nonexclusive, accepting of reprints, pay authors, provide realtime sales data, allow authors to purchase copies at cost for resale, and don't require advertising buy-ins... that makes us one of the most pro-author publishers in the anthology market. Because of that, we do insist that authors help market during the books release period by using their personal platforms (social media, email newsletter, etc.)

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Contributors each get a share of the profits. All authors will be expected to promote via their socials and on their NL during release and the first month of publication. Contributors will have the opportunity to purchase physical editions at cost for resale at events. It will not use an Amazon ISBN and so it is a friendly purchase for those placing copies at brick and mortar stores. We use pubshare for all our tracking, royalties, and legal agreements; you will need an account with them (it’s free and they provide participants with real-time tracking info on sales and fulfill paperback requests for authors.)

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We are looking for 10-20 contributors per book. The actual number depends on size and quality of submissions.

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Streets of Fire and Shadow: an Urban Fantasy Anthology (Early 2024 release)
-Urban fantasy of most stripes considered.

-we like Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, Harry Dresden, Supernatural, X-files, Twilight, etc.
-while having romance in this anthology is acceptable, it must not be the primary plot. Do not reskin a romance story to shoe-horn it into a genre for publication.
- Accepting submissions for Streets of Fire and Shadow until Dec 31

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Anthology of the Damned 2 (Horror, releases Oct 4, 2024)
-think Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark for grownups.
-monsters and hauntings… but it should be a horror tale. Twilight had vampires and werewolves, but was urban fantasy, submit to that anthology if your submission is paranormal but not necessarily horror.
-please, no gore and nastiness for the sake of shock factor. Blood and guts isn’t as scary as tax day
-while having romance in this anthology is acceptable, it must not be the primary plot. Do not reskin a romance story to shoe-horn it into a genre for publication.
-Accepting submissions for Anthology of the Damned 2 until July 

 

Laser Cannons and First Contact: a Science Fiction Anthology (mid-2024 release)
-spaceships, epic battles, aliens.
-we want more Star Wars, and Battleship Earth and less Jurassic Park or The Martian
-it does not need to feature aliens
-while having romance in this anthology is acceptable, it must not be the primary plot. Do not reskin a romance story to shoe-horn it into a genre for publication.
- Accepting submissions for Laser Cannons and First Contact until May

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