I’m delighted to announce that I’m now open to short story submissions for the anthology, Modern Decadent.

Please use the online portal to send through your submissions (I’m not accepting anything via email, DM or any other avenue).

You can find all the info and guidelines on the submission page. I look forward to reading your work!

SUBMISSION CALL:

Wild Hunt Books are seeking short stories for our upcoming anthology, Modern Decadent. The anthology embraces the fin de siècle literary and arts of the decadents, along with 19th century symbolism and aestheticism. We also welcome stories with a good dash of proto-Weird in the vein of Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Machen, Edgar Allan Poe, Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Robert Chambers.

We encourage stories that subvert the expected and societal norms, embrace ‘art for art’s sake’ and toe the line of logic. We like stories that present people and situations that are not what they first seem. We would love to be unsettled. We want to know about secrets and decaying beauty; how society can rot from the inside. Realism is out and Decadence is in.

Submissions should be between 1,500-5,000 words (we are not seeking poetry, flash fiction, scripts, novels or novellas). We are only open to stories written in English (no translations) and not previously published, including on personal websites and blogs. We are looking for single author contributions and are not seeking multi-author written stories. All stories must be original to the author and not penned by generative AI or similar. While we accept submissions from writers anywhere in the world, we prioritise those residing in the United Kingdom, regardless of nationality or citizenship. Please only send one story per writer. We will delete multiple submissions.

Submissions are open from 19th January and close on 1st February 2026.

Accepted stories receive a flat fee of £100 and 10 author copies. No royalties are given for this anthology.