We are now open to new submissions.
Submissions Info
mssubmissions @ gmail.com (no spaces)

All submissions SHOULD be sent addressed to Megan Hussey
and properly formatted or no submissions will be accepted.
We ONLY accept email submissions. Thank you.

Our response time can be between 4-6 weeks.

~ Contact Megan Hussey or Nancy Schumacher for any current needs not listed below. ~ 

Here are a few open digests: To be published late 2010
Deadline for all listed submissions: Open until Spring 2010
(On all digests stories should be around 8-12 K, guideline suggestion; does not
have to contain erotica, but should have a good romantic theme with viable
plotline that doesn't have to be centered on the romance aspect of the story.
Stories do not have to have an HEA, but a satisfactory ending please.)

Weres in the City,
There will be 3 volumes.
Shifters of different types, like werewolf, werecat, morphed beings & creatures; use your imagination, do something different. Must take place in a large enough city; must have romantic theme, but not all of plot. Have fun with it.  Most genres like sci-fi, fantasy, paranormal, etc; or cross genres.

Strange Desires 2:
See Strange Desires 1, read excerpts even, for the types of stories we want.

Halos Vs. Horns
Paranormal, Fantasy, Sci-Fi anything to do with demons and/or angels.

Warriors and Wenches
Stories about ancient or futuristic or contemporary
heroes/heroines and sassy lovers/significant other.

Christmas Collectibles-2010
Holiday stories about poignant things in contemporary life, soft to sensual heat level. Make us smile sweetly, or laugh hard, or cry with pleasure. These stories should be 4-6 k in length, will consider 7-9k ones.

Timely Tales
Historical time-travel shorts, any genre with romantic theme.

We are also accepting other manuscripts (Novels & Shorts 6-100K)
(e-format only, RTF) for all genres including:

Romance, romantic-erotica and non-erotica, western, science
fiction, horror, contemporary, chic-lit, men's fiction, women's
general fiction, adventure, speculative, action, drama, yaoi, gay,
lesbian, paranormal, cross-genres, urban fantasy, and regular fiction.

Please make sure your submission is in RTF format,
Times New Roman 12pt, single spaced, & .03 paragraph indent.
Four * * * * to be used for scene breaks as needed.

E-format only, no added cutesy stuff in file please. We will contact you
within six weeks if we are interested in your manuscript. Contracts are for three years on all manuscripts, and will be e-contracts sent both ways. Response time is 6-8 weeks, but we do sometimes get done sooner.

 Although we do publish some hard erotica, and alternate lifestyle, and fetish, we do not accept any defaming and nauseating things like graphic rape, incest, underage characters in illegal and immoral situations, or anything non-consensual or of a violently graphic nature. Things can be said point blank "He was murdered; she was harmed physically; blood poured out of his dead body and seeped onto the carpet; she was shot cold-bloodedly in the chest; the victim was stabbed repeatedly with a lethal weapon."  Enough stated! This alludes plenty. If we want forensic imagery we can see it on TV. Inquire on what intensity we accept and look at our website for books we've accepted. Read the blurbs and excerpts. Things we want vary. It depends on how well you've written it and editor approval. We accept many things, some that push the boundaries, but we have to approve of it. Send an inquiry.

That all said, please send in your submissions. Our lengths vary from singles that are 5,000 (K) words, to 100,000 words. Shorts are published in e-book format only to begin with unless part of a digest and then e-format and print. Print works are 40K and up and are put into e-books also. We accept collections of author short stories or short story series we can put into a digest. Please send only first three chapters of a novel, novella or complete short story if under 15,000 words. Also send a short 25-50 word blurb and a short synopsis of your story. If any manuscript does not adhere to these guidelines we will not read it, but will reject.

We love working with new and establish authors. So inquire and see what we want and if we are suited to you also. Good luck with your writing career.

Thank you for considering Midnight Showcase Fiction as your publisher.

Happy Reading and Writing. The Staff.

Customer Service and all other inquiries, but submissions
contact maepowers @ yahoo.com