Nyctalocos: A Collection of Night Terrors
Open to submissions during the month of February 2026.
Nyctalocos: A Collection of Night Terrors seeks stories that focus not only on the familiar sleep disorder, but also step outside that box and into the deeper terrors of the night. Authors are asked to submit their tales (between 2K and 6K words) via the email provided below and allow up to two months for a response. (Send only one story. No reprints. Simultaneous submissions welcome.)
> Payment: $10 per 1K words, and one contributor copy.
> Submit: nyctalocos.editor@gmail.com
Planned publication date: June 2026.
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