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Wanted: short stories about vacations!
Iron Fang Press is accepting submissions for “Wish You Were Here” until May 1, 2026.
We want your horrifying/spooky/unsettling short stories with the theme of vacations. Stories about packing up the family to drive across country to your favorite childhood theme park. Stories about a trip to a tropical beach or a tour across Europe. Maybe even a lakeside cottage retreat to get away from it all. Or anything else that you would consider a vacation.
Submission Details:
Max of 7,000 words
Selected stories will receive $30 CAD and a Paperback copy. Accepted authors will have the ability to order additional copies at a reduced rate.
Please send submissions attached as Word document (.doc, .docx) format. Please include your name and email address at the top of the document.
Use 12pt font, double-spaced, in a common font such as Courier New, Calibri, Times New Roman, Aptos.
Simultaneous submissions allowed. Please email to notify if story has been accepted elsewhere.
Multiple submissions: no more than two stories per author. Must be submitted in separate emails.
Reprints not accepted.
We are ok with gore/violence if it fits the story.
We are NOT OK with stories that include graphic SA, promoting prejudice/hatred, or any sort of pedophilia.
Do not use characters and settings from IPs you do not own. As much as I would love to read about Harry Potter and Mr. Bean being serial killers, this is not a fan fiction request. I really do not want to get sued.
No AI / ChatGPT generated stories.
Email your stories to james@ironfangpress.com Please put “Vacations from Hell – (Story Name)” in the subject line of the email when submitting.
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Population of less than 8000 people.
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A noseless creature who nicks noses and has a nose hair coat sounds made up, right?
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They thought the Notorious Nose Nabbler sounded like such nonsense that they never even tried to stay Nabbler-safe.
But the day they wake up at their uncle’s house with no noses changes everything!
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A noseless creature who nicks noses and has a nose hair coat sounds made up, right?
Ophelia and Astrid certainly thought so.
They thought the Notorious Nose Nabbler sounded like such nonsense that they never even tried to stay Nabbler-safe.
But the day they wake up at their uncle’s house with no noses changes everything!
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The Belize Experience
Loosely based on true events
Q: What happens when three friends/coworkers go on a tropical vacation to Belize?
A: Their other coworkers get super jealous of them.
Q: What happens when they send random photos/videos of their Belize vacation without any context?
A: One of the jealous coworkers, who has an overactive imagination, starts to imagine all sorts of potential weirdness and danger they might encounter.
Q: What happens when they hear some of the potential weirdness and danger they might encounter?
A: They unanimously give him permission to run wild with it.
Q: Was this a mistake?
A: Most definitely!
The following tale has been exaggerated and twisted greatly from the stories they told. The names stayed the same but everything else was drowned in so much artistic license that it is almost unbelievable.
Please enjoy the harrowing tale of their much needed, and well deserved, tropical vacation adventure in Belize.
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James Seamone Author
James Seamone is a lifelong lover of all things Horror. He spends his time writing spooky stories for children and darker stories for adults.