Death Knell Press

03/03/2025

Every Woman Knows This by Laurel Hightower is 2 years old today!
It's time to pick up your copy and dive into the depths.
https://deathknellpress.com/2025/03/03/happy-book-birthday/

12/09/2024

Congratulations to David K Mitchell! His story TENDING TO DEAD FLOWERS has been selected by our guest judge, LP Hernandez as the winter 2024 Flash on the Fly winning story!🌹
Read it here:

In November, we posted a pop-up flash fiction contest where participants had only 48 hours to write a 500 to 1000-word horror story in the theme “Ten Years After the End of the World”. …

12/02/2024

🎉Congratulations to Laurel Hightower on her THREE Ellen Datlow Best Horror of the Year (V. 16) recommendations!
Two of these stories, "The Goodbye House" and "The Midwife" appear in EVERY WOMAN KNOWS THIS!!

11/11/2024

Thank you to all who took on this challenge and submitted stories. Our guest judge, LP Hernandez, will be reading submissions over the next few weeks. Once a winning story is selected, the author of that story will be contacted via email.
We hope you enjoyed this contest!

11/11/2024

2 hours remain! Submissions are due by 10am EST on Nov 11.

The Flash on the Fly Challenge begins now Submissions are open as of Saturday November 9 at 10:00AM EST and will close in 48 hours on Monday November 11 at 10:00AM EST…

11/09/2024

📢Our 48-hour flash fiction contest is now OPEN!📢
Theme: 10 YEARS AFTER THE END OF THE WORLD.

500-1000 words
Free to enter
One winner, $50 prize & nonexclusive publishing contract

READ FULL GUIDELINES

The Flash on the Fly Challenge begins now Submissions are open as of Saturday November 9 at 10:00AM EST and will close in 48 hours on Monday November 11 at 10:00AM EST…

11/08/2024

Tomorrow!!

Flash on the Fly is back for Autumn 2024 with Guest Judge L.P. Hernandez How quickly can you go from reading the open call to submitting a story? Can you do it in 2 days? HOW IT WORKS: On Saturday,…

11/07/2024

It's almost time!

11/02/2024

ONE WEEK! Get your flash fiction chops ready for the morning of November 9th when we'll announce the theme of the contest.

500-1000 words
$50 prize
Free to enter

LP Hernandez is ready for your stories.

Flash on the Fly is back for Autumn 2024 with Guest Judge L.P. Hernandez How quickly can you go from reading the open call to submitting a story? Can you do it in 2 days? HOW IT WORKS: On Saturday,…

10/21/2024

📢FLASH ON THE FLY returns in November📢
with guest judge LP Hernandez!

On Nov 9, we'll announce a theme. Writers will then have up to 48 hours to create a flash fiction horror story on the fly. Are you in?

500-1000 words
Free to Enter
$50 prize, one winner

All the gory details below

07/17/2024

Today, we donated more royalties from the DARK CORNERS OF THE OLD DOMINION anthology sales to Scares That Care!

This anthology of Virginia horror, with a foreword by Brian Keene, has raised over $1800 for the nonprofit organization so far.

Creepy caves, mountain madness, metropolitan area urban legends, hurricane creatures, swamp terrors, battlefield ghosts, and more.

ALL PROFITS from sales are donated to Scares That Care, so keep those sales coming!

https://deathknellpress.com/dark-corners-of-the-old-dominion/

https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Corners-Old-Dominion-Anthology/dp/B0CFK7NWNK

07/13/2024

Congratulations to Samir Sirk Morató!
Their story POOLHORSE was selected from over 200 submissions as the winning story for the Summer 2024 Flash on the Fly contest!
Many thanks to our guest judge Laurel Hightower
Read Samir's story here:

In June 2024, we posted a pop-up flash fiction contest where participants had only 48 hours to write a 500 to 1000-word aquatic horror story. Laurel Hightower read through over 200 submissions and …

06/10/2024

The Flash on the Fly contest window is officially CLOSED! Thank you to all who submitted.
Our guest judge, Laurel Hightower, has over 200 submissions to read through, and we hope to have a decision within the next 4 weeks. Watch this space or subscribe for updates. http://deathknellpress.com

06/08/2024

Flash on the Fly contest window is officially OPEN!
The theme is: AQUATIC HORROR
You have 48 hours to write & submit.
🔪500-1000 words
🔪Free to enter
🔪$50 prize
Contest judge: Laurel Hightower
Full guidelines here: https://deathknellpress.com/2024/06/08/flash-on-the-fly-2/

06/06/2024

Reminder of this weekend's Flash on the Fly contest!

🔪Free to enter.
🔪500-1000 words (firm limits)
🔪$50 prize (which ends up being a 5-10c/word payment for the winner)
🔪Eternal Glory

all the details you need👇👇

Flash on the Fly is back in June 2024 with guest judge, Laurel Hightower! How quickly can you go from reading the open call to submitting a story? Can you do it in 2 days? HOW IT WORKS: On Saturday…

05/08/2024

CONTEST DATE ANNOUNCED with Guest Judge, Laurel Hightower.

On June 8th, 2024, we'll announce a horror subgenre and theme. Writers will then have exactly 48 hours to create a flash fiction story. Are you in?

Free to enter
500-1000 words
$50 prize, one winner

Flash on the Fly is back in June 2024 with guest judge, Laurel Hightower! How quickly can you go from reading the open call to submitting a story? Can you do it in 2 days? HOW IT WORKS: On Saturday…

04/06/2024

Be sure to stay IN THE MOMENT for the total solar eclipse on Monday. Grace R Reynolds explores the horrors of the total solar eclipse in her NIGHTMARE SKY story. Don't say you haven't been warned.

https://www.amazon.com/Nightmare-Sky-Stories-Astronomical-Horror/dp/0998853186

03/11/2024

All profits from sales of Dark Corners of the Old Dominion go to Scares That Care! Today, we made another $350 donation, bringing our total donations (including direct donations from authors hand-selling copies) to over $1700 since its release.

Dark Corners of the Old Dominion: A Virginia Horrors Anthology