Sirens Call Publications

01/04/2025

Thank you to everyone who became part of our SCP family!!! We'll miss you, and wish you all the best in the future! 📚🖋🩶🖌🎨📷

28/10/2024

Sirens Call Publications is closing its doors. We'd like to thank everyone who has worked with or for SCP the past 12 years. It was a wild ride and we'd like to thank you for taking it with us! 'So long, and thanks for all the fish!' ~ Douglas Adams

Sirens Call Publications is closing its doors. We’d like to thank everyone who has worked with or for SCP the past 12 years. It was a wild ride and we’d like to thank you for taking it…

28/09/2024

Please pardon our dust as our web server suffers a few growing pains. We'll be back online soon!

Please pardon our dust as our web server suffers a few growing pains. We’ll be back online soon!

01/09/2024

SUBMISSIONS ARE CLOSED for the Halloween 2024 issue of The Sirens Call. Please visit us again in November when we open the call for the Winter 2025 issue of The Sirens Call. ...

SUBMISSIONS ARE CLOSED for the Halloween 2024 issue of The Sirens Call. Please visit us again in November when we open the call for the Winter 2025 issue of The Sirens Call.

01/08/2024

For the 67th issue of The Sirens Call Zine, our sub-theme is Halloween! In addition to general dark fiction and horror, we'll be on the lookout for anything about Samhain, Mischief Night, All Saints Day, or just fall themed tales in general. Pumpkins, autumn leaves, and apple cider are all on the table, as long as they're somehow twisted into a tale of horror! In addition to this issue's sub-theme, we're always looking for well-constructed tales and poetry that deliver solid horror and dark fiction. We'll be accepting short stories, flash fiction, drabbles, and poetry that fit within the horror/dark fiction genre. We welcome reprints as long as you hold the copyright to the piece. Your piece can be scary, sullen, emotive, freaky, elegant, have a dark satirical edge to it, or be outright terrifying beyond measure! - visit sirenscallpub.com for details....

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For the 67th issue of The Sirens Call Zine, our sub-theme is Halloween! In addition to general dark fiction and horror, we’ll be on the lookout for anything about Samhain, Mischief Night, All…

26/07/2024

Continuing to thank the Authors and poets who contributed towards making The Sirens Call Summer 2024 issue such a fantastic Zine!

Thank you to: K.A. Johnson, Kieran Judge, Naching T. Kassa, Sarah Kelderman, William Kitcher, Tom Koperwas, Andrew Kurtz, Ngo Binh Anh Khoa, Lisa Lahey, Gerri Leen, Lori R. Lopez, LindaAnn LoSchiavo, Soter Lucio, Hillary Lyon, Brooke MacKenzie, Kelly Matsuura-Author, Chris McAuley, K. L. Mill, Milkana N. Mingels, Richard Meldrum, Ava Monegan, Jim Mountfield, Dan Muennzer, Allister Nelson, Nicole Nevel-Steighner, Cassandra O'Sullivan Sachar, Bud Pharo, Celeste Plowden, Jeff Presto, Aron Reinhold, Hayden Robinson, Author S.H. Roddey, Rie Sheridan Rose, Brian Rosenberger, Dr.Robert Runte, John Ryland, Neil Sanzari, Sartorius, Sumiko Saulson, Joshua Skye, Samantha Slaven, Veronica Smith, Suzanne Spinelli, Gregg Steighner, L. Stephenson, P.S. Traum, Paul Tristram, Terry Trowbridge, Mark Tulin, DJ Tyrer, Carole Tyrrell, Leroy B. Vaughn, K. J. Watson, and JB Wocoski!

And of course, our hard working staff: Gloria Bobrowicz, Lee Andrew Forman, Marge Simon, Richard Meldrum, Mike Lera - Writer, and Nina D'Arcangela. Thank you for your hard work and dedication!

26/07/2024

The Sirens Call Summer 2024 Zine weighs in at 281 pages that are filled with short stories, flash fiction, and dark poetry. We'd like to thank all those who contributed their work to make this issue such a massive beast! This will take more than one post, so please hang in there. Names will be alphabetical.

Thank you to: Isaiah Acevedo, Shannon Acrey, Anderson, Diane Arrelle, Miracle Austin, Gabriella Balcom, A.R. Bender, Maria Bertolone, Hannah Birss, Will H. Blackwell, Jr., Pixie Bruner, Cathy Thomas-Bryant, LeighAnn Burley, Taye Carrol, Spencer W. Church, Chris P. Clay, Dawn Colclasure, Jose Angel Conde, Nickolas Cook, Sue Cook, Susan Cornford, JB Corso, B.K. Crafton, Author Scott Craven, Renee Cronley, Donna Cuttress, Andrew Darlington, Sandy DeLuca, Jeffrey Durkin, Paul Edwards, Sean Edwards, E. W. Farnsworth, Author, Anita Alexanian Forman, Lee Andrew Forman, Alper Ghuchlu, David Gianatasio, Alex Grehy, Heather Grimm, George Lee Grimsley, Jennifer Gunner, Sarah Das Gupta, John H. Dromey, Robert Hanover, David B. Harrington, Ash Hartwell, Doug Hawley, Gary Hewitt, Allison Hillier, Christopher Hivner, Ian Hunter, Rob Inkpen, Donna J. W. Munro, Mathias Jansson, Rachel Jane, and Shirlee Jellum!

26/07/2024

We just released The Sirens Call Summer 2024 Zine and we'd like to say thank you to all those that made it a fantastic issue. This will take a few posts, so lets start with our Features!

A very warn thank you to Mike Lera who pens a film-related column for the Zine titled Mike Lera's Corridor of Horror - his take on Jason vs. 'Jason' is great fodder for those who love Friday the 13th copy-cat films!

A huge thank you to our Featured Artist, world-renowned photographer Johnny Joo, for allowing us to present 15 of his gorgeous images depicting the lost, forgotten, and abandoned!

We can't thank our Spotlight Poet enough for allowing us to shine a light on her and her work. Thank you very much, Alex Grehy! Keep an eye out for Alex's story featured in the Zine as well!

Our Featured Project, StokerVerse, is the brainchild of Chris McAuley and Darce Stoker. It's a world where all things come from or revolve around Bram Stoker. Games, TV series, books, manga, comics, collectibles - if it relates to the StokerVerse, there's a taste of it in there for you. A very grateful thank you to Chris McAuley and Darce Stoker for allowing us the opportunity to present their world to you!

A monstrous thank you to Douglas Ford, our Featured Author, who took us to Paris with him on an uncanny journey. Travel with him in his mind as his feet walk the streets with photographer Jerlin Ford. Thank you, Jerlin, for allowing us to use your beautiful shots of Paris in the article.

And finally, our Featured Novel, 'The Trick', by Douglas Ford. In issue 66, we're treated to a 4 page excerpt from The trick - just enough to wet your appetite for more!

26/07/2024

NEW RELEASE:

The 66th issue of The Sirens Call Zine is 281 pages containing 200 pieces of fiction and poetry from 110 different authors and poets. Mike Lera's Corridor of Horror takes us down a forest path to explore the films that cashed-in on the success of The Friday the 13th franchise. Our Featured Artist, world-renowned photographer Johnny Joo, offers fifteen images of the lost and forgotten. Our Spotlight Poet, Alex Grehy, shares a few words about her collection, Last Species Standing. For this issue's Featured Project, we visited a virtual world known as StokerVerse, the brainchild of Darce Stoker and Chris McAuley. Our Featured Author, Douglas Ford, takes us along on his uncanny journey in Paris and shares a few images from their travels taken by Jerlin Ford. Also on offer from Douglas Ford is an excerpt from his novel, 'The Trick'.

26/07/2024

The 66th issue of The Sirens Call Zine is 281 pages containing 200 pieces of fiction and poetry from 110 different authors and poets. Mike Lera's Corridor of Horror takes us down a forest path to explore the films that cashed-in on the success of The Friday the 13th franchise. Our Featured Artist, world-renowned photographer Johnny Joo, offers fifteen images of the lost and forgotten. Our Spotlight Poet, Alex Grehy, shares a few words about her collection, Last Species Standing. For this issue's Featured Project, we visited a virtual world known as StokerVerse, the brainchild of Darce Stoker and Chris McAuley. Our Featured Author, Douglas Ford, takes us along on his uncanny journey in Paris and shares a few images from their travels taken by Jerlin Ford. Also on offer from Douglas Ford is an excerpt from his novel, 'The Trick'. ...

The 66th issue of The Sirens Call Zine is 281 pages containing 200 pieces of fiction and poetry from 110 different authors and poets. Mike Lera’s Corridor of Horror takes us down a forest pat…

01/06/2024

SUBMISSIONS ARE CLOSED for the Summer 2024 issue of The Sirens Call. Please visit us again in August when we open the call for the Halloween 2024 issue of The Sirens Call. ...

SUBMISSIONS ARE CLOSED for the Summer 2024 issue of The Sirens Call. Please visit us again in August when we open the call for the Halloween 2024 issue of The Sirens Call.

01/05/2024

The summer warmth is always welcome after a long winter, but what happens when it becomes unbearable? The 66th issue of The Sirens Call has a sub-theme of Can't Take the Heat. This theme is open to interpretation. Warm up that creative brain and show us your take on what it means! Scorching heat can come from many places—a burning fire, happenings in the kitchen, a witch's brew, global warming, a flame thrower, Hades, the Sun itself, or anything you can imagine! Or, it can take on other forms… It's up to you to cook up something good! In addition to this issue's sub-theme, we're always looking for well-constructed tales and poetry that deliver solid horror and dark fiction. We'll be accepting short stories, flash fiction, drabbles, and poetry that fit within the horror/dark fiction genre. We welcome reprints as long as you hold the copyright to the piece. Your piece can be scary, sullen, emotive, freaky, elegant, have a dark satirical edge to it, or drive fear right into our hearts! - visit sirenscallpub.com for details....

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The summer warmth is always welcome after a long winter, but what happens when it becomes unbearable? The 66th issue of The Sirens Call has a sub-theme of Can’t Take the Heat. This theme is o…