Extraordinary Beasts:  Hooves and Horns

There are just some extraordinary beasts out there that don’t get enough love. Here at Opal Kingdom press we want to share the limelight!

Bring me your stories of the creatures horns and hooves: the unicorn, the kelpie, the pegasus, the minatour, the fire mare. The creatures can be the good guys, the bad guys, the somewhere in between. I would love to see some tales told from the point of view of the creature as well as humankind encountering such beasts.

While I’ll be accepting unicorns for this volume, I do want to see more variety and will only accept so many unicorn stories, so get creative!

Genre: Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, or SF. Light horror would also be fine.

Word Count: 6,000-10,000 words

Due: July 15, 2026 for a August release

Rating: PG-PG13. This isn’t the place for excessive or explicit content. I’m not looking for message fiction or heavily RL political or religious statements. Fantasy clerics, kings, etc, etc, are fine. Connections to RL religion or myth is also fine so long as it’s respectful. Use your best judgement.

Payment: Split royalty through Pub Share.

One submission per author please. Reprints are welcome.

Email: Send to editor@opalkingdompress.com with the Subject Line: Your Title – Extraordinary Beasts: Hooves and Horns. Please use standard manuscript format (Google Shunn Manuscript format if needed). Reprints are welcome.

Extraordinary Beasts:  Scales and Seas

There are just some extraordinary beasts out there that don’t get enough love. Here at Opal Kingdom press we want to share the limelight!

I promised you an anthology for one of our more common creatures was coming and here it is. In Scales and Seas I want to focus on Merfolk and Selkies, creatures that share their lives with land and sea. The creatures can be the good guys, the bad guys, the somewhere in between. I would love to see some frightening and villanous creatures as well as heroes and heronies.

Genre: Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, or SF. Light horror would also be fine.

Word Count: 6,000-10,000 words

Due: September 1st for an October release.

Rating: PG-PG13. This isn’t the place for excessive or explicit content. I’m not looking for message fiction or heavily RL political or religious statements. Fantasy clerics, kings, etc, etc, are fine. Connections to RL religion or myth is also fine so long as it’s respectful. Use your best judgement.

Payment: Split royalty through Pub Share.

One submission per author please. Reprints are welcome.

Email: Send to editor@opalkingdompress.com with the Subject Line: Your Title – Extraordinary Beasts: Scales and Seas. Please use standard manuscript format (Google Shunn Manuscript format if needed). Reprints are welcome.

Extraordinary Beasts: Fires and Fangs

There are just some extraordinary beasts out there that don’t get enough love. Here at Opal Kingdom press we want to share the limelight!

I promised you an anthology for one of our more common creatures was coming and here it is. In Fires and Fangs I want to focus on dragons and other dragon type creatures: wyverns, drakes, firelizards, and all their kin! The creatures can be the good guys, the bad guys, the somewhere in between. I would love to see some frightening and villanous creatures as well as heroes and heroines. Dragons from cultures beyond Western Europe would be a particular delight.

Genre: Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, or SF. Light horror would also be fine.

Word Count: 6,000-10,000 words

Due: November 1st for a December release.

Rating: PG-PG13. This isn’t the place for excessive or explicit content. I’m not looking for message fiction or heavily RL political or religious statements. Fantasy clerics, kings, etc, etc, are fine. Connections to RL religion or myth is also fine so long as it’s respectful. Use your best judgement.

Payment: Split royalty through Pub Share.

One submission per author please. Reprints are welcome.

Email: Send to editor@opalkingdompress.com with the Subject Line: Your Title – Extraordinary Beasts: Fires and Fangs. Please use standard manuscript format (Google Shunn Manuscript format if needed). Reprints are welcome.