Some of these calls are very niche.
Unidentified funny objects, speculative fiction starring animals, stories about airports and airline workers and much much more.
I laughed at a similarly weird and specific anthology sub call a couple of months ago, then ended up writing something for the hell of it. I got an acceptance. Just waiting on contracts now. Imagine that, me, getting genre fiction published!
All this is to say, very specific themed calls give a good chance of publication if you can write something good that meets the criteria.
So have at it...
Unidentified funny objects, speculative fiction starring animals, stories about airports and airline workers and much much more.
I laughed at a similarly weird and specific anthology sub call a couple of months ago, then ended up writing something for the hell of it. I got an acceptance. Just waiting on contracts now. Imagine that, me, getting genre fiction published!
All this is to say, very specific themed calls give a good chance of publication if you can write something good that meets the criteria.
So have at it...
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