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| December 21, 2025 
A Dark and Stormy Holiday trades festive cheer for cold, pensive suspense. It’s moody, it’s Gothic, and every ordinary character is making a desperate gambit.
Silent nights hide the darkest secrets. Get your copy today.
Available in print and ebook from your favorite online retailers.
https://books2read.com/DarkAndStormyHoliday
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| December 1, 2025 
Holiday magic isn’t just for people! Our seventh Holiday Hijinks volume brings you the stories of favorite old toys with tales to tell and shiny new gifts waiting for their adventures to begin!
Pick up your copy of Toy Trucks and Teddy Bears today!
Available in print or ebook from your favorite online retailers:
https://books2read.com/Hijinks-Toybox.
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| July 9, 2025 
It’s getting hot out, so we’re helping you cool off with TWO Holiday anthology calls!
A Dark and Stormy Holiday
As you can probably tell from the title, this anthology is all about the mood.
Think Rebecca set in the deep midwinter. Or anything filmed by Alfred Hitchcock that you can tie to a winter holiday.
Length: 4000 – 7000 words
Submission Deadline: July 31, 2025
Anticipated release: November, 2025
Pay: Royalty-Share, via PayPal
Details at https://www.camdenparkpress.com/dark-and-stormy-holiday/
Holiday Hijinks: Toy Trucks and Teddy Bears
If we look beyond the ribbons and wrapping paper, it’s plain to see that the holiday magic isn’t just for people! For this year’s Holiday Hijinks volume, I’m looking for lighthearted stories focused on the beloved children’s toys that make the season bright.
Length: 4000 – 6000 words
Submission Deadline: August 31, 2025
Anticipated release: Late November, 2025
Pay: Royalty-Share, via PayPal
Details at https://www.camdenparkpress.com/toybox/
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| February 23, 2025 
UPDATE: This call is now closed, and the anthology is live! Check out the Cooking Up Death page for details.
From the seemingly innocent humor of Arsenic and Old Lace
to the casual phrase, “death by chocolate,”
culinary cozies featuring toxic treats and lethal luncheons
fill the shelves of your local bookshop.
With this in mind, we thought it might be fun to “cook up” some chaos of our own!
For writing guidelines and submission information, see the call.
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| July 16, 2024 
Did the hands on that clock just turn backward? Did that dog speak to you? Did a shadow pass across the face of the moon? You might be experiencing magic…
We’re delighted to present Street Magic II.
The ebook is available on all the major electronic retailers, with the the paperback edition processing. Find it at your favorite retailer here: https://books2read.com/StreetMagic2
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| June 11, 2024 
Ghosts come in all shapes and sizes, from wispy, rarely visible ethereal shades to nearly-there beings capable of moving objects, and even those that don’t realize they’re no longer breathing. But whether they’re sticking around for one more chance to catch St. Nick, or simply must oversee the holiday preparations their way, their spectral presence can certainly liven up our holidays!
Happy Holiday Hauntings: a Holiday Hijinks anthology. Release planned for Nov. 29, 2024
Check out the call for details!
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| November 24, 2023 
For this holiday season, our pets are the stars of the show!
Presenting Tidbits & Tinsel Tails – the newest addition to the Holiday Hijinks collection.
Available now in print and ebook from your favorite online retailers.
https://books2read.com/TinselTails
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| October 28, 2023 
Just in time for the October full moon – the Hunter’s moon – our 17th anthology just went live! We’re pleased to present They Hunt by Night.
The ebook is available on Kindle and Kobo so far, with other e-retailers and the paperback edition processing. Find it at your favorite retailer here:
https://books2read.com/TheyHuntByNight
We’re thrilled with this deliciously creepy set of stories!
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| April 3, 2023 
Pets come in all shapes and sizes, from dogs and cats to birds and goats, and more. But whether they have fins, fur, feathers, or scales, they’re part of our families – and that makes them part of our holidays!
For this year’s Holiday Hijinks, we’re looking for holiday stories with pets as the stars of the show.
For more information, check out the call!
UPDATE: Sept 5, 2023 – The call is now closed, and the book is in production. Watch for its release this November!
