In partnership with our friends Domesticated Primate, we’re proud to introduce a new anthology series: Stranger Harvests.

This autumnal collection will focus on elements of fantasy and sci-fi – the bedrock of the strange and unusual. In the same spirit of our Rituals and Tidings anthologies, we are interested in art that incorporates the elements of the season – a chill in the air, crunch of dead leaves, the lingering scent of bonfires drifting on night breezes.

Stranger Harvests will be released on Saturday, October 31st, 2026 – Samhain, for our purposes – you may call it Halloween, All Hallows Eve, or one of a dozen other names used by cultures across the globe. Marking another liminial moment in the turning of the seasons, Samhain is the end of summer, the final moment to harvest and stockpile what will keep you through the winter. It’s also a moment to share spooky stories, to leave offerings and gifts to avoid upsetting the Folk, and of honoring the dead and making room for mystery and magic in everyday life.

We are particularly interested in:

Sword & Sorcery: Mythic adventure and old magic. Doomed wanderers, vicious curses, rotting kingdoms, and warranted violence.
Comps: Karl Edward Wagner’s Kane stories, Conan, Berserk, Elric of Melniboné, Red Sonja, the paintings of Frank Frazetta and Sanjulián.

Weird Fiction: Liminal places, impossible ecologies, half-seen deities, and a palpable dread.
Comps: Clark Ashton Smith, Annihilation, the films of Panos Cosmatos, the paintings of Zdzisław Beksiński, the alien biology of Wayne Barlowe.

Dark Fantasy: Autumnal dread, haunted nostalgia, and the small private apocalypse of a single life.
Comps: Ray Bradbury’s The October Country, Guillermo del Toro, Kelly Link, Nathan Ballingrud, the illustrations of Joe Mugnaini and Edward Gorey, Dungeon synth music.

A Note: These traditions are siblings, and we welcome when they bleed into one another. If your piece resists easy labeling, you’re in the right place. Send it.

We are not seeking: romantasy, cozy fantasy, straight horror, straight sci-fi, splatterpunk, or conventional epic quest narratives.

We accept:
• One (1) short prose piece, up to roughly 1000 words. No format or form restrictions.
• One (1) poem, up to roughly 500 words. No format or form restrictions.
• Up to two (2) pieces of artwork. No medium or style restrictions. Please list a title and the materials used for each.

How to submit: Send your work by email to nick@domesticatedprimate.com with a brief bio (roughly 100 words or less) in the body of the email. Send prose in PDF or Word format and images as PNG or highest-quality JPG.

We accept simultaneous submissions, but please notify us if your work is accepted elsewhere.

For more information and to learn more about Domesticated Primate, please visit their website: domesticatedprimate.com

While we are unable to compensate contributors at this time, we do not charge for submissions and the digital version of the book will be freely available through our website. Paperback versions of the book will be available for sale on publication date.