Elven Rock of Ages

Announcing the latest open call by Ps and Qs Publishing! Elven Rock of Ages

What I'm Looking For: 

Rift is tired of ruling his Elven Kingdom. He's been maintaining peace for a thousand years. His son is ready to take over and his daughter is leading his armies. He has nothing to do except sit in his court and pretend to be entertained. Enter a 1980s band that managed to stumble into his kingdom. Finally, something new. Deciding that playing rock music is how he wants to spend his time, he and three of his most trusted guards head out into the world. They take on the names, 

Rift - singer

Belanger - bass 

Draye - guitar 

Todd - drummer (Someone has to have a normal human name.) 

1988 - Band Name

Don't worry about writing the origin story. I have that one in hand.

Together they travel around, entertaining the crowds and fighting all the possible supernatural creatures in their way. This could be anything from Science Fiction to Fantasy to Horror. No overly graphic scenes or swearing, please. 

Absolutely no song lyrics, although song titles are acceptable.

No AI may be used.

Story length will be between 5,000 and 10,000 words.

Dates: Open immediately with the final entry being accepted Aug 31st, 2025. The contracts will be sent out Sept 30th, 2025. The anthology will be published Oct 31th. If there are enough awesome stories for more anthologies, you will be informed as to which one you will be included in and when it will be published. 

Payment: Payment will be done through Pubshare and will be royalty based. 

Rights: I will require the English text exclusivity for one year. You will be paid past the first year, but you can then publish it on your own at that point. 

Please send all stories to ElvenRockofAges@gmail.com

Small details:

Please use .docx or .doc to save your file. 

Save the file as StoryName-Yourname.docs

12 Times New Roman, double spaced. If you are unsure as to how to format a short story, please refer to https://www.shunn.net/format/classic/ . 

Thank you and happy writing!! 

What's Your Age Again?

Okay, for THE LAST open call of the year, published in the last week of January 2026

COMEDIC Romantic age gap

Open Immediately 

Close date: December 31, 2025 

Publication Date: Jan 30, 2026 

What would a 500 year old vampire have in common with a 21 year old human? Not much, but I'm sure it'll be funny to watch. 

First time out clubbing? it's his millionth and loud "kids" are so exhausting. "You call that dancing? That's just throwing yourselves across the floor. I'll show you dancing…" 

You wanna check out the opera? Too bad she was there when it was written and OMG, the pronunciation of that last part... 

The techno wiz dealing with his ancient boyfriend whose latest tech was the printing press. 

"Ugh...turnips again??" 

"Of course. they helped millions get through the famine. they're great for you!" 

**no idea if this is true. 

Doesn't have to be Vampire fiction, but it does have to be paranormal. 

I'm not interested in seeing 70 year old humans dating 20 year old humans. That's just boring real life stuff. Give me the fantastic. Give me the extremes. DO NOT GIVE ME JACOB AND RENESMEE.

Does not have to include sex or even romance. All genders and orientations are welcome. 

Fade to Black, PG-13. If you must swear, do it creatively. 

Please use .docx or .doc to save your file. 

Save the file as StoryName-Yourname.docs

Submit your stories to agegapshortstories@gmail.com

Payment: Payment will be done through Pubshare and will be royalty based. 

Rights: I will require the English text exclusivity for one year. You will be paid past the first year, but you can then publish it on your own at that point. 

Story length will be between 5,000 and 10,000 words.

12 Times New Roman, double spaced. If you are unsure as to how to format a short story, please refer to https://www.shunn.net/format/classic/ . 

Sample Contract can be found at https://www.psandqspublishing.com

Thank you and happy writing!!