Gauges and Ghouls

Announcing the latest anthology released by Ps and Qs Publishing! Gauges and Ghouls!

What I'm Looking For: Haunted workplace stories, modern day or historical, it's completely up to you. Just write a great character-driven story that hooks the reader fast and reels them in hard. There do NOT need to be ghosts. You don't need to have a truly haunted workplace. You can have spooky vibes, vampires, werewolves, the whole nine.

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

Dates: Open immediately with the final entry being accepted May 31st, 2025. The contracts will be sent out June 30th, 2025. The anthology will be published July 25th. 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 GaugesandGhouls@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!! 

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!!