Metahuman Press

Aliens Among Us has a simple concept: pulp stories with an emphasis on alien encounters. Stories for this anthology can have any setting past or present but they should have two major factors: a. a fast-paced pulp tale and b. a strong and obvious extraterrestrial component to the story.

We are not looking for futuristic science fiction in this anthology. We want tales of Aliens Among Us, i.e. tales of aliens in a familiar world setting.

Recommended word count is from 3,000 to 20,000 words.

We will consider reprinted work, but any reprint material must be clearly marked as such went submitted.

By submitting to Pulp Empire you certify that your work is wholly written by the given author.

Pulp Empire buys First Electronic and First North American print rights. You retain all copyright and reprint rights. Stories will remain available in print/electronic versions for perpetuity.

Pulp Empire will pay authors a percentage of print profits based per story on the number of contributors/stories in a given issue, usually in a range between 1% and 10%, determined by page count in the final volume. Back issue sales will continue to be paid at the same percentage as initially established in perpetuity, through its life in a print format. Payments will be distributed on a quarterly basis. We use PayPal only for monies distribution.

Pulp Empire considers all stories from all writers, regardless of experience or resume. We ask that you submit all stories as an RTF, DOC, or DOCX attachment to submissions(at)pulpempire.com. Please also include a short third-person biography (including publishing history) and a picture if available.

Please mark all submissions to this anthology with the word “Aliens” in the subject header.

Please include a short third-person biography including publishing history and a picture if available.

The deadline for submissions to this anthology is April 30, 2012.