Submission Call - STTTYG Tattoo Edition

Undertaker Books is putting out the call for horror tales about tattoos. From traditional and own voices stories to modern misadventures, we're looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

We encourage authors of all backgrounds to participate in this anthology, and if you are comfortable sharing your background, we’d love to know more about you as an author.

This collection of stories is part of our Stories to Take To Your Grave series, and we’ve made some changes to how we’re doing it. Individual stories will be released once a month, then be compiled into an anthology at the end of the year!

Theme: Horror Stories of all subgenres that involve tattoos.

Word Count: 2,000-4,000

Editor: D.L. Winchester

Simultaneous submissions are accepted.

One submission per writer.

No reprints.

No translations.

Payment: $25 and a paperback copy of the anthology.

Submission: By email to submissions@undertakerbooks.com. Please submit as a .doc or .docx file, and make the subject of your email TATTOO – (Story Title) – (Author Last Name).

Modern Shunn format is required.
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Call Open: September 1-30, 2025

Publication: We will be accepting between sixteen and twenty stories for this anthology. Twelve will be featured as free releases, with one story published each month in 2026 before being compiled into the final anthology. The remaining stories will be anthology-only exclusives. '=