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'Goldeneyes' by Caroline Clark - in Dark Tales: Volume XIV - illustration by Candra Hope

The Dark Tales Short Story Competition is on a monthly basis with the current deadline of 30th November, and is open to writers worldwide.  First prize is £100, £50 goes to the runner-up and third place will earn you £25. As ever, all other published entrants receive £5.

Subscribe for four issues of Dark Tales here and enter for free! Full rules and printable entry form here. Read extracts from four of the winning stories in a previous contest here.

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Dark Tales: Volume XI, XII and XIII are now only £2.99 ($7.99 US) each for 64 beautifully illustrated pages - go here to grab yourself a copy!

Dark Tales: Volume XI
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Dark Tales: Volume XIV - illustrations by Candra Hope

Dark Tales: Volume XIV  arrives soon..

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At home you turn on the television. It’s that new animated soap opera, the one that everyone says is so realistic. It’s called The Way Things Are. All of the characters have no right hands.
From 'The Unnameable Made Flesh' by Mike Russell