Welcome to Dark Tales

September contest result up soon! (We are currently climbing up through an avalanche of short stories...). Critiques will go out as soon as possible afterwards.

Important Note: The March 2012 contest will be the last Dark Tales contest.
The anthology will be continuing, and all subscriptions will be honoured.
Please bear with us during tough times.

Subscribe for four issues and enter our short story contest for free. Click the button below or, if you're in the UK, go here if you'd prefer to subscribe by post.  

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If you're in the UK, you can subscribe or order single issues using our printable order form:

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As well as our regular contest, we now offer a critique service for stories in any genre from just £5 per story.Details here.
Printable Order form here:

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Read a classic Dark Tales story for free. It's The Summer Ghost, a story by Richard Smith, from Dark Tales: Volume 12. Click the file name to download it:

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Dark Tales: Volume 12 is also now out as an e-book

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Dark Tales: Volume XI

Dark Tales: Vol.XI 

In this witch’s brew of dark delights, prepare to read two terrifying tales with a botanical twist and a spine-chilling warning against tinkering with Mother Nature.

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Volume XV has arrived! Preview it here. Order the print edition here:

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A 4-book e-subscription to Dark Tales is only £7.49 (or $12.50 if you prefer to pay in US dollars):

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Win up to £500 for your short story...

Our Short Story Competition has a current deadline
of 31st March 2012 and is open to writers worldwide. 
First prize is £500, £250 goes to the runner-up and third place £100.
As ever, all other published entrants receive £5.
We also offer a proof edit for your story for just £15 including the entry fee.
Full rules and printable entry form here.
Read extracts from four of the winning stories in a previous contest here.

Pay for your entry using the button below and then you can upload your story
or email it to us. If preferred, you can enter by post using the printable entry
form here.

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There is still time to enter our open themed
contest for stories of up to 5000 words.
Latest deadline 30th November 2011. Go here.

And don't forget our flash fiction contest.
Win up to £500 for your story, in any genre,
of up to 500 words.
Latest deadline 30th April 2012. Go here.

We now have a FaceBook page, including an online shop! Go here.

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Dark Tales: Volume XIV is now available as an e-book!

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Preview it here. Buy the e-book here:

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Dark Tales: Volume XIII

Dark Tales: Vol. XIII 

Carla Grauls opens our thirteenth volume with the metallic clang of a dystopian future.. 

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Dark Tales e-books start at only 99p each ($1.65 US), wherever you are in the world...More details here.

Dark Tales: Volume 10

Dark Tales: Volume 10

"I could always see the spirits, even as a little girl..." In this edition, discover a moving twist between World Wars on the child who 'sees dead people', and sci-fi star David Brin talks to us...
 

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Dark Tales: Issue 9

Dark Tales: Issue 9

In this nightmare-packed issue, a medieval mandrake wreaks havoc, the devil pops in for a cup of tea with the local vicar, and we speak to Piers Anthony...

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