SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

 

Open from Sept. 16th 2025 - Oct. 30th 2025

Extended deadline for BIPOC, disabled, and queer authors is Nov. 7th. 2025

 

What we are looking for…

• Novels (40k-90k) please do not send submissions for works above 100k, they will be deleted.

• Novellas (20k-40k) please do not send submissions for works below 20k for this call. Shorter submissions might be better suited for our Smitten Land or anthology calls.

• If you’re submitting a short story collection, please make sure it falls under 60k words. We have limited spots for collections this time around and are being more selective with what we receive.

• Southwestern horror, Southern gothic, and religious horror are all top priority. If you are submitting to our Mothdust imprint, we are looking for dark romance, gothic romance, and horror romance.

• Standalones and series proposals are both welcome, but please only submit the first book for consideration if it is part of a series.

• Completed manuscripts are preferred.

• If you are submitting a collection, please make sure to include the strongest overarching theme in your cover letter.

• We prioritize Own Voices and queer stories.

• We are disability owned and operated so send us your disabled MC’s, please. We want them.

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What we are not looking for...

• Non-Fiction or graphic novels, we’re just not there yet.

• We do not accept any AI-generated content whatsoever.

• Please do not send on-page rape/non-con or stories that hinge on that theme as a plot device. We’re not the ideal home for I Spit on Your Grave or Last House on the Left type of stories. Please don’t make Sirius read them (and trying to sneak that in without at least a content warning is going to make them upset). Dubious Consent is fine, just please send CW.

• Please do not send us anything that is centered around on-page extreme violence towards children or animals.

• It should go without saying that we do not accept stories that glorify racism, bigotry, ableism, transphobia, queerphobia—please do not drop bigoted or ignorant rhetoric into our inbox. It will be deleted.

• Please do not send us anything that is centered around a gross-out factor. Please don’t make Sirius and Janus read about poop, boogers, or extremely gross / unhygienic genitals.

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Musts…

• Please submit your work as a .DOC or .DOCX file and in Shunn Manuscript Format.

• Please submit your cover letter, your manuscript, and a one-page plot summary through this Google form. If you are unable to use the form, you can email rev.lmhpub [@] gmail.com with the subject line of SUBMISSION [TITLE] [GENRE] [AUTHOR NAME] (but please let me know what issues you had with the form so I can fix them).

• Please do not inquire about the status of your submission until at least two weeks after the end of the submission period.

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Notes:

• If your work is accepted for publication and we discover that any part has utilized generative AI, we will withdraw our offer or terminate the project as applicable. This is also written into our contracts.

• If you’re not sure whether your work is better suited for the more horror-leaning or romance-leaning imprint, we can work that out together. Don’t be afraid to ask us for help! Just mention it in your cover letter.

• We pay out 40/60 (LMH 40, author 60) royalties on a quarterly schedule.

• We are signing on a few titles for late Fall / early Winter  ’26, most acceptances will be offered a ’27 release slot.

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