Flytrap, the little zine with teeth, will be open to submissions for issue #10 (which should appear in November 2008) from July 1 through August 15, 2008.

Fiction: I will consider work up to 5,000 words (query for longer, but don't let it hurt your feelings if I say no). Any form, any style, any genre welcome; cross-genre and experimental work especially appreciated. I consider vignettes, fantasias, and hallucinagenia in addition to more traditional narrative approaches. Surprise me, or delight me, or both. Straightforward porn and gory horror are unlikely to find a home here, but otherwise, I'm happy to consider pretty much anything. Please, no simultaneous or multiple subs, and no reprints. Send stories as plain text in the body of the e-mail, or as MS Word or RTF attachments, to Tim Pratt at tim[at]tropismpress.com. (only replace the "[at]" with "@" You know the drill.).

Non-Fiction: 5,000 words maximum, shorter is better. We like memoirs, rants, essays, creative nonfiction, and etc. Send to Heather Shaw at heather[at]tropismpress.com.

Poetry: We are not open to poetry submissions for issue #10. We're having a featured poet instead. But you might be able to slip a prose poem past the fiction editor. I mean, nobody ever has, but you could be the first.

Deadline: We open July 1, 2008 and close August 15, 2008.

Payment: We pay $10 per piece, on publication, and a couple of copies. It's a small-press world out there; we just live in it.

Response times: Query if you haven't heard from us by the end of September.

Address any correspondence to Tim Pratt at tim[at]tropismpress.com or Heather Shaw at heather[at]tropismpress.com

Snailspace, meatmail:

If you hate, fear, despise, mildly dislike, or lack e-mail, send mail to the appropriate editor at:

Tropism Press
269 Hanover Ave., Apt. 402
Oakland, CA 94606

Include a self-addressed stamped envelope for reply, or we'll just use your pages for kindling to heat our cauldron of mercilessness.