Independent publisher of dark fiction anthologies. Publisher of The Cellar Door series. Created & managed by author/editor Aric Sundquist.

Marquette, Michigan
Joined June 2019
Submissions are now closed for Phantom Worlds. Received 150 stories this time around, which brings the total number to 650+ submissions. I'll be sending out responses over the next week and announcing new authors in an updated TOC very soon. Publication date is Oct 7, 2025.
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PHANTOM WORLDS UPDATE: A huge thank you to everyone who submitted a story! I received 478 stories total, and accepted only 5. I try to get around 8-10 stories for each issue, so submissions have opened again until the last slots are filled. Guidelines: tinyurl.com/2k7h7sbx
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Submissions are now closed for PHANTOM WORLDS: THE CELLAR DOOR ISSUE #6. This one broke a record with 500 submissions sent. I'll be busy over the next month reading your stories, so expect a TOC around March with a release date in early June.
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Dark Peninsula Press retweeted
I got my contributor copy of the latest issue of The Cellar Door from @darkpenpress and I'm definitely looking forward to reading through the rest of these stories. And you should too!
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Submissions are now open for Phantom Worlds: The Cellar Door Issue #6. Seeking horror stories where alternate realities invade our own. Deadline is Jan 31, 2025. 2k- 8k length. Sim subs allowed. Payment is $50 + copies. Visit the website for more info: tinyurl.com/enmjeksf
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Phantom Worlds: The Cellar Door Issue #6 will be opening to submissions from Dec 1, 2024 - Jan 31, 2025. Seeking horror short stories where alternate realities invade our own. 2k - 8k length. Payment is $50 + copies. Visit the DPP website for more info: shorturl.at/71knL
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Marshland Horrors: The Cellar Door Issue #5 is now available in Kindle and paperback. Includes a novelette by featured author Scotty Milder! Featuring: @scottymhorror @SRMillerAuthor @MattJBliss @wytwavedarling @AlexEbenstein @CassandraDaucus and more! amazon.com/dp/B0DH977DFC
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A huge thank you to @ericarobyn for the outstanding review of AFTER TOMORROW!
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Cover artwork for PHANTOM WORLDS is now finalized, with artwork by Mikio Murakami! Submissions opening in December. Payment = $50 flat fee. 2k - 8k limit. Sim subs allowed. For complete guidelines, visit the Dark Peninsula Press website at: tinyurl.com/2m2bxc46
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The digital version of After Tomorrow is now available for purchase through Amazon, with a brand new novelette by featured author Richard Beauchamp! Still waiting for the paperback version to appear online, so that should be available soon... amazon.com/dp/B0CYH49PV9
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The full TOC for AFTER TOMORROW is now finalized. With featured author Richard Beauchamp! I'd also like to welcome @elin_writes to the TOC with her beautifully eerie flash fiction piece "Skies!" Also featuring: @scottymhorror @SJ_Writer @ScottHallam1313 @sazjo_what
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There are 4 new submission themes posted for The Cellar Door series on the Dark Peninsula site. The upcoming themes are: Phantom Worlds (#6), Absurd Nightmares (#7), Dark Fantasy (#8), and Undead Rising (#9). More details for each coming soon... darkpeninsulapress.com/submi…
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Here is the full TOC for Marshland Horrors. Congrats to all the authors! Fall 2024 release. Includes new stories by: @scottypotty616, @wytwavedarling, @MattJBliss, @CassandraDaucus, @SRMillerAuthor, @AlexEbenstein, Ashlee Lhamon, Richard Beauchamp, Mark Szasz, & Martin Thompson.
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Last day to submit to AFTER TOMORROW and/or MARSHLAND HORRORS. Submissions close tonight at midnight (EST), with a 2 - 3 week response time. Follow the links below to read more. darkpeninsulapress.com/submi…
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Dark Peninsula Press retweeted
Super pleased to announce that my short story "The Banjax" will be published later this year by @darkpenpress in their anthology "After Tomorrow: The Cellar Door Issue #4"!
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Dark Peninsula Press retweeted
My latest story, "Unwanted," is available now in issue #3 of The Cellar Door from @darkpenpress. And right now you can read this story for free on the Dark Peninsula Press website. Check it out: link in comments below.
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Dark Peninsula Press retweeted
ANNOUNCEMENT: One of my all-time favorite stories — “The Whole Price of Blood," originally published in the Violent Vixens anthology from @darkpenpress — is now available to read FOR FREE on the DPP website! Click the link below to check it out. darkpeninsulapress.com/the-w…
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