Edge & Busby

Psychological horror. Edge & Busby publishes fiction where the dread comes from people: what they want, what they hide, what scares them, and what they're capable of when no one is watching.

Open Submissions

We're reading novels, novellas, and short story collections.

What We Want

We're building a home for character-driven horror that takes craft seriously. The work we publish prioritizes slow-burn dread over jump scares, interior tension over external spectacle, emotional precision over genre tropes, and ensemble dynamics under pressure over lone-hero rescues.

We're influenced by the literary horror traditions of Ray Bradbury, Shirley Jackson, and Joyce Carol Oates, as well as contemporary voices like Eric LaRocca, Andy Davidson, Keith Rosson, Nick Cutter, and Paul Tremblay.

Guidelines

Novels and novellas20,000 to 120,000 words

Story collections45,000 to 90,000 words total

What to sendThe complete manuscript

Submission feeFree

Simultaneous submissionsYes. If your manuscript is accepted elsewhere, withdraw it through Subfolio.

Multiple submissionsOne manuscript at a time. If we pass, you're welcome to send something else.

Previously published workOriginal, unpublished manuscripts only. Stories in a collection that first appeared in journals are fine. Note them in your cover letter.

Response timePlease allow 3–4 months. We respond to every submission.

Formatting

12pt Times New Roman
Double-spaced throughout
First line of each paragraph indented
Story title and page number in the top-right header of every page
Submitted as a .docx file
A brief cover letter in the form field that introduces you and your book

If your manuscript includes sexual assault you must include it in the content warning or it will be automatically rejected. Your manuscript is not judged on this, but we have readers that read work with SA and readers that don't. Thank you for your considerate warnings.

How to Submit

Submissions are handled through Subfolio. Subfolio offers an optional tip at checkout if you'd like to support the press. Tips are not considered in editorial decisions.

We pay advances and royalties on every book we acquire.

Questions about your submission can go to submissions@edgeandbusby.com.

If you email a submission it will not be read.

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