--- title: Gothic Fantasy | Successful Submissions | Strange Lands description: We’re pleased to announce the list of authors chosen for inclusion in Strange Lands Short Stories! Available from October 2020 in the UK, and November in the US/Canada, this is the latest title in our Gothic Fantasy anthology series. This new collection similarly casts stories by modern authors alongside early classic fiction on the theme. Our call for submissions was met with a fantastic response, so we have been kept busy over the last few months honing down a selection of tales of other worlds, daring adventure and rich imagination. We’re excited to share the results with you now – many thanks again to all who submitted and congratulations to the selected authors. image: https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/hubfs/9781839642371%202.jpg --- - [Home](https://info.flametreepublishing.com/blog) | - [ Contact & About Us](https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/contact-us) T H E   F L A M E   T R E E   B L O G ![](https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Hubspot%20header%20Flame%20Tree%20Press%2002.jpg?width=3036&height=620&name=Hubspot%20header%20Flame%20Tree%20Press%2002.jpg "Hubspot header Flame Tree Press 02.jpg") # Flame Tree Fiction # Gothic Fantasy | Successful Submissions | Strange Lands Posted by [Gillian Whitaker](https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-gothic/author/gillian-whitaker) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) We’re pleased to announce the list of authors chosen for inclusion in [*Strange Lands Short Stories*](https://www.flametreepublishing.com/strange-lands-short-stories-isbn-9781839642371.html)! Available from October 2020 in the UK, and November in the US/Canada, this is the latest title in our [Gothic Fantasy anthology series](https://www.flametreepublishing.com/gothic-%26-fantasy-books.html). This new collection similarly casts stories by modern authors alongside early classic fiction on the theme. Our call for submissions was met with a fantastic response, so we have been kept busy over the last few months honing down a selection of tales of other worlds, daring adventure and rich imagination. We’re excited to share the results with you now – many thanks again to all who submitted and congratulations to the below:   **Strange Lands[![9781839642371 2](https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/hs-fs/hubfs/9781839642371%202.jpg?width=258&name=9781839642371%202.jpg)](https://www.flametreepublishing.com/strange-lands-short-stories-isbn-9781839642371.html)** *Carmen Oscuro* by [Rhoads Brazos](https://www.amazon.com/Rhoads-Brazos/e/B00TBK80WU%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share) *Garden of the Gods* by [Ed Burkley](http://edwardburkley.com/) *Hearing Is Believing* by [Ramsey Campbell](http://www.ramseycampbell.com/) *City Planning* by [Victoria Dalpe](https://twitter.com/ParasiteLife) *The Martian Tango* by [Philip Ellis](https://twitter.com/philip_ellis) *5:47 on a Tuesday* by [Marissa Harwood](https://twitter.com/Marissa_Harwood) *Thicker than Water* by [R. Leigh Hennig](https://www.semioticstandard.com/) *The Pool of Xoctl* by [Gordon Linzner](https://www.amazon.com/Gordon-Linzner/e/B003ZSNOZM?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_4&qid=1594825634&sr=1-4) *Deepest, Darkest* by [Christian Macklam](http://www.christianmacklam.com) *There Is No Place for Them on This Planet* by [S.R. Masters](http://www.sr-masters.com/) *Gemini Syndrome* by [P.L. McMillan](https://plmcmillan.com/) *Conception* by [Hannah Onoguwe](https://twitter.com/HannahOnoguwe) *The Little Angler* by [Alex Penland](https://alexpenland.com/) *The Right Sort of Monsters* by [Kelly Sandoval](http://kellysandovalfiction.com/index.html) *Wondrous Grot and Secret Cell* by [Sam Stark](https://starkwritings.home.blog/) *The Endless Bazaar* by [M. Elizabeth Ticknor](https://ticknortales.com/)   These contemporary authors will appear alongside short stories and novel extracts from the following classic writers: **Hans Christian Andersen, Fenton Ash, Cyrano de Bergerac, John Buchan, Samuel Butler, Daniel Defoe, Homer, Washington Irving, Frederic Arnold Kummer, David Lindsay, H.P. Lovecraft, George MacDonald, A. Merritt, Edward Page Mitchell, Kenneth Morris, Edith Nesbit, Francis Stevens, Robert Louis Stevenson, Jonathan Swift, Jules Verne, Stanley G. Weinbaum, H.G. Wells, Fred M. 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