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Filthy Loot is a small press out of Ames, IA.
Focused on misfit fiction (transgressive, existentialist, horror, and other cult fictions) and odd other ideas — we publish zines, art stuffs, & books in both limited edition and open formats.
Filthy Loot is an independent publisher that welcomes submissions from both new and established writers and artists. While we are known for our horror titles, we are interested in receiving works that challenge the norm and provoke thought, but are still based in modern reality.
I’m available to people who want to drop me a “Hi” or “Would you be interested in something like this?” I’m trying my best to avoid submission platforms these days. You can contact me directly via email or social media.
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We are interested in working directly with independent bookstores. If you wish to carry our books, please get in touch with us at any of the places above. We give a steep discount and often provide little giveaways for your customers (mostly stickers, I’m sure that’s a big surprise to everyone)
SUBMISSIONS
We do NOT currently have any anthologies in progress. If you are trying to place short fiction, we will have new guidelines soon.
If you are unfamiliar with the work that we put out, I highly suggest that you check out some of our books. We’re not one of these presses who wear our rejection rate like a badge of honor. There are just a lot of things we’re not interested in releasing. And for that, we’re sorry.
Simultaneous submissions are welcomed, but please let me know as soon as you do if it’s been accepted elsewhere. Please and thank you. Reading time at this point is approximately 2-3 months due to increased levels of submissions.
Novellas & Collections (approx. 35k words)
Please send the pitch for your book before just sending the whole thing. It’ll save us both a lot of time.
Chapbooks (>10k words)
Right now, we’re only doing chapbooks for our Talented Perverts line. If you are unfamiliar with these, please take the time to check them out. We are only interested in non-genre fiction for these.
Short Stories (2k-6k words)
As noted above, we’re currently in between anthologies, please check back soon!
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
Aesthetic Fictions
Misfit Ficitons
Candy Colored Horrors
Cult Fictions
Is that confusing?
Because it’s confusing to us too, I just like sloganeering.
Sorry.
Questions, Comments, Concerns? Email Us.
