Submissions Guidelines
Infernal Museum publishes only stories set in the Galactic Mindsea Empire.
If you are not familiar with the Empire, information can be found on this website. Start with a quick overview on the Galactic Mindsea Empire in a Nutshell page.
Current Reading Period
December 1, 2024 until we get enough stories
Submissions are now open for a Mindsea Empire anthology to be published in 2025.
Anthology Theme: Bioids
The Empire has already suffered one war over the status of bioids, but will the matter ever truly be settled? Bioids mimic living beings so perfectly that, if their warning marks are removed, no one except a mindsea can spot one without sophisticated scientific testing. Bioids are designed to be without self-will, but a mutation or a shifty bioid-maker could change that...
Story length and policies
We will consider stories up to 10,000 words in length.
Multiple Submissions (more than one story submitted at a time) are not accepted. Once a story has been rejected, you may submit another.
AI-generated stories are not accepted.
Unsolicited rewrites of rejected stories are not accepted.
Payment and Rights
Infernal Museum pays 4 cents US per word for first world English rights. Payment will be made after the story has received its final edits and a contract for publication has been signed.
How to Submit
Submissions should be in standard manuscript format, attached to an email as an .RTF or .DOCX file. Include your name and contact information on the manuscript. The subject line of the email should be "SUBMISSION" plus the title of your story. Emails should be sent to
info@infernalmuseum.comResponse Times
You should hear back from us within ninety days.