This is an in-progress militaristic-occult themed literature.
What does M.O.D. stand for? Military Occult Division.
That's what the plan is going to be, this will include: poems, poetry-prose and prose.
Submissions will take up to six months to check submissions; this will be once a year.
Submission Timeline: October Edition (August -> May 1st)
Each October will be when the issue should release; which gives ~5 months to edit.
Media references? Think medium such as the following:
• Stargate,
• Warehouse 13,
• V/H/S series,
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R.,
• READY OR NOT,
• CONTROL,
• Clive Barker's Jericho.
Even-numbered Editions are in-lore.
Odd-numbered Editions are what will use the submission.
Guidelines:
Short stories will need to adhere to some level of realism and stay reasonably grounded.
There will need to be some reference of a military organization or a local, national or global entity of some kind.
Likewise, there can be inter-realm travel, but the main entity must be an "EARTH" individual or organization of some type.
It cannot be extremely futuristic and the technology can be somewhat advanced within' reason.
Ideal genres are horror, thriller and cosmic fiction. Other genres are fine as long as they fit with the following guidelines.
Submission Rules:
1. Authors must ensure that their stories are original and do not infringe on the copyrights of others.
2. By submitting, authors grant Occybyte the right to publish their work in both digital and print formats.
3. Submissions should be between 2,000 and 10,000 words in length.
4. Please include a brief author bio and contact information with your submission.
5. Use: 12-point, serifed (the standard is Times New Roman) font.
The world is everchanging and it's actually hard to accurately test whether a written material is AI generated or not, especially if one knows how to prompt engineer and utilize RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation).
Due to this, submission that use AI will be allowed, but label whether or not it is mostly AI generated.
This will be an exciting endeavor, and the cover?|