The Fiction Desk is an independent publisher of new short stories.
Most of the stories published at The Fiction Desk are more or less realistic, but they do stray outside that from time to time: some genre fiction should be part of any balanced reading diet. One genre that they particularly like to feature is the ghost story. Their annual ghost story competition helps to find the best new supernatural fiction to share with the readers.
‘Ghost story’ can mean a lot of different things, from an encounter with an actual phantom to more unusual paranormal phenomena and unexplained events. All types are welcome. But participants should keep in mind that the general readership (and by extension the judge) may be more likely to respond well to psychological chills and unexplained mysteries than in-your-face gore.