Paw&Claw Anthology Series: Unearthly and Ungodly

Overview
Paw&Claw Anthology Series positions itself as a gathering place for writing and art that confront the vast, the ancient, and the incomprehensible. 'Unearthly and Ungodly' is a themed volume devoted to the eldritch, the cosmic, the old, and the weird—territories where horror exceeds the merely human and where mythology, Lovecraftian tropes, and the inconsequentiality of our species are examined with seriousness and craft. The series does not treat these themes as pastiche; it seeks work that understands their philosophical weight and their capacity for genuine dread. The call is open to both writing and art, with no submission fee, and the anthology will be published online. There is no prize attached; the reward is inclusion in a curated collection that takes the weird tradition seriously. The editors are looking for stories and images that engage with entities and realities that lie outside our boundaries or beneath our feet—the thing from beyond our world, the thing from before our time. The scope is deliberately broad: from Old Gods to weird horror with a capital W, from cosmic indifference to the horrors of Earth itself. What distinguishes this opportunity is its commitment to a specific aesthetic lineage without demanding imitation. The curatorial vision is one of literate horror—work that is as attentive to language and image as it is to atmosphere and dread. Submissions should demonstrate an understanding that the most effective eldritch horror is not merely about monsters but about the limits of human comprehension and the terror of the inconsequential. The anthology seeks to assemble a tome that feels cohesive in its exploration of the unearthly and ungodly, yet varied in its approaches.