Rebel Satori Press — LGBTQIA+ Speculative Fiction, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy — Full-length
Overview
Rebel Satori Press, an independent publisher known for its occult, spiritual, and literary catalogues and its LGBTQ+ imprint QueerMojo, has established Queer Space, a new imprint dedicated to queer-positive speculative fiction. The call invites book-length manuscripts that operate at the edge of the possible, encompassing science fiction, interstitial, slipstream, horror, and supernatural modes. This is a focused editorial initiative: the press seeks work by LGBTQ+ authors featuring LGBTQ+ characters, and it explicitly excludes erotica. The scope is broad in subgenre but strict in form—original, full-length works only. For the writer, the terms are straightforward and notably free of financial barriers: there is no submission fee. The press asks for the complete manuscript alongside a cover letter containing a brief synopsis and an author biography. No prize or advance is specified in the provided information; the opportunity is a publication pathway through an independent house with an established presence in liminal and spiritually inflected literature. The absence of a fee and the specificity of the imprint signal a curatorial seriousness rather than a broad-spectrum open call. The curatorial vision is one of queer futurity and speculative possibility—'right on the bleeding edge of what is possible,' as the press frames it. That language suggests a preference for work that does not merely insert queer characters into conventional genre templates but instead uses speculative structures to interrogate, reimagine, or destabilize normative realities. The mention of interstitial and slipstream alongside horror and supernatural indicates openness to hybrid and formally restless manuscripts. Rebel Satori's existing identity—occult, spiritual, liminal—further implies that metaphysical, esoteric, or uncanny dimensions may find a natural home here.