Queries are Currently: OPEN
Cloaked Press is proud to begin taking queries from fantasy and science fiction authors and agents to bring new stories to life. Here we will try to answer any and all questions regarding our query process and what you can expect from us.
General guidelines on what we are looking for:
- Engaging, thought provoking, imaginative, and/or uproariously funny stories. These could be Novels and Novellas or Single Author Short story collections
- We aren’t big fans of stories that focus on anything related to child/sexual abuse – tasteful and tactful flashbacks that are part of a character’s backstory are acceptable, but let’s not be graphic for the sake of shock value.
- Graphic sexual content of an adult nature isn’t strictly off the table, but, we aren’t really looking for erotica either.
- Animal cruelty isn’t something we are a fan of either. With this one, we aren’t talking about the slaying of fantastical creatures. We expect that to happen in fantasy/scifi and even horror stories. What we mean would be the torturing of animals just to be cruel and for shock value.
Our Official MSWL
Fantasy:
- Sword and Sorcery- one of our first loves. Wow us with your unique world building
- Ghosts, occult, supernatural tales
- Fantasy/supernatural races and creatures in modern settings
SciFi:
- Space opera – not military SciFi
- Aliens and humans integrated – not alien invasion stories
- Blends of SciFi and Fantasy where magic and technology can and do work together but can also be the source of conflict
Horror:
- Blends of Fantasy or SciFi with elements of horror – psychological and thriller horror especially
Our promise to you, if we come to a mutual agreement to work together:
- We will have our Cover Designer build a fantastic cover for ebook, paperback, and possibly hardcover. To do this, we have a form that we will have you fill out, as well as feedback from our team here who will read the story to assist with theme/focus. We will also contract graphics for promotion (see below).
- We will provide ISBNs for editions published across Amazon, and Ingram Spark.
- We will communicate with you every step of the way to bring your book baby into the world, because, let’s face it. This is a big deal.
- We will promote your work across all of our social media platforms and email subscriber list prior to and after publication. The materials we use will be available to you to use as well, including banners, for your personal author platform (Facebook, Twitter, Insta, etc.)
What to do:
Please fill out our Query Form Here.
Attachments:
All attachments should be .docx, .doc, or .rtf format.
Manuscripts should be complete and edited to the best of your ability, we know that it will possibly still need editing and that’s OK. Please use the following formats when preparing your manuscript for submission:
- Times New Roman 12pt
- 1” margins
- .5” indent first sentence of each paragraph
- Spacing of 1.5 between lines
Thank you for adhering to these standards. We love reading submissions and following the standards listed above will enable us to make decisions regarding your submission more quickly. We will send a confirmation email when your submission is received. All efforts will be made to make a decision within 8 weeks. If you have not heard from us within that time frame, please feel free to send us a gentle reminder as sometimes emails do get lost or rejected. To help prevent that, add us to your WhiteList in your email program to prevent our replies from going into the junk mail folder.