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We seek:

• Tales of betrayal that taste like kin

• Lies sweeter than marrow

• Confessions from living bone

If anything, we read in the tradition of Clive Barker’s visions, Gene Wolfe’s deceptions, Jorge Luis Borges’s infinite mirrors, and Roberto Bolaño’s wastelands.

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We do not want:

• Boy-meets-anything romances

• Personal catharsis or sentimental memoir

• Immigration trauma or identity essays

• Plotless transgression for its own sake

• Safe, tidy, or redemptive endings

• Tavern quests, chosen ones, prophecy checklists, any other well-worn tropes of heroic adventure

Limited seats. Bring your own knife. Send us your heirs. We will cook them well.

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Submissions: thyesteanbanquet@posteo.net

Once the gods approve the feast.

Issue 0 is a one-time offering. There is no guarantee of future calls.

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Guidelines

• Prose & fictions, 50–5000 words.

• Original Artwork welcome

• Previously unpublished only. Simultaneous submissions permitted, but withdraw immediately if accepted elsewhere.

• One piece per author per period. No multiple subs.

• Deadline: March 1, 2026, 23:59 UTC

• We aim to respond within three months, but cannot guarantee individual replies. No response within a month by the deadline means we have passed.

• No fees. No payment (yet). Glory and sanguine are the only currency here.

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Formatting

• .docx/.pdf, 12pt Times New Roman/Garamond, double-spaced black text.

• Header: Last Name / Title / Page #

• Title page: Title, name, contact, word count.

• Indent paragraphs 0.5". Single space after periods. Italics for italics.

Deviate and we’ll use your submission as kindling, thank you very much.

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Rights

We claim First Serial Rights and exclusive electronic distribution rights (including but not limited to web, ebook, and podcast/audio adaptations) for accepted work. All other rights remain with the author.

Upon publication, rights revert to you after a 90-day exclusivity period except non-exclusive electronic rights, which we retain for archival and promotional purposes.

​We may also produce a limited print-on-demand version.

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Thyestean Banquet welcomes submissions from writers of all identities,

and from any who bring us meat worth cooking.

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