A press release from Jarred G. Weisfeld of Start Publishing:

Readers have always been drawn to tales of death, terror, madness and the supernatural…what is your story?

Writers must submit a 250 word short horror story to contest [at] start-media [dot] com. Upon email submission, we ask that writers tweet @startpublishing confirming his/her submission. Start Publishing will randomly select five stories for Michael J. Martinez author of Daedalus Incident to choose one winner. Martinez is going to critique the winner’s horror story and give special writing tips.

The winner’s horror story will be featured on the Start Publishing blog and the November issue newsletter. Winner will also be able to select one FREE eBook from the Start Publishing/Night Shade Books catalog.

The winner will be announced on Start Publishing’s Twitter and Facebook pages on October 31st. Stay tuned!

Deadline for all submissions: October 21, 2013.