For Sex & Violins: An Erotic Crime Anthology, not every musical instrument had to be a violin. In this second volume, synthesizers can be used as an instrumental enhancement, as a weapon, or as a concept. Synthesizers are made to trick the audience into believing something is there – but it’s not. Example: it can make you believe there’s a piano playing when there is no piano on stage. This can give a nice twist to a story. The key is to have something appear to be one thing when it’s actually another.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

1. All stories must be set in the 1980s.
2. Your work must include at least one steamy sex scene as part of the story, not for shock value. Characters involved can have any combination of body parts or accessories to compensate for a lack of said body part. We do expect stories to be anywhere from Rated R to Rated XXX. The anthology is sold age-restricted to 18 and older.
3. Do not include non-humans, whether extraterrestrials or otherwise.
4. All participants must be age appropriate and be enthusiastic participants in the sex scenes. No one will be coerced or forced. No animals or children will be allowed.
5. Include humor when possible because, well, sex scenes. It happens.
6. Add a crime. The crime is not limited to murder. Ultimately, the crime is still the most important aspect of the story.
7. LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC characters (and authors) are welcome and encouraged.
8. All works must be original to this publication and cannot have been published or self-published previously.
9. No AI. We will be doing our due diligence to make a determination if AI has been used. Our determination is final.
10. No simultaneous submissions.

TECHNICAL GUIDELINES

1. Word count will be 3,500 – 5,000 words.
2. The deadline is August 31st, 2025. You’ll be notified by September 30th, 2025 for acceptances/rejections. We anticipate accepting 12 stories for the final book.
3. Publication is planned for January 2026 under our White City Press imprint in conjunction with Miraflores Nights.
4. All submissions need to be in DOCX format, Times New Roman 12, and clean copy,using Shunn Manuscript Formatting. Anything else will be deleted.
5. Email to smurphy@mistimedia.com with Sex & Synthesizers, your last name, title in the subject line.
6. Our anthology agreement gives us exclusive Worldwide English Language ebook and print rights for six months from publication date, then non-exclusive rights thereafter, meaning that contributors are free to reuse their story in any manner they wish after the first six months of publication but we don’t have to remove the book from sale.
7. In your email, include ideas for promotion, organizations you’re affiliated with, etc.
8. If you are shy or have other writings this topic would impact, you can use a pen name. Keep in mind, if everyone uses a pen name, who will promote the anthology?
9. Contributors will have the option of a one-time payment of $25 or two copies of the paperback as compensation. All accepted contributors will receive electronic copies of the final book.
10. Any questions, ask!