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Curious Specimens

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We want your Wonder Room's creepiest inhabitants—think the Mütter Museum, reanimated Fiji Mermaids, and all creatures caught between life and death. While we'd love to see your poetry and flash fiction, we also welcome ephemera. Send us excerpts from taxidermy pamphlets, specimen lists, and medical notes. May your most unsettling work find a home with us: bottled, hand-labeled, and doused in formaldehyde.

Country of Publication

United States

Publication Medium & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic PublicationOne-time publication.

Fiction Closed
Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:
GenreSubgenres
General General
Fantasy FantasyOpen to all/most Subgenres.
Horror HorrorOpen to all/most Subgenres.
Lengths:
Flash Fiction Flash FictionNo specific word count limits known (our definition: up to 1000 words); Up to 2 pieces.
Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream.

Topics:

Other (See guidelines).

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Multiple entries: Unknown.
Media: Text.

Poetry Closed
Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:
GenreSubgenres
General General
Fantasy FantasyOpen to all/most Subgenres.
Horror HorrorOpen to all/most Subgenres.
Lengths:
Poem PoemNo line limits known; 3 - 5 pieces.
Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream.

Topics:

Other (See guidelines).

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Multiple entries: Unknown.
Media: Text.

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Dates

Last Updated: 01 Apr 2016
Date Added: 07 Jan 2016

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