The Dream Shard Grimoire: The Dream Shard Grimoire #2 Cinnabar Press Free Tip Jar Option

The second issue will be released on the winter solstice 2026. Because of this timing, the theme will be death as a precursor to rebirth. After all, the icy death of the year implies the muddy green rebirth that will follow.

We are especially interested in: horror poetry, weird fiction, flash fiction, experimental poetry and prose, hybrid and genre-dyfing work, occult essays with a literary voice, art that evokes the ephemeral nature of the ineffable, and rituals fetched from the edge of dream.

We are looking for pieces that seem dreamed rather than written, forgotten rituals, haunted dreams, forbidden saints, and the visions that linger long after waking- these are the kinds of ineffable places from which your work should be drawn.

Submissions Guidelines:

*Only original and unpublished work will be accepted. This does not include publication on your personal social media.

*No work generated by AI will be accepted. Exercise caution in using AI to edit or check your work, lest it flag your original work as AI.

*Submit up to five poems, five pieces of visual art or mixed media, and/or 5,000 words of prose.

*Submit your writing as .docx files or Google Docs link. Submit mixed media and visual art as a .jpg file.

*Simultaneous submissions accepted, please notify us if accepted elsewhere.

*Include a brief third-person bio, with any social media handles you wish to include.

*Submissions open until the new moon in December, 12/9.

*Contributors will receive one free print copy and one digital copy.

*Submit all work to [email protected].

*Author retains all rights to work following publication.