Cul-de-sac of Blood

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We gather & circulate poems & other writing that engage monstrosity, the macabre, the weird & the eerie, horror films, darkness & night, the mysterious unknown, & the perverse urge to speak the unspeakable.
We love horror novels & stories, comics & movies, & our mission is to host a venue for frightening poetry & poetics; critical & literary essays; visual art & collage; short fiction & screenplays; Friday Features on cultural artifacts; & uncategorizable textual excursions. We bring this writing into conversation with images & visual treatments that reflect a horror aesthetic & haunt the mind.
Cul-de-sac of Blood gives us a place to share a lifetime of horror thrills & blood spills with others whose reading & writing rituals refuse to abandon the shadows that cast their dark comfort over us. Anywhere writing & horror intersect, we’ll meet you under the always full moon.

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Country of Publication & Year Established

United States

Established in 2022

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

Horror Open to all/most Subgenres

Lengths:

Flash Fiction: No specific word count limits known (our definition: up to 1000 words).
Short Story: No specific word count limits known (our definition: 1000 to 7500 words).

Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

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Essay: No specific word count limits known.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Literature/Books: General, See guidelines.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

Horror Open to all/most Subgenres

Lengths:

Poem: No line limits known.

Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms.

Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

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Artwork:

Art Media:

Open to all/most Art Media, including...
Collage.

Art Styles:

Open to all/most Art Styles.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Image.

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2 responses are pending (89 min | 108.5 mean avg | 108.5 median | 128 max days waiting | 27.6 std dev) from 1 member

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Most recent response reported was received on 07 Jul 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 16 Jun 2026.
Date compiled: 15 Sep 2026 10:02 UTC (less than a minute ago).

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Last Updated: 01 Sep 2026

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