Pulp Asylum

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Country of Publication & Year Established

United States

Established in 2024

Publication Medium & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication: Published 6 x per year

AI Policy

Human-created work only; no AI use allowed

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Statistics Synopsis

Faster: Pulp Asylum's overall average response time is faster than most magazines.
More Challenging: Pulp Asylum's overall acceptance rate is lower than most magazines.
Less Responsive: Pulp Asylum's overall rate of non-response is higher than most magazines.

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Fiction Temp Closed

I publish a variety of traditional pulp genres: horror, mystery, crime, science fiction, fantasy, adventure, western, and just plain weird stories are all welcome. I am not interested in experimental fiction. Regardless of genre, I am looking for straight-ahead, fully-formed stories with an inventive plot, lively action, and memorable endings. I don't mind violence or gore, and there are no taboos, but any of the strong stuff should be meaningful in the context of plot. Overall, you'll have a much better chance of getting under my skin than you will of grossing me out. If you really want to know what grills my burger, here you go: strongly-drawn, believable, dynamic characters.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

Action-Adventure Open to all/most Subgenres
Fantasy Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Weird/New Weird
Horror Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Weird/New Weird
Mystery/Crime Open to all/most Subgenres
Science Fiction Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Weird/New Weird
Western Open to all/most Subgenres

Lengths:

Flash Fiction: Up to 1,000 words.
Short Story: 1,000 - 3,000 words.

Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

Token payment (under 1 US cent per word) to Semi-pro payment (1-4.9 US cents per word) Pay ranges from Token payment to Semi-pro payment. Details: USD $15.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

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Pulp Asylum Submission Statistics

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Accuracy

We have received 32 reports from 27 different members within the past 12 months. The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

Days Reported

1 min | 18.0 mean avg | 15.0 median | 114 max days (51.8 std dev)

Responses

87.51 %

Acceptances:

3.13 % of submissions accepted (19.0 avg. days per acceptance) | 3.70 % of submitters accepted

Rejections:

84.38 % (15.9 avg. days per rejection) | 11.1 % personal, 70.4 % form, 18.5 % unspecified

Non-Responses

6.25 %

Lost/Returned:

Never Responded:

6.25 % (88.5 avg. days before reporting submissions as never responded)

Withdrawals

6.25 % (7.0 avg. days per withdrawal)

Other Information

The editors will try to make a decision within 30 days. (6.3 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 30 days.)
Most recent response reported was received on 03 Feb 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 22 Jan 2026.
Date compiled: 15 Sep 2026 09:10 UTC (49 minutes ago).

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Dates

Last Updated: 12 Aug 2026

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