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Raw Blood and Nerve

A project of Dickinson Publishing Group

Fledgling Listing: This project is new and has been listed with us for less than six months.

About

What kind of stories do we publish?

The first anthology we published had stories about: a man who kills himself so his family gets his life insurance payout; a woman hallucinating (or maybe actually seeing) the rat manifestations of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph; an over-industrialized town in which people cannot die until a new priest is appointed to the village church; a several-thousands-year-old horse transporting a boy back in time to see the horse’s many bloody murders; all the petroleum products in the world disintegrating all at once, bringing about civilizational collapse; a young bible salesman discovering a woman presumed to have been killed during the Puritan era, still alive and more enthusiastic about selling bibles than him; and, a girl who binds her corsets so tight that all her children are deformed (which is fine by her, because she rents them out to a traveling circus).

If your story falls anywhere in there, this is the place for you.

One last thing. If you’re submitting a werewolf, vampire, or zombie story, it’d better be weird. Like, a coyote slowly turning into an old human man and going insane once he realizes he can’t go back to the wild. Or a vampire that tries to kill herself by drinking gasoline, only to discover she has evolved the same physiological need for petrol she once had for blood. WEIRD.

Country of Publication & Year Established

United States
Established in 2026

Publication Medium & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication
Published 6 x per year

AI Policy

Human-created work only; no AI use allowed

Fiction Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

Horror Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Weird/New Weird

Lengths:

Flash Fiction: Up to 1,000 words.
Short Story: 1,000 - 7,500 words.
Novelette: 7,500 - 10,000 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Mainstream.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Other: May vary.

Payment:

Semi-pro payment (1-4.9 US cents per word) to Professional payment (5 or more US cents per word) Pay ranges from Semi-pro payment to Professional payment. Details: USD $0.01/word or $50, whichever is greater; $100 bonus for "exceptional work."

Submissions:

Methods: Duosuma submission manager. Moksha submission manager. Online form.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

Always check guidelines for details and restrictions. If you aren't familiar with these terms, see our glossary.

Raw Blood and Nerve Submission Statistics

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Accuracy
We have received 1 report within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.
Pending
9 responses are pending (1 min | 2.3 mean avg | 2.0 median | 10 max days waiting | 2.7 std dev) from 9 different members This only includes pending reports from people who have been active on Duotrope within the past 30 days

Other Information

Most recent response reported was received on 25 Sep 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 22 Sep 2026.
Date compiled: 25 Sep 2026 17:22 UTC (4 hours, 44 minutes ago).
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Before Submitting

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Dates

Last Updated: 22 Sep 2026

We check their guidelines for changes every four weeks, and we audit the listing twice a year.

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