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The Drabblecast

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We are an audio fiction podcast featuring short stories, flash fictions, drabbles, and twabbles. Our focus is Weird, off-beat, funny, eclecticism in science fiction, fantasy, and horror, hosted and often narrated by Norm Sherman.

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Country of Publication & Year Established

United States Established in 2007

Publication Medium & Frequency

Audio Publication Audio PublicationPublished 52 x per year.

Fiction Open

There’s something specific we are looking for – that weird idea you have, that hilarious or disturbing scenario you’ve been brooding over. We like stories that are humorous, bizarre, gross, disturbing, badass, interesting and original.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:
GenreSubgenres
Fantasy FantasyOpen to all/most Subgenres, including: Bizarro, Cross-Genre, Weird/New Weird.
Horror HorrorOpen to all/most Subgenres, including: Bizarro, Cross-Genre, Weird/New Weird.
Science Fiction Science FictionOpen to all/most Subgenres, including: Bizarro, Cross-Genre, Weird/New Weird.
Lengths:
Flash Fiction Flash FictionExactly 100 words.
Flash Fiction Flash Fiction500 - 1,000 words.
Short Story Short Story1,000 - 4,000 words.
Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Absurdist, Humorous, Mainstream.

Topics:

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

Payment:

No monetary payment to Professional payment (5 or more US cents per word) Pays occasionally, up to Professional payment. Details: Under 500 words, no pay; USD $0.06/word with a cap of $300 for originals over 500 words; $0.03/word with a cap of $300 for reprints over 500 words.

Submissions:

Method: Online form.
Reprints: Reprints are allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.


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The Drabblecast Submission Statistics — Free Preview!

The statistics in this section are compiled from submission reports sent to us through our submission tracker. They are not provided by the publication's editors/staff or by Duotrope's admins. Information in this section is updated a few times per day. Learn more about the statistics.
AccuracyWe have received 65 reports from 57 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.
Days Reported1 min | 83.5 mean avg | 72.0 median | 482 max days (425.4 std dev)
Responses87.70 %
Acceptances4.62 % of submissions accepted (117.7 avg. days per acceptance) | 5.26 % of submitters accepted Rejections are often underreported, which skews the statistics in favor of acceptances. Most publishers have a lower acceptance rate than indicated here.
Rejections83.08 % (75.1 avg. days per rejection) | 14.8 % personal, 72.2 % form, 13.0 % unspecified | 9.2 % shortlisted
Non-Responses12.31 %
Lost/Returned-
Never Responded3.08 % (320.5 avg. days before reporting submissions as never responded)
Withdrawals9.23 % (39.5 avg. days per withdrawal)
Pending41 responses are pending (1 min | 39.1 mean avg | 44.5 median | 76 max days waiting | 280.1 std dev) from 41 different members This only includes pending reports from users who have been active on Duotrope within the past 30 days

Other Information

The editors will try to make a decision within 90 days. (27.7 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 90 days.)
Do not query on the status of your submission before 90 days have passed.
Submissions are acknowledged within 23 days on average.
Most recent response reported was received on 31 Dec 2024.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 14 Nov 2024.

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Dates

Last Updated: 07 Jan 2025
Last Audited: 17 Sep 2024. (We audit each active listing twice a year. Learn more at link.)
Date Added: 06 Jul 2007

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