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The Other Stories

A project of Hawk & Cleaver

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FADE TO: 2016.
Four writers huddle around a Skype call. They’re ambitious little hatchlings, kicking around ideas for stories they want to write and the ways in which they want to tell them. They giggle as they cook up a weekly short story podcast.
They call it… THE OTHER STORIES®.
It’s to be a melting pot of ideas, a kaleidoscope of spooks and surprises, a giant stick with which to prod the collective unconscious right where it least expects it.
…the four writers get to work.
They wrangle in narrators, clumsily edit the audio, add some music, the odd sound effect, and let the show loose upon the world.

Country of Publication & Year Established

United Kingdom Established in 2016

Publication Medium & Frequency

Audio Publication Audio PublicationPublished 52 x per year.

Fiction Open

Dates:

Rolling Deadlines: Check cutoff dates.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

Horror. Open to all/most Subgenres.

Lengths:
Short Story1,800 - 2,200 words.
Styles:

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

Topics:

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

Theme:
ThemeDeadlineTrack
Eldritch01 Jun 2025*10
Payment:

Semi-pro payment (1-4.9 US cents per word) Semi-pro payment. Details: GBP £ 15.

Submissions:

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


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The Other Stories 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.
This project ranks among the Most Unresponsive Fiction Publishers in our database.
AccuracyWe have received 15 reports from 15 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.
Days Reported29 min | 241.3 mean avg | 290.0 median | 601 max days (141.4 std dev)
Responses40.00 %
Acceptances6.67 % of submissions accepted (601.0 avg. days per acceptance) | 6.67 % 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.
Rejections33.33 % (261.6 avg. days per rejection) | 0.0 % personal, 100.0 % form, 0.0 % unspecified
Non-Responses60.00 %
Lost/Returned-
Never Responded33.33 % (350.8 avg. days before reporting submissions as never responded)
Withdrawals26.67 % (146.5 avg. days per withdrawal)
Pending11 responses are pending (15 min | 150.0 mean avg | 136.0 median | 352 max days waiting | 244.7 std dev) from 11 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 56 days. (93.3 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 56 days.)
Do not query on the status of your submission before 56 days have passed.
Most submissions are acknowledged on the same day.
Most recent response reported was received on 08 May 2025.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 09 Dec 2024.

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Dates

Last Updated: 08 May 2025
Last Audited: 08 May 2025. (We audit each active listing twice a year. Learn more at link.)
Date Added: 29 Sep 2019

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