Half Mystic Press

About

Half Mystic Press is an international, independent, and interdisciplinary publishing house dedicated to the celebration of music in all its forms. Our semiannual books are experiments in obsession and ritual, pulse points set to 4/4 time, a sacred muck of voices once unsung and unheard. We believe in sacrifice and solitude, in dissonance and defiance, in wildflowers and wallflowers, in the mundane and the marvellous, in all things full of gods. We believe in the strange and fragile beast of desire. We believe in laughter so hard there’s no sound and in the still before the train comes. We believe in every verb. We believe in cataclysm. We believe in resurrection. We believe in truth. And mostly? We believe in music. To be honest, even after a decade we’re not entirely sure what that means—but this project is our best attempt at figuring it out, one carefully-crafted release at a time.

Fees Notice: This project charges fees (or requires purchases) for all submissions. (Note: About 14% of publishers always charge fees.)
The fee range is USD $10 to $80 (average to above average for publishers that charge).

Country of Publication & Year Established

United States

Established in 2015

Publication Media

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication
Print Publication Print Publication

AI Policy

Human-created work only; no AI use allowed

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Statistics Synopsis

Regular Speed: Half Mystic Press's overall average response time is within a normal range for publishers.

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Collapse section Fiction Open Fee-based

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Novella: 15,000 - 40,000 words.
Fiction Collection: More than 15,000 words.
Novel: No specific word count limits known (our definition: more than 40000 words).

Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Music.

Payment:

Unknown advance + Unknown royalties Unknown advance. Unknown royalties.

Submissions:

Method: Submittable submission manager.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Nonfiction Collection: More than 15,000 words.
Book: More than 15,000 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Experimental, Literary, Personal.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Memoir.
Music.

Payment:

Unknown advance + Unknown royalties Unknown advance. Unknown royalties.

Submissions:

Method: Submittable submission manager.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

Collapse section Poetry Open Fee-based

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Poetry Collection: 60 pages or more.

Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms.

Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Music.

Payment:

Unknown advance + Unknown royalties Unknown advance. Unknown royalties.

Submissions:

Method: Submittable submission manager.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

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Half Mystic Press Submission Statistics

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We have received 3 reports from 3 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

Days Reported

0 min | 112.7 mean avg | 17.0 median | 321 max days (180.6 std dev)

Pending

1 response is pending (158 days waiting).

Other Information

The editors will try to make a decision within 240 days. (33.3 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 240 days.)
Do not query on the status of your submission before 270 days have passed.
The most common submission fee paid: USD $25.00.
Most recent response reported was received on 03 Jun 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 17 May 2026.
Date compiled: 15 Sep 2026 09:46 UTC (less than a minute ago).

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Dates

Last Updated: 02 Sep 2026

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