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Slashic Horror Press MATURE CONTENT

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About

Our mission at Slashic Horror Press is to provide industry-leading publishing services to indie authors across the globe, with a focus on own voices within horror. We aim to do this by providing a smooth publishing experience from submission to publication, offering critical feedback to clients at every stage of the process. Further, we aim to provide comprehensive and competitive marketing/promotion for each author, helping to establish and maintain their brand.

We believe that the publishing experience relies on a collaborative relationship between authors, publishers, editors, and designers, and strive to bring own voices to the market in ethical, respectable manner. Even with rejections, our aim is to provide a brief manuscript assessment for rejected submissions in the hope that those authors will continue to develop their craft and eventually gain publication with us. We believe in fostering the potential in the author, even if their manuscript is not the right fit for us.

We are passionate about establishing successful author careers across the broad spectrum of horror. There are currently gaps in the market around queer content; the primary gap addressed through Slashic Horror Press is that most queer fiction details the queerness of the characters as the primary plot in the narrative. At Slashic Horror Press, we want to move beyond that as a way to demonstrate the ordinariness and everydayness of queer life.

Country of Publication

United States

Publication Media

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication
Print Publication Print Publication

AI Policy

Human-created work only; no AI use allowed

Fiction Temp Closed

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults, Young adults, Bisexuals, Lesbians/Gays.

Genres:

Horror Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Creature Horror, Extreme Horror, Gothic, Psychological, Supernatural, Vampire

Lengths:

Novella: 30,000 - 40,000 words.
Novel: 40,000 - 100,000 words.

Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Sexuality/Gender: LGBTQ issues.

Payment:

No monetary advance + >= 15% royalties Provides free copy/copies No monetary advance. ≥ 15% royalties. Provides free copy/copies. Details: 40% royalties.

Submissions:

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

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Slashic Horror Press Submission Statistics

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Accuracy
We have received 1 report within the past 12 months. The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

Other Information

The editors will try to make a decision within 42 days. (100.0 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 42 days.)
Most recent response reported was received on 22 Jun 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 06 Mar 2026.
Date compiled: 15 Sep 2026 09:46 UTC (less than a minute ago).

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Dates

Last Updated: 31 Jul 2026

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