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Fee-Free Fantasy Fiction

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Black Cat Weekly

Black Cat Weekly is a weekly publication showcasing the best in original, modern, and classic mysteries, adventure stories, fantasy, and science fiction.
Genres: Action-Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery/Crime, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Short Story, Novelette.
Payment: to Token to Semi-pro. Details: USD $0.01/word, $5 minimum up to $50.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 9.9 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 14.3% of fiction submissions accepted.

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The Fantastic Other

A place for the discussion of dreams, the analyses of fantasies, the prodding of popular larks.
Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: Token. Details: USD $5.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 47.4 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 3.5% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Fun in the Dark Anthology Series

A mini anthology series of fabulously fun, deliciously dark short fiction.
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery/Crime, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: to Token to Professional. Free copy(ies). Details: GBP £20.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 45.7 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 1.7% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Gaslamp Pulp

First and foremost, Gaslamp Pulp Zine is an imprint of Nat 1 Publishing. We are a small magazine featuring stories, poems, and art influenced or derived from turn of the century pulp fantasy and science fiction magazine. Does that mean we only publish traditional “pulp adventures”? No…
Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 59.0 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 25.0% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Interzone

Interzone is a European zine publishing fiction and non-fiction from all over the planet IZ was founded in 1982 by David Pringle, John Clute, Alan Dorey, Malcolm Edwards, Colin Greenland, Graham Jones, Roz Kaveney, and Simon Ounsley. It was published by TTA Press and edited by Andy Cox from 2004 to 2022 and is now published by MYY Press and edited by Gareth Jelley.
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Short Story, Novelette, Novella.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: EUR €0.015/word.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 4.4 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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Larina's Lit Lounge

A casual newsletter for readers and writers of poetry and fiction, especially in the speculative realm. Each issue of Larina’s Lit Lounge has a writing prompt. All submissions should address the writing prompt in some way, though the connection may be slight.
Genres: General, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Flash Fiction.
Payment: to Token to Semi-pro. Details: USD $20.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 3.7 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 12.5% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Literally Stories

Literally Stories is all about short stories. Literally. It was created by writers for writers. It exists to showcase a wide spectrum of short story fiction from new and emerging writers to more seasoned authors.
Genres: General, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery/Crime, Romance, Science Fiction, Suspense/Thriller.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 3.6 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 15.0% of fiction submissions accepted.

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MoonPark Review

MoonPark Review is an online literary journal devoted to publishing compelling, imaginative short prose that breaks our hearts, haunts us, makes us laugh, or gives us hope. We love flash fiction, prose poems, and hybrid forms.
Genres: General, Fantasy, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Flash Fiction.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 57.4 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 6.9% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Mythaxis Magazine

Established in 2008 by Gil Williamson, Mythaxis began as a self-coded webzine with an unpredictable release schedule and a close-nit group of regular contributors. Edited by Andrew Leon Hudson since 2020, the magazine is now a clockwork-quarterly publication and welcomes new writers from around the world and shares their work in audio too! But some things never change: Mythaxis has always been focused on the fiction, with as little distraction as possible - no ads, no clutter, just quality…
Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $0.01/word, with a $20 minimum, $50 maximum.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 25.5 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 6.7% of fiction submissions accepted.

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New Sinews Magazine Wildcard

looking for diverse voices & dynamic styles generally: striving to make unexpected juxtapositions especially: seeking writing that is historically keen
Genres: General, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 46.3 days.

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