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Fee-Free Horror Fiction

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Today's Smart Search List of the Day is: Fee-Free Horror Fiction. Check back tomorrow for a new list.
Color Coding: Purple indicates a Wildcard, Green indicates a paying publication, and Blue is everything else.

Cetera Magazine

Cetera is a multi-genre magazine that believes fiction can be one of the best forms of surprise. Every Thursday, we deliver original short stories that challenge, comfort, and hopefully astonish. Tales that explore the unexpected corners of human experience and the worlds that shift without warning.
Genres: General, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 35.6 days.
Acceptances: Average. 8.1% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Creepy Podcast

Dare to venture into the darkly captivating world of the Creepy podcast, where a haunting ensemble of narrators lend their chilling voices to guide you through the most unsettling corners of the unknown.
Genres: Horror.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $0.02/word, with a max. of $100.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 18.0 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 19.7% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Crow & Cross Keys

Seeking the wonderful and the bizarre, the beautiful and dark… Crow & Cross Keys is a new, online literary journal that plucks fiction and poetry from skeletal trees and gives it a place to take root. We love writing that sings: strong, unexpected imagery; lyrical prose; and an afterimage that lasts long after the lights go out. Crow & Cross Keys seeks to be a haven for all things speculative. Give us your fairy tales and your fables, sneak a scary story under the mat…
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 76.5 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 6.9% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Edge & Busby Wildcard

Edge & Busby is an independent press publishing horror that takes its characters as seriously as its scares. We publish fiction where the dread comes from people: what they want, what they hide, what scares them, and what they're capable of when no one is watching. We're drawn to books where the worst things happen between people. Serial killers between killings. Stalker stories told from the wrong side. Communities turning on one. Obsessions that wear a friendly face…
Genres: Horror.
Lengths: Novella, Fiction Collection, Novel.
Payment: + Unknown advance. Unknown royalties.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 12.6 days.

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Horrific Scribes Mature

Horrific Scribes is an expanding online archive of dark short fiction (and some poetry) by various authors who share the Horrific Scribblings imprint’s dedication to the provocative, scary, and strange. Most of the stories will have elements of horror, ranging from bloodless slow burns to raucous extreme romps, but related genres–dark fantasy, dark sci-fi, surrealist and other experimental writing with dark tendencies–are likely to appear…
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: to Token to Semi-pro. Details: USD $25 per story.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 8.7 days.
Acceptances: Average. 7.9% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Not One of Us

Not One of Us is a hardcopy zine about people (or things) out of place in their surroundings, outsiders, social misfits, aliens in the sf sense—anyone excluded from society for whatever the reason. We want to explore “otherness” from every possible angle.
Genres: Open to all/most genres, including: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: Token. Free copy(ies). Details: USD $0.0025/word, with a minimum of $5.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 13.7 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 4.2% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Remains Magazine

Remains is a colour print magazine edited by Andy Cox and illustrated by Richard Wagner, who previously worked together on Black Static and other publications. It contains new fiction ranging from short stories to novellas and various features.
Genres: Horror.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 3.1 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 1.2% of fiction submissions accepted.

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The Rumpus

The Rumpus publishes original fiction, poetry, literary humor writing, comics, essays, book reviews, and interviews with authors and artists of all kinds. Our mostly volunteer-run magazine strives to be a platform for risk-taking voices and writing that might not find a home elsewhere. We lift up new voices alongside those of more established writers our readers may already know and love. We want to bring new perspectives into the conversation that will make us all look deeper…
Genres: General, Horror.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: Professional. Details: USD $500.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 48.1 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 3.2% of fiction submissions accepted.

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StarShipSofa

StarShipSofa is one of the top SF podcasts in the multiverse that delves into the world of SF. There are a number of shows that fall under the Sofa's wing.
Genres: Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: to Token to Semi-pro. Details: $50.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 70.8 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 2.0% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Velox Books

At Velox Books, we’re passionate about bringing the most chilling, weird, and captivating horror tales to readers who crave the extraordinary. With over a decade of independent publishing experience, we’re a small press with an enormous appetite for horror, specializing in collections of horror, weird fiction, and intriguing tales that push the boundaries of the imagination. Our roster includes Amazon bestsellers and top-voted authors from Reddit’s horror story community, NoSleep.
Genres: Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Fiction Collection, Novel.
Payment: + Unknown advance. Unknown royalties.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 25.7 days.
Acceptances: Average. 4.0% of fiction submissions accepted.

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