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Fee-Free Science Fiction Flash Fiction

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Today's Smart Search List of the Day is: Fee-Free Science Fiction Flash Fiction. Check back tomorrow for a new list.
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Bog Matter

Bog Matter is a speculative literary magazine published biannually in the spring and fall. It seeks to publish new short fiction, poetry, and graphic shorts that could be described as science fiction, horror, fantasy, magical realism, slipstream, New Weird, utopian, dystopian, satirical, cross-genre, experimental, or exuding a general air of oddness.
Genres: General, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: Semi-pro. Free copy(ies). Details: USD $0.02/word; minimum payment of $5.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 90.6 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 2.4% 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. 77.3 days.
Acceptances: Average. 7.5% of fiction submissions accepted.

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foofaraw

a zine of surreal storytelling and worldly observations published by humdrum industries
Genres: General, Fantasy, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $0.02/word; $50 maximum.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 34.5 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 16.3% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Incensepunk Magazine

High tech, high church. A literary magazine on the intersection of faith and sci-fi. Incensepunk is, at its core, a genre of longing. It desires a world in which traditional faiths and churches play a major role in society. Incensepunk extrapolates Byzantine and Gothic architecture styles into a modern world of skyscrapers and globalization. However, it is not regressive. It doesn’t view the past as good and the present as wicked and depraved…
Genres: Science Fiction.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: Semi-pro. Royalties. Details: USD $25 for original flash fiction; $100 for original short stories; $25 for story reprints; no pay for flash fiction reprints.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 84.1 days.
Acceptances: Average. 7.2% of fiction submissions accepted.

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The Lit Nerds

We believe in good writing. We believe in living life intentionally and enjoying as much of it as possible. We believe in not feeding the corporate outrage algorithms. We believe in being informed, in being kind, and in doing what we can to make life a little more livable for everyone. The Lit Nerds publishes work with a focus on the bright side of humanity. Work that prioritizes hope and joy, even amidst suffering. Work that promotes empathy and gallantry and human connection…
Genres: General, Action-Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery/Crime, Romance, Science Fiction, Suspense/Thriller, Western.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 51.6 days.
Acceptances: Average. 9.8% of fiction submissions accepted.

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OFIC Magazine Wildcard

What’s special about the word “ofic” is that it’s short for “original fiction,” but only in contrast to fanfiction. The fanfic/ofic divide dichotomizes fiction into two categories: work that openly acknowledges the canon from which a work was transformed, and everything else…
Genres: Open to all/most genres, including: General, Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story, Novelette, Novella.
Payment: Token. Details: USD $0.005/word.

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Perseid Prophecies

Perseid Prophecies is an independent quarterly speculative fiction magazine. Every issue features fiction from a broad range of science fiction and fantasy, including everything from hard SFF, weird fiction, sci-fi tinged horror, and more. Additionally, each issue offers a factual scientific article, unique cover art, and an editorial titled “Raye’s Rant.”
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story, Novelette.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 45.1 days.
Acceptances: Average. 7.7% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Sci-Fi Shorts

1,000 words isn’t much, but it’s enough to craft a five-minute escape to another dimension, and that’s our goal. It's a busy world and you don't always have time to immerse yourself in a sprawling space opera spanning multiple tomes and thousands of pages. Fortunately, we bring you immersive stories, characters, and ideas you can read on your potty break. Sci-Fi Shorts has been publishing flash fiction from authors around the world since 2020…
Genres: Science Fiction.
Lengths: Flash Fiction.
Payment: to Token to Professional. Details: USD $10per story; one story per month is selected to receive $100.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 6.9 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 42.9% of fiction submissions accepted.

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SPANK the CARP

SPANK the CARP publishes unique, thought-provoking fiction and poetry that isn't obscure or pretentious. Its goal is to invite readers to wade into the literary stream, not make them afraid of water for fear it's too cold. Any genre, including hard science fiction, though PLEASE no fantasy, erotica, or sappy romance. Humor is good.
Genres: Open to all/most genres, including: General, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 35.9 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 18.2% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Underside Stories

Our purpose: To share stories! I’ve been writing since I was a small child in the 80s (not to be shared) into teenager years during the 90s (doubly not to be shared) all the way to today!
Genres: General, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery/Crime, Science Fiction, Suspense/Thriller.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story, Novelette.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 30.0 days.
Acceptances: Average. 9.7% of fiction submissions accepted.

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