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Smart Search List of the Day Horror Fiction

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Apex Magazine Flash Fiction Contest Fees

Apex Magazine’s Flash Fiction Contest is themed. If your story does not meet our monthly theme, it will be rejected. The new theme for each month can be found on our Patreon. We continue to keep our focus on literary genre fiction: horror, science fiction, and fantasy.
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Flash Fiction.
Winner's Prize: Professional. Details: USD $0.08/word or $10, whichever is more.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 21.2 days.
Acceptances: Average. 2.8% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Blue Earth Review

Blue Earth Review is Minnesota State University, Mankato’s graduate-run literary magazine. Before being wholly revamped and renamed in 2003, BER was published under such titles as Medicine Jug, The Muse, and Minnesota River Review. Our contributors have included folks such as Steve Almond, Nicelle Davis, Alex Lemon, Jennifer Whitaker, Kristen N. Arnett, and Charles Baxter…
Genres: Open to all/most genres, including: General, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment. Free copy(ies).
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 30.7 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 3.3% of fiction submissions accepted.

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We publish fiction and poetry.
Genres: General, Horror.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: to Semi-pro to Professional. Details: USD $25 per piece.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 92.1 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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ergot.

ergot. is a literary website interested in furthering the innovatative and experimental tradition in horror.
Genres: Horror.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story, Novelette.
Payment: to Token to Professional. Details: USD $25.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 17.9 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 4.4% 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. 46.4 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 1.7% of fiction submissions accepted.

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The Gigas Testament

We're looking for terrifying, chilling, and deeply unsettling short horror stories that explore the darkest corners of the imagination.
Genres: Horror.
Lengths: Short Story, Novelette.
Payment: to Token to Semi-pro. Free copy(ies). Details: CAD $50.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 4.6 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 30.0% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Grendel Press

We bring together lovers of the deep and dark and embrace the motto that in the heart of every monster is a truth waiting to be told.
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Romance.
Lengths: Novella, Novel.
Payment: to + Royalty rate varies Pays occasionally, up to Professional advance. Royalties vary. Details: Advance amount and royalties vary depending on contract type chosen, copies sold, and publication medium.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 100.8 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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Hushmarrow Press Wildcard

Hushmarrow Press is an independent home for stories that linger. Based in the Bronx, New York City, we publish fiction with a taste for the strange, the unsettling, and the beautifully dark, particularly dark fantasy, horror, psychological thrillers, and speculative fiction. Hushmarrow was created to give emerging and independent writers another place for their stories to be discovered, read, and remembered. We believe short fiction deserves more than a passing scroll…
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Suspense/Thriller.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 6.7 days.

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Neither Fish Nor Foul

We publish the odd, the not quite, the nearly and the almost because we believe in writing for sheer joy. Be bold, be playful, take risks. Edit it until it shines. And then send it to us so we can enjoy it too.
Genres: General, Horror.
Lengths: Flash Fiction.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 8.7 days.
Acceptances: Average. 8.6% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Rat Bag Lit

My mother recently told me that when I was a wee little thing, my nursery school teacher asked me what was my mummy’s real name. I was a confident child, and knowing the answer, I announced to the entire classroom that my mummy’s name was Rat Bag. After I recovered from the fit of laughter that overtook me upon hearing this, I asked my mother why I had given that answer. It turns out that my father, a good humored Scotsman, had given my mother the affectionate nickname as a joke…
Genres: General, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: to Token to Semi-pro. Details: USD $1-$20 depending on length; reprints paid at half rate.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 9.2 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 20.0% of fiction submissions accepted.

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