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Mainstream Horror Fiction

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Allegory e-Zine

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We're looking for good, solid fiction. We specialize in the Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror genres. We will consider other genres, such as humor or general interest, provided that the work possesses an original, "quirky" slant in the Northern Exposure, Ally McBeal vein.
Genres:     Open to all/most genres, including: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths:   Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: to Token to Semi-pro. Details: $15.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 61.0 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 4.4% of fiction submissions accepted.

Flame Tree Book of Horror Anthology Series

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Genres: Horror.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: Professional. Details: USD $0.08/word $0.06/reprints.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 152.3 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 4.0% of fiction submissions accepted.

Khoréo Magazine

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khōréō is a quarterly magazine of speculative fiction and migration. We are dedicated to diversity and elevating the voices of immigrant and diaspora authors. We publish fiction, genre non-fiction, and art; our stories include fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and any genre in between or around it — as long as there’s a speculative element. We’re especially interested in writing and art that explores migration…
Genres:    Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths:   Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: Professional. Details: USD $0.10/word.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 40.3 days.
Acceptances: Average. 9.1% of fiction submissions accepted.

Lunatics Radio Hour  Wildcard

The Lunatics Radio Hour podcast explores the history of horror and craft of modern day scary storytelling.
Genres: Horror.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment.

No Cause For Alarm Anthology

Write us a story in which catastrophe has been absorbed into the fabric of ordinary life. Not catastrophe as plot, but as background. The flooding that is mildly inconvenient. The extinction that registers as admin. The end of something vast, received as nothing in particular. We want fiction that has internalised the flatness, the shrug, the mild continuing-on.
Genres:     General, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths:   Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: to Token to Professional. Details: GBP £10 flat fee for ≤ 1,000 words; £25 for over 1,000 words.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 39.8 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

On the Premises

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On The Premises aims to promote newer and/or relatively unknown writers who can write what we feel are creative, compelling stories told in effective, uncluttered, and evocative prose. Entrants pay no fees, and winners receive cash prizes in addition to exposure through publication.
Genres:        General, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery/Crime, Romance, Science Fiction, Western.
Lengths: Short Story.
Winner's Prize: Professional. Details: USD $250 first prize.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 32.4 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

The Piker Press

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The Piker Press is a journal for arts, sciences, fiction and non-fiction, featuring a wide array of literature, from humor to drama. We like to think of it as the illegitimate, online child of Analog and National Geographic, but funnier.
Genres:      Open to all/most genres, including: General, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths:   Short Story, Novelette.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 7.9 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 70.0% of fiction submissions accepted.

Rotting Leaf Mag

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Rotting Leaf Mag is an online magazine that publishes literature from the realms of the eco-horrific, the eco-surrealist, and the eco-weird.
Genres:    General, Fantasy, Horror.
Lengths:   Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: Professional. Free copy(ies). Details: USD $0.06/word with $30 minimum.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 13.1 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 3.5% of fiction submissions accepted.

Tome & Space

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Canadian Genre Magazine for short fiction, short comics, and short attention spans.
Genres:       General, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery/Crime, Science Fiction, Suspense/Thriller.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: Professional. Details: CAD $0.11/word up to a maximum of $400.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 101.7 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

The Yard

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The Yard: Crime Blog Is an online magazine about crime, horror and darkness. We publish True Crime and Crime Fiction in all its categories. We also publish Horror and Dark Literature. We want you to enjoy reading all we have to offer. We are here because crime, and dark things draw us. It interests us. We are shocked by it and entertained by it. We are hurt by it, and we often commit it. We are here to entertain and feed that desire to see more of it, or to tell about what happened to us…
Genres:    Open to all/most genres, including: Horror, Mystery/Crime.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 68.3 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 28.6% of fiction submissions accepted.

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