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Smart Search List of the Day Mainstream Horror Fiction

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4LPH4NUM3R1C

Our podcast 4LPH4NUM3R1C drops new episodes twice a month. We're looking for speculative poetry and prose that work best when read out loud. Stuff that's unimpressive to the naked eye, but a treat for the naked ear. The kind of works that might fall flat on the page, but come alive with the right reader. Nouns that sing. Verbs that dance. Adjectives whose eyelids flutter. Adverbs that play the bongos while wearing a beret and cat-eye sunglasses. You know what we're saying.
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: to Token to Semi-pro. Details: USD $15 per accepted piece.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 26.0 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 24.3% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Cursed Morsels Press

Cursed Morsels Press specializes in Weird, queer, often splattery horror with an anti-capitalist and anti-fascist spirit.
Genres: Horror.
Lengths: Fiction Collection.
Payment: + Semi-pro advance. >=15% royalties. Details: USD $500 advance; 50% royalties paid quarterly.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 11.9 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 10.0% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Electric Spec

Electric Spec is a not-for-profit speculative fiction magazine published four times per year. Our primary goal is getting great speculative fiction into the hands (or screens) of readers. Since 2005, we've been publishing short stories from authors all over the world. We've worked with all kinds of authors, from published professionals to new writers. We also believe in the value of the editorial process, and we edit every story we publish…
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: to Token to Semi-pro. Details: USD $20.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 42.1 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 1.2% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Flame Tree Fiction Newsletter

Flash fiction stories every month: one Horror, one Sci-Fi. Emailed exclusively to our newsletter readership for one month, then we’ll release them on the website.
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Flash Fiction.
Payment: Professional. Details: GBP £0.06/word.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 21.5 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 4.0% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Hell Itself

There’s a bit of advice we give to writers: “Keep submitting your story until hell itself won’t have it.” (I first heard this advice associated with The Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Workshop, but I sadly do not know its true origins). The unfortunate truth is that there are more humans out there producing great short stories than there are venues to publish them. And, thus, Hell Itself was born…
Genres: General, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: Token. Details: USD $5 per story.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 14.6 days.
Acceptances: Average. 9.7% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Pinko Press Wildcard

Pinko Press exists because the unusual tends to get filed under difficult, and difficult tends to go unpublished. We publish short stories, novellas, and novels. The fiction we are drawn to is subversive in the way that good literature is always subversive: not by arguing a position, but by making the reader perceive the world differently for a few hours. We are interested in work that treats radical premises as a starting point, not a conclusion. Literary quality is not negotiable…
Genres: General, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Novel.
Payment: + Unknown advance. Unknown royalties.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 72.8 days.

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Pulp Revival Magazine

Pulp Revival Magazine is a genre fiction publication working in the tradition of the great pulp magazines. Stories that hit hard and refuse to be forgotten. No genre snobbery, no safe choices. Just the kind of fiction that earns its place on the page.
Genres: Action-Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery/Crime, Romance, Science Fiction, Suspense/Thriller.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: to Token to Semi-pro. Free copy(ies). Details: USD $25.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 3.5 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 50.0% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Starlite Pulp Review Fees

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Genres: Open to all/most genres, including: Action-Adventure, Horror, Mystery/Crime, Science Fiction, Western.
Lengths: Short Story, Novelette, Novella.
Payment: to Token to Semi-pro. Details: USD $25.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 63.2 days.
Acceptances: Average. 7.1% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Story Unlikely

Whatever happened to the art of storytelling? It's become a lost relic, along with our identities. But here, we're revitalizing this once great craft. Don't worry, you're in good hands. After all, if laughter is medicine, then Story Unlikely is therapy for broken souls.
Genres: Open to all/most genres, including: General, Action-Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery/Crime, Romance, Science Fiction, Suspense/Thriller, Western.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story, Novelette.
Payment: to Semi-pro to Professional. Details: USD $0.08/word for originals, up to a max. of $700; $0.01-0.02/word for reprints.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 104.1 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 2.7% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Tales from the Crosstimbers

Tales from the Crosstimbers is a quarterly periodical that publishes short fiction with an emphasis on science fiction, fantasy, splipstream, and horror. We also occassionally publish non-fiction articles related to our genres or to the craft of writing. A small group of authors living in Oklahoma serves as curators and owners. Our primary purpose is to provide a readers with quality speculative fiction. We also strive to support authors…
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: to Token to Semi-pro. Details: USD $0.01/word; $10 minimum; $50 maximum.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 25.4 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 21.1% of fiction submissions accepted.

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