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Crooked Spine

A small horror magazine out of nowhere in particular. Four issues a year (or more), in paperback and on Kindle. Themed reading periods. We publish what scares us.
Genres: Horror.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: to Token to Semi-pro. Free copy(ies). Details: USD $20.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 8.9 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 5.9% 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. 68.4 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 5.1% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Emberwick Press

Emberwick Press is an independent, upstart publishing house dedicated to bringing bold, character-driven fiction to the forefront. We exist to champion innovative storytelling that challenges the boundaries of traditional genres. We are seeking strong voices in middle-grade, young adult, and adult fiction. We are especially interested in middle-grade / YA titles, as well as Adult Horror / Thriller novels and novellas.
Genres: Open to all/most genres, including: General, Horror, Suspense/Thriller.
Lengths: Novella, Novel.
Payment: + No advance. >=15% royalties. Details: 50% royalties on gross receipts.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 94.8 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 17.1% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Five on the Fifth

Five on the Fifth is an online literary magazine. Five on the Fifth publishes five selected pieces on the fifth of every month. We pride ourselves in our quick response time and monthly publication schedule. As writers ourselves, we understand how frustrating it can be to wait several months before receiving a response from most literary magazines. Or waiting to submit work to magazines that only publish once every quarter or once every year…
Genres: General, Horror.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 6.3 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 2.9% 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. 96.2 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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HEXFILED Magazine

HEXFILED started because the boxes did not fit. You cannot fit a hexagon into a square. It sits uncomfortably between shapes. Rougher around the edges than a circle. Less rigid than a square. Even given the same perimeter, a hexagon holds less area than one and more than the other. It occupies an unstable middle ground, never fully realized on either side. When a story straddles this liminal in-between, it risks invisibility. This is what we collect. This is what we file away…
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story, Novelette, Novella.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 12.6 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 25.0% of fiction submissions accepted.

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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. 8.9 days.
Acceptances: Average. 8.7% of fiction submissions accepted.

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House of Long Shadows

House of Long Shadows is a multi-genre magazine of Gothic fiction. Each weekly issue consists of one short story by a contemporary author along with one piece of new or classic art.
Genres: General, Horror, Mystery/Crime, Romance.
Lengths: Short Story, Novelette.
Payment: to Token to Semi-pro. Details: USD $10 for up to 10,000 words; $20 for more than 10,000 words.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 8.9 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 12.7% of fiction submissions accepted.

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The Phantom Pulse

The Phantom Pulse is a speculative fiction magazine of the grey corners of humanity, dread that permeates the skin, and the bizarre. Our pages are haunted by twisted longing, inevitable darkness, and quiet obsession. We publish traditional horror, sci-fi horror, dark fantasy, and the weird. We have diverse reading tastes and are open to experimental forms and stories.
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: Semi-pro. Free copy(ies). Details: USD $0.05/word for originals; $0.01/word for reprints.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 71.2 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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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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