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Mainstream Fantasy Flash Fiction

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Flash Fiction Online

First published in December 2007, Flash Fiction Online is a digital, professional magazine that celebrates brief, beautiful, and dynamic flash fiction. These bite-size stories are the perfect length for readers to enjoy during a lunch break, while waiting in line, or as a breather between daily tasks. And, because FFO publishes across the entire spectrum of speculative and literary genres, we are confident you will find something to love here…
Genres: Open to all/most genres, including: General, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Flash Fiction.
Payment: Professional. Details: USD $100 per story.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 25.2 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 3.2% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Flash Point Science Fiction

Do you love science fiction and fantasy? Us too, but as much as we enjoy the sprawling epics for which our genre is famous (read: infamous), we think there should be more space for the short stuff. Stories you can knock out over your morning coffee, or during your lunch break. Stories you don’t need a bookmark for. So, why Flash Point SF? Because we know there are a lot of wonderful science fiction and fantasy flash stories being written, but the market to publish them is incredibly small…
Genres: General, Fantasy, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Flash Fiction.
Payment: to Semi-pro to Professional. Details: USD $0.02/word.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 35.6 days.
Acceptances: Average. 8.3% 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. 16.0% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Northern Shadows Magazine

Welcome To The Shadows. . . … where the inky darkness that exists in every corner of all realities awaits a distraction to pull you under. The stories contained within our issues explore all these dark places: from the woods outside your bedroom window, to the basement of a fairy’s treehouse and everywhere in between. “What was that bump in the night?” “Did that shadow just move?” “Is anywhere safe anymore? We invite you into our pages to find the answers to these questions, and many more…
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: to Token to Semi-pro. Details: USD $10 per story.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 23.4 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 27.3% 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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Plott Hound Magazine

We’re on the trail. We got our noses to the ground. In this den there are plott hounds sniffing out for quality animal-centric speculative fiction. Here at Plott Hound Magazine, we want stories that really dig deep into what it’s like to be an animal yet also teach us what it means to be human. Both deeply animal and deeply human. Humans have had enough stories to go around and more. It’s time to make some room for the ones with paws, claws, fangs, and tails…
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: Professional. Details: USD $0.08/word for originals; $20 for reprint flash fiction; $100 for reprint short stories.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 13.7 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 4.2% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Red Raven Anthologies

Red Raven is actively seeking short horror fiction for our upcoming anthologies. We’re looking for stories that unsettle, that linger, that leave the reader somewhere darker than where they started.
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery/Crime, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: to Token to Semi-pro. Details: GBP £10.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 9.3 days.
Acceptances: Average. 25.0% of fiction submissions accepted.

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SKUMMEL

SKUMMEL is a literary magazine that seeks to publish unsettling, ominous, and experimental work from emerging and established authors. We accept Horror, Sci-Fi, Dark Fantasy, and anything that chills your bones.
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 72.4 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 2.8% 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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