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Smart Search Mainstream Fantasy Short Stories

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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. 24.7% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Betascape Magazine

Betascape Magazine [is] an interactive digital literary journal dedicated to the raw anatomy of storytelling. We are an open-market publication welcoming everything from Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Action-Adventure to Mystery and Crime, Suspense and Thrillers, and General or Literary fiction. Our name comes from the landscape of beta reading—the critical, deeply analytical phase of development where a story is tested, refined, and shaped for the world…
Genres: General, Action-Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery/Crime, Science Fiction, Suspense/Thriller.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $50.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 25.3 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 5.7% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Biome

Biome is a Speculative Fiction podcast aiming to share incredible stories with listeners around the world. We are looking for stories that center on life, ecosystems, and organisms in all their dazzling variety on Earth or beyond it. You’re welcome to approach this idea in the broadest possible sense, just make sure the biological element is key (and not incidental) to the story…
Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $0.01/word.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 1.1 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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DILIM Anthology Series Fees

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Genres: General, Action-Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery/Crime, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: Professional. Free copy(ies). Details: USD $0.07/word for originals; $0.01/word for reprints.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 3.4 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 66.7% of fiction submissions accepted.

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The Fantastic Other

A place for the discussion of dreams, the analyses of fantasies, the prodding of popular larks.
Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: Token. Details: USD $5.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 45.6 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 5.3% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Flame Tree Publishing Romantic Fantasy Anthology Series

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of a brand new series: Flame Tree Romantic Fantasy – a captivating blend of our signature Gothic Fantasy collections with the passion and magic of Romantasy.
Genres: Fantasy, Romance.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: Professional. Details: GBP £0.06/word; reprints £0.04/word.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 122.9 days.
Acceptances: Average. 25.0% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Folklore Review

Folklore Review is a literary magazine for magic enthusiasts. We reject the stance that speculative fiction lacks the quality of realism. That stories about gnomes, fairies, and fauns don’t hold substance. Let the elitists live in beige–we want more. We want to read stories inspired by folklore. Tales about fantastic creatures, fairy rings, and witch hunts…
Genres: General, Fantasy.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 13.1 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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Hearth Stories Wildcard

Hearth Stories publishes slice-of-life stories with a focus on nature, forests, connection, family, romance/relationships, and comfort/kindness. We are primarily focusing on stories set in a pre-industrial-revolution time period (or a fantasy world resembling such), preferably not in city settings. Hearth Stories also accepts literary fiction (i.e. non-speculative work) if it takes place before ~1825 or so…
Genres: General, Fantasy.
Lengths: Short Story, Novelette.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $0.01/word, with a $20 minimum.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 22.2 days.

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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. 9.0 days.
Acceptances: Average. 9.5% 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 $0.03/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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