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Mainstream Fantasy Short Stories

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Cetera Magazine

Cetera is a multi-genre magazine that believes fiction can be one of the best forms of surprise. Every Thursday, we deliver original short stories that challenge, comfort, and hopefully astonish. Tales that explore the unexpected corners of human experience and the worlds that shift without warning.
Genres: General, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 37.3 days.
Acceptances: Average. 9.3% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Freedom Fiction Journal

Established on August 2008, Freedom Fiction is primarily for fans of Speculative Fiction. This consists of genres such as science fiction, fantasy fiction, horror fiction, supernatural fiction, superhero fiction, alternate history, and all their sub-genres. Additionally we are into detective fiction, crime, gangster, hardboiled, noir fiction and very much into pulp fiction. This is a wide enough net to cast for all you amateur writers…
Genres: General, Action-Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery/Crime, Romance, Science Fiction, Suspense/Thriller, Western.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story, Novelette.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 8.3 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 77.8% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Haven Speculative Magazine

Haven Spec is a speculative fiction magazine featuring stories for a 21st century audience. We love stories with a sense of adventure, stories that teach us, that touch us, that leave us wanting more. We publish six issues every year, two of which (the DRY Issue and the WET Issue) are focused exclusively on the climate crisis and themes of displacement (very broadly defined)…
Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: Professional. Details: USD $0.08/word.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 25.1 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 0.8% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Hushmarrow Press

Hushmarrow Press is an independent home for stories that linger. Based in the Bronx, New York City, we publish fiction with a taste for the strange, the unsettling, and the beautifully dark, particularly dark fantasy, horror, psychological thrillers, and speculative fiction. Hushmarrow was created to give emerging and independent writers another place for their stories to be discovered, read, and remembered. We believe short fiction deserves more than a passing scroll…
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Suspense/Thriller.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 13.6 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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Not One of Us

Not One of Us is a hardcopy zine about people (or things) out of place in their surroundings, outsiders, social misfits, aliens in the sf sense—anyone excluded from society for whatever the reason. We want to explore “otherness” from every possible angle.
Genres: Open to all/most genres, including: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: Token. Free copy(ies). Details: USD $0.0025/word, with a minimum of $5.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 12.9 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 4.4% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Space Squid

Space Squid is an award-winning hybrid publication of hand-scrubbed scifi, fantasy, and humor. Surely you've seen the 'zine at your local zine superstore? Of course you were amazed at our snarky, outrageous stories, comix, and art. We've published work from Bruce Sterling (father of cyberpunk), Chris Roberson (Clockwork Storybook, Superman, iZombie), Jay Lake (John W. Campbell Award winner), Jennifer Pelland (Nebula nominee), Tony Millionaire (Maakies) and a lot of other cool people.
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: Token. Details: USD $5.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 40.6 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 2.4% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy Anthology Series

We are looking for great speculative fiction, namely Sci-Fi and Fantasy. Don’t overthink it! Just write an incredible story and you will find yourself in this anthology.
Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: to Token to Semi-pro. Details: CAD $0.005/word, with a min. of $15.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 60.4 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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Synthesized Sunsets Wildcard

Synthesized Sunsets is a magazine and podcast about speculative fiction, romanticism and the evolution of popular culture.
Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Short Story, Novelette.
Payment: Token. Details: USD $50 per story.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 39.7 days.

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Tainted Glass Press

There is a moment in every good story when certainty begins to fail. A familiar truth reveals a crack. A comfortable answer no longer explains. What once seemed obvious becomes strange. We are interested in that moment.
Genres: General, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Short Story, Novelette.
Payment: Token. Royalties. Details: USD $10.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 3.0 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 23.1% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Uncharted Magazine

Since August of 2021, Uncharted Magazine has been a premier publisher of short fiction and the newest platform from the team behind The Masters Review, CRAFT, Fractured Lit, and The Voyage Journal. We seek stories that provide a thrilling escape, a surprising new world, or a brain-twisting mystery.
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery/Crime, Science Fiction, Suspense/Thriller.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: to Semi-pro to Professional. Details: USD $200 for original fiction; no payment for reprints.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 44.5 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 3.0% of fiction submissions accepted.

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