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Fiction on the Web is a labour of love. Every single story on here is hand-picked and carefully copyedited by me. Any money I make from donations is ploughed back into the site and related projects. I do this because I want to give authors a chance to get their work out there, and I love sharing great stories with the world. Fiction on the Web has been online and continuously publishing since July 1996, which makes it the longest-running short stories website on the Internet…
Genres:       Open to all/most genres, including: General, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery/Crime, Science Fiction.
Lengths:   Short Story, Novelette.
Payment: to Token to Semi-pro. Details: GBP £15 or USD $15.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 4.0 days.
Acceptances: Average. 10.4% of fiction submissions accepted.

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.

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. 9.2% of fiction submissions accepted.

nachtljocht is a quarterly literary journal for fiction and short plays. The name is Frisian for “night light.” The small one left on in the dark, the one you read by when you cannot sleep. We are building a home for good writing without restrictions on genre, form, or subject matter. The strange, the quiet, the romantic, the horrific, the impossible. If it is well-made, we want to read it. What we're looking for: Good writing. Work that knows what it's doing…
Genres:   Open to all/most genres, including: General.
Lengths:   Short Story, Novelette.
Payment: Token. Free copy(ies). Details: USD $15 per piece.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 31.5 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

Okay Donkey is a literary magazine that likes to read the odd, the off-kilter, and the just plain weird. We like work that’s funny, that’s sad, and that’s both funny and sad. We especially enjoy the experimental, the surreal, the magical realist, and the genre-bending.
Genres:   Open to all/most genres, including: General.
Lengths:   Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $25 per flash.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 15.3 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 0.8% of fiction submissions accepted.

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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Genres:   Open to all/most genres, including: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction.
Winner's Prize: Professional. Details: USD $1,000 for first prize.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 82.5 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 11.1% of fiction submissions accepted.

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. 49.6 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 2.5% of fiction submissions accepted.