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Mainstream Horror Short Stories

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Bloodletter Magazine

Bloodletter is a biannual feminist horror magazine publishing personal and analytical perspectives on the horrific by women, trans, and non-binary writers. Bloodletter offers an exploratory space for writers to share their lived experiences of horror and the theoretical implications of the genre through fiction, non-fiction, film critique, interviews, and poetry…
Genres: Horror.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 29.9 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 4.8% of fiction submissions accepted.

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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. 35.6 days.
Acceptances: Average. 8.1% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Creepy Podcast

Dare to venture into the darkly captivating world of the Creepy podcast, where a haunting ensemble of narrators lend their chilling voices to guide you through the most unsettling corners of the unknown.
Genres: Horror.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $0.02/word, with a max. of $100.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 18.0 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 19.7% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Exquisite Death Wildcard

Providing an online resource for authors and musicians. Exquisite Death aims to bring a voice to the voiceless for dark fiction and music. Originally started in 2003 by Taylor Dahlen and Sarah Kelderman and brought back from the dead 20 years later, Exquisite Death aims to reclaim their role of macabre weavers of dark imagination for the masses.
Genres: Fantasy, Horror.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 17.9 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. 8.7 days.
Acceptances: Average. 8.2% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Midwest Weird

Midwest Weird is an audio literary magazine featuring weird fiction and nonfiction by Midwestern writers. From strange styles to unique identities, from written tales to oral tradition, from Iowa to Indiana and everywhere in between, we’re the podcast home for stories that stick with you. Listen every other week for the edge of creation, come to life.
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 9.0 days.
Acceptances: Average. 7.7% of fiction submissions accepted.

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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. 13.7 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 4.2% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Remains Magazine

Remains is a colour print magazine edited by Andy Cox and illustrated by Richard Wagner, who previously worked together on Black Static and other publications. It contains new fiction ranging from short stories to novellas and various features.
Genres: Horror.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 3.1 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 1.2% of fiction submissions accepted.

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StarShipSofa

StarShipSofa is one of the top SF podcasts in the multiverse that delves into the world of SF. There are a number of shows that fall under the Sofa's wing.
Genres: Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: to Token to Semi-pro. Details: $50.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 70.8 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 2.0% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Trollbreath Magazine

Trollbreath Magazine is a journal of speculative fiction, poetry, and non-fiction. Our interests are as varied as the endless amount of genres, from dark fantasy to hope punk to surrealism, and everything in between. We have a particular fondness for slipstream and fabulism in all their delightful forms, but what motivates us most are great stories by wonderful authors eager to share their visions of the past, the future, the in between, and everything that lies outside the margins…
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $0.04/word for originals; $0.01/word for reprints.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 5.5 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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