Biome

Open to: English-language submissions for an anglophone audience; pieces with more than occasional language unfamiliar to anglophone audiences may be declined. No AI-generated work, and submissions must not have been previously published in audio.

Seeks speculative fiction stories centered on life, ecosystems, and organisms on Earth or beyond, including science fiction, fantasy, alternate history, fabulist/magical realism, and certain horror. Stories should have a strong hook, sound good aloud, and may be structurally experimental. Length: 1,800–3,500 words. No multiple or re-submissions; simultaneous submissions are allowed.