Crooked Spine
Open now for fiction and poetry.
Last checkedCrooked Spine is a quarterly horror magazine seeking paid short fiction and poetry for themed issues.
Response time info: within 2 weeks of close
Read the full guidelines at crookedspinepress.com↗Submission calls
Issue 4, “What You Worship,” seeks character-driven horror about devotion and its costs, including unexpected interpretations involving rituals, obsession, sacrifice, relationships, careers, technology, grief, or other forms of worship. Fiction must be 1,500–3,500 words and submitted as a DOCX in Shunn Manuscript Format. Reprints and AI-generated work are not accepted.
Issue 4, “What You Worship,” seeks poems about devotion and the price it demands, with interpretations involving rituals, obsession, doubt, conversion, blasphemy, sacrifice, or other forms of worship. Submit as a DOCX in Shunn Manuscript Format; reprints and AI-generated work are not accepted.
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