Cul-De-Sac of Blood

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Cul-de-sac of Blood publishes horror-focused poetry, fiction, essays, and other writing engaging with monstrosity, darkness, and the uncanny.

Submission calls

fictionHorrorPays: No monetary compensation.

Seeks short fiction engaging with horror, monstrosity, the macabre, the weird, the eerie, darkness, and the mysterious unknown; fiction submissions must be 2,000 words or fewer, and include a few words about a favorite horror film.

nonfictionHorrorPays: No monetary compensation.

Seeks critical and literary essays engaging with horror and related darkness, including the mysterious unknown and the perverse urge to speak the unspeakable; include a few words about a favorite horror film.

otherHorrorPays: No monetary compensation.

Accepts uncategorizable textual excursions and prose submissions engaging with horror; prose submissions must be 2,000 words or fewer, and include a few words about a favorite horror film.

poetryHorrorPays: No monetary compensation.

Seeks frightening poetry and poetics engaging with horror, monstrosity, the macabre, the weird, the eerie, darkness, and the unspeakable; send up to five poems and include a few words about a favorite horror film.

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