Electric Spec

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Electric Spec is a quarterly speculative-fiction magazine seeking short stories in science fiction, fantasy, and macabre genres.

Response time info: up to three and a half months

Read the full guidelines at electricspec.com↗

Submission calls

fictionScience FictionFantasyHorrorPays: $20 per published story.

Accepts speculative fiction stories of 250–7,000 words, preferring science fiction, fantasy, and the macabre while considering work that pushes traditional genre boundaries. The magazine never closes to submissions; issue reading periods close January 15, April 15, July 15, and October 15. No AI-created or partially AI-created work, poetry, nonfiction, serials, novels, fan fiction, reprints, or multiple submissions.

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