Electric Spec

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Electric Spec is a quarterly speculative-fiction magazine publishing 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

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Accepts speculative fiction stories of 250–7,000 words, preferring science fiction, fantasy, and the macabre; the magazine never closes to submissions, with issue reading-period closing dates of January 15, April 15, July 15, and October 15. No poetry, nonfiction, serials, novels, or fan fiction.

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