Emerald City Ghosts

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Emerald City Ghosts publishes paranormal ghost stories, flash fiction, short stories, poetry, and reviews, with general submissions always open and themed calls opening monthly.

Response time info: ~14 days; sourced from The Submission Grinder

Read the full guidelines at emeraldcityghosts.substack.com↗

Submission calls

fictionHorrorFantasyEligibility requirementsCloses Oct 20Pays: No monetary compensation; contributors receive credit and promotion, including links to social media, websites, and Substack.

Open to: Submitters must be subscribed to Emerald City Ghosts.

November theme: Dark Academia/Horror. Submissions open October 1-20, 2026. Seek cults, secret societies, morally complicated characters, betrayals, college campuses, ghosts, monsters, and folklore; a speculative or paranormal element is required.

fictionHorrorFantasyEligibility requirementsPays: No monetary compensation; contributors receive credit and promotion, including links to social media, websites, and Substack.

Open to: Submitters must be subscribed to Emerald City Ghosts.

General submissions are always open for ghost stories, monster stories, cults, forests, and things under the sea; stories should have a paranormal element. Flash fiction is up to 500 words and short stories are up to 2,000 words. Reprints and simultaneous submissions are accepted. Authors must be subscribed.

nonfictionHorrorEligibility requirementsPays: No monetary compensation; contributors receive credit and promotion, including links to social media, websites, and Substack.

Open to: Submitters must be subscribed to Emerald City Ghosts.

The magazine accepts book and movie reviews of up to 1,000 words; its submission guidelines otherwise emphasize paranormal and ghost-related material. Authors must be subscribed.

poetryHorrorFantasyEligibility requirementsPays: No monetary compensation; contributors receive credit and promotion, including links to social media, websites, and Substack.

Open to: Submitters must be subscribed to Emerald City Ghosts.

General submissions are always open for paranormal poetry, up to about 50 lines, though poems under 20 lines are preferred. Reprints and simultaneous submissions are accepted. Authors must be subscribed.

fictionHorrorFantasyOpens Nov 1

December theme: Christmas Ghost Stories. Submissions open November 1-20, 2026. Include ghosts prominently or another spirit, with festive settings and a ghost-story atmosphere.

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