Exquisite Death

Open now for fiction and poetry.

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Exquisite Death is a dark literary zine seeking atmospheric, surreal, macabre fiction and poetry, with a particular current interest in poetry.

Response time info: a couple of days up to two months

Read the full guidelines at exquisitedeathezine.com↗

Submission calls

fictionFantasyHorrorPays: No payment at this time.

Open to dark fantasy and horror that is dark, surreal, atmospheric, macabre, or beautiful; no excessive gore, erotica, high fantasy, AI-generated stories, or simultaneous submissions. Reprints are fine. Maximum 3,000 words; submit as a .docx attachment with the required subject line. No payment at this time.

poetryPays: No payment at this time.

The magazine is particularly seeking poetry at the moment and accepts up to three poetry submissions at a time. Reprints are fine; no simultaneous submissions. No payment at this time.

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