Fantasy flash fiction markets
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- Emerald City GhostsHorror · Fantasy
Open for flash fiction · closes Aug 20 · responds in ~14 days
Emerald City Ghosts is a digital magazine publishing flash fiction, short stories, and poetry with a paranormal or ghostly element, often themed monthly.
- Everyday Drabbles Presents… Dragons!Fantasy
Open for flash fiction · closes Aug 22
Everyday Drabbles Presents… Dragons! is a themed zine seeking exactly 100-word drabbles (fiction or nonfiction) about dragons, for its first issue.
- Perseid PropheciesScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction · closes Aug 31 · responds in ~90 days
Perseid Prophecies is a Canadian speculative fiction magazine seeking unpublished speculative fiction, flash fiction, original art, and topical nonfiction science articles.
- The Icarus Writing CollectiveScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction · closes Sep 10
The Icarus Writing Collective is a themed literary magazine publishing short fiction and flash fiction with a speculative focus, offering a small honorarium.
- Fahmidan JournalLiterary · Fantasy
Open for flash fiction · closes Sep 14 · responds in ~25 days
Fahmidan Journal is a quarterly online literary magazine publishing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and flash, with a focus on diverse, thought-provoking, and existential writing.
- Trembling With FearHorror · Science Fiction · Fantasy
Open for flash fiction · closes Oct 13 · responds in ~90 days
Trembling With Fear is a weekly online publication of dark speculative fiction, including horror, dark sci-fi, and dark fantasy, with regular themed calls and an annual anthology.
- WorldsmythsScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction · closes Dec 1
Worldsmyths is seeking speculative fiction and poetry inspired by Inna Vjuzhanina’s The Coven series for its 'Books of Rot and Bloom' anthology, with a focus on witch-themed stories deeply connected to selected artwork.
- MENACEScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~8 days
MENACE is a magazine seeking speculative fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, and hybrid work, with a focus on marginalized voices and a strong preference for speculative elements.
- Dreams & NightmaresScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~21 days
Dreams & Nightmares is a long-running print magazine primarily publishing poetry and a small amount of short short fiction in the genres of fantasy, science fiction, and fantastic horror.
- The Colored LensScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~7 days
The Colored Lens is a magazine publishing speculative fiction and artwork with a speculative element, focusing on stories that comment on society.
- Sci-Fi LampoonScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Humor
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~42 days
Sci-Fi Lampoon is a humor magazine seeking funny speculative fiction (sci-fi, fantasy, horror), flash, short stories, and art.
- 365 tomorrowsScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~42 days
365tomorrows is an online magazine publishing daily flash science fiction and speculative fiction stories under 600 words.
- 96th of OctoberFantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~1 days
96th of October is a quarterly magazine publishing extraordinary tales, poetry, and flash fiction with a focus on fantasy, horror, magic realism, satire, and whimsy.
- AntipodeanSFScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~22 days
AntipodeanSF is an Australian online magazine devoted to short speculative fiction (science fiction, fantasy, horror, surreal) of 500-1000 words, with a focus on flash fiction and no payment to contributors.
- Bewildering StoriesScience Fiction · Fantasy · Literary
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~28 days
Bewildering Stories is a weekly online magazine publishing speculative, experimental, and mainstream fiction, nonfiction, and poetry of any length, with a focus on science fiction, fantasy, and literary work.
- Bitterleaf Books anthologiesFantasy
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~42 days
Bitterleaf Books anthologies publish fantasy short stories, flash fiction, and poetry from all writers, with a focus on fantasy and subgenres, and donate anthology proceeds to charity.
- Flame Tree PublishingScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~60 days
Flame Tree Publishing is an independent publisher specializing in speculative fiction novels and professional, paid short story anthologies, with regular submission windows and a monthly flash fiction call via their newsletter.
- HEXFILED SF MagazineScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~14 days
HEXFILED SF Magazine is an independent publication focused on science fiction and speculative fiction exploring the boundary between organism and machine, with a preference for strange, thoughtful, and emotionally resonant work.
- Internet AngelzHorror · Fantasy · Science Fiction · Mystery
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~90 days
Internet Angelz is an online horror press publishing a wide range of horror and speculative fiction, including micro, flash, and short fiction.
- PropaguleScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~68 days
Propagule is an independent literary magazine focused on experimental, surreal, and boundary-pushing fiction, flash fiction, and nonfiction, with a strong emphasis on speculative and unconventional work.
- StoryBottleScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~227 days
StoryBottle is a magazine seeking literary and speculative fiction, including flash, with an interest in unusual or underrepresented genres.
- Tales to Terrify (Short Stories)Horror · Fantasy
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~120 days
Tales to Terrify is a volunteer-run podcast publishing horror, dark fantasy, and disturbing fiction, currently open for flash fiction submissions only.
- The Yard: Crime BlogMystery · Horror · Science Fiction · Fantasy
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~61 days
The Yard: Crime Blog publishes crime fiction, true crime, horror, and related genres, accepting poetry, flash fiction, fiction, and nonfiction submissions with a focus on crime-related content.
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