Horrific Scribes

Open to: The work must be human-generated; fiction containing any artificial-intelligence-generated material is not accepted.

Accepts original dark, transgressive fiction, mostly horror, including all horror subgenres, dark fantasy, dark sci-fi, and surreal or experimental work with dark edges. Stories should be 1,500–5,000 words. Simultaneous submissions are allowed; multiple submissions are not. Submissions are always open unless the editors become overwhelmed.

Open to: The work must be human-generated; fiction containing any artificial-intelligence-generated material is not accepted.

Accepts original dark flash fiction of 1,000 words or fewer through separate flash-fiction guidelines; flash submitted through the general-submission form will be rejected. Submissions are always open unless the editors become overwhelmed.

Open to: The work must be human-generated; poetry containing any artificial-intelligence-generated material is not accepted.

Accepts original dark poetry, either a small group of short poems or a couple of mid-length poems, with an emphasis on good dark poetry. Submissions are always open unless the editors become overwhelmed.