Horror flash fiction markets

Last checked Oct 10, 2026

Leafmines tracks 72 magazines publishing horror flash fiction. 39 are open to submissions right now, and typical response time is 56 days. Filter by length, pay, and response time →

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The Hoolet's NookScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for flash fiction · closes Oct 15 · responds in ~14 days
The Hoolet's Nook is a literary magazine publishing fiction, poetry, and micro-poetry or haiku three times a year.
Every Day FictionScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for flash fiction · closes Oct 27 · responds in ~90 days
Every Day Fiction publishes very short adult flash fiction in any genre and pays a token amount for accepted stories.
Orion's BeltScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction · closes Oct 31 · responds in ~30 days
Orion’s Belt is a literary speculative magazine publishing fiction, poetry, translations, and reviews.
ReckoningScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for flash fiction · closes Oct 31 · responds in ~182 days
Reckoning is a magazine publishing creative writing about environmental justice, including speculative fiction and nonfiction.
After MidnightScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for flash fiction · closes Nov 1 · responds in ~28 days
After Midnight is a literary magazine seeking fiction, flash fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, pedagogy, and book reviews for Issue II, themed “New Beginnings & Letting Go.”
Vestal ReviewLiterary · Humor · Science Fiction · Fantasy
Open for flash fiction · closes Nov 16 · responds in ~30 days
Vestal Review is a flash-fiction magazine that also accepts proposals for interviews and reviews and maintains a flash-fiction book list.
Fractured LitFantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for flash fiction · closes Nov 22 · responds in ~90 days
Fractured Lit publishes flash and micro fiction, including original and eligible reprint work, with year-round submissions and occasional themed prizes.
WOW! Women on Writing Flash Fiction ContestScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for flash fiction · closes Nov 30 · responds in ~38 days
WOW! Women on Writing runs quarterly global contests for flash fiction and creative nonfiction essays, with cash prizes and publication opportunities.
F(r)ictionLiterary · Science Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction · closes Nov 30 · responds in ~219 days
F(r)iction is a genre-inclusive literary magazine and publishing project accepting fiction, creative nonfiction, flash fiction, poetry, and related editorial work through several routes.
The Haiku Shack MagazineScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Mystery
Open for flash fiction · closes Nov 30 · responds in ~30 days
The Haiku Shack Magazine publishes very short poetry and microfiction inspired by a theme and photograph.
Perseid PropheciesScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction · closes Nov 30 · responds in ~60 days
Perseid Prophecies is a speculative fiction magazine seeking unpublished fiction, flash fiction, and factual science essays in English.
SunSpot LitScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for flash fiction · closes Dec 17 · responds in ~14 days
Sunspot Literary Journal accepts unpublished fiction, nonfiction, poetry, scripts, translations, and genre or literary work through several paid, length-specific submission categories.
Whitaker LyonScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Mystery
Open for flash fiction · closes Dec 31
Whitaker Lyon Press publishes speculative-fiction anthologies and is accepting several themed short-fiction and flash-fiction submissions on stated schedules.
Mystery TribuneMystery · Horror
Open for flash fiction · closes Dec 31 · responds in ~730 days
Mystery Tribune is a crime, mystery, noir, and suspense publication accepting fiction and nonfiction submissions for its online, mobile, and print editions.
ConfrontationLiterary · Science Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction · closes Apr 15, 2027 · responds in ~120 days
Confrontation is a literary magazine open to submissions from any writer, publishing poetry, fiction, flash fiction, and nonfiction.
The NoSleep PodcastHorror
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~180 days
The NoSleep Podcast is a horror anthology podcast seeking original horror fiction and audio scripts for adaptation.
Rat Bag LiteraryScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~60 days
Rat Bag LIT is a paying market seeking weird, genre-blurring fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry, with regular microfiction, drabble, flash, and short-story calls.
Horrorsmith Monthly NewslettersHorror · Mystery
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~63 days
Horrorsmith Publishing accepts novel submissions for horror, thriller, and young-adult imprints, as well as horror and thriller short stories for monthly subscriptions and newsletters.
Okay DonkeyLiterary · Fantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~90 days
Okay Donkey is a paying literary magazine seeking odd, experimental, surreal, funny, and genre-bending poetry and flash fiction.
Brilliant Flash Fiction ContestsScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~84 days
Brilliant Flash Fiction is an international quarterly magazine publishing unusual flash fiction in English.
PodCastleFantasy · Horror · Humor
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~90 days
PodCastle is a fantasy fiction podcast seeking short speculative stories for text and audio publication.
Fiery Scribe ReviewLiterary · Horror · Fantasy
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~35 days
Fiery Scribe Review is a global literary journal seeking unusual, thought-provoking, strange, surreal, experimental, and socially engaged writing across multiple forms.
Hollow Oak Presents: AcornsScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Mystery
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~30 days
Hollow Oak Presents: Acorns publishes digitally short, speculative flash fiction for adults.
Sci-Fi LampoonScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~42 days
Sci-Fi Lampoon is a print and digital humor magazine seeking humorous speculative fiction, including science fiction, fantasy, and horror satire and parody.
101 WordsLiterary · Humor · Mystery · Horror
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~86 days
101 Words publishes fiction stories that are exactly 101 words long and offers editorial feedback.
365 tomorrowsScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~42 days
365tomorrows publishes original science and speculative flash fiction of 600 words or fewer.
AntipodeanSFScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~7 days
AntipodeanSF is an online and electronic-reader/audio publication focused on short-short speculative fiction, especially science fiction, fantasy, horror, surreal, humorous, and subversive stories.
HEXFILED SF MagazineScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~14 days
HEXFILED is an independent literary magazine publishing science fiction and speculative fiction, including prose, poetry, nonfiction, and archival-format work.
Internet AngelzScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Mystery
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~90 days
Internet Angelz is an online horror press publishing spooky, strange, creepy, and related fiction.
Lotus-eaterScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~90 days
Lotus-eater is a free literary magazine accepting year-round English-language poetry, prose, nonfiction, and literary reviews for its online issues.
Moonpark ReviewLiterary · Horror · Humor
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~90 days
MoonPark Review is a quarterly online literary journal publishing imaginative short prose, including flash fiction, prose poems, creative nonfiction, and hybrids.
Okie ModernLiterary · Mystery · Romance · Humor
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~15 days
Okie Modern is a biannual literary journal publishing Oklahoma-connected literature, art, and cultural writing.
PropaguleHorror · Literary
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~68 days
Propagule is an independently run literary magazine publishing experimental, transgressive, and surreal fiction alongside flash fiction and nonfiction.
Running Wild PressScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~141 days
Running Wild Press accepts full-length manuscripts for its 2028 catalog and submissions for novella and short-story anthologies across all genres and forms.
Sky Island JournalScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~18 days
Sky Island Journal is an independent, international, free-access literary journal publishing original poetry, flash fiction, and creative nonfiction online.
StoryBottleScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~227 days
StoryBottle Co. publishes literary and speculative fiction, including flash fiction, and accepts regular submissions.
Teach. Write.Literary · Science Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction
Teach. Write. is a literary journal for writing teachers that publishes fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, dramas, screenplays, and writing-prompt-inspired work.
The Dread Literary ReviewHorror
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~120 days
The Dread Literary Review is a horror and speculative literary magazine publishing weekly poetry, flash fiction, and short fiction features.
Trembling With FearScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~90 days
Trembling With Fear publishes dark speculative fiction, including horror, dark science fiction, and dark fantasy, in short-story, drabble, serial, themed, and unholy-trinity formats.

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