Horror flash fiction markets

Leafmines tracks 44 magazines publishing horror flash fiction — 24 open to submissions right now. Typical response time is 39 days. Filter by length, pay, and response time →

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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.

• 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  Perseid Prophecies is a Canadian speculative fiction magazine seeking unpublished speculative fiction, flash fiction, original art, and topical nonfiction science articles.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.

• 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.

• Black PetalsScience Fiction · Horror

  Open for flash fiction · responds in ~33 days

  Black Petals is a long-running quarterly magazine publishing dark science fiction and horror fiction, flash, micro fiction, and poetry, with a focus on the bizarre and unusual.

• Club Plum Literary JournalHorror

  Open for flash fiction · responds in ~8 days

  Club Plum Literary Journal publishes flash fiction, prose poetry, lyric essays/creative nonfiction, and hybrid works, with a current call for its Annual Literary Horror Issue (October 2026); it does not accept AI-generated work, reprints, or lined poetry, and pays no fees or honoraria.

• Five on the FifthLiterary · Horror

  Open for flash fiction · responds in ~30 days

  Five on the Fifth is an online literary magazine publishing five short pieces monthly, including fiction, flash fiction, horror, nonfiction, book reviews, experimental work, and poetry.

• 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.

• Flash PhantomsHorror

  Open for flash fiction · responds in ~3 days

  Flash Phantoms is an online magazine publishing horror flash and micro fiction from writers worldwide.

• 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 Dread Literary ReviewHorror

  Open for flash fiction · responds in ~120 days

  The Dread Literary Review is a magazine dedicated to horror and speculative writing, publishing poetry, flash fiction, and short fiction.

• 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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