Indie Bites

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Indie Bites is a quarterly fantasy magazine publishing unpublished original short fiction centered on issue themes.

Response time info: ~48 days; sourced from The Submission Grinder

Read the full guidelines at silversunbooks.com↗

Submission calls

fictionFantasyHorrorEligibility requirementsCloses Nov 30Pays: £5 per published piece, plus a share of donations received in the previous quarter.

Open to: Submissions must be in English; authors must be adults, as submissions from or on behalf of minors are not accepted. Work must be original and unpublished, and must not be authored or assisted by AI.

Unpublished original fantasy short fiction in English, 500–7,500 words, fitting at least one theme of the relevant issue. Current deadlines are November 30, 2026 for Issue 25 (Assassins & Alchemy) and February 28, 2027 for Issue 26 (Griffins & Grimoires). Submit one story at a time; no reprints, AI-assisted work, erotica, excessive gore, poetry, or flash fiction.

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