Strange Pilgrims

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Strange Pilgrims is an independent literary magazine publishing surreal, speculative, philosophical, experimental, and realist prose and essays.

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fictionScience FictionFantasyLiteraryPays: $200 per short story, paid via PayPal within one week of publication.

Short stories up to 5,000 words; the magazine welcomes surreal, speculative, fabulist, experimental, voice-driven, and slow-burn realist work, among other approaches. Submissions are always free for general categories.

flashScience FictionFantasyLiteraryPays: $50 per flash piece, paid via PayPal within one week of publication.

Flash fiction under 1,000 words; the magazine welcomes surreal, speculative, fabulist, experimental, voice-driven, and realist work. Submissions are always free for general categories.

flashLiteraryPays: $50 per flash piece, paid via PayPal within one week of publication.

Flash creative nonfiction under 1,000 words; the magazine welcomes experimental, lyrical, fragmented, critical, and realist work. Submissions are always free for general categories.

nonfictionLiteraryPays: $200 per essay, paid via PayPal within one week of publication.

Essays and narrative nonfiction up to 5,000 words; the magazine welcomes surreal, philosophical, unhinged, lyrical, fragmented, experimental, critical, and realist work. Submissions are always free for general categories.

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