The Dark

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The Dark Magazine is a monthly online publication seeking original and reprint dark fantasy and horror fiction of 2,000–6,000 words.

Response time info: as short as a single minute to as long as forty-eight hours

Read the full guidelines at thedarkmagazine.com↗

Submission calls

fictionFantasyHorrorPays: 5 cents/word for original fiction up to 6,000 words on publication; 1 cent/word for reprint fiction up to 6,000 words on acceptance

Seeking original and reprint dark fantasy and horror fiction, 2,000–6,000 words; no graphic, violent horror; no AI-assisted work; reprints only from established print markets from January 2021 onwards.

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