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The Deadlands is a speculative magazine seeking death-focused fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from writers worldwide.

Response time info: Two weeks for fiction and four to six weeks for poetry

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Submission calls

fictionScience FictionFantasyHorrorLiterary

Death-focused fiction across horror, fantasy, science fiction, slipstream, literary, historical fiction, and other approaches. Up to 5,000 words, with no minimum and a 3–4k sweet spot; reprints are also considered at 1¢/word. Currently on hiatus and closed.

nonfiction

Critical, academic, and personal essays exploring death, mourning, ritual, culture, media, and related subjects; essays rather than reviews. Length 1–4k words. Currently on hiatus and closed.

poetryScience FictionFantasyHorror

Speculative poetry about death, grief, hauntings, history, the sublime, or the uncanny; formal and experimental work welcome. Send no more than three poems per submission, with no length limit. Currently on hiatus and closed.

fictionScience FictionFantasyHorrorLiterary

Novelettes of 7,500–17,500 words will be accepted during October; more information will be released through the author newsletter closer to the opening period.

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