Trembling With Fear

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Trembling With Fear is a weekly online and anthology market for dark speculative fiction, including horror, dark sci-fi, and dark fantasy, featuring regular calls for flash, drabbles, serials, and themed specials.

Response time info: Drabbles, within 2 weeks; Short stories, within 3 months from the close of the submission window; Serials, within a month; Unholy trinities, within a…

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Submission calls

flashHorrorScience FictionFantasyCloses Oct 13Pays: $5 per story by the time the annual anthology is released

Themed specials: Valentine’s (Dec 1-Jan 31, up to 2500 words), Summer holiday (Apr 1-Jul 31, up to 2500 words), Halloween (Aug 1-Oct 13, up to 2500 words), Christmas (Nov 1-Dec 7, up to 2500 words). Dark speculative fiction: horror, dark sci-fi, dark fantasy, and more.

flashHorrorScience FictionFantasyPays: Drabbles are considered donations (no payment)

Drabbles must be exactly 100 words (not including title). Ongoing submissions. Dark speculative fiction: horror, dark sci-fi, dark fantasy, and more. No erotica, rape, bigotry, or abuse of kids/pets. No reprints or fanfiction.

flashHorrorScience FictionFantasyPays: Drabbles are considered donations (no payment)

The Unholy Trinity: submit three drabbles (each exactly 100 words) that are stand-alone but thematically or narratively connected. Ongoing submissions. Dark speculative fiction: horror, dark sci-fi, dark fantasy, and more.

otherHorrorScience FictionFantasyPays: $5 per story by the time the annual anthology is released

Serials: stories up to 15,000 words, broken into 4-10 instalments of 1000-1500 words each, each section must work as a mini-chapter. Ongoing submissions. Dark speculative fiction: horror, dark sci-fi, dark fantasy, and more.

flashHorrorScience FictionFantasyOpens Oct 1

Flash/short stories must be 1500 words or under; sweet spot is 800-1500 words. Only open for a two-week window once every quarter: Winter (Jan 1-15), Spring (Apr 1-15), Summer (Jul 1-15), Fall (Oct 1-15). Dark speculative fiction: horror, dark sci-fi, dark fantasy, and more. No erotica, rape…

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