Underside Stories

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Underside Stories is an online story and poetry publication seeking unconventional, underside-themed fiction and poetry, including reprints and misfits.

Response time info: within 1 month, or up to 5 weeks before considering a submission declined

Read the full guidelines at lukevans.substack.com↗

Submission calls

fictionScience FictionFantasyHorrorLiteraryMysteryHumorEligibility requirementsPays: No pay.

Open to: Submissions must be in English; legal minors must be prepared to provide parental or guardian approval upon acceptance.

Open to fiction of any genre and tone that reveals an underside perspective, with favorites including fantasy, science fiction, mystery, thriller, humor, literary fiction, horror, magic realism, crime, supernatural, and slipstream. Keep content approximately PG-13; no fanfiction or erotica. No hard limits, but stories are usually posted up to about 5,000 words; 10,000–15,000 words is an upper novella-range limit and a harder sell. Stories over 6,000 words must be attached as RTF or DOCX. Reprints and simultaneous submissions are welcome, but multiple submissions are not.

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