Underside Stories

Open now for fiction and poetry.

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Underside Stories is an email-based fiction and poetry publication seeking varied, underside-themed work, including reprints, with a preference for imaginative, quirky, humorous, and seasonal pieces.

Response time info: Within one month, possibly two; after five weeks, consider the submission declined

Read the full guidelines at lukevans.substack.com↗

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fictionScience FictionFantasyMysteryHorrorLiteraryHumorEligibility requirementsPays: No pay.

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

Open to fiction in any genre that fits the underside theme, including fantasy, science fiction, mystery, thriller, humor, literary, horror, magical realism, crime, supernatural, slipstream, quirky, absurd, light-hearted, wholesome, and seasonal work. Keep it PG-13; no fanfiction or erotica. No hard limit, but stories are usually up to about 5,000 words; 6,000+ words must be attached as RTF or DOCX, and novella-length work of about 10,000–15,000 words is a harder sell.

poetryEligibility requirementsPays: No pay.

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

All forms and styles are welcome, especially narrative poems and work that reveals the underside through content, spirit, or experimental format. Seasonal, quirky, fantastic, amusing, surreal, dark, light-hearted, and other tones are welcome; keep content PG-13. Send up to three poems in one document.

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