Worldsmyths is seeking speculative fiction and poetry inspired by Inna Vjuzhanina’s The Coven series for its 'Books of Rot and Bloom' anthology, with a focus on witch-themed stories deeply connected to selected artwork.
MENACE is a magazine seeking speculative fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, and hybrid work, with a focus on marginalized voices and a strong preference for speculative elements.
Dreams & Nightmares is a long-running print magazine primarily publishing poetry and a small amount of short short fiction in the genres of fantasy, science fiction, and fantastic horror.
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Pays: $15 per story on acceptance + 1 contributor's copy ($30 + 1 copy for color covers); contributors outside North America may receive a 3-issue subscription plus 1 copy instead
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Pays: $15 per poem on acceptance + 1 contributor's copy ($30 + 1 copy for color covers); contributors outside North America may receive a 3-issue subscription plus 1 copy instead
The Icarus Writing Collective is a themed literary magazine publishing short fiction and flash fiction with a speculative focus, offering a small honorarium.
Trembling With Fear is a weekly online publication of dark speculative fiction, including horror, dark sci-fi, and dark fantasy, with regular themed calls and an annual anthology.
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Closes Oct 13Pays: $5 per story (by the time the annual anthology is released)
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Pays: None (drabbles are considered donations)
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Pays: $5 per story (by the time the annual anthology is released)
Emerald City Ghosts is a digital magazine publishing flash fiction, short stories, and poetry with a paranormal or ghostly element, often themed monthly.
Perseid Prophecies is a Canadian speculative fiction magazine seeking unpublished speculative fiction, flash fiction, original art, and topical nonfiction science articles.
Rat Bag Literary is a semi-pro paying magazine seeking weird, genre-blurring fiction, microfiction, drabbles, flash, poetry, and creative nonfiction with a focus on speculative and offbeat work.
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Closes Aug 31Fee: $5Pays: 1 cent per word up to $20, reprints half-rate up to $10
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Closes Aug 31Fee: $25Pays: 1 cent per word up to $20, reprints half-rate up to $10
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Closes Aug 31Fee: $20Pays: 1 cent per word up to $20, reprints half-rate up to $10
Propagule is an independent literary magazine focused on experimental, surreal, and boundary-pushing fiction, flash fiction, and nonfiction, with a strong emphasis on speculative and unconventional work.
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Closes Dec 15Pays: $5 per 1,000 words for the first 2,000 words, $10 per 1,000 words thereafter (up to $30)
96th of October is a quarterly magazine publishing extraordinary tales, poetry, and flash fiction with a focus on fantasy, horror, magic realism, satire, and whimsy.
AntipodeanSF is an Australian online magazine devoted to short speculative fiction (science fiction, fantasy, horror, surreal) of 500-1000 words, with a focus on flash fiction and no payment to contributors.
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Pays: No payment; publication, bio, and promotion via radio show and podcast
Black Petals is a long-running quarterly magazine publishing dark science fiction and horror fiction, flash, micro fiction, and poetry, with a focus on the bizarre and unusual.
Club Plum Literary Journal publishes flash fiction, prose poetry, lyric essays/creative nonfiction, and hybrid works, with a current call for its Annual Literary Horror Issue (October 2026); it does not accept AI-generated work, reprints, or lined poetry, and pays no fees or honoraria.
Five on the Fifth is an online literary magazine publishing five short pieces monthly, including fiction, flash fiction, horror, nonfiction, book reviews, experimental work, and poetry.
Flame Tree Publishing is an independent publisher specializing in speculative fiction novels and professional, paid short story anthologies, with regular submission windows and a monthly flash fiction call via their newsletter.
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Pays: Industry-standard royalty contracts; not generous advances.
HEXFILED SF Magazine is an independent publication focused on science fiction and speculative fiction exploring the boundary between organism and machine, with a preference for strange, thoughtful, and emotionally resonant work.
Tales to Terrify is a volunteer-run podcast publishing horror, dark fantasy, and disturbing fiction, currently open for flash fiction submissions only.
The Yard: Crime Blog publishes crime fiction, true crime, horror, and related genres, accepting poetry, flash fiction, fiction, and nonfiction submissions with a focus on crime-related content.
All Worlds Wayfarer is a speculative fiction magazine publishing immersive, character-driven stories in fantasy, science fiction, horror, and related genres, with a focus on sincerity and meaning.
khōréō is a speculative fiction magazine dedicated to immigrant and diaspora voices, publishing short stories and flash fiction with a strong focus on diversity and identity.
The Pink Hydra is a monthly zine and book publisher seeking prose and poetry with a speculative or fantastical vibe, open internationally and welcoming diverse, boundary-pushing work.
Timber Ghost Press is a publisher specializing in horror fiction, seeking novels, novellas, flash fiction, and poetry with a focus on cosmic and creepy horror.
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