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"Speculative. Absurd. Odd. Always looking for new fiction. "

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Introduction

Speculative. Absurd. Odd. Always looking for new fiction.

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time
1-3 months / 41 days
Average acceptance rate
0%

Types of Submissions Accepted

1 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max words: 7500

Max pieces: 1

We’re looking for genre / speculative stories and are quite partial to slipstream, cross-genre, magic realism, absurdist, and the surreal.

absurdist

experimental

magicalRealism

speculative

fiction genre icon

Fiction

Max words: 7500

Max pieces: 1

We’re looking for genre / speculative stories and are quite partial to slipstream, cross-genre, magic realism, absurdist, and the surreal.

absurdist

experimental

magicalRealism

speculative

Need to know for submitting

Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox

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    Details

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    How to submit πŸ—οΈ

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    Cover Letter and Bio πŸ—οΈ

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  • 04

    Awards

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    Demographics & Eligibility

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    Formatting requirements πŸ—οΈ

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    Rights for published work πŸ—οΈ

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Magazine

Founded in 2010 | United States

Masthead

We currently list only main editors, more will be added later! If you are an editor, you can edit your masthead in our admin panel :)

Erik Secker
Editor-in-Chief
J. Scott Wilson
Copy Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

13

Average acceptance rate

0% (so far)

Average response time

41 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

-/41 days

Fastest response time

19 days

Slowest response time

64 days