Open for submissions
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A new quarterly online journal of dark literature seeking work exploring dark themes. When we say “dark themes,” we don’t necessarily mean traditional horror. Surprise us. Make us think in a new way. Give us a new fear. Make our skin crawl.
Vibe
Send us your best but less intimidating
Response Time
Average acceptance rate
Types of Submissions Accepted
Fiction
Max words: 7500
Max pieces: 5
Short stories
Flash rules
Max words: 1500
literary
horror
Nonfiction
We have no hard limits for word count, but please keep in mind that we are an online venue.
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
"For poetry with special formatting, please submit your work formatted in 12pt Alegreya Sans. Because we hard-code the poetry into the page to support special formatting, work changed from the font you used into the issue font may be automatically reformatted."
Art
Max pieces: 10
Fiction
Max words: 7500
Max pieces: 5
Short stories
Flash rules
Max words: 1500
literary
horror
Nonfiction
We have no hard limits for word count, but please keep in mind that we are an online venue.
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
"For poetry with special formatting, please submit your work formatted in 12pt Alegreya Sans. Because we hard-code the poetry into the page to support special formatting, work changed from the font you used into the issue font may be automatically reformatted."
Art
Max pieces: 10
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 🏗️
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Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️
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Awards
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Demographics & Eligibility
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Formatting requirements 🏗️
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Rights for published work 🏗️
Magazine
Founded in 2017 | 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 :)
Tamara Burross Grisanti
Editor-in-Chief
Ray Ball
Senior Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)
Total tracked
26
Average acceptance rate
40%
Average response time
142 days
Average acceptance/rejection time
322/82 days
Fastest response time
58 days
Slowest response time
322 days
