"A literary zine publishing stories, poetry and visual art of all genres, all with some element of the gothic, the peculiar, or the spooky. Our audience is middle grade (8-12) and young adult (12-18)."
Introduction
Vibe
Send us your best but less intimidating
Response Time
2-3 weeks / 33 days
Average acceptance rate
45.45%
Need to know for submitting
Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox
Simultaneous submissions
Yes
Previously published
Yes
Payment
No
Fee
No
Expedited response
No
Available in print
Yes
Provide contributor copies
Yes
Examples online
Yes
Active on social media
Yes
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Important stuff
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How to submit 🏗️
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Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️
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Awards
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Formatting requirements 🏗️
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Rights for published work 🏗️
Types of Submissions Accepted
Fiction
Max words: 5000
Max pieces: 1
Flash rules
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 3
We would prefer flash fiction to be no more than 750 words, but please do not exceed 1000 words.
all
children
fantasy
folklore
gothic
lgbtq
romance
speculative
youngAdult
Art
Max pieces: 3
Poetry
Max pieces: 3
No more than two pages per piece
Magazine
Founded in 2022 | United Kingdom
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 :)
Halle Merrick
Editor-in-Chief
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)
Total tracked
14
Average acceptance rate
45.45%
Average response time
33 days
Average acceptance/rejection time
41/26 days
Fastest response time
4 days
Slowest response time
84 days