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).

We welcome you to Haunted Words Press, a literary magazine publishing tales of the gothic, the peculiar, and the downright spooky for middle grade and young adult readers.

Flash fiction meets speculative worlds. Science fiction, fantasy, supernatural, futuristic—anything that transcends reality in very short form.

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Haunted Words Press

Absolutely love Haunted Words Press. For anyone looking for a spooky read, this is a gold mine.

The flowers on your grave may be wilting, but that doesn’t mean you’re finished. Decaying, wilted, rotten, what offerings are left to your corpse? What tales of love and grief have you to take into your eternity?

For our 2026 Pride collection, we’re accepting short stories, flash fiction, poetry, and visual art for young adults.

These Rotten Blooms

<br><div>What's that sound in the distance? Can you hear that scratching under your bed, in your wardrobe, just outside your window? Is it in the wind, or the trees, or something waiting for you to come closer?</div><div><br></div><div>For our fourteenth issue, we’re accepting short stories, flash fiction, poetry, and visual art (including cover art) for middle grade and young adults. Submissions for Sonnet's Young Writers' Scheme are also open for this issue.</div>

Issue Fourteen: Crooked Creatures!

<br><div>isual Art/Cover Art</div><div><br></div><div>Please submit no more than three pieces if submitting visual art/cover art</div><div><br></div><div>Visual art can be portrait or landscape</div><div><br></div><div>Cover art should be portrait - please take a look at our previous covers!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>What's that sound in the distance? Can you hear that scratching under your bed, in your wardrobe, just outside your window? Is it in the wind, or the trees, or something waiting for you to come closer?</div><div><br></div><div>For our fourteenth issue, we’re accepting short stories, flash fiction, poetry, and visual art (including cover art) for middle grade and young adults. Submissions for Sonnet's Young Writers' Scheme are also open for this issue.</div>

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