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"The Ghastling is a biannual magazine publishing literary fiction and illustration devoted to psychological horror, folk horror, ghost stories and the macabre. "

"The Ghastling is a biannual magazine publishing literary fiction and illustration devoted to psychological horror, folk horror, ghost stories and the macabre. "

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

a few weeks / 94 days

Acceptance Rate

0%

  • Payment

    Yes: £15

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    No

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    Yes

  • Provides contributor copies

    Yes: 1

  • Examples online

    No

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

2 genres

Fiction

Max words: 3500

Max pieces: 1

Art

Please submit a sample of your work with a short bio and covering letter to Rebecca Parfitt: editor@theghastling.com Be as creative and ghou...

Fiction

Max words: 3500

Max pieces: 1

Art

Please submit a sample of your work with a short bio and covering letter to Rebecca Parfitt: editor@theghastling.com Be as creative and ghou...

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Track submission

4

Total submissions tracked

94 days

Average response time

0%

Average acceptance rate

94 days

Fastest response time

94 days

Slowest response time

How to submit

Process

Please submit your unpublished short story (no longer than 3,500 words, no minimum) as a WORD document with your NAME and the TITLE OF THE STORY at the top of the document to Rebecca Parfitt: editor@theghastling.com

Cover letters

Please also include a short bio and covering letter, and let us know if you are a subscriber or Patreon supporter too (please read the specifications on Patreon for eligibility).

Eligibility

No specific eligibility requirements

Formatting

Word document

Rights for published work

This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.

Additional info

Our subscribers and Patreon supporters are able to submit all year round and they also receive feedback on their submission. What Do We Like? Psychological horror, quiet horror and folkhorror. Tales of the occult, black magic, superstition, folklore terrors and circus sideshows. What Don’t We Like? Anything that graphically depicts sexual abuse, animal abuse, rape, gratuitous torture and gore. Do not send erotic horror either.

About the Magazine

Founded in 2014 | United Kingdom

The Ghastling is a biannual short-story magazine that oozes eeriness and dark things. Styled as a modern-day Penny Dreadful, the first issue was published in 2014: the ghoulish brainchild of editor Rebecca Parfitt. The magazine has gone on to feature writers and artists from across the world, and we published its landmark tenth edition on Hallowe’en 2019.

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 :)

Rebecca Parfitt

Editor-in-Chief

Tracey Rees

Editorial Assistant

Examples

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