Unnerving Magazine

Literary Magazine

Fiction

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Unnerving Magazine accepts short story submissions of horror, crime, dark thriller, and dark suspense.

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Highlights

Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
Response time:
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Acceptance rate: /
3.84%*
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PaysCA$0.01 per piece

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Accepts simultaneous submissions
What's that?
When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time
Accepts previously published
What's that?
When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary
Nominates for prizes
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
From the editors
yes
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee

Fiction - 3500 words max

Max words: 3500

Sub Genres: Crime, Horror

Payment: CA$ 0.01 per piece

HORROR: I'm looking for stories that fit with the Unnerving aesthetic (suspense, creature features, zombies, oddities, etc). Not interested in quiet horror or stories about grief-stricken characters and their tedious brooding. CRIME: I'm looking for just about anything aside from copaganda (this includes all lines of law-enforcement), cozy crime, or rape-revenge stories (aside from the victim themselves going on offensive...none of that Death Wish stuff). Private investigators are fine.

How to submit

Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
No cover letter advice
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
Send stories to unnervingsubs@gmail.com in a .docx or .doc file. No PDFs. Double-space your manuscripts.
Author's rights
We don't have rights information for this magazine
Additional info
Please no hard science fiction, sword and sorcery fantasy, erotica, romance, humor that isn’t sinister or literary works that venture so far into experimental that they become nonsense. No cop dramas. No war stories. No Lovecraft pastiches. Payment is $0.01/word for short stories published in the magazine + one paperback contributor copy. There will be a very quick turnaround for the next issue.

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Total submissions tracked

33 days

Average response time

3.84%

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About

Late August 2016, an unemployed, wannabe writer guy had an idea. He’d sold dozens of short stories by then, even one mediocre novel, also had experience in the small-town newspaper industry (right before it all but folded), and had an idea that he could break even creating and managing a magazine. ...

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2016

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Eddie Generous

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