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"We are seeking pulpy dark fiction in the weird fiction and horror genres. Monsters, ghosts, creatures, fiends, demons, etc. Dark crime. Suspense. Mutants. Killers. Ghouls. Golems. Witches. Pulpy goodness!"
Introduction
Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time
/ 4 days
Average acceptance rate
2% / 0%

Need to know for submitting

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      Simultaneous submissions

      Yes

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      Previously published

      No

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      Payment

      $25-90

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      Fee

      No

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      Expedited response

      No

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      Available in print

      Yes

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      Provide contributor copies

      yes

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      Examples online

      No

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      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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    Demographics & Eligibility

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    Formatting requirements 🏗️

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    Rights for published work 🏗️

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Types of Submissions Accepted

2 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max words: 6000

crime

fantasy

horror

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Translations

No specific limitations

fiction genre icon

Fiction

Max words: 6000

crime

fantasy

horror

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Translations

No specific limitations

Magazine

Founded in 2020 | Canada

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 :)

Michael Kelly
Editor-in-Chief
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

11

Average acceptance rate

0% (so far)

Average response time

4 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

-/4 days

Fastest response time

2 days

Slowest response time

7 days

Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 154 days