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Much like other genres of speculative fiction, horror enjoys a loyal, and possibly fixated, fan base. Horror isn't all blood and gore. The subgenres include everything from the mildly unsettling (like Twilight Zone), to splatterpunk (which is exactly what you think it is). Some of the genres accepted by horror magazines include: humorous horror, holiday horror, psychological horror, science fiction horror, slasher horror, supernatural horror, gothic horror, erotic horror, teen horror and, of course, anything with zombies, werewolves, vampires, or other malevolent creatures. Many of the magazines on this list also accept dark fiction, dark fantasy, and other genre crossovers that evoke a sinister mood.
Read the submission guidelines, and make sure to follow them carefully before submitting.
Many more paying markets, organized by topic and genre, can be found here: Paying Markets. You can find markets and submission calls specifically geared to dark fiction on Dark Markets.
Note: Many speculative fiction magazines accept horror in addition to science fiction and fantasy. You can find a long list of speculative fiction magazines here: Speculative Fiction Magazines Accepting Submissions.
Read the submission guidelines, and make sure to follow them carefully before submitting.
Many more paying markets, organized by topic and genre, can be found here: Paying Markets. You can find markets and submission calls specifically geared to dark fiction on Dark Markets.
Note: Many speculative fiction magazines accept horror in addition to science fiction and fantasy. You can find a long list of speculative fiction magazines here: Speculative Fiction Magazines Accepting Submissions.
| Publication | Payment | Submission Guidelines | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apex | $.06 per word | http://www.apex-magazine.com/submission-guidelines/ | No simultaneous submissions See submission periods |
| Nightmare | $.06 per word | https://johnjosephadams.moksha.io/publication /nightmare/guidelines |
Accepts horror and dark fantasy No simultaneous submissions See submission periods |
| Tales from the Moonlit Path | $10 | https://talesmoonlitpath.com/ | See submission periods Themed issues |
| Spooky | 1 cent/word | https://spooky-magazine.com/submission-guidelines/ | Cozy horror. Fun horror. Classy horror. Dare we say, wholesome horror? |
| Albedo | $.06 per word | http://www.albedo1.com/submission-guidelines/ | No simultaneous submissions See reading periods Preferred length is between 2,500 and 8,000 words |
| Gothic.net | Payment is negotiated | http://www.gothic.net/submissions/ Online form |
Length between 2,000 and 10,000 words |
| Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine | 1.25 cents/Word (AUD) with a A$20 minimum per piece | https://www.andromedaspaceways.com/ submissions/ |
Accepts works up to 10,000 words in length. Submissions of up to 20,000 words are permitted from subscribers and from authors resident in Australia and New Zealand See submission periods |
| Aurealis Australia |
AU$20 to $60 per 1000 words | https://aurealis.com.au/submissions/ Submissions from Australian and New Zealand writers: 1 February – 30 September Submissions from anyone anywhere: 1 August – 30 |
Accepts short stories between 2000 and 8000 words |
| Kaleidotrope | $0.01/word | http://www.kaleidotrope.net/guidelines/ | See submission periods Also accepts poetry |
| Three-lobed Burning Eye | $100 for short fiction, $30 for flash fiction | http://www.3lobedmag.com/submissions.html | No simultaneous submissions |
| Three Crows | $0.01/word | http://threecrowsmagazine.com/submissions/ |
Dark and weird fantasy, horror, and sci-fi |
| Hypnos | $0.01/word | http://radiumtownpress.com/guidelines.html | Accepts weird fiction |
| Madness Heart | $10 for stories | https://madnessheart.press/submissions/?v=7516fd43adaa | Madness Heart publishes full-length horror, as well as anthologies See submission periods |
| Midnight Bites | $50 | NOT ACTIVE | Horror Word Count: 10K – 25K words |
| Black Petals Horror/Science Fiction Magazine & Yellow Mama | "Bragging rights" | http://www.blackpetals.net/id4.html | Bizarre tales and chilling poetry |
| Pseudopod | $.08/word for original fiction, $100 flat rate for short story reprints, and $20 flat rate for flash fiction reprints (stories below 1500 words) | http://pseudopod.org/submissions/ | Podcast |
| Weirdbook | $5 per thousand words up to a maximum of $30 | http://weirdbook-magazine.com/submissions/ | See reading periods |
| Grinning Skull Press |
0.025 cent/word
|
https://grinningskullpress.wordpress.com /submission-guidelines/ |
Novels, novellas, short stories |
| Black Hare Press | 5,000 to 10,000 – $25 USD; 10,000 to 17,000 – $50 USD | https://www.blackharepress.com/submissions/ | 5,000 words minimum |
| Hungur | $25 $12 for reprints |
https://www.hiraethsffh.com/hungur-chronicles-guidelines | Vampires |
| Dark Peninsula Press | $25 - $50 for anthologies | https://www.darkpeninsulapress.com/submissions.html | Anthologies See calls for submissions |
| Dark Dispatch | Unspecified | https://darkdispatch.com/submissions/ | All things dark: dark fantasy, science fiction, horror, and crime See reading periods |
| Dreams and Nightmares | $12 | http://dreamsandnightmaresmagazine.com /guidelines.htm |
Mostly poetry |
| Nightmare Magazine | 8 cents/word | https://adamant.moksha.io/publication/nightmare/guidelines |
Dark fantasy and horror short stories, poems, and nonfiction |
| Electric Spec | $20 | http://www.electricspec.com/Submissions.html | Macabre See reading periods |
| Vastarien | 5 cents ($.05) per word for nonfiction and prose fiction. Poetry pays $50 flat per poem. Payment for artwork is $50 per piece. | https://grimscribepress.com/submission-guidelines/ | Literary horror See reading periods |
| Blood Bath Litzine | £10 per 1,000 words for prose, and £10 per poem | https://bloodbathlitzine.com/submissions/ | See reading periods Accepts poetry |
| White Cat Publications | 2 cents/word | https://whitecatpublications.com/guidelines/ | Accepts mystery, romance, thrillers, suspense, ghost stories and horror stories (no slasher stories, please), westerns, steampunk and fantasy. |
| Transmundane Press Anthologies | $10-20, depending on length, and author copies | https://www.transmundanepress.com /submissions.html |
See submission periods Themed issues |
| Thuggish Itch | AU$5.00 for stories under 2000 words / AU$10.00 for anything above 2000 words | http://www.gypsumsoundtales.com /Submissions.php |
See submission periods Themed issues |
| Bleed Error | 1c per word, and $15 per poem (Canadian dollars.) | https://paradoxghostpress.com/submission-guidelines/ | Short stories, flash fiction, and poetry that runs the gamut of everything from absurdist horror to bizarre science-fiction to unsettling dark fantasy. "We love the uncanny." See submission periods |
| Unnerving Magazine | 1¢/word | https://unnervingmagazine.submittable.com/submit | Horror, dark science fiction (light), dark fantasy, crime, thriller, suspense, and dark literary See submission periods |
| The Maul | 8¢/word 2¢/word for reprints |
https://themaulmag.com/?page_id=31 | Horror 100 - 3,000 words |
| Horror Addicts.net |
Some submissions are paid, some not | https://horroraddicts.wordpress.com/current-submission-calls/ | HorrorAddicts.net is a podcast, blog, and publisher run by horror addicts, for horror addicts. |
| Don't Flinch Podcast | $100 | https://dontflinchpodcast.com/script-submissions/ | Scripts 20 - 30 minutes in length |
| Underbelly Zine | $10 | https://underbellyzine.blogspot.com/p/what-we-want-extreme-horror.html | Extreme Horror |
| Tales From Between | £15 plus a physical copy of the issue. REPRINT: £5 plus a physical copy of the issue. | https://talesfrombetween.wordpress.com/submissions/ | Horror up to 1000 words Has submission periods |
| Dose of Dread | 2 cents/word | CLOSED | Horror Up to 1000 words See submission periods |
| Apparition Lit | $0.01 per word ($10 minimum) | https://apparitionlit.com/submissions/ | Accepts poetry See reading periods |
| Unfading Daydream | $5 - $10 | https://unfadingdaydream.wordpress.com /submissions/ |
1,000 - 7,000 words See reading periods |
| Infinite Horrrors | $0.08/word | https://www.infiniteworldsmagazine.com/submissions-faqs | 1500–5000 words Accepts short fiction, illustrations, comics |
| Crone Girls Press | Payment not specified | https://cronegirlspress.com/submissions/ | Dark speculative fiction anthologies and horror flash fiction. See reading periods |
| Underland Arcana | $0.01 / word—up to 5,000 words—for publication on the website. Additional publication in other formats (ebook and collected print editions, for example) will be under a shared royalty basis | https://www.underlandarcana.com/submissions/ | Short fiction that veers into the numinous, the esoteric, the supernatural, and the weird. "We like these stories to be mildly speculative, fantastic, mysterious, and/or horrific (if you prefer genre tags)." See reading periods |
| Unleashed | $25 | https://www.skywatcherpress.com/anthologies | Horror Up to 10,000 words See reading periods |
| Cosmic Horror Monthly | 1 cent per word for original fiction. 1/2 cent per word for reprints; $10 – $20 for interior artwork. Negotiable; $100 for cover art. Negotiable. | https://cosmic-horror.net/submissions/ | Up to 7,500 words Horror, dark scifi See reading periods |
| The Drop | $10 | https://inkbloodbook.company/#thedrop | 1000 words max Dark fantasy and science fiction See reading periods |
| ergot | $25 | https://www.ergot.press/about | ergot seeks experimental fiction and hybrid work under 10k words that pushes the boundaries of what literary horror is and what it might become. |
| Pulp Modern | $25 | http://www.pulpmodern.net/pulp-modern-submissions/ | 2,000 - 3,500 words See reading periods "No subject is taboo" |
| The WiFiles | $3 | http://thewifiles.com/?page_id=8 | 1,000 - 5,000 words |
| Scare Street | $10 for every 1,000 words prorated | https://scarestreet.com/submissions/ | 3,000 to 7,000 words Anthologies See reading periods "horror stories with a focus on ghosts, the supernatural, paranormal, monsters, and dark tales" |
| Anathema | $50 (CAD) for fiction and non-fiction | http://www.anathemamag.com/submissions/ | Any genre with speculative content You must be a queer person of colour/Indigenous /Aboriginal to submit to Anathema |
| Mithila | $50 for short fiction, $10 for original poetry/essays /flash |
http://mithilareview.com/submission-guidelines/ | 4,000 - 8,000 words Flash, under 2,500 Accepts poetry |
| Horror Story Magazine | 2 cents/word | https://horrorstorymagazine.com/submissions/ | 2,000 - 10,000 words Accepts poetry Themed issues Print and online |
| Pyre | $10 | https://www.pyremagazine.com/submissions | Horror, sci-fi, the weird, the macabre, fantasy, and magical realism: Flash fiction, short stories, nonfiction, poetry, art, videos. See reading periods |
| The Dark | 6 cents/word for original fiction up to 6,000 words on publication for first world rights; up to 6,000 words | http://thedarkmagazine.com/submission -guidelines/ |
Horror and Dark Fantasy 2,000 – 6,000 words Fast response time |
| Dark Recesses | 5 cents/word | https://darkrecessespress.com/submissions/ | Horror/dark fiction pieces between 500-5000 words |
| Gallery of Curiosities | originals, 3 cents/word reprints 1 cent/word |
https://gallerycurious.com/fiction/ | "Anachropunkish retro-vintage elements" Magazine and podcast length up to 7500 words See reading periods |
| Dark Yonder | $50 | https://www.thaliapress.org/darkyonder | "Neo-noir" Dark literary fiction (crime, horror, speculative lit, etc) |
| Deadly Drabble Tuesdays | $8 | https://www.hungryshadowpress.com/submissions | Horror, weird, and dark drabbles (defined here as 100-word microfiction, no more, no less) |
| Liminal Stories | 6 cents/word | http://liminalstoriesmag.com/submissions/ | Up to 10,000 words See reading periods |
| Allegory | $15 | https://www.allegoryezine.com/submissions | See reading periods |
| Diabolical Plots | 8 cents/word | http://www.diabolicalplots.com/guidelines/ | No simultaneous submissions See reading periods |
| The Arcanist | $50 | https://thearcanist.io/submit-your-work/home All forms of speculative fiction, 1000 words max |
Medium-based publication, weekly |
| Book Worms | 8 cents/word | https://rsaintclaire.com/ Horror |
See reading periods |
| The Vanishing Point | $25 |
https://vanishingpointmagazine.com/index.php/submissions/ | Horror, Sci-fi, Dark Fantasy, and all things speculative No simultaneous submissions |
| Dark Void | 5 cents per word | https://darkvoidmagazine.com/submissionguidelines | Science fiction horror See reading periods |
| Sanitarium | $5 | https://www.thesanitarium.co.uk/submissions | See reading periods |
| Black Static | Not specified | http://ttapress.com/blackstatic/guidelines/ | No simultaneous submissions |
| Dream of Shadows |
£20 | CLOSED | Fantasy and horror short fiction of maximum 1500 words |
| Tales to Terrify Podcast | $0.01 USD per word | https://talestoterrify.com/submissions/ | They periodically have calls for specific themes Length varies Reprints accepted |
| Red Cape Anthologies A-Z | £10 | https://redcapepublishing.com/submissions/ | These is an anthology series. See themes and deadlines. |
| The Dark Door | $25 per illustration featured (or a bundled rate of $25 for multiple marginals), and a rate of $15-50 USD per story depending on word count | https://horrortree.com/ongoing-submissions-the-dark-door/ | Terrifying tales and insidious illustration in the style of 70s and 80s pulp horror fiction zines |
| Perpetual Motion Publishing Newsletter | $25 | https://pmmpublishing.submittable.com/submit/34164/perpetual-flash-fiction | Flash fiction up to 1500 words |
| Nightmare Fuel | 5 cents AUD per word | https://nightmarefuelmagazine.com/submit/ | Dark fiction and poetry up to 666 words Australian writers only |
| The NoSleep Podcast | $100 for short fiction, and $125 for regular submissions. | https://www.thenosleeppodcast.com/submissions | First-person perspective |
| MetaStellar | $0.08/word for original fiction | https://www.metastellar.com/write-for-us/ | Fantasy, horror, and science fiction of up to 7,500 words. Accepts reprints. |
| Common Tongue | $0.03/word for original fiction | https://www.commontonguezine.com/guidelines-submissions/ | Dark fantasy |
| Boneyard Soup | $0.05/word for original fiction | https://www.boneyardsoup.com/submit | Dark fantasy, fiction, nonfiction, flash fiction, art Accepts some reprints |
| Weird Horror Magazine | 1.5 cents/word | https://undertowpublications.com/weird-horror-magazine | Weird horror 500 - 6000 words Open to submissions in March and September |
| The Ghastling | £15 | https://theghastling.com/submit/ | Psychological horror, folk horror, ghost stories and the macabre. |
| Dark Moon Digest | $0.03 per word for original fiction/$0.01 per word for reprints | https://darkmoondigest.submittable.com/submit | Fiction reminiscent of The Twilight Zone, Black Mirror, Tales from the Crypt, and Tales from the Darkside |
| The Dread Machine | $0.03 per word for original fiction/$0.01 per word for reprints/$10 per poem | https://www.thedreadmachine.com/submit/ | Futuristic dark fiction, speculative fiction, cyberpunk, slipstream, and science fiction |
| Anterior Skies | One cent per word. $15 minimum (if you write a 200-word poem, you’ll get $15, not $2); max payment is $50 (if you write a 6,000-word short story, you’ll get $50, not $60). | https://jcstreetsoldier3.wixsite.com/strange-elf-press/blank-1 | Yearly anthology Cosmic and weird stories, ranging from fantasy (preferably low fantasy, but high fantasy will be considered, but it has to wow me) to sci-fi to noir, as long as there’s a dab of horror somewhere in there. |
| Horror Story Magazine | 2 cents/word | https://horrorstorymagazine.com/2023/03/06/taking-submissions-for-edition-1/ | Horror stories and poetry 1000 - 2000 words |
| Witch House | $10 | https://witchhousemag.blogspot.com/ | Cosmic horror Has submission periods |
| Dark Dead Things | $.02 per word for short story and nonfiction; flat rate of $30 per poem | https://www.darkdeadthings.com/submissions | Weird short stories, poetry, and nonfiction. "We love horror but are open to anything strange, surreal, or subversive." |
| Broken Antler | $10 - $20 | https://www.brokenantlermag.com/submit | "ALL genres of horror, as well as sci-fi and dark fantasy. The editors are partial to a wide range of subgenres—body, cosmic, folk, gore, etc.… For poetry, creative nonfiction, and hybrid submissions, we’re looking for work that is haunting and monstrous, weird and bizarre. Extra points if your work is experimental or doing something unusual with form.” |
| Monstrous | 6 cents/word | https://monstrousbooks.com/submissions | Dark fiction, flash, comics, prose, and articles. Print format |
| Nightlight Podcast | $200; Flash fiction, 5 cents/word; Reprints, $50. | https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/nightlight-black-horror-fiction-podcast-dV3fG | Horror by Black writers |
| Zombies Need Brains | 8 cents/word | https://www.patreon.com/posts/66268714 | Science fiction, fantasy, and horror, including all subgenres |
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