Mega-List of Paying Markets for Horror, Dark Fiction and Poetry

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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.

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
Red Sun CLOSED	$100 for stories; $150 for stories 15-17k; and $300 for serializations. For art and comics, $35 per piece of artwork; $100 for a cover	https://redsunmagazine.submittable.com /submit	No simultaneous submissions
Liquid Imagination	$8 for short stories (1001 words up to 6000 words) and poems, and $3 for flash stories (up to 1000 words). A $2 bonus will be added for authors who accept payment via Paypal	http://liquidimagination.silverpen.org /submissions/	Accepts horror and dark fantasy See submission periods
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/	Open to submissions Jan 1 - March 31 Also accepts poetry
Three-lobed Burning Eye	$100 for short fiction, $30 for flash fiction	http://www.3lobedmag.com/submissions.html	No simultaneous submissions
Bete Noire	$10	http://www.betenoiremagazine.com/ magazineguidelines.htm DEFUNCT	See submission periods
Hypnos	$0.01/word	http://radiumtownpress.com/guidelines.html	Accepts weird fiction
Crimson Streets	$0.01/word	http://www.crimsonstreets.com/submission-guidelines/	Pulp fiction See submission periods
Body Parts Magazine	$10 for flash fiction, $20 for short stories	http://www.bodypartsmagazine.com /submissions.html DEFUNCT	See reading periods
Black Petals Horror/Science Fiction Magazine & Yellow Mama	William Clark	http://www.blackpetals.net/id4.html	Bizarre tales and chilling poetry
Pseudopod	$.06/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
Wicked Words Quarterly	$0.01 per word up to a maximum of $150	http://www.wickedwords.co.uk/submissions/ DEFUNCT	Flash fiction, short stories, novellas
Hungur	$12 $5 for reprints	http://www.whitecatpublications.com/ guidelines/hungur/	Vampires
Bosley Gravel's Cavalcade of Terror	$5 for feature story	http://dreadfullittlepress.com/cavalcade/?page_id=2 DEFUNCT	Accepts reprints
Gathering Storm	$25/story (2000 words max), $10/poem, $25/comic	http://www.gatheringstormmagazine.com /guidelines DEFUNCT	See reading periods
Dreams and Nightmares	$12	http://dreamsandnightmaresmagazine.com /guidelines.htm	Mostly poetry
Disturbed Digest	$4 for original poems, $2 for reprints $20 for original stories, $10 for reprints	http://albanlake.com/guidelines-disturbed/ DEFUNCT	Dark fantasy and horror short stories, poems, art, articles, reviews, and interviews
Electric Spec	$20	http://www.electricspec.com/Submissions.html	Macabre See reading periods
Year's Best Hardcore Horror	1 cent/word	http://www.redroompress.com/submission-guidelines/years-best-hardcore-horror/	See reading periods Reprints only
Blood Bath Litzine	£10 per 1,000 words for prose, and £10 per poem	https://bloodbathlitzine.com/submissions/	See reading periods Accepts poetry
Wolfpack Press	$15	https://wolfpackpress.org/submission-guidelines/ DEFUNCT	See reading periods "We crave the wild, weird, wonderful, and witty." Accepts poetry
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
Mad Scientist Journal	2 cents/word	http://madscientistjournal.org/submissions/ DEFUNCT	See submission periods Themed issues Length: 500-8,000 words
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
Martian Migraine Press	3 cents/word (CAD)	http://martianmigrainepress.com/monstrous -outlines	See submission periods Themed issues
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
Twelfth Planet Press	Advance of US$300 and royalties of 40% of all monies received by the publisher	http://www.twelfthplanetpress.com/news/advance-notice-novella-series INACTIVE	Novellas between 17,000 and 40,000 words
Feed Your Monster	£3.50 for original flash fiction and £6 for original short stories over 1000 words. For all reprints, £2.50	https://www.darkmarkets.com/search?updated-max=2017-12-20T10:00:00-08:00&max-results=5&start=40&by-date=false	Monsters
Apparition Lit	$0.01 per word ($10 minimum)	https://www.apparitionlit.com/submission-guidelines/	Accepts poetry See reading periods
Unfading Daydream	$5 - $10	https://unfadingdaydream.wordpress.com /submissions/	1,000 - 7,000 words See reading periods
Solarcide	$50	https://solarcide.com/solarcide/guidelines-update/ DEFUNCT	1,000 - 3,000 words See reading periods
Black Dandy	$0.03 (NZD)/word	https://blackdandy.co/submissions/	2,500 - 5,000 words See reading periods
Gallows Hill	Fiction: up to $50; Poems: up to $15; Artwork: negotiable	https://gallowshillmagazine.com/submission-guidelines/	Fiction up to 9,000 words Accepts poetry
Horror Bites	1/4 cent per word	http://www.horrorbitesmagazine.com/submit.html	See reading periods
Hinnom Magazine	$30 for stories under 3,000 words $55 for stories over 3,000 words	https://gehennabooks.com/2018/11/25/call-for-submissions-hinnom-magazine-2019-quarterly-weird-fiction-and-cosmic-horror-short-fiction-and-poetry/	Up to 5,000 words Horror, dark fantasy, dark scifi See reading periods
The Wyrd	$10	http://www.wyrdmagazine.com/submission-guidelines/	1000 - 5000 words Weird and Slipstream
Broadswords and Blasters	$15	https://broadswordsandblasters.com/submissions/	Pulp fiction: westerns (Weird or otherwise); horror (Cosmic, Southern Gothic, visceral, and psychological)
Pulp Modern	$10	https://pulp-modern.blogspot.com/	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
Arsenika	$60 USD for fiction and $30 USD for poetry	http://arsenika.ink/submissions/	Poetry and fiction up to 1,000 words See reading periods "Not bound by genre"
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
Robbed of Sleep	$10 for short stories, $5 for flash fiction	http://www.robbedofsleep.xyz/p/submissions.html INACTIVE	100-1,000 words, flash Under 4,000 short stories See reading periods
Helios	0.06/word micro fiction; 0.03/word for flash fiction, short stories, & serial stories; 0.25/line poetry + digital contributor copy	http://heliosquarterly.com/index.php/submissions/	Gothic Horror, Punk, Weird Westerns See reading periods
The Dark	6 cents/word for original fiction up to 6,000 words on publication for first world rights; and 1 cent/word for reprint fiction up to 6,000 words	http://thedarkmagazine.com/submission -guidelines/	Horror and Dark Fantasy 2,000 – 6,000 words
Ink Stains Anthologies	Flat fee of $5 for stories 4,999 words and under, $10 for stories 5,000-9,999 words and $15 for stories 10,000-15,000	http://www.darkalleypress.com/ inkstainsanthology/ INACTIVE	3,000-20,0000 words Dark fiction (including lit fic), Gothic fiction, Supernatural/ paranormal fiction, Horror, Steampunk, Black comedy, Dark fantasy
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
Aliterate	6 cents/word	https://www.aliterate.org/submit/ DEFUNCT	See reading periods
Turn to Ash	1 cent/word	DEFUNCT	3,000 to 5,000 words See reading periods
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
Ares	6 cents/word for originals, 2 cents/word for reprints	http://aresmagazine.com/?page_id=46 All forms of speculative fiction	See reading periods
Shimmer	5 cents per word, minimum $50	https://www.shimmerzine.com/guidelines/fiction-guidelines/ Literary horror, all forms of speculative fiction CLOSED	No simultaneous submissions
Signal Horizon Audio and online publication	3 cents per word	https://www.signalhorizon.com/submission-guidelines CLOSED	Horror or science fiction with a dark or weird edge See reading periods
Sanitarium	$5	http://sanitariumpublishing.com/submissions/	See reading periods
Black Static	Not specified	http://ttapress.com/blackstatic/guidelines/	No simultaneous submissions
Dream of Shadows	£20	https://www.dreamofshadows.co.uk/submission-guidelines	Fantasy and horror short fiction of maximum 1500 words
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