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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 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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/ DEFUNCT |
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 |
| The Asylum Diaries | $5 (AUD) for poetry $14 (AUD) for prose |
https://www.oscillatewildlypress.net/submissions-1 | They have two publications: Autopsy for gore, and Arkham for Lovecraftian horror |
| Red Cape Anthologies A-Z | £10 | https://redcapepublishing.com/submissions/ | These is an anthology series. See themes and deadlines. |
| Dread Imaginings | $0.01/word | http://www.dreadimaginings.com/submission-guidelines.html | Stories up to 4000 words |
| Perpetual Motion Publishing Newsletter | $25 | https://pmmpublishing.submittable.com/submit/34164/perpetual-flash-fiction | Flash fiction up to 1500 words |
| LOM Media: Nightmares & Phantasms Podcast | $5 | https://www.lompublishing.com/submission-call | Stories should be 1,000-6,000 words |
| 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/short-story-submission/ | 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 |
| Novel Noctule | $10 for original fiction, poetry and non-fiction | https://www.novelnoctule.com/submissions | Weird horror Accepts some reprints |
| 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 |
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