Dark Fantasy, Horror | Shock Totem
URL: http://www.shocktotem.com/
Genres: dark fantasy and horror-mystery, suspense, supernatural, morbid humor, fantasy, etc
Does Not Accept/Want: hard science fiction, epic fantasy (swords and sorcery), splatterporn (blood and guts and little more), or clichéd plots; fan fiction
Fiction: up to 5,000 words; flash fiction, 1,000 words or less; microfiction 200 words or less
Essays/Articles: nonfiction about real horrors-disease, poverty, addiction, etc; work on other, relative subjects within the confines of dark fantasy and horror
Poetry: no more than three poems at a time
Reprints: yes, must not have been published int he previous 12 months
Simultaneous/Multiple Subs: no / no
Deadlines/Reading Period: yes
Est. Response Time: up to 60 days
Payment: 5 cents per word for original, unpublished fiction; 2 cents per word for reprints ($250 cap) within 60 days after publication; one free copy of the issue
Submissions:
online: http://shocktotem.submishmash.com/submit
Genres: dark fantasy and horror-mystery, suspense, supernatural, morbid humor, fantasy, etc
Does Not Accept/Want: hard science fiction, epic fantasy (swords and sorcery), splatterporn (blood and guts and little more), or clichéd plots; fan fiction
Fiction: up to 5,000 words; flash fiction, 1,000 words or less; microfiction 200 words or less
Essays/Articles: nonfiction about real horrors-disease, poverty, addiction, etc; work on other, relative subjects within the confines of dark fantasy and horror
Poetry: no more than three poems at a time
Reprints: yes, must not have been published int he previous 12 months
Simultaneous/Multiple Subs: no / no
Deadlines/Reading Period: yes
Est. Response Time: up to 60 days
Payment: 5 cents per word for original, unpublished fiction; 2 cents per word for reprints ($250 cap) within 60 days after publication; one free copy of the issue
Submissions:
online: http://shocktotem.submishmash.com/submit