Speculative Fiction

Flatbush Review

Basic Information

Flatbush Review

341 E. 19th St. Apt. 5D

Website:

http://www.flatbushreview.com/

Brooklyn

New York

United States

11226

Submission Guidelines:

http://www.flatbushreview.com/guidelines-for-submi…

Contact Information

Eben

Wood

Co-Editor

Details

Genres Published:

Poetry

Fiction

Creative Nonfiction

Formats:

Web

Reading Period:

Sep 1 to Aug 31

Reporting Time:

Less than 3 months

Charges Reading Fee:

No

Accepts Electronic Submissions:

Yes

Accepts Simultaneous Submissions:

Yes

Accepts Unsolicited Submissions:

Yes

Payment:

No payment

Distributors:

We are online only.

Year Founded:

2017

Percentage of Unsolicited Submissions Published:

26% to 50%

Representative Authors:

As a startup, we began with word of mouth and the reach of new media. Both editors have been teaching at the City University of New York for over a decade, and see our influence inflected by the work of our colleagues at the university—as diverse a constituency as can be imagined—as well as by our students themselves, some of whom have published with us. We are interested in writers from Borges to Lafcadio Hearn to Esmeralda Santiago, Ariel Dorfman to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to you, threading a diaspora of difference.

Issues per Year:

2

Circulation:

1,000 to 2,500

Subscription Price:

None (we are solely online at this point, but hope to move to print in the near future)

Issue Price:

None

Number of Debut Authors per Issue:

So far, a majority of writers we've published have been first-time writers, in keeping with our editorial mission.

Please see our complete editorial statement here: http://www.flatbushreview.com/editorial-statement.html. We welcome all arts and approaches, and strive to be as inclusive and diverse in our approaches as the words linked through our namesake avenue in Brooklyn, although we are not limited to that physical landscape. It's a Coney Island of the mind, after all.

See our editorial focus, and look over our online issues at flabushreview.com. We're open to anything, not bounded by the literal geography of Brooklyn but by the conceptual complexity represented by its internal artery, Flatbush Avenue. Each issue has a kind of theme, always loosely and imaginatively interpreted, or ignored altogether (although it might inform our decision-making on a particular issue, and we will always consider all submissions for future issues). The point is to be as searching and challenging, reflective and reaching as possible, connecting worlds, geographies, topographies of the mind, spirit, and body as widely as we can, with that O'Haraean grace to live as variously as possible. We want to open dialogues, not foreclose possibilities.

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87 Bedford

Basic Information

Website:

https://87bedford.com

New York

United States

10027

Submission Guidelines:

https://87bedford.com/submission/

Contact Information

Lichen

Han

Founding Editor

Details

Genres Published:

Poetry

Fiction

Formats:

Web

Reading Period:

Jan 1 to Dec 31

Reporting Time:

Less than 3 months

Charges Reading Fee:

No

Accepts Electronic Submissions:

Yes

Accepts Simultaneous Submissions:

No

Accepts Unsolicited Submissions:

Yes

Payment:

Cash

Year Founded:

2016

Percentage of Unsolicited Submissions Published:

Greater than 50

Subscription Price:

0

Issue Price:

0

We are seeking beautifully-written, imaginative, and original short stories by new and veteran writers. Our favorite kinds of stories are those that are still emotionally haunting long after their plots have slipped from our memories, the fingerprints of their ghosts left behind on our day-to-day lives.

Please read Submission Guidelines carefully.

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Microcosm Publishing

Basic Information

2752 N Williams Ave

City:

Portland

State:

Oregon

Country:

United States

Zip / Postal Code:

97227

Website:

http://www.microcosmpublishing.com

Submission Guidelines:

https://microcosmpublishing.com/faq

Contact Information

Lydia

Rogue

Publicity Manager

Contact E-mail:

lydia.microcosm@gmail.com

Details

Genres Published:

Fiction

Creative Nonfiction

Book Types:

Short story collections

Essay collections

Formats:

Paperback

E-book

Publishes Through Contests Only:

No

Charges Reading Fee:

No

Accepts Unsolicited Submissions:

Yes

Accepts Electronic Submissions:

Yes

Accepts Simultaneous Submissions:

Yes

Reading Period:

Jan 1 to Dec 31

Reporting Time:

3 to 6 months

Empowering books from marginalized authors that focus on stories that haven't been told yet. We publish both books and zines.

We don't accept memoir or poetry, but we do accept self-help, pagan, queer erotica, narrative nonfiction on matters of scene history, building the bicycle revolution, travel guides, comics journalism and more.

Representative Authors:

Ariel Gore, Dr. Faith G. Harper, Elly Blue, Jessie Kwak, Laura O. Foster, Lisa Loving, Alexander Barrett, Raleigh Briggs and more.

How many authors debut in each issue?:

5+

Titles per Year:

Greater than 20

Distributors:

We self-distribute.

Publishing type:

Subgenres:

Journalism/Investigative Reporting

LGBTQ

Narrative Nonfiction

Speculative Fiction

Orca, A Literary Journal

Basic Information

6516 112th Street Ct

Website:

https://orcalit.com/

Gig Harbor

Washington

United States

98332-8697

Submission Guidelines:

https://orcalit.com/guidelines/

Contact Information

Joe

Ponepinto

Publisher

Details

Genres Published:

Fiction

Formats:

E-publication

Print

Reading Period:

Jan 1 to Dec 31

Reporting Time:

Less than 3 months

Charges Reading Fee:

Yes

Accepts Electronic Submissions:

Yes

Accepts Simultaneous Submissions:

Yes

Accepts Unsolicited Submissions:

Yes

Payment:

Cash

Year Founded:

2019

Distributors:

download; Amazon

Representative Authors:

Stephanie Dickinson, Will Cordeiro, Siamak Vossoughi, Stefen Styrsky, Christie B. Cochrell, Sean Marciniak, Mary Grimm

Issues per Year:

3

Circulation:

Less than 1,000

Subscription Price:

$37.95 for 3 issues

Issue Price:

$10.99

Number of Debut Authors per Issue:

2

Literary short stories and flash for our February and October issues.

Literary Speculative short stories and flash for our July issue.

We seek work that is high concept: imaginative, thoughtful, and open to possibilities. Give us deep, diverse characters. Blend genres. Connect seemingly disparate ideas. Keep it entertaining, but make us think. Originality will help your submission. If your story regards a topic that’s been published a lot, it’s probably not for us.

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Cassie Mannes Murray

Howland Literary, LLC

115 West 29th Street

Third Floor

New York, NY 10001

Night Picnic

Basic Information

P.O. Box 3819

Website:

https://www.nightpicnic.net

New York

United States

10163-3819

Submission Guidelines:

https://nightpicnicpress.submittable.com/submit

Contact Information

Igor

Zaitsev

Editor-in-Chief

Details

Genres Published:

Poetry

Fiction

Creative Nonfiction

Formats:

E-publication

Print

Reading Period:

Jan 1 to Dec 31

Reporting Time:

3 to 6 months

Charges Reading Fee:

No

Accepts Electronic Submissions:

Yes

Accepts Simultaneous Submissions:

Yes

Accepts Unsolicited Submissions:

Yes

Payment:

Contributor copies only

Distributors:

Amazon, Amazon Kindle

Year Founded:

2018

Percentage of Unsolicited Submissions Published:

Greater than 50

Representative Authors:

Edward Ahern, Penel Alden, Samuel J. Allen, Douglas Balmain, Tori Bryl, Mads Bohan, A. C. Bohleber, Natalie Kaia Christiansen, Robert Ciesla, Kalynn Michelle Cotten, Kaier Curtin, Alex Dako, RC de Winter, Leslie Dianne, Karen Downs-Barton, E. W. Farnsworth, Fayette Fox, Rich Glinnen, Max Halper, Bryan E. Helton, Laura E. Hoffman, Briley D. Jones, Steve Karamitros, Harry Kidd, Alyona Kondratyeva, Andrew Lafleche, Matthew Lane, Aaron Laughlin, Jamie Leondaris, James M. Lindsay, Susie Little, LindaAnn LoSchiavo, Paul Luikart, Simina Lungu, Davey Maloney, Laura Manuelidis, Eric McLaughlin, Kamran Muthleb, Josiah Olson, Vincent Oppedisano, Jaime Paniagua, Rachel Anne Parsons, Elizabeth Paxson, Kristopher Pendleton, Frank Rivera, Brian Rosten, Evan James Sheldon, Liza Sofia, Alex Stearns, Travis Stephens, Gordon Stumpo, Patrick ten Brink, Simon Tertychniy, Caryl Gobin Ulrich, Jason Wallace, Jack Wildern, Sybil Wilen, Christopher Williams, Mariah Woodland, Robin Vigfusson, Igor V. Zaitsev

Issues per Year:

3

Circulation:

1,000 to 2,500

Subscription Price:

$35 and $45 for libraries

Issue Price:

print copies $15 and digital versions $5

Number of Debut Authors per Issue:

20-24

Night Picnic is a bilingual journal of literature and art which publishes work in both English and Russian. We translate our authors' work into Russian. We accept novels, novellas, plays, short and flash stories, fairytales for adults, poetry, interviews, essays (including popular science essays), letters to the editors, and artwork.

We encourage authors to submit all that is strange, dark, jubilant, complex, confusing, scary, mystical, and multidimensional. We do NOT publish memoirs, heavy science fiction, political essays, and pornography. We do NOT publish manuscripts with chauvinistic and fascistic tendencies. You must be at least 18 years old to submit.

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KYSO Flash

Basic Information

PO Box 28386

City:

Bellingham

State:

Washington

Country:

United States

Zip / Postal Code:

98228

Website:

http://www.kysoflash.com

Submission Guidelines:

http://www.kysoflash.com/Books.aspx

Contact Information

Clare

MacQueen

Publisher

Contact E-mail:

KYSOWebmaster@gmail.com

Details

Genres Published:

Poetry

Fiction

Creative Nonfiction

Book Types:

Chapbook

Short story collections

Poetry collections

Formats:

Paperback

Publishes Through Contests Only:

No

Charges Reading Fee:

No

Accepts Unsolicited Submissions:

Yes

Accepts Electronic Submissions:

Yes

Accepts Simultaneous Submissions:

Yes

Reading Period:

Jan 1 to Dec 31

Reporting Time:

Less than 3 months

KYSO, pronounced “kye sew,” is an acronym for Knock Your Socks Off, which refers to just the kind of electrified words and images we like to publish and showcase.

Representative Authors:

Nin Andrews, Devon Balwit, Roberta Beary, Roy Beckemeyer, Heidi Czerwiec, Kika Dorsey, Claire Everett, Linda Nemec Foster, Tim Hawkins, Elizabeth Kerlikowske, Kathryn Kulpa, W. F. Lantry, Bob Lucky, Lorette C. Luzajic, Kathleen McGookey, John Olson, Stella Pierides, Meg Pokrass, Alexis Rhone Fancher, Gary S. Rosin, Alexis Rotella, Kathryn J. Stevens, Charles D. Tarlton, Harriot West, and Leslie What (25 of the 375+ writers and artists whose works we've published)

How many authors debut in each issue?:

~60

Titles per Year:

1 to 5

Distributors:

Amazon (Ingram Spark) for the chapbooks and collections by individual authors, and KYSO Flash for the anthologies

Subgenres:

Publishing type:

Aubade Publishing

Basic Information

19938 Alexandras Grove Dr

City:

Ashburn

State:

Virginia

Country:

United States

Zip / Postal Code:

20147

Website:

http://www.aubadepublishing.com

Submission Guidelines:

http://www.aubadepublishing.com/submit-manuscripts

Contact Information

Cosette

Puckett

Manuscript Reviewer, Book Designer, and Illustrator

Contact E-mail:

cosette.puckett@hotmail.com

Details

Genres Published:

Poetry

Fiction

Book Types:

Novel

Memoir

Poetry collections

Formats:

Paperback

Hardcover

E-book

Audio

Publishes Through Contests Only:

No

Charges Reading Fee:

No

Accepts Unsolicited Submissions:

Yes

Accepts Electronic Submissions:

Yes

Accepts Simultaneous Submissions:

Yes

Reading Period:

Jan 1 to Dec 31

Reporting Time:

3 to 6 months

We publish Speculative Fiction (including Fantasy), Historical Fiction, and Gothics, as well as poetry collections.

Representative Authors:

Rochelle Distelheim

Jerome John Dobson

Jared Pearce

How many authors debut in each issue?:

3-5

Titles per Year:

6 to 10

Distributors:

IngramSpark

Subgenres:

Historical

Speculative Fiction

Publishing type:

online and print

Impossible Task

Basic Information

2207 W Walton St

Website:

http://www.anothernewcalligraphy.com/impossibletask.html

Chicago

Illinois

United States

60622

Submission Guidelines:

http://www.anothernewcalligraphy.com/submissions.h…

Contact Information

Bill

Ripley

Details

Genres Published:

Poetry

Fiction

Creative Nonfiction

Formats:

Web

Reading Period:

Jan 1 to Dec 31

Reporting Time:

Less than 3 months

Charges Reading Fee:

No

Accepts Electronic Submissions:

Yes

Accepts Simultaneous Submissions:

Yes

Accepts Unsolicited Submissions:

Yes

Year Founded:

2019

Percentage of Unsolicited Submissions Published:

Greater than 50

Representative Authors:

emilie kneifel, Irene Han, Frank G. Karioris, Ingrid M. Calderon-Collins, v.f. thompson, Liana Kapelke-Dale, Rachel Tanner, Neha Maqsood, Rick Henry, Paulette Guerin, Robyn Detterline, Steph Castor, Michael Akuchie, Kayla King, Jay Besemer, Tom Snarsky, Kristin Garth, Howie Good, Annabel Mahoney, Tucker Lieberman, Benjamin Niespodziany, Grace Covill-Grennan, Karissa Lang

Issues per Year:

Another New Calligraphy hopes to produce Impossible Task on a quarterly to bimonthly basis.

Number of Debut Authors per Issue:

Varies

Another New Calligraphy's online journal publishes short works connected in its exploration of conflict, a term open to interpretation though ever present in these increasingly challenging times.

As in ANC's other endeavors, Impossible Task is always on the lookout for further opportunities to broaden the inclusivity of its community. Marginalized creators are highly encouraged to consider Another New Calligraphy and Impossible Task as a home for their work.

Another New Calligraphy seeks work exploring the human experience, our internal worlds, and life among others; these complex systems are often clearest in our slightest moments.

Another New Calligraphy has published printed works since 2009. Commonalities include mental health, identity, culture, ecology, and personal reflection. Please familiarize yourself with recent projects for a general sense of these themes and their past expression.

Rune Bear Magazine

Basic Information

18189 Mainstreet

Website:

http://runebear.com/

PARKER

Colorado

United States

80134-XXXX

Submission Guidelines:

http://runebear.com/submit

Contact Information

Jared

White

Editor

Details

Genres Published:

Poetry

Fiction

Formats:

Web

Reading Period:

Jan 1 to Dec 31

Reporting Time:

Less than 3 months

Charges Reading Fee:

No

Accepts Electronic Submissions:

Yes

Accepts Simultaneous Submissions:

No

Accepts Unsolicited Submissions:

Yes

Year Founded:

2018

Percentage of Unsolicited Submissions Published:

Greater than 50

Issues per Year:

0

Circulation:

Less than 1,000

Subscription Price:

n/a

Issue Price:

n/a

Number of Debut Authors per Issue:

We publish an author a week

Rune Bear is a digital literary magazine devoted to the Strange, Surreal, Supernatural, and Speculative. This includes all horror, science-fiction, slipstream, all-the-punks, fantasy, myth, and strange thoughts, as long as the content is under 300-words and forms some kind of narrative.

We are looking for stories in concentrate, although with a little pulp, too. All pieces, whether they are prose or poetry, should be under three hundred words. We find this allows writers to explore clever ideas without having to expand them beyond their natural limits, to diminish potency by stretching out a strange writ or dream-put-to-paper. In three hundreds, we want a glimpse of another world, perhaps some freak or fate or finish that stays in our thoughts all day and keeps us up all at night.

Subgenres: