Ananke Press, a small New York City based press that only publishes speculative fiction. They are open to submissions from June 1st through August 30th, according to their Poets & Writers listing. They say they offer above-standard royalties, but do not state what those rates are, or if they are off gross or net. They…
Note: This literary journal closed to submissions after this article was published. For more opportunities, see this list of 32 flash fiction markets, this list of nine recurring dark fiction markets, and this list of 41 themed calls for submissions. The Coachella Review is an online literary journal produced by the University of California, Riverside-Palm…
By Chris Saunders The short fiction market is constantly in a state of flux and public tastes are always shifting and changing. However, one little corner of this rich and diverse landscape has remained consistently strong. For our purposes we’ll call it ‘dark fiction.’ Beneath this rather expansive umbrella you will find numerous categories and…
By Ashley Taylor Clark Reality is the basis of all fiction. No matter how bizarre or fantastical your story may be, its foundation is built on and around the rules of the real world. This may seem like a limitation at first glance (why write fantasy at all if it needs to be reined in…