Ongoing Submissions: Nocturne Magazine

Payment: $10 per story, $25 per cover art Theme: Stories that may *sort of* fit into the genres of horror, dark fantasy, or speculative. Nocturne Magazine accepts work that may *sort of* fit into the genres of horror, dark fantasy, or speculative. However, we can be convinced of branching out as long as there’s something deeply unsettling about your submission. We want something that makes us stay awake at night. Or have strange dreams. Or wake up still thinking about your piece while we drink our morning coffee. We don’t just want “eww,” or “yikes.” We want to scroll through your submission with trembling fingers. We vibe with Stephen King’s weird dream scenes, Shirley Jackson’s “castles” and murderous young women, and Grady Hendrix’s fierce vampire-fighting book club, and anything else surreal, unusual, or downright terrifying. But we also have some things we don’t love: Gratuitous rape/sexual assault, abuse, torture Children’s horror Fan-fiction Chapters or excerpts from other work Non-fiction pieces that disclose confidential information about any of the non-authors in the piece Fiction pieces that about real victims of murder, no matter how highly publicized. Nothing about pandemics/viruses. Please. We’ve had enough. Husbands killing wives. We get dozens of these, so it’s a hard sell. Here are the guidelines for fiction, art, and errata. Don’t worry too much about the formatting. We aren’t fussy. We accept simultaneous submissions, but please let us know if your piece is accepted elsewhere. We aim to respond to your submission within one month, but please do not query until 90 days has passed. We do not accept reprints or AI generated stories. Submit only once per submission period per category. Submit all written work in a a single document, either Word, rtf, txt, or PDF. *If we have previously rejected your submission, please do not...
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