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THE MARKET Zine: Often Inspired Magazine Editor(s): William V. Burns Pay Rate: Individual 2000-5000 word short stories from $25 to $100 Response Time: One to two weeks after contest end or submission Reading Period: One week Description: Often Inspired is a magazine that celebrates the bond between writer and reader. We exist to encourage writers [...]
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Now Accepting Submissions – Horror Agents
July 16th, 2010 
Lorna D. Keach 
Agents! Ah! Flee in terror, flee in terror! No, really, looking for an agency can be really scary–and really frustrating for horror writers. So, in response to this nail-biting, heart-stopping nightmare, I have compiled a short list of some agents who are actually, truly interested in representing horror and are open to submissions right now. [...]
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Tags: abject terror, agents, horror agents, horror fiction, horror writers, horror writing, literary agents, writers, writing 
No Comments »The Horror of Waiting
July 2nd, 2010 Lorna D. Keach 
(Or, the Horrors of the Form Rejection Revisited) I don’t send simultaneous submissions. There are those who will tell you, yes, even though the guidelines say “no simultaneous submissions” professional writers do it anyway—and that’s fine if they want to say that. That’s fine if “professional writers” want to send out the same story to [...]
Basement Stories Magazine
June 28th, 2010 Snell THE MARKET Zine: Basement Stories Magazine Editor(s): Carol Kirkman and James Dent Pay Rate: 1¢ / word (fiction and nonfiction), $10 flat (poetry) Response Time: Hopefully less than 30 days. Query if longer. Reading Period: Reading period for Issue 2: July 1 – September 1 Description: A science fiction, fantasy, and horror ‘zine about the [...]
DF_underground
June 25th, 2010 Lorna D. Keach 
“theDF_underground welcomes submissions of fiction and nonfiction by horror and dark fiction writers from all walks of life. Stop right there. This part is important: theDF_underground editors provide review and response-time preference to members of the underground_Community. No two ways about it: our goal is to build a living, breathing community around the genre as [...]
Posted in Markets, Online Zines, The Cult Tags: forum, horror, horror fiction, horror writers, horror writers forum, online zine, zine No Comments »Aspen Mountain Press
June 14th, 2010 Snell THE MARKET Publisher: Aspen Mountain Press Aurora Regency/Aurora Historicals Editor(s): Celina Summers Pay Rate: 35% US download price; 40 % after 100 sales Response Time: 1 month Description: Aurora Regency and Aurora Historicals are imprints of Aspen Mountain Press, a multi-genre, royalty-paying, independent e-publisher. (More in guidelines.) Submission Guidelines: www.aspenmountainpress.com NOTE: Horror author D.L. Snell [...]
The Horrors of Electronic Media pt 2
June 11th, 2010 Lorna D. Keach 
(Or, hey, maybe e-media IS that bad…) So, when we last left our intrepid heroes, brand new USB ports were being installed directly into our foreheads. Now that we’re equipped with the latest technology and a new love for electronic media, we’re all going to rush right off and self-publish our books, so we can [...]
Apex Magazine
June 4th, 2010 Snell THE MARKET Zine: Apex Magazine Editor(s): Catherynne M. Valente Pay rate: 5 ¢ / word Response Time: 4-6 weeks Description: We want science fiction, fantasy, horror, and mash-ups of all three—the dark, weird stuff down at the bottom of your little literary heart. (More in guidelines.) Submission Guidelines: www.apexbookcompany.com NOTE: Horror author D.L. Snell conducted [...]
The Horrors of Electronic Media, pt 1
June 4th, 2010 Lorna D. Keach 
(Or, hey, e-media’s not that bad…) We’ve all heard it. Soon, we’ll be burying the bloated corpse of print media and reading all our newspapers online, and the internet will plug directly into our skulls to feed us mortgage refinancing commercials while we sleep, et cetera, et cetera… And, truly, it’s a horrifying thought. Every [...]
The Cult – Open Markets May 2010
May 21st, 2010 Lorna D. Keach Nothing is more frustrating than to see “Closed to Submissions” on market after market when you’ve got the Most Awesome Story Ever to submit. So, to help ease the pain, we’ve gathered a quick-reference list of some Horror markets that are open to submissions right now. This isn’t an exhaustive list, but hopefully it is [...]
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