Fantasy/SF/Spec fic story list (working)

[Daedalus]

A list of potential homes for speculative short fiction. This is a working list. I started it so I would have some structure to my subs but thought it might be helpful for others, so have started adding pubs even when they are not suitable for me or my work. Feel free to suggest additions or amendments

Magazines

SF only

Analog @analog_SF analogsf.com
Asimov’s @Asimovs_SF asimovs.com
Lightspeed @lightspeedmag lightspeedmagazine.com
AHF Magazine (Alt hist, SF) @AHF_Magazine ahfmagazine.com

Fantasy only

Beneath Ceaseless Skies @BCSmagazine beneath-ceaseless-skies.com (‘secondary world’ fantasy)
Syntax and Salt (magical realism) @syntaxandsalt syntaxandsalt.com

SF/F

Uncanny @uncannymagazine uncannymagazine.com
Clarkesworld @clarkesworld clarkesworldmagazine.com
Strange Horizons @strangehorizons strangehorizons.com (Between Monday and Tuesday 1600 UTC)
Apex Magazine (+horror) @apexmag apex-magazine.com
Fantasy & Science Fiction sfsite.com
Tor.com @tordotcom tor.com (Not generally open to unsolicited short fiction subs)
Mithila Review (literary) @mithilareview mithilareview.com
Lackington’s (‘stylised prose’) @lackingtons lackingtons.com
Metaphorosis @metaphorosismag magazine.metaphorisis.com
Escape Pod (podcast) escapepod.org
Not One Of Us (spec fic about outsiders) not-one-of-us.pub
Vulture Bones (Trans and Enby only) vulturebonesmag.com
Anathema (queer POC/Indigenous/Aboriginal creators) anathemamag.com

SF/F novellas

The Book Smugglers
Tor.com (at specific times)

Dark/supernatural/uncanny

Occult Detective Quarterly
Mythic Delirium
The Dark magazine @thedarkmagazine
Gehenna and Hinnom
Apex
Nightmare
Pseudopod (podcast) pseudopod.org
Vastarien (‘Ligottian horror’)
Unnerving Magazine @unnervingmag unnervingmagazine.com
The Ghost Story @ghosteditor
Unnerving Magazine @unnervingmag unnervingmagazine.com

Anthologies

Martian Migraine Press (specific times)
Crossed Genres crossedgenres.com @crossedgenres
Crystal Lake crystallakepub.com

Genre mix

Fireside Magazine (all genres)

Lit

Cotton Xenomorph
Moonchild Magazine
Longleaf Review
The Ginger Collect
Hypertrophic Lit
Former Cactus
Crack the Spine
Split Lip Magazine
Modern Languages Studies
Door is a Jar Litmag
Crossways Litmag
Arcturus
Ambit Litmag
Posit Journal
Across the Margin @acrossthemargin acrossthemargin.com
The Fiction Pool thefictionpool.com @TheFictionPool
The Lonely Crowd thelonelycrowd.org @thelonelypress 500-5000 words
Litro Magazine @litromagazine litro.co.uk
Rivet Journal (experimental) @RedBridgePress rivetjournal.com
Barren Magazine barrenmagazine.com
Sink Hollow Litmag @sinkhollow sinkhollow.org

Flash

Ellipsis
Lost Balloon
Vestal Review
Indicia Lit
Talking Writing (subs until 28 Feb)
The Molotov Cocktail
Postcard poems and prose (220 words)
Smokelong Quarterly
Moonglasses moonglassesmag.com (‘experimental, literary writing that’s not afraid to get weird’)

Histfic

Copperfield Review copperfieldreview.com

Publishers

NewCon Press (not currently accepting subs April 2018)

Offord Road Books (short story collections, pamphlets etc offordroadbooks.co.uk)

[Kate]

This is brilliant. I’m glad I asked! What a fabulous source of info.

[Daedalus]

No problem Kate. No point my compiling a list and not giving others the benefit of it. And given my patchy record with subs I’m glad if anyone uses it. It needs a bit of updating, mind

[Raine]

Also, entropy magazine takes eclectic stuff, and very usefully keeps a ‘where to submit’ page for all formats of writing. They update it every 3 months I think.

[Daedalus]

Thanks Raine, will take a look and add details to the list

[Jonathan]

Great list – thanks 🙂

[Stevie]

Albedo 1 might be worth a look for fantasy, SF and horror. They have four submission windows per year (next on is July) and pay 6 euro per 1000 words.

http://www.albedo1.com

[Daedalus]

Thanks Stevie, looks great

[Stevie]

Though they’re not currently accepting submissions, Shoreline of Infinity (mainly SF) magazine and Luna Press (SF, fantsy and dark fantasy) are worth keeping in mind.

http://www.lunapresspublishing.com

http://www.shorelineofinfinity.com

[Stevie]

Interzone magazine for SF and fantasy, open for submissions of up to 10,000 words. The publisher, TTA Press also do Black Static magazine (horror) and Crimewave magazine, your guess is as good as mine on subject matter :).

ttapress.com

Thanks for putting up the list Daeds. I’ve a hankering for doing some short work again, as I’ve done nowt since the Room With a View comp and always good to have some new places to submit to.

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