FICTION

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Weird Lit Magazine seeks stories under 3000 words in the following styles and moods:

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​Absurdist, ambiguous, avant garde, bleak, dark, deadpan, existential, experimental, grotesque, hopeful, horror, humorous, literary, magical realism, noir, psychological, slipstream, speculative, supernatural, weird

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We seek stories with a strong voice and encourage non-realist narratives and settings.

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Works we don’t want:

Erotica, fanfic, shallow revenge stories, rewritten fairytales and fables, rough drafts, swords-and-boards fantasy, hard sci-fi, YA, AI-generated or AI-assisted prose, graphic depictions of rape, or anything involving established IPs, e.g. Disney characters.

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Submit one short story or up to three flash fiction pieces through our submission form by clicking the Submit button below. Do not submit more than once per submission period.

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Please adhere to the formatting requirements listed below. Failure to follow these requirements will result in automatic rejection of your submission, which we really do not want to be forced to do.

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• Submit your best work in a .doc or .docx format

• Include the word count of your story at the top of the document

• We intentionally read all submissions blind. Do not include any identifying information in your document (name, gender, age, etc.)

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We aim to respond to all submissions within one month.

Simultaneous submissions are fine, just let us know as soon as possible if your piece has been selected for publication elsewhere.

We are not publishing reprints at this time.

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Weird Lit Magazine is not currently a paying market, but we aim to be someday!

 

In the event that we publish your work, you grant Weird Lit Magazine exclusive electronic rights for 3 months and non-exclusive rights indefinitely so we can include it in our online archives.