Markets / The Deadlands
The Deadlands
Fiction about death in any genre: horror, literary, slipstream, fantasy, SF. No zombies, vampires or apocalypse stories.
Guidelines summary
- Pays
- 10¢ per word for originals; 1¢ per word for reprints
- Length
- Up to 5,000 words
- Wants
- Fiction about death in any genre: horror, literary, slipstream, fantasy, SF. No zombies, vampires or apocalypse stories.
- Simultaneous submissions
- No
- Multiple submissions
- No
- Reprints
- Yes, up to 5,000 words at 1¢ per word
- Response time
- Average two weeks
- Submissions
- Fiction closed. Some windows are announced only by email to their author list.
- Submission or entry fee
- None
- Rights
- See guidelines
- Last checked
- October 31, 2026
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