Cosmic Horror Monthly:
Fiction paying tribute to Shirley Jackson
SUBMISSION WINDOW:
March 1-7, 2025
WORDCOUNT:
Under 5,000 words
PAYMENT:
We pay 3 cents (USD) per word for original fiction.
WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR:
“[Jackson’s] work as a whole is pervaded with an abiding sense of the weirdness that can emerge from the commonest elements of ordinary life. Her penetrating understanding of human character, and especially of human loneliness even in the midst of crowds, and the rapierlike satire that she frequently directed at the bountiful instances of greed, stupidity, smallmindedness, hypocrisy, and other lamentably common human foibles render much of her work chillingly terrifying even when nothing overtly bizarre occurs.”
-ST Joshi, “Domestic Horror: Shirley Jackson Horror at Midcentury”
Need more ideas?
Malicious grannies and furious teenagers, the domestic space as the site of horror, the Uncanny, dark humor (Sugar?), the villagers have always hated us.
REPRINTS?
No
MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS?
Only one story per author, please.
SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS?
Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but please withdraw immediately upon acceptance elsewhere.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
We are especially interested in hearing from those whose voices are underrepresented in weird fiction. If comfortable, feel free to drop this information in your cover letter.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Submitted via Moksha.
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