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Without further ado and in no particular order, twentygreat places to submit your speculative short stories rightnow:
- Apex Magazine. What: science fiction, fantasy,horror.
- Shimmer.
- Fantasy & Science Fiction.
- Strange Horizons.
- Pseudopod.
- Clarkesworld Magazine.
- Pantheon Magazine.
- Daily Science Fiction.
Thereof, what is speculative fiction writing?
Speculative fiction is an umbrella genreencompassing fiction with certain elements that do not existin the real world, often in the context of supernatural, futuristicor other imaginative themes. Speculative fiction differsfrom other types of fiction such as slice of life and fromnon-fiction.
- Step 1: Find A Suitable Publication. The first step is to finda magazine that you'd like to be published in, and which publishesthe kind of thing you write.
- Step 2: Read And Follow The Guidelines.
- Step 3: Format Your Work.
- Step 4: Write A Cover Letter.
- Step 5: Send Your Submission.
- Step 6: Keep Records, Query.
In this regard, where can I submit a short story?
To help you figure out where to submit short stories,we've put together this guide to 23 publications that publishshort fiction.
23 outlets that publish short stories
- The New Yorker.
- The Atlantic.
- The Threepenny Review.
- Zoetrope: All-Story.
- One Story.
- The Antioch Review.
- AGNI.
- Barrelhouse.
The Elements of a Short Story
- Hook the reader right from the start.
- Don't start at the very beginning in a short story.
- Description should be limited in a short story.
- Establish the setting and the characters, and then move on tothe problem.
- Keep the number of characters to a minimum.