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Screw Dem Space Horses

Dead Fish Books

Closes 1 Dec 2026
Length
2,000 to 6,000 words
Pay
Not stated
Fee
Not stated
Simultaneous
Allowed
Reprints
Reprints welcome

What they accept

Screw Dem Space Horses: Equine Stories Across Space and Time collects speculative stories in which a horse or horse-adjacent creature is integral to the plot. It prefers stories of 2,000 to 6,000 words but will read outside that range, takes new work and reprints equally, one story at a time, and stays open through December 1, 2026; payment is $5 a story plus $0.05 royalties, with no currency named and the royalty basis unexplained on the page.

Science FictionFantasyHorror
Resubmissions
Allowed
Anonymous reading
Not required
AI policy
No AI-use policy stated in the guidelines checked.

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