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Nightmare Magazine

Closed
Length
1,500 to 7,500 words
Pay
0.08 USD per word
Fee
Not stated
Simultaneous
Not allowed
Reprints
Original only

What they accept

Nightmare publishes horror and dark fantasy short fiction; this call takes original stories of 1,500 to 7,500 words during scheduled reading windows and pays eight cents per word.

HorrorDark Fantasy
Languages
English
Resubmissions
Not allowed
AI policy
Nightmare does not accept submissions written with or entirely by AI; fiction must be written by humans.

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