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Send submissions to submissions@deathheadgrin.com

Any questions or comments you may have to editor@deathheadgrin.com.

Fiction

Flash fiction - 1000 words or less.

Short stories - 1001 to 7000 words.

I do not mind looking at longer stories if you have one you would like to submit, but I may want to publish it over multiple issues if it is a lot longer than the 7000 word limit.

Send your submissions in the body of an email, attached as an .rtf file, or a .doc file.

Arial or Times New Roman font.

Single spacing in the paragraphs, double spacing between paragraphs with no tab indent.

I accept two submissions at a time.

In the subject line put your last name-fiction.

Poetry

Send your poetry in the body of an email, attached as an .rtf file, or as a .doc file.

Arial or Times New Roman font

I accept up to four submissions at a time.

In the subject line put your last name-poetry.

Artwork

Send your artwork attached to an email as a .jpeg file.

I accept up to six submissions at a time.

In the subject line put your last name-artwork.

General Guidelines

If you have a bio, webpage or places where the readers can find more of your work I can include that as well.

I accept reprints.

I accept simultaneous submissions, just let me know if it is accepted elsewhere before you here from me.

I accept submissions from unpublished authors or artists.

I usually keep response times under a month so if you have not heard from me by then send a query. I have an auto responder to let you know the email made it this far and I will respond to all submissions I receive.

Currently there are no monetary payments offered for submissions, only exposure to the readers.

The main focus of Death Head Grin is horror but I open to submissions in other genres as well. As a general rule I tend to avoid anything that could be considered romance unless there is something truly horrific about it besides the fact that it is romance.

I do not mind if a story has violence, profanity, gore or sex in it as long as there is a point to it.

Please no submissions with pointless violence or abuse directed towards children.

Please no pornography of any kind.

Something that makes me laugh is always good.

No fan fiction.

Try to be original.

Proofread and use a grammar and spellchecker. That being said I expect typos or a slip with punctuation here and there, but please at least try.

If you think it is good but nobody will accept it then you can always try it here as well because I have accepted stories just like that and there is no harm in trying.

Rights

For works we publish we take First Electronic Publishing Rights . If you try to get it published later in another market then it will be considered a reprint. Reprints have a smaller market and the pay rate is reduced. For now all we can offer is exposure as payment because the budget is not big enough for monetary payments. If exposure is an acceptable form of payment we would be glad to consider your work for the magazine.