Refer to this list if you have not yet received a notification regarding your story status. If you don’t see your story title, please query to see if we have received it. This includes both regular and contest submissions. Titles will be cleared after authors are notified of their story’s status. Please keep in mind that contest honorable mentions are notified by publication only, contest winners are notified by email. If you do not want your story titled listed, please let us know.
If you see your story here, please be patient with inquiring about its status. Especially leading up to the Halloween issue, we usually have a great number of submissions and even if it might take some time, we will get back to you.
We are currently CLOSED to fiction submissions to our DEMENTED MOTHER’S DAY Day issue 2026. Deadline for story submissions is APRIL 26, 2026.
Deadline for our “Something in the Water” Contest is June 26, 2026.
Reminder: If you don’t see your story listed and don’t hear from us, before querying, double check that your story is under 2,000 words and is not an attachment. Please read our guidelines!
This page was last updated on: 5/6/26
The Mercy of Whales
Stitched in Moonlight and Saltwater
Water Spirits
Bottom of the Pond
Grow Your Mind
Rainbows
Whispers Beneath the Surface
The Fisherman
On the Strange Proclivities of Bipedal Amphibians
Outhouse Confessional