{"id":2568,"date":"2015-10-13T10:57:16","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T17:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/?p=2568"},"modified":"2016-10-26T11:41:25","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T18:41:25","slug":"8-publishers-of-horror-stories-that-pay-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/uncategorized\/8-publishers-of-horror-stories-that-pay-100\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Publishers of Horror Stories That Pay $100+"},"content":{"rendered":"

For those of you who enjoy writing spine-tingling stories, you\u2019re in luck. We\u2019ve compiled a list of publications that publish horror stories, and some of them pay extremely well. A knack for scaring readers could also be a generous payday.<\/p>\n

Not all of these publications are currently open to submission.<\/p>\n

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  1. Clarkesworld Magazine <\/i><\/b>has won both Hugo and World Fantasy awards. They\u2019re open to submissions of horror stories, both \u201csupernatural or psychological.\u201d They pay 10 cents per word for the first 5,000 words and 8 cents for every word over 5,000. They also maintain a strict word limit of 1,000 to 16,000 words. To learn more, read our write-up of Clarkesworld<\/a> as well as their submission guidelines.<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Nightmare <\/i><\/b>magazine is an online horror and dark fantasy magazine edited by bestselling anthologist John Joseph Adams. They accept \u201call types of horror and dark fantasy\u201d and pay 6 cents per word for original fiction (or 1 cent a word for reprints), up to 7,500 words. To learn more, read their submission guidelines.<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Drabblecast <\/b>is an award-winning podcast that publishes stories \u201cat the far side of weird.\u201d They accept submissions for short stories via email and have specific guidelines for submitting. They pay 3 cents per word, and stories must be 500 to 4,000 words long. To learn more, read their submission guidelines.<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Fiction Vortex <\/b>is a unique site that publishes \u201cSerial Boxes,\u201d which are collaborative episodes of fiction. While their next submission period is not announced yet, they run them regularly throughout the year. They pay $300 for one featured story. To learn more, read their submission guidelines.<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Choice of Games <\/b>is another unique publisher. They create interactive text-based games that allow the reader to choose their own path throughout the narrative arc. Authors can either host a game or publish under the Choice of Games label. Authors who host receive 25% of royalties, while authors who publish under the CoG have two payment options to choose from. To learn more, read our write-up on Choice of Games<\/a> as well as their submission guidelines.<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Dirge Magazine <\/b>is looking for \u201cdark fiction with an occult theme\u201d for its first print issue. They\u2019re looking for \u201cdeeply engaging, unsettling work with developed characters that lingers long after you\u2019re finished reading.\u201d They pay 6 cents per word for stories between 2,000 and 4,000 words. To learn more, read their submission guidelines.<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. DarkFuse Magazine <\/b>is an online magazine that publishes \u201canything with a dark slant.\u201d Both emerging and established writers are invited to submit stories. They pay 5 cents per word up to 2,000 words ($100). Stories longer than 2,000 words will only be paid for the first 2,000 words. To learn more, read their submission guidelines.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    For those of you who enjoy writing spine-tingling stories, you\u2019re in luck. We\u2019ve compiled a list of publications that publish horror stories, and some of them pay extremely well. A knack for scaring readers could also be a generous payday. Not all of these publications are currently open to submission. Clarkesworld Magazine has won both…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":2576,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2568"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3654,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568\/revisions\/3654"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}