Crepuscular Magazine
Description
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Crepuscular is interested in microfiction stories exploring places, characters, and questions buried in the gray areas between this and that, here and there, night and day, alive and dead, evil and good, feminine and masculine, up and down, real and unreal. If you're not quite sure what that means, lean into that feeling. Or, for more clarity, read one of our seven launch stories beginning October 13.
While we lean toward speculative pieces, we have a love for those in-betweeny pieces that blur genre. We accept horror (both spec and non), fantasy, science fiction, general/literary fiction, and everything in between. Try us!
Crepuscular is interested in microfiction stories exploring places, characters, and questions buried in the gray areas between this and that, here and there, night and day, alive and dead, evil and good, feminine and masculine, up and down, real and unreal. If you're not quite sure what that means, lean into that feeling. Or, for more clarity, read one of our seven launch stories beginning October 13.
While we lean toward speculative pieces, we have a love for those in-betweeny pieces that blur genre. We accept horror (both spec and non), fantasy, science fiction, general/literary fiction, and everything in between. Try us!
Market Genres
Genres
FantasyGeneral
Horror
Literary
Science Fiction
Market Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Originals
Flash
0 to 250 words
10 cents/word
Market Submission Types
AI Submissions?: Not Allowed
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Translations: Original Language Only
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Translations: Original Language Only
Market-Provided Data
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Oldest Pending Submission: Sep 29, 2025 (last updated Nov 5, 2025)
If you submitted before Sep 29, 2025 and have not heard a response, query immediately.
Market Response Data (User-Reported)
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Count:
There are 206 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 0 | Average: 18.49 | Median: 15 | Max: 60
Responded:
98.54%
Accepted:
6.79% - avg 42 days
Rejected:
91.74% - avg 16 days
(19.04% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
-
Dead Letters:
0.48%
Lost/Returned:
0.48%
Never Responded:
-
Withdrawn:
0.97%
Pending:
There are 2 pending responses.
(1 min | 9.50 average | 9 median | 18 max days waiting)
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Listing added: 15 September 2023
Last officially checked: 6 November 2025