Strange Pilgrims - Fiction
(Nonfiction)
Description
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We believe in narrative as pilgrimage — a journey through wild and wounded places into strangeness and transformation. We read to arrive somewhere we haven’t been before, to glimpse life through another’s eyes in an attempt to understand. The work we’re drawn to is surreal, philosophical, sincere, and unforgettable — stories and essays that get under your skin and reach the heart of the human condition.
We see writers as essential voices in the fabric of society, articulating our delights and sufferings. Each piece we publish is accompanied by a brief interview with the author, offering readers a deeper sense of their world. Together, we hope they form a map of the strange pilgrimages we take through language and life.
We’re not married to any genre, structure, or subject. We love surreal, speculative, and fabulist stories; unhinged, lyric, and fragmented essays; voice-driven experimental narratives and slow-burn realism; cultural and literary criticism; hyper-intellectual riffs and children’s stories — so long as they move. If your work is honest, well-crafted, and offers something emotionally and intellectually vivid, we want to read it.
We believe in narrative as pilgrimage — a journey through wild and wounded places into strangeness and transformation. We read to arrive somewhere we haven’t been before, to glimpse life through another’s eyes in an attempt to understand. The work we’re drawn to is surreal, philosophical, sincere, and unforgettable — stories and essays that get under your skin and reach the heart of the human condition.
We see writers as essential voices in the fabric of society, articulating our delights and sufferings. Each piece we publish is accompanied by a brief interview with the author, offering readers a deeper sense of their world. Together, we hope they form a map of the strange pilgrimages we take through language and life.
We’re not married to any genre, structure, or subject. We love surreal, speculative, and fabulist stories; unhinged, lyric, and fragmented essays; voice-driven experimental narratives and slow-burn realism; cultural and literary criticism; hyper-intellectual riffs and children’s stories — so long as they move. If your work is honest, well-crafted, and offers something emotionally and intellectually vivid, we want to read it.
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Market Genres
Genres
ChildrenFantasy
General
Science Fiction
Market Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Originals
Flash
0 to 1000 words
$50/piece
Short Story
1000 to 5000 words
$200/piece
Market Submission Types
AI Submissions?: Unknown Policy
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Translations: Original Language Only
Estimated Response: 120 days
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Translations: Original Language Only
Estimated Response: 120 days
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Market Response Data (User-Reported)
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Count:
There are 359 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 2 | Average: 97.73 | Median: 110 | Max: 143
Responded:
92.47%
Accepted:
0.83% - avg 76 days
Rejected:
91.64% - avg 97 days
(10.94% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
-
Dead Letters:
0.27%
Lost/Returned:
-
Never Responded:
0.27%
Withdrawn:
7.24%
Pending:
There are 115 pending responses.
(8 min | 47.75 average | 9 median | 165 max days waiting)
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Listing added: 22 September 2025
Last officially checked: 29 December 2025