Creature Publishing
Description
Creature publishes up to four book-length works of feminist horror a year. We are looking for books that celebrate fluidity—the ability to cross boundaries and inhabit more than one category at once. While we acknowledge that categories have a certain utility, we refuse to separate horror, thriller, sci-fi, and fantasy from each other or the literary from the mainstream. Our definition of feminist horror is broad and inclusive, and we welcome writing that pushes boundaries.
We are interested in: unreliable narrators, unlikeable female characters, the monstrous, sharp critical essays and social commentary, swamp witches, your nightmares, dystopias, psychological suspense, unraveling minds, unraveling social constructs, possession, intersectionality, hybrid genres, metafiction, dark nights, and writing on sexuality/the body, gender, race, class, disability, technology, religion, and anything and everything that makes our spines tingle.
We are interested in: unreliable narrators, unlikeable female characters, the monstrous, sharp critical essays and social commentary, swamp witches, your nightmares, dystopias, psychological suspense, unraveling minds, unraveling social constructs, possession, intersectionality, hybrid genres, metafiction, dark nights, and writing on sexuality/the body, gender, race, class, disability, technology, religion, and anything and everything that makes our spines tingle.
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Market Genres
Genres
HorrorMarket Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Originals
Novella
20000 to 40000 words
Unknown
Novel
40000 to 60000 words
Unknown
Market Submission Types
AI Submissions?: Unknown Policy
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
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Market Response Data (User-Reported)
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Count:
There are 5 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 38 | Average: 173.00 | Median: 75 | Max: 421
Responded:
100.00%
Accepted:
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Rejected:
100.00% - avg 173 days
(40.00% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
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Dead Letters:
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Pending:
There are 0 pending responses.
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Listing added: 27 May 2020
Last officially checked: 9 August 2025