Fraidy Cat Quarterly
Description
Note: one submission per reading period.
Fraidy Cat Press loves all things horror – from the eerie, creeping terror of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper”’s systematic violence to the unhinged tilt of Laird Barron’s “The Imago Sequence” and everything in between. We want your stories that go bump in the night, your stories that creak like an intruding foot on the staircase, your best writing that screeches through the calm darkness.
Put simply, Fraidy Cat Press is interested in:
Horror
Dark fantasy
Fraidy Cat Press loves all things horror – from the eerie, creeping terror of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper”’s systematic violence to the unhinged tilt of Laird Barron’s “The Imago Sequence” and everything in between. We want your stories that go bump in the night, your stories that creak like an intruding foot on the staircase, your best writing that screeches through the calm darkness.
Put simply, Fraidy Cat Press is interested in:
Horror
Dark fantasy
Market Genres
Genres
FantasyHorror
Market Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Originals
Flash
400 to 1000 words
1 cent/word
Short Story
1000 to 7500 words
1 cent/word
Novelette
7500 to 8000 words
1 cent/word
Novelette
8000 to 17500 words
Less than 1 cent/word
Novella
17500 to 18000 words
Less than 1 cent/word
Market Submission Types
AI Submissions?: Not Allowed
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Translations: Original Language Only
Estimated Response: 28 days
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Translations: Original Language Only
Estimated Response: 28 days
Market-Provided Data
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No Pending Submissions! (last updated Sep 17, 2025)
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Market Response Data (User-Reported)
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Count:
There are 55 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 1 | Average: 48.39 | Median: 58 | Max: 109
Responded:
92.72%
Accepted:
12.72% - avg 41 days
Rejected:
80.00% - avg 49 days
(18.18% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
-
Dead Letters:
-
Lost/Returned:
-
Never Responded:
-
Withdrawn:
7.27%
Pending:
There are 70 pending responses.
(1 min | 19.27 average | 20 median | 25 max days waiting)
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Listing added: 13 February 2024
Last officially checked: 28 January 2026