Northern Shadows Magazine
Description
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Note: one submission per issue.
Northern Shadows is an online, dark speculative fiction magazine featuring stories set in the real world or fantastical realms that resemble the foggy cave shadows of the cold, rocky coasts to the shadows of the trees in the rainy, deep forests, crags, and valleys. Whether plot-based or literary in style, if you have the right vibes, we have the print. We take dark speculative, dark fantasy, science fiction, horror or horror-adjacent–anything dark, weird, spooky, creepy, or unsettling.
Note: one submission per issue.
Northern Shadows is an online, dark speculative fiction magazine featuring stories set in the real world or fantastical realms that resemble the foggy cave shadows of the cold, rocky coasts to the shadows of the trees in the rainy, deep forests, crags, and valleys. Whether plot-based or literary in style, if you have the right vibes, we have the print. We take dark speculative, dark fantasy, science fiction, horror or horror-adjacent–anything dark, weird, spooky, creepy, or unsettling.
Market Submission Schedule
- "What Creeps in the Shadows" - May 1, 2026 thru Aug 14, 2026 (Ends 90 days from now)
Market Genres
Genres
FantasyHorror
Literary
Science Fiction
Market Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Originals
Flash
500 to 1000 words
Non-Paying
Short Story
1000 to 2500 words
Non-Paying
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: 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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Listing added: 29 April 2026
Last officially checked: 29 April 2026