Gothic fiction is renowned for being filled with spine-chilling stories in isolated and forlorn places. What better setting could there be than the deep, dark, depths of winter? When snow and storms can isolate remote locations for days or weeks and bundling up to keep the cold away provides a different kind of anonymity and isolation even in the heart of cities.
Hauntings and Hoarfrost will be filled with stories of frosty mornings, blood stained snow and ghosts who appear and disappear like breath fogging the air. I will be looking for mysterious messages scratched into frosty windows, the sound of ice skates cutting across an empty pond, wild storms and blankets of soft, white, beautiful death.
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Market Genres
Genres
Fantasy
Horror
Market Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Originals
Flash
0 to 1000 words
3 cents/word
Short Story
1000 to 3000 words
1 cent/word
Short Story
3000 to 7500 words
Less than 1 cent/word
Market Submission Types
AI Submissions?: Unknown Policy
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: No
Translations: Original Language Only
Market-Provided Data
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Count:
There are 16 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 45 | Average: 58.37 | Median: 55 | Max: 79
Responded:
100.00%
Accepted:
6.25% - avg 65 days
Rejected:
93.75% - avg 57 days(33.33% of rejections are personal)