The Skull & Laurel: Magazine of New Weird Fiction - Fiction
(Poetry)
Description
Note: translations are only allowed if the story has not appeared in English.
The Skull and Laurel is a quarterly magazine of New Weird short fiction. A more detailed explanation of the type of stories we publish at Tenebrous Press can be found here, but essentially we are looking for speculative fiction that is genre-fluid and modern in its themes, subtext, characters, techniques, or form. Horror, fantasy, and science fiction stories are welcome so long as they are dark and Weird with a capital W. If your story is speculative and either blends genres or refuses to fit neatly within their confines, we want to read it. Our goal is to publish strange and brave new stories told by people you may have never otherwise met.
The Skull and Laurel is a quarterly magazine of New Weird short fiction. A more detailed explanation of the type of stories we publish at Tenebrous Press can be found here, but essentially we are looking for speculative fiction that is genre-fluid and modern in its themes, subtext, characters, techniques, or form. Horror, fantasy, and science fiction stories are welcome so long as they are dark and Weird with a capital W. If your story is speculative and either blends genres or refuses to fit neatly within their confines, we want to read it. Our goal is to publish strange and brave new stories told by people you may have never otherwise met.
This market is temporarily closed.
Market Genres
Genres
FantasyHorror
Science Fiction
Market Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Originals
Flash
100 to 1000 words
3 cents/word
Short Story
1000 to 4999 words
3 cents/word
Reprints
Flash
100 to 1000 words
$25/piece
Short Story
1000 to 4999 words
$25/piece
Market Submission Types
AI Submissions?: Not Allowed
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Translations: Original Language and Translations
Estimated Response: 90 days
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Translations: Original Language and Translations
Estimated Response: 90 days
Market-Provided Data
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Market Response Data (User-Reported)
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Count:
There are 716 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 4 | Average: 87.83 | Median: 98 | Max: 308
Responded:
92.87%
Accepted:
1.81% - avg 104 days
Rejected:
91.06% - avg 87 days
(0.46% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
-
Dead Letters:
-
Lost/Returned:
-
Never Responded:
-
Withdrawn:
7.12%
Pending:
There are 4 pending responses.
(36 min | 138.50 average | 172 median | 173 max days waiting)
Note: pending statistics may skew high if some users neglect their data.
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Submission Timeline for The Skull & Laurel: Magazine of New Weird Fiction
Submission Timeline
2024/04/22
2024/06/01
2024/07/11
2024/08/21
2024/09/30
2024/11/10
2024/12/20
2025/01/30
2025/03/11
2025/04/21
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Listing added: 13 February 2024
Last officially checked: 22 March 2025