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Issue 2: Wet Country

▸ Theme: Folk horror & water

Jun 17 – Jul 29, 2026
closes in 1 month

Folk horror & water: Rivers, bogs, baptisms, and what surfaces when the rain stops.

What we want

Short fiction, poems, and art for our second issue. Folk horror & water: Rivers, bogs, baptisms, and what surfaces when the rain stops.

What we don't want

  • Reprints
  • Slurs or sexual violence used as shock
  • Any Ai generated work. All work will be screened for Ai use

The basics

  • Fiction: 1,500–3,500 words. Pays $20 plus a contributor copy.
  • Poetry: pays $5 per poem plus a contributor copy.
  • Art: within 2500 px height 1600 px width. pays $20 per piece plus a contributor copy.
  • Shunn Manuscript Format, sent as a DOCX
  • Response within 2 weeks of close

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