UPDATED 23 OCTOBER 2023
STUPEFYING STORIES 27 and 28 are now CLOSED to unsolicited submissions.
We’ve received about four times as many stories as we can use and the stories we will be publishing in issues 27 and 28 are now accepted and under contract. We have received so many good stories we’ve begun planning an issue 29 for January, but that one is full already, too. Ergo, we are not considering any more unsolicited stories of more than 1,000 words in length at this time.
STUPEFYING STORIES SHOWCASE remains open for submissions.
SHOWCASE, our online daily free flash fiction feature, is open for submissions of stories of up to 1,000 words in length. Click here to see our shopping list, payment rates, and how to submit a story.
Nota bene: Please do not send us any Christmas-themed stories for SHOWCASE. We don’t like them. We don’t publish them. While we find Hallmark Channel-style “inspirational” stories merely saccharine and insipid, we truly loathe Christmas-themed horror stories. In the thirteen years we have been in business we have had dozens if not hundreds of such stories show up in our slush pile, and they all stink. In particular, if I see one more “Santa Claus, Serial Killer” story, I am apt to overreact and do something drastic and very unpleasant to the putz who submitted it.
BOOK RELEASE: 1 October 2023 • STUPEFYING STORIES 26
BOOK RELEASE: 1 September 2023 • STUPEFYING STORIES 25
Available in print or on Kindle. Nook, Kobo, Smashwords, Apple Books, and other e-book editions are in the pipeline and should be available shortly.
BOOK RELEASE: 1 August 2023 • STUPEFYING STORIES 24
STILL AVAILABLE • STUPEFYING STORIES 23
See? We can get both the print and multi-platform e-book editions out! We just need to stop trying to “upgrade” our software while we’re in the middle of doing it.
STILL AVAILABLE • STUPEFYING STORIES 22
Print edition only. The e-book edition is out of print.
