Speculative Fiction Centre

SpecFiction
E-Mail: robertmontesino@authorsden.com  
Subs: robertmontesino@authorsden.com

Editor: Robert Anthony Montesino 
Associate Editor: Lee Garrett

Genres: Urban Fantasy, Suspense, Surreal, Supernatural, Sci-Fi, Flash Fiction, Experimental, Gothic, Dark, Twisted, and Bizarre, Inspirational.  No  sexually explicit material, violence for its own sake, and please be restrained in the use of profanity and gore.  We like spookey, but keep it clean.
Word Range: less than 5000 for fiction, preferably in the 1500-3500 range.
Payment: Regretfully None, Exposure & copy of Anthology for those selected at this time. 
Frequency: 1st Published: 1/05/2005

Guidelines: SpecFiction  accepts unsolicited manuscripts of short fiction (  1500 - 5000 words), poetry, short philosophical essays and book reviews . This zine is a perpetually evolving publication with stories,poems,articles & reviews/essays posted on bi-monthly basis or as often as editors find suitable material.   Full copyright remains with the author after publication.

We are also including an annual or semi-annual print Anthology of SpecFiction for contributors selected to participate in our Literary Journal. If you are submitting, please include a brief bio & publishing credits. Will consider reprints, no simultaneous submission, (e-mail submission only)  

Send attachments only in Word.doc format or RTF. Please note:  Minor cosmetic or formatting changes may be made, while major changes will be sent back to the author for revision. In the subject line put one of the following as a title "Poetry Submission" "Short Story Submission" "Essay Submission" or "Art Submission". We are always looking for Artwork in a Fantasy, Horror or Sci-Fi genre setting. We accept mix media color art for site and black & white pencil or pen & ink renderings for print Anthology. Payment for selected Anthology stories & Artwork will be one copy of SpecFiction Anthology Issue.

It's also recommended that poetry submissions be submitted in blocks of five poems to reflect a body of work from author, max 5 poems per submission. Selected poems will be included in semi-annual print Anthology. Work not titled in the subject line will be treated as spam by the editor and deleted. New unpublished writers are encouraged to submit, response in 4 weeks (hopefully).