Still Life Fiction is now accepting submissions for Winter Horrorland, our upcoming winter issue celebrating horror, dark fiction, fantasy, and experimental prose.
During winter, the days are shorter and the long nights find us huddled around fireplaces, sharing warm meals, and telling ghost stories. What tales would you tell that keep readers up at night? What strange and unsettling things lurk in your Winter Horrorland?
Calling all horror, dark fiction, fantasy, and literary writers! Send us your creepy psychological thrillers, twisted takes on Christmas, Hanukkah or another winter holiday, gothic and apocalyptic tales, ghost stories, folklore, dark fairytales, or genre mashups (sci-fi horror, dark romance, and more).
The setting should be winter or a winter holiday, including stories set in a tropical climate. We welcome stories that explore winter as a setting, atmosphere, cultural tradition, or the supernatural.
Our next issue, Winter Horrorland, is open for interpretation. Surprise us. Disturb us. Make us afraid to turn out the lights.
We’re delighted to welcome Rhonda Jackson Garcia, award-winning horror author and scholar, as our guest editor. Stay tuned for an interview with Jackson Garcia in the near future.
Submission window: November 9 – December 14, 2026 (deadline at 3 am Eastern).
Word count: Up to 5,000 words
Read our submission guidelines and send us your stories: https://still-life-fiction.com/submission-guidelines/
What strange things lurk in your Winter Horrorland? We can’t wait to find out!
