If you're feeling terrible

Terrible Things Press creates tiny books. The stories we're looking for are shattering, surprising, annihilating. Within the specific format of an eightfold zine, you don't have a lot of space to work in, so we want you to make every character count. We like playing with form and content, so don't be afraid to try anything, except not being afraid. 

How to submit

If you have a short, short story

Before submitting, read a few of our recent releases. Familiarize yourself with the work we love. Currently, Terrible Things is exclusively printing zines in the eightfold format. This translates to approximately 4oo-8oo words, or an approximate equivalent of words and images. 

We don't strictly limit ourselves to horror, but do keep in mind that we get dark.

If you'd like to pitch a serial of more than one volume, we're open to it, though we'd ask that the pieces all work as independent stories. 

If you have a novel, detailed reportage, anything longer than 8oo words

We can't handle stuff like this right now. Lots of wonderful places do, though.

If it's just weird

The constraints of the physical printed world notwithstanding, we hate to limit ourselves. Connected batch of poems? Photographic essay? Comic? We might be open to that.

More questions

If you publish my story, can I print it elsewhere?
Of course. It's your story. We ask that, if it appears elsewhere, you credit Terrible Things as its original source of publication. 

Do you accept reprints?
Probably not. If you swear it's a good match for us and our aesthetic, feel free to send it, but please do not on any account hold your breath.

Do you accept AI submissions?
Here's the thing. We are a forward-thinking press that loves experimental and multimedia work. On the other hand, AI that has been trained on human-crafted art is fundamentally derivative, and its current deployment is depriving creators of credit, exposure, and income, as well as watering down original ideas into a viscous blob of indistinct sameness. So please, send us your own original creations. (It is by no means a bad idea to ask a machine to grammar check your work, however.)

How long do you take?
As long as we damn well want. We will try to get you a response as soon as humanly possible. However, realize that among us are full-time and more workers, parents, stepparents, insomniacs, narcoleptics, and that all of us are constantly tortured by our own internal demons. Also, we're writers, so we are naturally behind on nearly everything.

Submit via the form below. Questions, thoughts, comments, or if that form's not working for you? ohsoterriblethings at gmail, if you would.