Fiction Guidelines:

Tales from the Moonlit Path will be publishing dark, eerie, speculative stories. Horror is not a necessary element, although fiction should contain some aspect of the weak, frail, changeable human condition.

Gore and explicit sex for the sake of visceral shock will not find a home here, though we are not opposed to it in general, if it belongs in the story.

We are interested in character-driven stories more so than plot-driven, and we prefer dark fiction that makes us think, makes us feel, wraps us in its well-spun dream.

Although we would love to publish fiction longer than 2,000 words, it is our experience that reading stories longer than that on a monitor can be tiresome and hard on the eyes. So please, fiction must be no longer than 2,000 words.

Please include a short cover letter with your story, with your name, email address, word count and bio if we choose to publish your work. We accept email submissions only at submissions@moonlit-path.com. WE DO NOT ACCEPT ATTACHMENTS. Please submit your story embedded within the email, with this format in the subject line: Your last name: Fiction-Submission.

Payment for fiction will be provided to the featured author's story, only, which is decided on by the editors. We offer the featured author $10-$15, dependent on budgetary limits at the time.

Please keep in mind that we are open to stories from writers of all levels of experience, and are equally dedicated to providing a venue for these writers, as well as providing a home for high quality, dark fiction.

Due to an expanding number of submissions, we will only notify the authors of stories we choose for publication in upcoming issues. Please feel free to query us within 2 months (and no sooner) if you do not hear from us about your story. Simultaneous submissions are fine, just please let us know if the story is accepted elsewhere.

If the story has never been published on the internet, we'll get non-exclusive First Electronic (World Wide Web) Publishing Rights. Otherwise we get non-exclusive One-time Electronic (World Wide Web) Publishing Rights, which revert back to you as soon as it has been published. Copyright remains yours at all times. If you want us to remove a story from our archive, please write us at editor@moonlit-path.com to let us know.

Before submitting your work, we ask that you subscribe to our newsletter. The Moonlit Path newsletter will only be circulated to let subscribers know when a new issue has been published, thus, 4x yearly. We, of course, would never share your email information. To subscribe, please send a blank email to: subscribe@moonlit-path.com.

Article Guidelines:

Tales from the Moonlit Path is looking for well-written articles of 2000 words or less about anything and everything dealing with the speculative fiction/horror world. We accept reviews of movies, books, music. We accept articles dealing with the trials and tribulations that encompass a horror-writer's world. We accept personal interviews with noted horror writers.

If you have any questions regarding what we do or do not accept, please query us at articles@moonlit-path.com before submitting your article. Please use this address to submit your articles as well. Please also include your name, email address, word count of the article and a short bio to include if we choose to publish the article. Use this format when submitting: Your last name: Article-submission.

At this time, we cannot pay for articles.

Poetry Guidelines:

Tales from the Moonlit Path is seeking "speculative" poetry, which includes any and/or all of the aspects of horror, fantasy, folklore, myth and the surreal. We are looking for poetry that is disturbing, thought-provoking, well-written and, yes, tasteful. Forty lines is the general limit, though shorter is preferred. Reprints are considered, but please let us know where and when the poem was originally published. Please submit your poetry to: poetry@moonlit-path.com

At this time, we cannot pay for poetry.

We look forward to reading your work!

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