Speculative-ish literary magazine that specializes in pieces based on folklore.

Folklore Review is a literary magazine for magic enthusiasts. We reject the stance that speculative fiction lacks the quality of realism. That stories about gnomes, fairies, and fauns don’t hold substance. Let the elitists live in beige–we want more. 

We want to read stories inspired by folklore. Tales about fantastic creatures, fairy rings, and witch hunts. Whether your story exists in the real-world, pulling on the strings of magical realism, or lives in a different realm entirely, we want to read it. 

Above all, Folklore Review is about great writing. We’re here to share outstanding works that the gatekeepers of the literary world would otherwise reject. For us, it’s about quality. And gnomes.  

So, send us your work. Send us your folklore.   

Flash fiction meets speculative worlds. Science fiction, fantasy, supernatural, futuristic—anything that transcends reality in very short form.

Speculative Magazines Looking for Flash Fiction

Folklore Review

Optional Prompt: We want your dead of winter—your isolation, your frozen-in-time, your icy touch. We want the clocks to stop, to feel the danger of the cold. Give us frostbite. Give us whiteouts. Give us . . . yetis.

Winter Solstice

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Flash fiction submissions should be 1000 words or less.
  Please limit your submissions to previously unpublished works. Stories that are published elsewhere will not be accepted. 
  Simultaneous submissions are allowed and encouraged, but make sure to formally withdraw your submission if it is accepted elsewhere prior to publication/acceptance in Folklore Review.

General Flash Submissions

Poetry submissions should include up to five poems in a single document.
  Please limit your submissions to previously unpublished works. Poems, and artworks that are published elsewhere will not be accepted. 
  Simultaneous submissions are allowed and encouraged, but make sure to formally withdraw your submission if it is accepted elsewhere prior to publication/acceptance in Folklore Review.

Folklore Review

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