Your privacy is of great concern to us. The information we collect from emailed submissions is only used to communicate with authors. We do not sell or share this information, even with the dead. Information about our authors is only published with their consent. Letters to the editor are "fair game" and will be posted at the editor's discretion.
Fear Knocks is an e-journal focused on publishing literary fiction, poetry, and commentary in the genres of horror and suspense, but we are open to fantasy and science fiction if they share similar horrific or suspenseful characteristics. There must always be a twist of fear in all we publish.
We also believe that the mind is where the real action takes place - the real graphic, profane, and violent, as well as the real fear, anxiety, and panic. Inference is what we want when we read a story - show, don't tell - plant the seeds, nurture them with your writing skills, and they will come to fruition in the minds of your readers by the last line of your work - in other words, graphic sex and violence should take place in the reader's mind, not on our pages.
We are open to fiction, poetry, and essays.
Sorry, no artwork or photography at this time.
Please email virus free submissions, double-spaced in a standard 10 or 12 pitch, a standard font, and a standard file format (.rtf, .txt, .doc, .docx) to: fearknocks@gmail.com with "submission - your name" in the subject line.
If your work is accepted for publication a short biography and photo (optional) to accompany your work will be requested (and possibly rites to a time-share in your soul). Currenly, we pay in T-shirts and hats, but we hope to be paying standard $$ rates soon.
We also believe that the mind is where the real action takes place - the real graphic, profane, and violent, as well as the real fear, anxiety, and panic. Inference is what we want when we read a story - show, don't tell - plant the seeds, nurture them with your writing skills, and they will come to fruition in the minds of your readers by the last line of your work - in other words, graphic sex and violence should take place in the reader's mind, not on our pages.
We are open to fiction, poetry, and essays.
Sorry, no artwork or photography at this time.
Please email virus free submissions, double-spaced in a standard 10 or 12 pitch, a standard font, and a standard file format (.rtf, .txt, .doc, .docx) to: fearknocks@gmail.com with "submission - your name" in the subject line.
If your work is accepted for publication a short biography and photo (optional) to accompany your work will be requested (and possibly rites to a time-share in your soul). Currenly, we pay in T-shirts and hats, but we hope to be paying standard $$ rates soon.
