Top 15 Short Story Magazines in 2024

1. Apparition Literary Magazine » Short Fiction

Apparition Literary Magazine brings you the best in unexpected speculative fiction. Speculative fiction is weird, almost unclassifiable. It's fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and literary. Check out the magazine and read the short fiction stories posted in the magazine. Apparition Lit seeks original, unpublished speculative fiction and poetry.
Website apparitionlit.com
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2. SmokeLong Quarterly

SmokeLong Quarterly was established in 2003 by Dave Clapper. They are dedicated to bringing the best flash narratives to the web quarterly, whether written by widely published authors or those new to the craft. The term 'smoke-long' comes anecdotally from the Chinese, who noted that reading a piece of Flash takes about the same length of time as smoking a cigarette.
Website smokelong.com
Publisher SmokeLong Quarterly Facebook Followers 6.5KTwitter Followers 22.4K Frequency 8 posts/quarter Domain Authority 46 Get Email Contact

3. Apex Magazine » Short Fiction

A literary genre fiction zine for fans of the strange, the surreal, the shocking. Apex Magazine is an online zine of fantastical fiction. They publish short stories and flash fiction filled with marrow and passion, works that are twisted, strange, and beautiful. Creations where secret places and dreams are put on display.
Website apex-magazine.com
Publisher Apex Publications, LLC Facebook Followers 11.4KTwitter Followers 27.9KInstagram Followers 2.5K Frequency 1 post/week Domain Authority 55 Get Email Contact

4. CafeLitMagazine

CafeLitMagazine brings you short stories to be consumed with a favourite beverage. Check out the short stories posted by the contributors. Read the stories and learn more about the authors and the website. Get to know about interesting plots and get inspired by the fictional works.
Website cafelitmagazine.uk
Publisher CafeLitMagazine Twitter Followers 576 Frequency 1 post/day Domain Authority 18 Get Email Contact

5. Story Magazine

Story is a tri-annual print publication devoted to the complex and diverse world of short fiction. Since 1931, work that originally appeared in Story has been reprinted dozens of times in editions of The Best American Short Stories, The Pushcart Prize, and The O. Henry Prize Stories.
Website storymagazine.org
Publisher Story Magazine Facebook Followers 1.9KTwitter Followers 3.3KInstagram Followers 2.5K Frequency 1 post/quarter Domain Authority 33 Get Email Contact

6. The Fiction Desk

The Fiction Desk are short story publishers, devoted to encouraging and promoting short story writing. Their regular anthologies of new short fiction feature a diverse range of established award-winning authors and newcomers, all brought together by the love of a well-written short story.
Website thefictiondesk.com
Publisher The Fiction Desk Frequency 1 post/quarter Domain Authority 36 Get Email Contact

7. Funny Pearls » Short Stories

Funny Pearls is an online journal dedicated to showcasing humour by women. We feature short stories, true stories, and an audio collection. They cover love, family, style, travel, food, work, and politics. Browse the magazine and read the short stories posted by various authors.
Website funnypearls.com
Publisher FUNNY PEARLS Twitter Followers 1.3KInstagram Followers 684 Frequency 1 post/quarter Domain Authority 20 Get Email Contact

8. Silver Sun Books

Indie Bites is a quarterly indie fantasy anthology, created to promote the work of indie authors. It features short fantasy fiction (prose and poetry) from self-published, hybrid, and unpublished authors, together with author interviews. Their mission is to get the work of indie authors into the hands of as many readers as possible.
Website silversunbooks.com
Publisher Silver Sun Books Twitter Followers 561 Frequency 1 post/quarter Domain Authority 17 Get Email Contact

9. American Short Fiction

American Short Fiction selects and publishes short stories, short shorts, novellas, and novel excerpts by established and super-new writers. It is their goal to discover and publish the best fiction they possibly can-stories that dive into the wreck, that stretch the reader between recognition and surprise, that conjure a particular world with delicate expertise-stories that take a different way home.
Website americanshortfiction.org
Publisher American Short Fiction, Inc. Facebook Followers 6.8KTwitter Followers 13.4KInstagram Followers 7.2K Frequency 1 post/week Domain Authority 48 Get Email Contact

10. Literally Stories

Literally Stories is all about short stories. Literally. It was created by writers for writers. It exists to showcase a wide spectrum of short story fiction from new and emerging writers to more seasoned authors. Their first story was published on 17th November 2014, and they hope to publish many more.
Website literallystories2014.com
Publisher Literally Stories Facebook Followers 538Twitter Followers 3.3K Frequency 1 post/day Domain Authority 28 Get Email Contact

11. Litro Magazine

Litro provides a forum for new and experimental writing, whilst nurturing literary development. It's one of the best literary magazines about literature, culture, and innovation, for emerging writers and established, award-winning authors. Founded in 2005, Litro sits at the intersection of technology, the creative arts, and literature.
Website litromagazine.com
Publisher Litro Magazine Facebook Followers 4.1KTwitter Followers 10.2KInstagram Followers 1.3K Frequency 2 posts/week Domain Authority 5 Get Email Contact

12. The New Yorker Magazine » Short Stories

Since its inception in 1925, The New Yorker has transformed from a local comic paper to a global powerhouse in journalism, culture, and entertainment. With its weekly magazine, digital platform, audio content, and live events, it sets the standard for rigorous reporting, insightful commentary, and engaging storytelling.
Website newyorker.com
Publisher Condé Nast Language English Country United States Facebook Followers 4.5MTwitter Followers 8.8MInstagram Followers 8.5M Frequency 30 posts/year Domain Authority 92 Get Email Contact

13. One Story

One Story began in 2001. Hannah Tinti and Maribeth Batcha saw short stories disappearing from high-profile print publications and smaller literary magazines folding. They knew that with fewer venues for short fiction, emerging writers would have a hard time getting noticed, and short stories could fall by the literary wayside. One Story publishes one great short story at a time. We bring people together through reading, writing, and learning about short fiction.
Website one-story.com
Publisher One Story Facebook Followers 9.9KTwitter Followers 36KInstagram Followers 7.2K Frequency 8 posts/year Domain Authority 50 Get Email Contact

14. Structo

Structo is an independent literary magazine. They publish short stories, poetry, interviews, and essays. They often publish work in translation and more. Each issue contains remarkable new short stories and poetry from all around the world, alongside essays and interviews with authors and others.
Website structomagazine.co.uk
Publisher Structo Magazine Twitter Followers 3.7K Domain Authority 33 Get Email Contact

15. bandit.

bandit. are digital publishers who believe in outstanding fiction. The bandit. community is a place where readers and writers can grow and engage with the literary scene. Championing new, high-quality, and entertaining writing that is in touch with the craft of fiction, every piece of short fiction they publish is hand-picked by The Editor, edited alongside the author, and published directly to the website.
Website banditfiction.com
Publisher Bandit. Facebook Followers 26Twitter Followers 4.2K Domain Authority 23 Get Email Contact