N E C K S N A P
Welcome to
NECKSNAP Magazine.
NECKSNAP Magazine is a literary horror magazine founded in 2024. We strive to push through the outer boundaries of the genre, and look for work that challenges us. We want your most seizing voices, your prickliest characters, and language that is as precise as it is surprising. Show us what horror can be, and what it can become. Experiment with form, style, voice, and content. Shock us not with gore alone—although don’t be afraid to include it—but with the bracing depth of your characters and inventiveness of your voice.
Scroll down for more about our areas of interest (and non-interest).
Issue three: Fringe
Subs open
March 1, 2026 – March 15, 2026
For our first ever themed issue, we interviewed Grace Krilanovich, author of The Orange Eats Creeps and the upcoming Acid Green Velvet. She gave some wonderful insights on the topic of “fringe” and on writing in general; click below to read the full interview.
Click “Guidelines” to (re)familiarize with our updated submission guidelines and our new submission form.
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Grungy
Give us something lo-fi, experimental, and grainy. Evoke a nightmare. Show us the fringes, where things get fuzzy.
Read our interview with Grace Krilanovich on the topic of “fringe.”
Gothic
We love natural settings, religious undertones, oppressive atmospheres, and haunts with a twist. Southern Gothic is also a big plus.
Read our interview with Tennessee Hill on the Southern Gothic.
Gory
No need for gratuity here, but use viscera, both literal and figurative, to your advantage. Bring the spirit of the story into the body.
Read our interview with Alex Gonzalez about ultraviolence on the Internet and his book, rekt.
sci-fi/fantasy; hateful language;
excessive or gratuitous violence;
SHOCK HORROR; glorification of self-harm or suicide;
therapy as a plot device; Campfire stories;
work made with Generative AI/llms;
Unpolished writing
Misogyny and/or abuse as a plot device;
Mental illness/descent into madness;
obsession with body and self-image;
medical horror; Grief
Submissions for Issue Three will open March 1. In the meantime, read all previous issues and Issue Two here, and subscribe below to be the first to hear about submission calls, release dates, events, and product drops.
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