Submissions Closed

Submissions are now closed. List of print issue #1 contributors coming soon. The journal will be available to purchase online in early October. Submissions reopen for print issue #2 on January 1, 2027.

Submission Guidelines for Print Issue #1

Excited to share that the horror senryu journal is now a print publication with a goal of publishing two issues a year, in October and May. Copies of the journal will be available for purchase on Amazon. Pricing will be such that profits are nominal, and any earnings over and above production costs (proof copies, etc.) will be donated to charity. Contributors will receive a free PDF copy of the issue 90 days after print publication.

Submission guidelines below!

***NO A.I.***

READING PERIOD: June and July for the October issue. Please submit only once per reading period.

RESPONSE TIME: 30 days or less. If you don’t hear from me after 30 days, your work is free to send elsewhere.

RIGHTS: Asking for first rights. All rights revert to authors upon publication.

Send 1 or 2 unpublished horror-themed haiku or senryu to horrorsenryu@gmail.com

Joshua St. Claire

washing the blood
down the sink
scent of hyacinths

— Joshua St. Claire

Fidelio

I hand the plague doctor

a white peony

— Joshua St. Claire

thomas david

you’ve got red on you blood moon

— thomas david

his finger

on the pulse

mortician

— thomas david

Dorna Hainds

eating jar tomatoes
the feel of hearts
on the tongue

— Dorna Hainds

Soumya Mukherjee

quiet graveyard
the stone angel
turns toward me

— Soumya Mukherjee

Chad Lee Robinson

testing the toes
for a reflex--
the undertaker’s tongue

— Chad Lee Robinson

not exactly

a snug fit--

the scarecrow’s new skin

— Chad Lee Robinson

Gareth Nurden

faint candle
in the corner
fighting the darkness

— Gareth Nurden

Patricia Hawkhead

reaching for raisins 
from the top shelf
the spider’s caress

— Patricia Hawkhead

Jerome Berglund

missing persons 
shakespeare 
in the park

— Jerome Berglund

carne vale

wine-fed

beef

— Jerome Berglund

Jackie Chou

murderous night
the planchette 
guiding my hand

— Jackie Chou

not meaning

to raise the knife

telekinesis

— Jackie Chou

Lorraine A Padden

decorous handle of a straight edge melancholy

— Lorraine A Padden

a bug catcher

of unholy crimes

praying mantis

— Lorraine A Padden

Katherine E Winnick

after him the mirror hesitates

— Katherine E Winnick

lipstick on the rim her last word

— Katherine E Winnick

Tracy Davidson

mortuary 
rigor mortis doesn’t stop 
her husband’s moaning

— Tracy Davidson

Monica Luo

coat rack in darkness -
a nebulous intruder

without my glasses

— Monica Luo

entanglement -

the crown of

the rat king

— Monica Luo

John H. Dromey

a very cold room
a tag on your toe
you’re it

— John H. Dromey

Bernadette O’Reilly

protecting herself 
from humans
the black cat hisses

— Bernadette O’Reilly

tenement room

the blood of bugs

on the wall

— Bernadette O’Reilly

Anthony Lusardi

Resurrection Day
the growing mounds
on her grave

— Anthony Lusardi

dry creek

collecting leaves

a missing person flyer

— Anthony Lusardi

Martina Matijević

spelling out her maiden name — headstone

— Martina Matijević

Chris Meadows

Poe’s grave
the moon and i
both blue

— Chris Meadows

moonglow

I open a box

of darkness

— Chris Meadows