Top 20 Speculative Fiction Magazines in 2025

1. Strange Horizons

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Strange Horizons Magazine was founded in 2000 and has a mission to promote speculative fiction by showcasing a diverse range of voices. The magazine features short fiction, poetry, reviews, and articles that challenge readers to think about the world in a new way. The blog's vision is to push the boundaries of genre and to celebrate writing that is fresh, daring, and thought-provoking.MORE Format Digital
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2. omenana.com

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Omenana is an African speculative fiction magazine that is open to submissions from speculative fiction writers from across Africa and the African Diaspora. They focus on stories, art, and essays that explore the rich cultural heritage of the continent and its people, while also embracing the fantastical and imaginative elements of science fiction, fantasy, and other genres.MORE Email ****@omenana.com
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Publisher Seven Hills Media Facebook Followers 958Twitter Followers 2.9K Domain Authority 41 Read Now Get Email Contact

3. FIYAH Literary Magazine

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Fiyah is a quarterly speculative fiction magazine that features stories by and about Black people of the African diaspora. FIYAH rises from the ashes of the Black literary tradition started by Fire!! in 1926. There is Black excellence out there waiting to be discovered and not tokenized.MORE Email ****@fiyahlitmag.com
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Publisher NSS Media Facebook Followers 1.1KTwitter Followers 18.9K Domain Authority 39 Read Now Get Email Contact

4. Haven Speculative

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Haven Spec is a speculative fiction magazine featuring stories for a 21st-century audience. They love stories with a sense of adventure, stories that teach them, that touch them, that leave them wanting more. They publish six issues every year, two of which (the dry Issue and the wet Issue) are focused exclusively on the climate crisis and themes of displacement (very broadly defined).MORE Email ****@writerelizabethbroadbent.com
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Publisher Haven Spec Magazine Facebook Followers 297Twitter Followers 3K Domain Authority 22 Read Now Get Email Contact

5. Metaphorosis Magazine

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Here you can read beautifully made speculative fiction. Metaphorosis is a magazine of science fiction and fantasy. They offer intelligent, beautifully written stories for adults. The magazine Metaphorosis is published by Metaphorosis Publishing, and edited by B. Morris Allen, aided by Assistant Editor J. Tynan Burke.MORE Format Digital
Publisher Metaphorosis Magazine Facebook Followers 1.3K Domain Authority 38 Read Now Get Email Contact

6. Apex Magazine

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Browse an intriguing lineup of short stories filled with marrow and passion and works that are twisted, strange, and beautiful. Apex Magazine is an award-winning digital short fiction zine of dark sci-fi, fantasy, and horror. Their mission is to entertain you with interesting, diverse, and thought-provoking fiction. Their goal is to challenge your perceptions, rattle your beliefs, and shake you free of the expected path.MORE Email ****@apex-magazine.com
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Publisher Apex Publications, LLC Facebook Followers 11.7KTwitter Followers 27.9KInstagram Followers 2.6K Domain Authority 55 Read Now Get Email Contact

7. Clarkesworld Magazine

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Clarkesworld Magazine is a Hugo, World Fantasy, and British Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine that publishes short stories, interviews, articles and audio fiction.
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Publisher Wyrm Publishing Facebook Followers 18.6KTwitter Followers 52.4K Domain Authority 59 Read Now Get Email Contact

8. Grimdark Magazine

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Explore the latest online content on Grimdark Magazine to find the best in grimdark fantasy and science fiction. Read reviews and reactions on grimdark Books, comics, movies, and more! Grimdark Magazine is an award-winning publication that deals specifically with the grittier nature of people in futuristic or fantasy settings.MORE Email ****@grimdarkmagazine.com
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Publisher Grimdark Magazine Facebook Followers 5.7KTwitter Followers 1.3KInstagram Followers 2.5K Domain Authority 42 Read Now Get Email Contact

9. SciFiNow Magazine

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Written by fans for fans SciFiNow is the first new science fiction, horror, cult TV and fantasy magazine in the last 12 years - a high quality title that celebrates the explosion of new sci-fi TV shows, films and culture, past present and future.MORE Email ****@scifinow.co.uk
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Publisher SciFiNow Facebook Followers 11.6KTwitter Followers 46.6K Domain Authority 67 Read Now Get Email Contact

10. The Dark Magazine

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In the pages of The Dark Magazine, you will find a different kind of dark fiction. Just that-different. And dark. Not necessarily horror, per se, with blood and guts and serial killers, but fiction that is weird and offbeat; magic realism; the fantastic; dark science fiction.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
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Publisher TDM Press Facebook Followers 2.8KTwitter Followers 6.8K Domain Authority 40 Read Now Get Email Contact

11. Cosmic Horror Monthly

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Publisher Cosmic Horror Monthly Since Jan 2020 Domain Authority 1 Read Now Get Email Contact

12. Locus Magazine

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Locus Magazine reviews science fiction, fantasy, and horror books and short fiction, covers industry and fandom news.
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Publisher Locus Publications Facebook Followers 8.4KTwitter Followers 42KInstagram Followers 4.8K Domain Authority 64 Read Now Get Email Contact

13. Nightmare Magazine

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Nightmare is a horror and dark fantasy magazine. In Nightmare's pages, you will find all kinds of horror fiction, from zombie stories and haunted house tales to visceral psychological horror. We believe that horror is for everyone, and we aim to publish the widest possible variety of the most delicious, spine-tingling tales.MORE Format Digital
Publisher Nightmare Magazine Facebook Followers 5.5K Domain Authority 50 Read Now Get Email Contact

14. Lightspeed Magazine

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Lightspeed is a digital science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF- and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folktales.MORE Publisher Lightspeed Magazine Facebook Followers 7.9KTwitter Followers 35.9K Domain Authority 59 Read Now Get Email Contact

15. Uncanny Magazine

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Uncanny Magazine is a speculative fiction magazine that was founded in 2014. The blog features short stories, poetry, essays, and interviews that challenge readers to think about the world in a new way. The blog's mission is to publish work that is diverse, exciting, and thought-provoking, and to provide a platform for writers to showcase their talent.MORE Format Digital
Publisher Uncanny Magazine Facebook Followers 6.2KTwitter Followers 31.1K Domain Authority 57 Read Now Get Email Contact

16. Apparition Literary Magazine

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Speculative fiction is weird, almost unclassifiable. It's fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and literary. They want strange, misshapen stories with enough emotional heft to break a heart, with prose that's as clear and delicious as broth. Apparition Literature Magazine seeks original, unpublished speculative fiction and poetry.MORE Email ****@apparitionlit.com
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Publisher Apparition Literary Magazine Facebook Followers 751Twitter Followers 5.2KInstagram Followers 817 Domain Authority 32 Read Now Get Email Contact