Nonfiction – We Need It
Out of the submissions we get, probably seventy percent are fiction, twenty five percent are poetry, four percent are art, and one percent are nonfiction. We really want to publish some nonfiction with this next issue. Articles in science fiction and fantasy magazines are often insightful, interesting, and educational in ways that articles in your … Read more
A Change to Payrates
Attention All! For Issue Three onwards (sorry Issue Two contributors), we’re increasing our pay rates. Can we afford to? No, not really. But hey, in for a penny, in for a pound. This is sort of an experiment (essentially, an experiment to see if our bank accounts can take it), so pay rates might dip … Read more
Submissions Open
Submissions are now open for issue two! Yes, we’ve finally finished reading, accepting, and rejecting for issue one (which is coming out in just fourteen days), and are ready to read all of your wonderful stories, poems, and articles for our second issue. Some reminders about what we accept: *Fantasy *Science fiction *Short stories *Poems … Read more
Submissions Backlog
Never fear, Basement Stories submitters! If you haven’t recieved a response to your submission yet, we (probably) have it, we’re just a little behind on our reading right now, due to circumstances beyond our control. We’re still reading through all your lovely stories, and will get back to you ASAP. We should be back on … Read more