Coffin Bell is a quarterly online journal of dark literature. Submissions now open–seeking poetry, flash fiction, short stories, creative nonfiction, essay, and short criticism that explore dark themes. We publish two themed and two unthemed issues per year, and a print annual anthology of highlights.
Themes for 2023 are Issue 6.2 - FAMILIARS (4/1/2023) and Issue 6.4 - MALICIOUS EDITIONS (10/1/2023). Submissions are currently open until 12/31/2023 for Issue 7.2 - "Multiverses."
Send us your literary darkness!
Submit up to ten works.
Submit 1-5 poems in a single file.
Submit 1-5 poems in a single file.
Please attach 1-5 flashes in a single file.
Please attach up to five poems in a single file.
Attach 1-5 poems in a single file.
Please attach one short story up to 7500 words.
Soft word count is <7500 words.
Soft word count <7500.
No soft word count.
Please use this form for all art submissions.
You may submit up to 10 works on this form. If you have more to offer, please state that in your cover letter and if we accept your submission we will solicit the additional files at that time.
Please use this form for all art submissions.
You may submit up to 10 works on this form. If you have more to offer, please state that in your cover letter and if we accept your submission we will solicit the additional files at that time.