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.
Current theme: DYSTOPIA (8.2 - 4/1/2025)
Submissions open until 2/14/2025.
Next theme: Issue 8.4 - "Dark Numerology" - submissions open 2/14/2025 and close 6/30/2025. Stay tuned for official call.
Send us your literary darkness!
Submit one essay.
Submit one essay.
Submit 1-5 poems in a single file.
Submit 1-5 poems in a single file.
Submit one short story.
Submit one short story.
Submit 1-5 flashes in a single file.
Submit 1-5 flashes in a single document.