If you’ve never been published before…

These guys are paying 10 cents a word!

Ghoulish Tales
This magazine wants “short stories that fit our personal definition of the word GHOULISH, which is “fun horror that aims to celebrate all things spooky.” Note that we said fun, not funny. Comedic stories are definitely allowed, but it’s not all we’re looking to receive. We want stories that remind us why we love the horror genre. We want to have a perverted little smile across our face while reading. Make us slobber like idiots. Turn us into the Sickos.jpeg meme. We love body horror. We love weird shit. We love experimental, gutsy narratives. We love being ghoulish.” For the June open call, they are “only considering fiction and non-fiction from writers who have never been published before. We want to see work from new writers only. I suppose you could call this the New Ghouls issue.” They have detailed guidelines about eligibility for this issue, please read them carefully. Length guidelines are up to 5,000 words for fiction, up to 2,000 words for nonfiction. Pay is $0.10/word. The deadline is 30 June 2024. Details here.

Interesting one. Think I have come across them before in the Author's Publish blogs and certainly in my wheelhouse. However, having been gone half the month, I doubt I could get something ready by June 30. Will still look at their eligibility requirements, though, in case something comes to mind.