Infernal Ink

Infernal Ink Magazine is a different sort of a literary magazine, in that we are focused on publishing extremely dark fiction and poetry, of all genres. We favor pieces with erotic, sexual, or humorous aspects, but love anything that disquiets the minds of our readers. In addition to our fictional offerings, we offer non-fiction content in this same vein with columns, articles, and interviews that explore everything from music to the paranormal.

April 2012 issue on sale now in Print, PDF, Kindle and Nook.

Submission Guidelines for Infernal Ink Magazine

Contributors must be 18 years of age or older to submit work to any part or section of the magazine.

Absolutely, no artwork, photography, or illustrations of any sort will be accepted.

Fiction and poetry:

We accept all genres of fiction and poetry that fit with our basic theme; extremely dark fiction, pieces with humorous, sexual, or erotic elements. Basically, we are looking for stories that make the reader cringe and turns them on at the same time, makes them laugh while a voice in the back of their head tells them they are going to Hell for finding such things funny, or just plain freaks them out and disquiets their minds. Evil, is what we seek, in all its gory, humorous, and carnal glory.

Stories and poetry which contain adult content, harsh language, and graphic violence will all be considered for publication, so long as they contain nothing that will get us, the publishers, arrested or sued.

Stories should be between 500 and 5,000 words. Poems should be at least five lines in length.

No fancy fonts or formatting. We prefer font size and type to be 12pt Times New Roman and submissions to be single spaced, but are not anal about formatting so long as it's not crazy.

ALL submissions must come via email attachment in either a .rtf or .doc file. Absolutely no PDFs or submissions sent in the text of an email will be accepted.

Multiple submissions are welcome.

Previously published works are welcome. However, it is the obligation of the author to make sure their work is no longer covered under any sort of contract with another publisher that would prevent them from being able to submit it. All contributors are required to sign a contract with us, via email, which will give us exclusive rights to the work for six months, from the date of publication. During those six months the work in question should not re-published, posted online, submitted, or otherwise made available to readers or the general public.

Contributors of fiction and poetry are asked to include with their submissions a short bio. This should be no more then 100 words.

All submissions should be sent via email to hydra@hydramstar.com

Non-fiction:

For the “Bumps in the Night” column we accept reader contributions in the form of true stories of the paranormal and magic. A person need not be a great writer in order to contribute to this section of the magazine, just have a profound personal story to tell regarding an unexplained or magical event.

Contributors wishing to submit non-fiction articles on any other subjects should query the editor, via email, prior to submission; hydra@hydramstar.com

Contract and Rights:

All writings submitted must be the original works belonging to the person(s) who submit them.

All contributors will be asked to sign, via email, a contract giving Infernal Ink Magazine the exclusive rights for six months to the submitted works. This contract may be signed in a pen name, but failure to sign this contract will result in exclusion from the magazine until such time as a signed contract is presented to the publisher.

At the end of the contract period all rights revert back to the writer, with the understanding that back issue of Infernal Ink Magazine will continue to be offered for sale to readers.