Who we are:
Dark Intent is the mystery/suspense specific periodical of White Cat Publications, LLC. We are a bi-annual publication featuring short stories, flash fiction, interviews, reviews, and columns for print and digital download. What we seek:
We are interested primarily in quality writing in the mystery/suspense genre. We will consider stories of most variants of this genre. We desire Fir
st English Language serial print, audio and digital rights so that we might present your work in all formats within the magazine. How we want it formatted:
All manuscripts should be .rtf or doc/docx format and follow the industry standard for formatting (here is a great example: http://www.shunn.net/format/story.html ), however, please make the following changes:
Words in italics should be underlined even in New Times Roman; it’s easier for our design people to see. Em dashes must touch the words on both sides of them
Ellipses are three dots and do not touch the words on either sides of them. Please use them sparingly. Please do not use hard returns to indent. Please use single space, do not double return between paragraphs. Please do not double return after periods. All submissions that don’t meet our guidelines will be rejected. We’re trying to improve our response times to submissions, but please bear with us as we gear up to handle a larger than expected volume of stories. Simultaneous submissions are fine with us, just let us know. We’re all writers here and we’re happy when fellow writers sell their work anywhere they can. Since we’re a bi-annual magazine, we strive to respond to all our submissions within three months. Due to the volume of submissions, however, please be patient. What we pay:
Short Stories and flash fiction: We accept stories up to around 5,000 words in length, three cents per word up to 5,000 words. Reprints are paid out at one cent per word. Send these to [email protected]
Interviews: Query first. The rate is $15.00 per interview. Please submit these to [email protected]
Reviews: Query first. We are always interested in reviews of genre related books, music, games, products, etc. The rate is .03 per word up to 500 words. Please submit these to [email protected]
Articles and columns: Query first. We are always interested in engaging and entertaining articles about fiction and non-fiction subjects. We pay .03 cents per word up to 1,000 Please submit these to [email protected]
Art: While we have a couple in-house artists, we’re always looking for more variety. Please send a link for your site to [email protected]
All the above items require a short bio, preferably with a 300 dpi or better picture of yourself. We also require a picture (again, 300 dpi or greater) of the subject, where applicable. Please let us know if you prefer Paypal or money order and your email/address you would like used. All payments are sent within 45 days of publication.
