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Call for Submissions: “Queer, Feminist, & BIPOC Gothic” – guest edited by Kirsten Imani Kasai

Volume 7, Issue No. 4 will launch 10/31/2024 and will be themed “Queer, Feminist, & BIPOC Gothic,” with fiction guest-edited by Kirsten Imani Kasai. Submissions open 5/9/2024 and close 7/31/2024.

From Kirsten Imani Kasai, fiction will be read for:

  • innovative use of structure, form, voice and the page
  • genre-melding or genre-defying
  • contemporary and futuristic (utopia / dystopia) Gothic fiction with complex characterization
  • visceral descriptions and immersive landscapes
  • grim and lyrical prose
  • unconventional horror (overt or subtle, but never gratuitous) nestled within a solid Gothic framework

Poetry, CNF, and Essay / Short Criticism will be selected by Coffin Bell editors.

Issue 6.4, Malicious Editions, will go live on 10/31/2023

Due to the massive amount of submissions we received for this theme, we have been unable to get everything read in time for a 10/1 issue release for 6.4 “Malicious Editions,” so the issue will be going live on Halloween. We are still working hard to give everyone’s work the time and attention it deserves and we appreciate your understanding.

 

— Tamara Burross Grisanti, Editor-in-Chief

 

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