Inglenook Lit is a space for wonder, joy, and tolerance. It’s a hearth where magic and literature come together to explore the unexplainable, the nebulous space between fiction and reality. We publish creative nonfiction, speculative fiction, and magical realism.
We’re looking for wise narrators and sophisticated storytelling about enchantment, nature, the occult, and life's otherworldly mysteries.
GUIDELINES:
- Send only one piece of prose per genre at a time. Please no poetry or screenplays.
- Original human-crafted work only, no AI sorcery.
- In rare instances, we will consider reprints with appropriate permissions.
- Simultaneous submissions are encouraged and expected.
- Inglenook requests the nonexclusive right to publish accepted work on our website, social media outlets, newsletters, and future print anthologies. Inglenook expects credit for first publication if the work is republished.
- In your cover letter, please tell us what "magic" means to you in a sentence or two.
We’re looking for literary short stories set in modern-day / adjacent realities or the historical past in the following categories:
- Witches and magic
- Fairy tales and myth (original or rewritten)
- Hauntings (ghostly or psychological)
- Cryptids, monsters, and monstrousness
- Fairies & the Otherworldly
- Magical realism with a sense of humor or optimism
Do you believe in ghosts or fairies? Do you know some? Maybe you were one of those kids who never stopped believing in magic, or have just rediscovered a love for it. Maybe you call yourself a witch. In memoir, flash, and essays, we’re looking for wise narrators and sophisticated storytelling about magic (the concept), magick (the practice), enchantment, nature, and life’s mysteries. We love work that uses reality as a springboard for speculation, like Ellen Wayland-Smith'sThe Science of Last Things and Rebecca Solnit's A Field Guide to Getting Lost. If you stray from the beaten path and can write about it with an eye towards craft, please send us your prose.