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Where to Submit Weird: 14 Places Looking for Strange Stories
Daydream Misfit is always on the lookout for journals, literary magazines and contests where authors can submit weird fiction, speculative fiction, flash fiction, and unconventional stories. "Where to Submit Weird" is a regular feature of our blog intended to connect authors with writing markets and encourage short story submission. The information for the following list of contacts is subject to change and should be confirmed through the publications' websites.
2 days ago6 min read


Neil Oldman Past/Present/Future Review 10/19/2026
First off, we got slammed here in Pensacola by Hurricane Isaias. We didn't personally experience much damage, but many people did. Trees down everywhere, and it's not hard to find huge oaks which crushed houses. And of course, many, many downed power-lines.
Oct 193 min read


Neil Oldman Past/Present/Future Review 9/28/2026
scatterplat In personal news, I got the lease taken care of, I think anyway, so I don’t have to worry about that for a year. Planning a trip to New Orleans next month with Raven to see some oddities, so that should be fun, as well as various local events. I’m seriously mulling over the idea of moving huge elements of the Daydream Misfit project into a press and producing small batches of hard product. The website would then be considered the sandbox for excavating tangible
Sep 283 min read


Untouchable
I will in fact be hanged in the morning. Or worse. They allude to it, they make bets on it in the halfway desk around the corner past the black alloy bars of the door and the thicker black bars of the gateway. They’re purposely not quiet about what’s coming to you, but purposely vague: “Permanent Conditioning.”
Sep 219 min read


Personal Growths: Body Horror/Body Humor Motivational Affirmations Posters
"Personal Growths" is a series of motivational affirmations posters by Katty Pulsar and Raven Storm. Body horror meets body humor in these absurd and hilariously disgusting images, lovingly crafted by our resident graphic designers. From "When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade" to "Train Insane or Remain the Same," these prints will give you reason to get up in the morning and say, "Hey, I too am a skin-bag filled with meat, bone, puss and blood, and that's okay."
Sep 71 min read


No Commission, No Middle Man
Then I made the mistake of seeking out another video from the same profile. Now I get multiple videos in my feed from Sherry at artjusgrapeleaves every day. I watched a couple, still amused. After half a dozen, I had had my fill.
Aug 173 min read


Nobody Asked Her
Portraits of women with secrets, wisdom, and ambition.
Jun 81 min read


8 Gallery is Go: All the Everything
8 Gallery will be a place to show all our new and old images in new contexts with new juxtapositions. We'll be adding several new pictures each week, so be sure to subscribe and set a bookmark!
May 81 min read


We'll Be Together
The 2025 film Together, starring the astonishing Alison Brie and featuring exemplary body-horror special effects and Dave Franco, is an unconventional documentary which follows real-life couple Brie and Franco’s ongoing health and psychological struggles as they seek to reboot their lives and transition from celebrity life to quiet couplehood in a rural countryside town.
Apr 112 min read


Zoo Trip. One Ticket.
Coming up, I drank some water. Sat on a bench. Watched kids watch gorillas watch people. Picnic of children and mothers in dresses pick nits from the fur of the family tree.
Feb 131 min read


Have a Good Day: A Journey
There was a young man of the village whose mother sent him on a long journey. "This cat catches no mice. You must take the animal to my sister, who lives at the base of the mountain. She knows herbs which will coax the cat to accept its own nature as a hunter. Only a stupid son would bring home a cat that doesn't know how to be a cat."
Oct 27, 20257 min read


Surplus, Properly Allocated
"If you fail, it's because you weren't hungry enough, or smart, or willing to work. The formula is simple enough - sacrifice sleep, joy, time, and doubt. Replace these with measurable outcomes. Why are so many unwilling to do what is required?
Oct 12, 20256 min read


The Substance (2024) Movie Review
The Substance (2024) Movie Review
Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley ask the mirror, "who's the fairest?"
3 stars out of 5
Elizabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) is a successful star in the final act of her career, living alone in a loopy, highly stylized version of Hollywood. When TV executive Harvey (Dennis Quaid) pushes her out as star of a Jane Fonda-like workout and fitness show, Elizabeth must come to terms with her aging body and fading beauty.
May 31, 20254 min read

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