Submissions

Staffs & Starships Magazine is focused on literary quality speculative fiction. We hope to gather together pieces that raise a question - pieces that hark back to an era when speculative fiction really meant speculating or postulating on some aspect of the world around them in a way that made the reader question themselves.

Here's what we don't want:

  1. No space opera - It's too cinematic
  2. No cyber punk - Gibson already perfected that
  3. No urban fantasy - We like our Fantasy in other worlds
  4. No horror, no supernatural, no psychological thriller - They just don't fit with our general concept

Here's what we want:

  1. Fiction of literary quality that leans towards the traditional
  2. Fiction with strong characters and sound plots
  3. Fiction that raises a question — whether explicit or implicit

We don't discourage the odd story or the uniquely intriguing. We want stories that make us read; we want stories that keep our interest.

Please have a look at our Guidelines for full details. If you have any questions about Staffs & Starships or Sheer Speculation Press, please contact the editor.

Please include your Name, Story Title, and Genre in your email subject

All submissions can be sent to submissions@sheerspeculation.com