The Dark Sire is a quarterly online and paperback magazine that explores speculative fiction works for enthusiasts of gothic, horror, fantasy and psychological realism in short fiction, poetry, and art. New issues are released on the last day of the full seasonal month (Oct 31, Jan 31, April 30, July 31). Subscriptions are available or you can buy individual issues on Amazon.
What makes The Dark Sire different from any other literary journal of its kind?
The Dark Sire (TDS) goes beyond the page for its contributors, thus making the reading experience better for our readership. While most magazines accept work, print, and repeat, TDS accepts work and then does whatever it can to promote that work. By being creative, our contributors' work transcends the page and transforms into something new so that readers experience the work in a totally new way. This gives the creative more exposure and the work a longer shelf life, as magazine prints are very short lived (30-90 days, depending on the differing publication schedules of the various magazines). Some of the benefits, then, to TDS is that readers can enjoy the written word (digital or paperback), the spoken work (narrated short stories on the TDS Podcast - coming soon!), and the sung word (poetry composed as Folk songs). No other literary magazine gives its creatives different outlets for promotion nor its readership so many different avenues to experience creative works like TDS.
And that right there is what makes TDS unique among the other literary journals.
And that right there is what makes TDS unique among the other literary journals.
Creator and Founder of The Dark Sire |
Mission Statement |
Bre Stephens is a writer of gothic and psychological fiction who discovered that there were not many publishers for short fiction, specifically in vampire, psychological realism, and hell-based stories. So she decided to found an online magazine that would provide authors of such stories an outlet for their work. In February 2019, Bre began to create and develop The Dark Sire, for which the debut was October 31, 2019.
Bre has an MA in English and Creative Writing, an M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction, and a B.A. in Art History. She is an ESL professional, a professional editor, and an English professor of composition and technical writing at two Ohio universities. |
The mission of The Dark Sire is to give a voice to the voiceless by supporting all dark creatives (emerging and established) and their works, with an emphasis on publishing fiction, poetry, and art that have had difficulty finding a publisher. Unlike other magazines that ban slasher, faux pas issues, and Christian themes, TDS welcomes these types of submissions with high consideration.
By providing a stage that highlights the taboo, our readers gain a platform that represents a full spectrum of speculative fiction, poetry, and art without the use of censorship. Likewise, for the creatives themselves, TDS endeavors to provide opportunities for promotion, which includes but is not limited to organizing author events, book signings, and interviews. TDS strives to go beyond the printed page. |
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