We’re still working on the first issue! Both of us are educators by day. Now that it’s September, you can imagine. But we’re still aiming to have the first handful of stories & poems published by end of the month!
The Sam Hill! Review | SUBS OPEN
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Lit mag for historical fiction and poetry that makes you say: “now that was good as SAM HILL!” SamHillReview.com | est. 2026 | Submissions for Vol. 1 are OPEN
If you’re writing 18th-19th century, behold “The Lexicon balatronicum. A dictionary of buckish slang, university wit, and pickpocket eloquence” archive.org/details/b293... on @archive.org
According to @duotrope.com 82.4% of our rejections are personal. We try to find something we love about every submission. & if we don’t accept, we want the author to feel encouraged. If you get feedback, it’s because saying “not this one” was a hard decision, & we really *truly* think you’re great.
The Sam Hill! Review @samhillreview.bsky.social ⭐ will be closing to submissions soon on 2 calls. #CallforSubmissions
Closing Soon to Submissions on Duosuma: The Sam Hill! Review @samhillreview.bsky.social ⭐
The Sam Hill! Review @samhillreview.bsky.social ⭐ will be closing to submissions soon on 2 calls. #CallforSubmissions
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Herein lies a peak of the tomfoolery which our reliable & steadfast editors have arranged for purposes of edification & entertainment for the inaugural issue of The Sam Hill! Review which will commence with no small degree of fanfare in the month of September MMXXVI. ⏳📚 #historicalfiction
The Smart Search List of the Day is: Fee-Free Literary Poetry feat. @passagesnorth.bsky.social @muleskinnerjournal.bsky.social @passionfruitlit.bsky.social @samhillreview.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...
Smart Search List of the Day
The Smart Search List of the Day is: Fee-Free Literary Poetry feat. @passagesnorth.bsky.social @muleskinnerjournal.bsky.social @passionfruitlit.bsky.social @samhillreview.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com/search/smart/poetry/fee-free-literary-poetry-0r0Cn94p
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Authors presently engaged in such undertakings are urged to conclude all wars, coronations, famines, voyages, assassinations, miracles, plagues, sieges, revelations, incursions, & other historical disturbances within the prescribed number & SUBMIT HENCEFORTH WITHOUT DELAY! #historicalfiction ⏳📚💙
Go write something set in 1936 & send it to Sundial!
Sundial Magazine for Historical Fiction@sundialmagazine.bsky.social · 2mo agoSundial invites submissions for flash, poetry, and short stories (up to 3k words) for inclusion in an upcoming anthology We are seeking works set July-September 1936 that explore the social and political tensions leading up to WW2 Please read our submission guidelines. Closes October 1, 2026
What lit magazines do you know that regularly publish historical fiction or (expansively) HF-adjacent stories? Especially those w/ a more general scope &/or don’t market themselves as “an historical fiction magazine.” (Apocalypse Confidential comes to mind.) ⏳📚 #histfic #historicalfiction
History Through Fiction Short Stories by History Through Fiction Press ⭐ is accepting submissions (fee-based) through Duosuma. #WritingCommunity
Featured on Duosuma: History Through Fiction Short Stories
History Through Fiction Short Stories by History Through Fiction Press ⭐ is accepting submissions (fee-based) through Duosuma. #WritingCommunity
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The award-winning story from our co-editor Steve was just posted today on @unchartedmag.bsky.social . If you like cows and you like psychics, then you’ll love this story.
Heads & Tails: The Unvarnished Truth Concerning Frogs & Fortune - Uncharted
1. The Fire & the Name The first thing you ought to know about cows is we’re all a bunch of gossips. You try standing in a field all day, chewing your cud and swatting at flies, then gathering ’round ...
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In under 20 days, we’ve received 50 submissions (and counting!). Honestly, we’re blown away by how good they are. At this rate, our first issue is going to be stacked. Keep them coming! We’re looking at periodicals from the late 1700s for layout inspiration. ⏳📚 #histfic #historicalfiction
Whatever you’re writing, it’s never too late to make your main character a cannibal. #writingcommunity #writersofbluesky #writing #inspiration
Decadent Stories for Decadent Times by Rachilde & Co. Books is open to submissions for Decadent Story Anthology (fee-based). #CallforSubmissions
Opened to Submissions on Duosuma: Decadent Stories for Decadent Times by Rachilde & Co. Books
Decadent Stories for Decadent Times by Rachilde & Co. Books is open to submissions for Decadent Story Anthology (fee-based). #CallforSubmissions
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Side effects of #historicalfiction may include increased verbosity, sensitivity to sunlight, and excessive swooning. If you or your loved ones become dependent on historical fiction, there are treatment options available. ⏳📚💙
We wouldn’t not be excited for submissions about deranged hypnotists.
You are getting sleepy. You will submit #historicalfiction and poems to The Sam Hill! Review. You are a lobster that writes. You are ambidextrous. You hold a pencil in each claw. I will count from four to zero. When I reach zero, you will awake with no memory of this. 4, 3, 2 ⏳📚💙
Two questions. Just curious. Answer one or both if the Muse possesses you… 1) What do you think is missing in the historical fiction space? 2) What makes HF distinct from literary fiction? Or is HF a subtype of literary fiction? ⏳📚 📚💙 #histfic #historicalfiction #literaryfiction
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A few historical fiction novels / collections that we’ve read recently that are GOOD AS SAM HILL! 📚⏳ 📚💙
Historical fiction about chickens could be its own sub genre. Honestly, I’d never need to read anything else. ⏳📚 ⏳📚🐓 ⏳🐓 #historicalfiction #histfic #historicalchickens
Sundial Magazine for Historical Fiction@sundialmagazine.bsky.social · 2mo ago"Your life is devoted to caring for the chickens. These are special chickens. Sacred chickens, in the Romans’ lunatic goyishe religion." Read "You Are Saved" by Zachary Smolar about the earliest days of #christianity in #ancientrome. Original #art by Scott Tierney sites.google.com/view/sundial...
The Sam Hill! Review is open to submissions for Historical Fiction. #CallforSubmissions
Opened to Submissions on Duosuma: The Sam Hill! Review
The Sam Hill! Review is open to submissions for Historical Fiction. #CallforSubmissions
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To tell a story set in 1066, Kingsnorth invented a language called “Shadow Tongue” that preserves the syntax and experience of reading Old English. Reading this feels like a rebellion against AI slop. cwell the bastard cwell the bastard cwell the bastard ⏳📚💙 #historicalfiction #histfic
Telegram for #histfic writers (stop) New #historicalfiction #litmag (stop) Editors won’t stop talking like telegram (stop) Please advise (Stop) ⏳📚💙
We're a new lit mag for Historical Fiction & Poetry. Submissions are OPEN on @duosuma.com for micro, flash, short fiction, & poetry of such astonishing caliber that it inspires an urge to say: "Now THAT was good as Sam Hill!" samhillreview.com Behold the images. ⏳📚💙 #histfic #historicalfiction
Submit your short #historicalfiction & #poetry to the newest #histfic #litmag. We’re currently reading #submissions for our first issue. We want writing that makes us say: “Now that was good as SAM HILL!” Free subs on @duotrope.com Guidelines et cetera at SamHillReview.com
