We're open for submissions through September 15 🪟 No theme this time! More info & guidelines are at surelymag.com/about — see you soon!
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surelymag.com formerly Shirley Magazine; still publishing bold, weird fiction writing three times a year; still edited by Colleen Burner and Lauren Perez. Currently closed to submissions.
We're open for submissions through September 15 🪟 No theme this time! More info & guidelines are at surelymag.com/about — see you soon!
about — surely
surelymag.com
Have you read issue 34 yet? Stories involving slime with varying levels of sentience (by Sarah Rakel Orton, Callum Angus, Eleanor Ball, and Garret Fopma) are waiting for you at surelymag.com
Callum Angus's "Compounding Pharmacy" has the fallingest of slime blobs in the issue, and meets it with a conundrum of compassion 〰️ read the rest in issue 34 at surelymag.com 〰️
Garret Fopma's "What Becomes" explores a slippery slope from slime to sentience 〰️ read the rest in issue 34 at surelymag.com 〰️
Eleanor Ball's (@eleanorball.bsky.social) "The Sunset" is a sinister slice of ecofiction 〰️ read the rest in issue 34 at surelymag.com 〰️
Sarah Rakel Orton delivers a treatment of slime that soon takes a turn 〰️ read the rest of "Use Only As Directed" in issue 34 at surelymag.com 〰️
Thrilled to have a story in @surelymag.bsky.social’s new themed issue, “big slime falls down stairs”! “The Sunset” is a piece of speculative ecofiction about what happens when the artificial boundaries between us and the natural world begin to break. surelymag.com/the-sunset
The Sunset by Eleanor Ball — surely
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issue 34 is up today, moving and oozing with slimey stories from Sarah Rakel Orton, Eleanor Ball, Garret Fopma, and Callum Angus. Fall into the goo with us at surelymag.com 〰️
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it's the last day to send us your stories for our upcoming "big slime falls down stairs" issue! if you've been thinking about submitting, now's the time to ooze into our inbox. surelymag.com/about
we're open to submissions for one more week! drip on into our inbox with your slime stories!
we're open for "big slime falls down stairs" submissions! check out our guidelines and send us your ooze! surelymag.com/about
Nothing can stop the blob, and we hope it finds its way into our inbox... Send us your oozing fiction! Guidelines at surelymag.com/about
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we're open for "big slime falls down stairs" submissions! check out our guidelines and send us your ooze! surelymag.com/about
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our next submission window opens March 29, and it will be for a themed issue—"big slime falls down stairs"! guidelines and more are at surelymag.com/about
it's unclear how getty images knew we'd be using "big slime falls down stairs" as an issue theme, but it was awfully nice of them to provide some more slime inspo... Our reading window opens a week from today (3/29)! surelymag.com/about
our next submission window opens March 29, and it will be for a themed issue—"big slime falls down stairs"! guidelines and more are at surelymag.com/about
some slime inspo for you -- both pieces by artist Dan Lam our submission window opens at the end of this month! more info/guidelines at surelymag.com/about
our next submission window opens March 29, and it will be for a themed issue—"big slime falls down stairs"! guidelines and more are at surelymag.com/about
our next submission window opens March 29, and it will be for a themed issue—"big slime falls down stairs"! guidelines and more are at surelymag.com/about
Another few glimpses into issue 33 for your weekend— Courtney Ebert's "Every Town," Judy Slitt's "Martin P," Veith Coleman's "Slaughter Day"... surelymag.com
a few glimpses into issue 33: things get extraterrestrial with Kimberly Potthast AND Judy Slitt, it's slaughter day with Veith Coleman...
issue 33 is out today, with stories from Kimberly Potthast, Veith Coleman, Judy Slitt, Saher Iqbal, and Courtney Ebert that explore the bounds of bodies both human and not. Dig in with us at surelymag.com 〰️
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issue 33 is out today, with stories from Kimberly Potthast, Veith Coleman, Judy Slitt, Saher Iqbal, and Courtney Ebert that explore the bounds of bodies both human and not. Dig in with us at surelymag.com 〰️
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Our last look-back post for the year brings us to the present—in 2025, we published 16 brilliant stories: Issue 30 was took us to new territories, with stories from Lucas Simone, Martha Hipley, Malory Antony...
issue 29 featured 5 stories that peer into unfamiliar mirrors and corridors, considering life and myth from unexpected places—by Zeke Jarvis, Joseph Clegg, Jennifer Walker...
mid-reading window reminder that surely mag is open for submissions through January 10! send us the beautiful & unsettling short fiction you've been conjuring up 🌝 guidelines & more can be found at surelymag.com/about
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the stories in issue 28 explored what it is to navigate the world in a body and the nuanced ways it may change (or decay) over time—revisit writing from Brendan Todt, Jordan Dilley, Rory Say, and Mario Moussa with us at surelymag.com/archive
the window is open!
because time collapses over the next couple months, we're opening our reading window a little early—send us your best strange fiction between November 17th and January 10th! our guidelines and more about what we want can be found at surelymag.com/about
issue 27 of surely brought us stories of uncanny loneliness within one's own body or environment, with characters searching for ways out via connection—by Noémi Kiss-Deáki, Kara Crawford, Billie Chang, and Sarah Terez Rosenblum. revisit it with us at surelymag.com/archive
the window opens soon—just on the other side of this weekend!
because time collapses over the next couple months, we're opening our reading window a little early—send us your best strange fiction between November 17th and January 10th! our guidelines and more about what we want can be found at surelymag.com/about