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Deadline: October 21st, 2017 Payment: 3¢/word, minimum $5, maximum $25 for previously unpublished poetry or prose and a $5 flat payment for reprints. Flat $10 payment for art Note: Reprints Allowed During this reading period we are specifically interested in horror-themed metafiction, poetry and art* for our Samhain (Halloween) issue.  Submissions do not have to be overtly scary (humor is fine) but MUST draw on the tropes of horror writing—monsters, myth, masks, fear, the grave and beyond, twisting dark passages, brooding skies, and things that go bump in the night—while ALSO adhering to our general guidelines (see below). We DO NOT WANT generic genre fiction—we want self-aware stories and poems, and/or writing about writing. Submissions that engage the senses in celebration of the season will receive special attention. Please note: we are not fans of graphic gore, blood content, or gratuitous violence.  Send that somewhere else. *We will consider non-fiction on any theme for this issue (does NOT have to be horror-related) Be sure to read the guidelines (below) to get a sense of what we want and how we want it. The submission window is narrow and the issue is already mostly full.  Work that breaks the rules or does not fit our milieu will not have a snowball’s chance.  You have been warned. Please read all of this before submitting.  No, really. Editorial Focus: Riddled with Arrows seeks (short) metafiction and metapoems, and writing that celebrates the process and product of writing as art. No restrictions on genre or form, so long as the work is about writing, straight up, or comments on itself (consciously or not) in interesting and meaningful ways..  (What is metafiction? We’re so glad you asked…) Genre/Style: We prefer tight, clean (as in no typos), vivid, evocative writing.  Spare the purple prose. We are open to all genres and styles.  Literary? Yes.  Fantasy/Sci-Fi? Absolutely.  Horror? Ok. Experimental? Surprise us....