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Let there be gall enough in thy ink.
Twelfth Night, III,ii,50

 

 

 Danse Macabre 

 

is committed to expanding the creative landscape of the non-academic literary web. Our central editorial criteria is the overall imaginative effort you deploy to transcend prevailing orthodoxies. The narrative contours of magical realism, world poetry, and Mitteleuropean kunst und kultur are especially appreciated.

 
 
 - all forms of poetry (limit 3 per submission), including translations
- all manner of fiction, including novel excerpts
- travel narratives, humour, & creative non-fiction beyond the workshoppe norm
- book & music reviews (query your proposed subject to us)
- scholarly takes on cultural matters consistent with our m.o.
- art & photography (Send .jpegs of at least three pieces with your query; we heart large portfolios.)
 
Though we may not be able to offer you detailed comments on your submission, we do promise to read everything you send with care and consideration. Our response time is rarely over a month. Follow-up queries are not discouraged.
 
A priori submission...
 
Read the magazine first. If you're interested in seeing your work appear here, knowing what we do (and how we like to do it) is a positive, pro-active first step to joining our growing family of writers. Having a sense of our magazine's vibe, our toponymy, and what both suggest about our preferred content goes a long way into clarifying whether you ought submit to us. Think Diaghilev...
 
Paste your work in the message area. Be aware that OfficeLive often translates large bodies of text into single-spacing - and de-translates other areas, esp. tabs. (It's a Microsoft thing, you'd guess.) For fiction submissions, we highly recommend: Left justify & single-space your original text, double-spacing between paragraphs as well as lines of dialogue; save as an .RTF file; then paste into our form. OK, it's a hassle, yet a small price to pay for avoidance of postage and additional pillage of natural resources. 
 
For our poetic clientele, clear stanza breaks are a must. Be warned that playful or mad tabs may not survive intact.
 
Finally, do tell how you found us...and don't forget to include a bio paragraph w/current domicile, credits, et al when you submit! If we're interested in your submission, we're just as interested in sharing a little bit about you with our worldwide readership. An omitted bio creates a new string to keep track of in the middle of a time-sensitive and staff-limited environment, and may result in a delay - or omission - of your work.
 
 We accept unthemed submissions year 'round only via the form below...
 
For all other inquiries, our address is dansemacabreonline@gmail.com
Please do not send your submissions or attachments to the above address
in lieu of, or in addition to, our form below.
 
 
 
We publish pieces with first electronic rights. This essentially means that pieces in Danse Macabre have not been published elsewhere in electronic format. If your submission has been previously published, please indicate this in your submission with wheres & whens.
 
We are always happy when contributors reprint pieces first published in DM. However, we require three month exclusivity on pieces we publish, starting from the initial publication date. We also request attribution on any reprinted pieces, stating that it was first published in Danse Macabre.
 
We accept simultaneous submissions, provided that this is clearly stated with the submission and that we are promptly notified if a given submission is accepted elsewhere.
 
All work submitted to Danse Macabre must be the property/work of the submitter. As owner of said work, you retain all subsequent rights to the work while allowing DM upon submission the right to publish (and archive) said works in one to three electronic issues.
 
We reserve the right to withdraw our offer of publication at any time.
 

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Previous contributors & interviewees

 

Gale Acuff Karima Alavi Akili Amina Ian Anderson Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz Corrina Bain Isaac James Baker Ellen Bass Eric Basso CN Bean Carl Bibbee Rhumjum Biswas Brett Bohan Bruce Bond Clyde Borg Susan Botich J. Bradley Michael Brandonisio Alan Britt Anthony Bromberg Murray Brozinsky Rita Buckley Lia Burke Etkin Camoglu Darlene Campbell Felicia Florine Campbell Steve Cartwright Jason Castro RDM Cerello Bob Chester Alex Cigale John Clare Taylor Collier Walter Conley Ed Coonce Joyce Corbett Louie Crew Peter Czipott Sara Dammann Nabina Das Dustin Davenport Janann Dawkins Holly Day Jay de Salvo Steve DeVito Mary Dixon CB Droege Ray Dunkle Jim Earp Danny Elfman Rachael Engel AH Erdely-Siebenburgen Kane X. Faucher Richard Fein Tom Fillion Tom Foster Kristin Fouquet Peter Fox Colin Gilbert Aad de Gids Melinda Giordano Brant Goble Suzanne Grazyna Arlene Greene Jaq Greenspon Robert Gregg Peter Greico John Grey Tom Gribble Sahag Gureghian Ray Hadley Nels Hanson Joan Harvey Larry Heinemann Kyle Hemmings Danny Herman Janie Hofmann Roxanne Hoffman Charselle Hooper Rebecca Howe Christine Hsu Drew Hubner David Hughes Jessica Hughes Rose Hunter Kim Idol Branch Isole Kathryn Jacobs Ani Kachbalian Klement Kasza John Kearns William Keener Michael Keith Frank Kelly Penn Kemp James Kendley Allen Kopp Kathryn A. Kopple Barbara Kussow Paul Lamb Wayne-Alan Lamb Yukai Li Phil Linz Ben Loory Dave Lordan Brant Lyon Donal Mahoney Vytautus Malesh Sharanya Manivannan Corey Marx Kenyatta McKenzie Don McLaren Mike McNamara Joshua Miner MV Montgomery Luigi Monteferrante Michael Montlack George Moore Patrick Niederreiter Megan Norman Jenn Marie Nunes Jamie O'Neill Arthur O'Reilly Orlaith O'Sullivan Melanie Page Lee Patton Miriam Moreno Perez DLW Pesavento John Peters Christopher Perkins Anna Maria Pluas Laura Powers Randall W. Pretzer Bob Priest Henry Quintero James Ragan Christie Rampersad Richard Rand Paula Ray Alan Reese Phil Richardson Elizabeth I. Riseden Linda Romero John Rose Farida Samerkhanova Joel Sattler Fariel Shafee Aaron Simon Pete Sipchen Billy Sledge Larry Smith E. Smith Sleigh Michael Solender Patti Somlo Felino Soriano Matteo Spinetti Mark Spitzer Richard Spuler Constance Stadler Jonathan Steinklein Dick Strawser Ray Succre Kaz Sussman Laurens Tan John Tate Darby Tench Shannon Thomas William Thompson Sigourney Tuttle Aniruddhan Vasudevan Levi Wagenmaker Townsend Walker Jeffrey Wallman Richard Marx Weinraub Peter Weltner Daniel Wilcox Phoebe Wilcox James Wilk Andres Wilson Sharran WindWalker Kevin G. Wisher Rob Wistrand Digby Wolfe Chavisa Woods Este Yarmosh Yevgeny Yevtushenko Zhuang Yisa Frederick Zydek

 


 
"There is no idea so self-evident that it cannot be rendered inaccessible through scholarship."

Prof. Jess H. Brewer, physicist

The Vancouver Sun, Sept. 23, 2008