A Literary Magazine · Est. 2027
Go Deeper Into the Dark.
Where horror lingers, dark fantasy breathes, and thriller-mystery keeps you up at night. Of Ink and Shadows is a literary magazine built for the stories that stay with you — and the writers brave enough to tell them.
Inaugural submissions open Halloween 2026 · First stories January 1, 2027
About the Magazine
A Home for Dark Fiction.
Of Ink and Shadows exists for one reason: great dark stories deserve a home, regardless of how many publishing credits the writer has behind their name.
We are a writer-first literary magazine dedicated to horror, dark fantasy, and thriller-mystery fiction. We read every submission. We take every writer seriously. And we go deeper into the dark — because that’s where the best stories live.
Of Ink and Shadows is a dark fiction literary magazine dedicated to horror, dark fantasy…
October 31, 2026
Submissions Open
January 1, 2027
First Stories Publish
What We Publish · Dark Fiction Literary Magazine
Three Genres. One Dark Corner.
Horror
Dread · Atmosphere · Darkness
Not gore for its own sake — the kind of horror that felt true. The dread that lives in a sentence. The darkness that builds slowly and stays with you.
Dark Fantasy
Worlds · Myths · Fairy Tales with Teeth
Secondary worlds, mythic retellings, fairy tales with teeth. The shadows at the edge of the map. The magic that costs something real.
Thriller-Mystery
Suspense · Noir · Crime with Shadows
Psychological suspense, noir, crime with shadows. The locked room, the unreliable narrator, the truth that’s worse than the lie.
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Fiction
From the Dark.
Our first stories publish January 1, 2027.
