They will soon open a brief submission window for fiction. “Adventitious hopes to be an intelligently mischievous literary magazine for the curious and unclassifiable. … We love speculative, surreal, and literary fiction. We admire its reach, its weirdness, and its refusal to color inside any lines. We believe in the work of the magazines and writers already making noise in that space, and we want to join in the ruckus: to publish fiction that’s as thoughtful as it is surprising, and to do it with style, respect, and a great sense of nonsense.” You can read about them here. “We want stories that offer a sense of wonder through their language, characters, plots, or all of the above. Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and all speculative/surreal will always be welcomed, but we’re also happy with stories that shock and delight right here on this plane of existence.” They are looking for stories from micro to novelette length. They will open for fiction submissions on 1st October and close on 5th or when they hit their submission cap, whichever is earlier (they usually reach the cap within hours of opening); their submission portal will open during the submission period.
Submission period: 1st to 5th October 2026 (or until filled)
Length: Flash up to 1,000 words; short fiction of 1,000-6,000 words; novelettes of 6,000-17,000 words
Pay: $0.08/word
Details here and here.
 

Deadline: October 5th, 2026