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  • BELLY O' THE BEAST
    • Washing Machine by JOHN ALLISON
    • Is This Thing Loaded? by TINA LEAR
    • The Macabre and Blasphemous Horror of Chocolate Cake Twinkles by M. KELLY PEACH
    • The Buddy Saga by PAT PARTRIDGE
    • How Much Espresso Is Too Much? by BILL CARRERA
    • Tyrannosaurus Rex & When I Am Fifty by DOROTHY JOHNSON-LAIRD
    • Extraterrestrial Creatures I Have Met* During My Psychic Travels Through Space: A Genially Truncated Lexicon by R. D. RONSTAD
    • ISSUE 12 INTERVIEWS
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    • TEETH (WRITERS’ GUIDELINES)
    • PAST AUTHOR INTERVIEWS
  • TAIL
  • HEART (ARCHIVES)
    • ISSUE ONE (JAN 2018)
    • ISSUE TWO (April-May 2018)
    • ISSUE THREE (Nov-Dec 2018)
    • ISSUE FOUR (April-May 2019)
    • ISSUE FIVE (Dec 2019 - Jan 2020)
    • ISSUE SIX (JULY 2020)
    • ISSUE SEVEN (APRIL 2021)
    • ISSUE EIGHT (MAY 2021)
    • ISSUE NINE (JANUARY 2022)
    • ISSUE 10B
    • AUTHOR INTERVIEWS (Issue 10) >
      • An interview with LYNN WHITE
      • An interview with MATT CANTOR
      • An interview with RP VERLAINE
      • An interview with LN HUNTER
      • An Interview with DJ TYRER
      • Interview with LYNETTE YETTER
      • An interview with SAUL GREENBLATT
      • An interview with DOUG JACQUIER
      • An interview with S. TIERNEY
      • An interview with DOUGLAS YOUNG
      • An interview with NORMAN CRISTOFOLI
      • An interview with KENTON ADLER
    • ISSUE 10A
    • ISSUE 11 (NOVEMBER 2022) >
      • You Scratch My Back, and I'll... by JAMES BLEARS
      • Composing and Decomposing by JERRY ROBBINS
      • My Hand is Stuck! by LESLEY MUKWACHA
      • A Guest For Dinner by L. M. STANLEY
      • Remembering Abe and Sally by JEFFREY ZABLE
      • Bob Newhart Meets Nirvana by MARK J. MITCHELL
      • Ass-Holes by BOBBY Z THE JYD
      • The Aruba Trip by ANTAEUS BALEVRE
      • ISSUE 11 INTERVIEWS
  • REVIEWS
    • Review: CREVASSE by CLAY VERMULM
    • Review of FRIGHT HOUSE by FRED WIEHE
    • LES FEMMES GROTESQUES by VICTORIA DALPE
    • DRACULA'S GUESTS curated by DR. CHRIS MCAULEY
    • BLEAK MIDWINTER: THE DARKEST NIGHT BY DAMON BARRETT ROE & CASSANDRA THOMPSON
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Submissions Guidelines 

WE ARE NOW CLOSED TO SUBMISSIONS UNTIL THE END OF 2023 DUE TO A LARGE BACKLOG OF STORIES AND POETRY. THE CROCODILE IS NOT CONSTIPATED, JUST NEEDING THE PEPTO-BISMOL. THANKS FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING
Stories: Anywhere up to 6000 words. If your story is above this amount, send the first 2000 words and a "synopsis" of the story (that sounds like a disease, doesn't it?) Don't try sending novels, they cause indigestion.

Contributors keep ALL rights to their work; we just archive it.

Poems: 45 lines maximum.

Being an e-Crocodile, all submissions he will read must be sent, with "Submission" in the subject line, via email to:

onceuponacrocodile@gmail.com

And paste your masterpiece into the body of the email, in black, 12pt. Times New Roman font. Make sure you proofread your work before sending it to us.

A little cover letter would be interesting, but don't summarise the story if it is under 6000 words. Surprises are nice. If you want feedback, request it in the letter.

The Crocodile aims to respond within one month, and you will be asked for a short biographical doohickey on acceptance. If you've heard nothing after a month, send a message to the same email address above but put "Query" in the subject line instead.

N.B: While acerbic or sarcastic humour is excellent, we draw a definite line at sexism, racism, or derogatory works about the LGBTQ community, including non-binary people.

The Crocodile can't pay writers now, though that may change in the future. He will promote your work on social media, because he has opposable thumbs.



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