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To our readers and writers: 

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The Zodiac Review is an international literary magazine currently publishing flash length fiction. Usually published online twice a year, the magazine has continued to be a source of enjoyment for readers and writers around the world. Throughout our evolving seasons we have published stories from six of the seven continents, clearly showing that we all are readers and writers without borders and humanitarians at heart despite our varied cultural and geographical backgrounds.

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A unique literary magazine

New and emerging writers of short fiction will find us especially open to their work. We believe they deserve serious attention and thoughtful engagement with their work. To that end, most submitters -- their stories selected or not -- will get a speedy and personalized response, and we  welcome any further dialogue. 

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New and renewed features

  • Story length:  We publish flash fiction of 300 to 1,000 words.

  • We no longer publish prose poetry but will welcome stories that straddle that blurry prose-poetry boundary. See Submissions page for complete guidelines.

 

                                                    Best wishes to all, ​       

                                                                   The staff at The Zodiac Review

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            NEWS NEWS NEWS 

           

             September 23

 

We're pleased to announce the publication of our Fall 2026 Issue.  We hope you'll enjoy

the 10 new stories we're now able to share with the world.  

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Please continue to hold off on

submissions until November when our reading period will begin anew. The next few weeks will be our breathing period. 

   

​                Meanwhile...​​​​​

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Readers and Writers:

 

We invite you to enjoy the fine 

stories in the Current Issue , in

our Archives  and just maybe best

of all, in Best of Zodiac.

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        Books by The Zodiac Review 
          publisher Daniel VanTassel
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             "The Feminist Gene and

               The Election of 2024"

                       ~ a novel

              (See and order here)

               

             "The Man Who Was
                  Looking Down"  
        ~ collection of short fiction
              (See and order here)
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             "The Aries Obsession"
         ~ a "Zodiac Thriller" novel
                (See and order here)
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           "The Gemini Obsession"
         ~ a "Zodiac Thriller" novel
                 (currently seeking
                      a publisher) 
       
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Portrait

                         Winter 2021 Issue

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FALL 2026

Sampson's
Martha's
Linger
Our Lovely Day
D B Cooper
The Tightrope
Daakbachi
Imagining
Prose Poetry
Stars, Crossing
A Well Preserved
Hemlock
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