the morbid curious
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR EDITION NO. 11, PUBLISHED IN THE SPRING, IS MARCH 14, 2025! THE THEME WILL BE: “THE HOMETOWN ISSUE” — Your favorite ghost tales, unsolved murders, haunted happenings, and gruesome stories from YOUR hometown! Take us behind the locked doors of the town where you live and send in your submissions before the deadline to be included in the next macabre issue!
journal of ghosts, murder & the macabre
The Morbid Curious is the journal from American Hauntings Ink that is published twice each year — Samhain and Walpurgisnacht Editions. It’s designed to delve into the darker side of American history by revealing true tales of ghosts, hauntings, true crime, the unexplained, and all the things that go bump in the night.
We publish non-fiction accounts and articles only. If you’d like to submit, see the following guidelines and keep an eye on our Facebook and Twitter accounts for announcements and submission times.
issue no. 10 of the morbid curious!
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THE MORBID CURIOUS NO. 10
FALL 2024 ISSUE!
For Halloween 2024 we’re offering a special “American Blood” issue — true tales of ghosts, hauntings, unsolved murders, haunted crime scenes, Murder Houses, Blood-Soaked Ghost Tales, and More! Featuring Amanda R. Woomer, Michelle Fisher, Erin Taylor, Adam White. Sarah Blake, Amanda Grzelewski, Wendy Haywood Eskew, and more!
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THE MORBID CURIOUS NO. 9
SPRING 2024 ISSUE NOW AVAILABLE!
This year’s Spring Equinox issue is all about “Creepy Kids” with stories of Devil Babies, Cursed Toys, Ghost Children, Sideshow Twins, School Spirits, and more! Featuring Amelia Cotter, Amanda R. Woomer, Michelle K. Schwantes, Michelle Fisher, Alex Matsuo, Erin Taylor, Gina Armstrong & Victoria Vancek, Troy Taylor, and More!
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THE MORBID CURIOUS NO. 8
FALL 2023 ISSUE NOW AVAILABLE!
This year’s Halloween entry is the “Evil Amusements” Issue! — from haunted amusement parks to theater, Spook Shows, And More! With articles by Troy Taylor, Amanda R. Woomer, Erin Taylor, April Slaughter, Nicole Tito, Gina Armstrong, David Weatherly, and more!
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THE MORBID CURIOUS NO. 7
SPRING 2023 ISSUE NOW AVAILABLE!
This year’s Beltane issue has a “Death” theme — from postmortem photographs to funeral curiosities, premature burial, and more! With articles by Troy Taylor, April Slaughter, Amanda R. Woomer, Erin Taylor, Jennifer Jones, Michelle Fisher, and more!
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THE MORBID CURIOUS NO. 4
DOUBLE HALLOWEEN ISSUE WITH MORE THAN 150 PAGES!
Includes articles by Troy Taylor, April Slaughter, Amanda R. Woomer, Sylvia Shults, Gina Armstrong and Kari Bergen! Delve into the spirit world with this special issue!
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THE MORBID CURIOUS NO. 5
THE SPRING 2022 ISSUE IS NOW AVAILABLE!
Our Beltane Issue includes articles and stories on ghosts, hauntings, true crime, murder, and the macabre by Troy Taylor, Amanda Woomer, Alex Matsuo, Richard Estep, Gina Armstrong, Michelle Hamilton, and more!
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THE MORBID CURIOUS NO. 6
A SPECIAL “NEW ORLEANS” ISSUE FOR FALL 2022!
NOW AVAILABLE TO ORDER!
This year’s Halloween issue is a special New Orleans-themed issue with articles on ghosts, hauntings, vampires, voodoo, graveyards, true crime, and murder by Troy Taylor, Amanda R. Woomer, Gina Armstrong, Erin Taylor, Amelia Cotter, Bryanne Schexnayder, and More! CLICK HERE TO ORDER!
FIRST EDITION! THE MORBID CURIOUS NO. 1
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Includes articles and accounts from Amanda R. Woomer (Spook Eats), Rene Kruse, Trevalyn Florence-Thomas, Michelle L. Hamilton, Troy Taylor and more!
THE MORBID CURIOUS NO. 2
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Includes articles by Troy Taylor, April Slaughter, Richard Estep, Amanda R. Woomer, and Becky Ray, plus all kind of fascinating stuff for the morbid among us for a “Bloody Valentine’s Day!”
THE MORBID CURIOUS NO. 3
Includes articles by Troy Taylor, Amanda R. Woomer, Sylvia Shults, Adam Seaman, and Michelle L. Hamilton! Our spring issues delves into ghosts, hauntings, murder, mayhem, witches, and vampires — don’t miss it!
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journal submission guidelines
Please submit unpublished tales of ghosts, true crime, and the unexplained (no longer than 10,000 words and 1,000-word minimum) as a WORD Document with your NAME and the TITLE OF THE ARTICLE at the top to our editors at: ghosts@americanhauntings.net
Photos and illustrations should be inserted in the text where you’d like them to be placed in the publication. Please also include a short bio to go along with your article. Writers may submit one article during each submission window.
response to submissions
Our editors work alone in the late night hours in a tiny room at the American Hauntings Ink offices and are given very limited time and resources. Unless they are interested in publishing your work, you may not always receive a response to your submission. Don’t be disheartened, though, you are always welcome to try again! Successful applicants will be notified when a submission will be included in an upcoming issue!
What we’re looking for…
The Morbid Curious magazine is an offshoot of the type of books that we publish — haunted history, historical true crime, the supernatural, the occult, and the macabre. We are not interested in any sort of fiction, but would consider biographical pieces on historic ghost story writers. In other words, we are interested in a wide range of the strange, the unusual, and the bizarre from American history. If you think you have something we might be looking for, send it along and we’ll look it over!
payment
At this time, The Morbid Curious is unable to pay for articles. That may change in the future (we are just starting out) but all published writers will receive 3 free copies of their issue, as well as a 50% discount for as many copies of their issue as they want to be so that they can offer them for resale on their own.