About

Once a deliciously dirty magazine, Black Heart is now a full-on literary rebellion based in Austin, Texas. Recommissioned with a license to kill your darlings, our mission can be summarized in three short words: Reading, Writing, Rebellion. In brief, we publish fiction that breaks the rules.

Join us, if you dare.

Publishing Schedule

With a weekly publishing schedule, our website offers new fiction every Friday, plus Writing Contest(s) of the Week each Monday. Books are reviewed on Wednesdays, as our rebellious schedules allow. Our reading period never ends, and we accept submissions year-round, unlike some poncey lit-mags that close up shop when school ain’t in session. Subscribe to our RSS feed to make sure you never miss a hit.

Our Mission

We aim to publish the best in short-form modern literature, from pulp to literary fiction and everything in-between. Genres are declassé, passé, and simply so last century. If it’s got a beating heart full of blood and longing, we want it on our site. Enough irony and oh-so-clever cheek. Bring us something real, friendo.

Support Literary Rebellion

Like what you see? We do this for the love, not the money. Consider supporting our literary rebellion with a purchase in the Store, where we sell back-issues of our print mag, t-shirts and other goodies. We also accept donations, which help fuel our mad quest for literary domination.

For the cash-strapped, a little link love goes a long way. We’ve even made a few handy buttons:

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