SPLATTER PAINTING

Happy five year anniversary to Vinegar Zines!

To celebrate, we've put together an anthology of relationship horror. Fourteen writers look at the bad, sad, and horrific side of love through stories, poetry, and comics. ❤️

We're looking for your writing about the horror of relationships!

Vinegar Zines is turning five years old this April 1st, and to celebrate we'll be putting together an anthology with your stories of something going horribly wrong in happy ever afters. Stalkers, loss, possession, loneliness, violence, and tears. We want it all!

We want finished original fiction - short stories, poems, comics, etc.

We'll be awarding the paid Vinegar Zines From the Eisel Short Fiction Award for 2026 to one piece from the anthology. Get published, potentially win a literary award!

FAQS / Submit

Consider yourself cordially invited...

Want to be part of a classic murder mystery? Vinegar Zines is seeking writers and artists to build a story set in 1930s Britain in the style of traditional golden age crime fiction. Contributors will be creating their own suspects and playing out a killer story!

We're looking for your writing about the horror of relationships!

Vinegar Zines is turning five years old this April 1st, and to celebrate we'll be putting together an anthology with your stories of something going horribly wrong in happy ever afters. Stalkers, loss, possession, loneliness, violence, and tears. We want it all!

We want finished original fiction - short stories, poems, comics, etc.

We'll be awarding the paid Vinegar Zines From the Eisel Short Fiction Award for 2026 to one piece from the anthology. Get published, potentially win a literary award!

FAQS / Submit

Consider yourself cordially invited...

Want to be part of a classic murder mystery? Vinegar Zines is seeking writers and artists to build a story set in 1930s Britain in the style of traditional golden age crime fiction. Contributors will be creating their own suspects and playing out a killer story!

Seeking submissions for an original writing anthology zine about the dark side of nostalgia! Deadline 27/09.

Full FAQ available here.

Submit your work here.

Any type of nostalgia is welcome. Maybe it involves the internet. Maybe it’s about a book, a game, a video tape. Maybe it’s about your childhood friends and the town you grew up in and the family you no longer speak to. Maybe it’s how things felt before that one big world event, and maybe it’s all a locked room regardless of how soft the carpet feels against your cheek. Think of this as speculative fiction for people who are too tired to speculate.

Seeking submissions for an original writing anthology zine about the dark side of nostalgia! Deadline 27/09.

Full FAQ available here.

Submit your work here.

Any type of nostalgia is welcome. Maybe it involves the internet. Maybe it’s about a book, a game, a video tape. Maybe it’s about your childhood friends and the town you grew up in and the family you no longer speak to. Maybe it’s how things felt before that one big world event, and maybe it’s all a locked room regardless of how soft the carpet feels against your cheek. Think of this as speculative fiction for people who are too tired to speculate.

Seeking submissions for an original writing anthology zine about the dark side of nostalgia! Deadline 27/09.

Full FAQ available here.

Submit your work here.

Any type of nostalgia is welcome. Maybe it involves the internet. Maybe it’s about a book, a game, a video tape. Maybe it’s about your childhood friends and the town you grew up in and the family you no longer speak to. Maybe it’s how things felt before that one big world event, and maybe it’s all a locked room regardless of how soft the carpet feels against your cheek. Think of this as speculative fiction for people who are too tired to speculate.

Answer the phone to our free original zine!

Drawn Through the Telephone, a 175 page zine where artists, writers, and musicians re-interpret prompts based on mystery sources, is out now! Our creators didn't know which stories they were reimagining when they started, but now it's time to reveal all - with some unexpected answers in store.

The zine (and music tracks) are free to download on itch right now.

Seeking submissions for an original writing anthology zine about the dark side of nostalgia! Deadline 27/09.

Full FAQ available here.

Submit your work here.

Any type of nostalgia is welcome. Maybe it involves the internet. Maybe it’s about a book, a game, a video tape. Maybe it’s about your childhood friends and the town you grew up in and the family you no longer speak to. Maybe it’s how things felt before that one big world event, and maybe it’s all a locked room regardless of how soft the carpet feels against your cheek. Think of this as speculative fiction for people who are too tired to speculate.

Apps are now open!

Apps are now open!

Drawn Through the Telephone - a new original concept zine - will be a free, digital anthology, containing both art and writing.

Contributors will submit a vague description of a piece of media they like, and this pitch will then be passed on to a different contributor to create an original work - without knowing what story inspired it. For example: Stardew Valley could be submitted as 'main character moves to old family home, uncovers supernatural secrets and destroys local business'. A creator could turn this into an unwilling vampire hunter overturning the restaurant a coven uses as a front business to feed off locals.

Deadly Premonition fans! You have until November 2nd to apply to be part of the anniversary fanzine!

We want to hear from fans of all types - it doesn't matter if you've never taken part in a zine before, only want to add something small, or what you create is something other than digital art - join us!

Fill in the form before November 2nd!

Interested in being part of a Deadly Premonition fanzine for the game's fifteen year anniversary?

Applications are now open for artists and writers! The form will be open until November 2nd. Help us make something worthy of this unique game. 🪓 🪓 🪓 🪓 🪓

Time for a horror treat - read Splatter Painting for free!

Download the zine, the 40+ page side zine with extra stories and sketches, and three wallpapers on itch.

We've got plans for another original zine coming soon, so keep your eyes open.

Meanwhile, Vinegar Zines is setting up a discord! You can join us to promote / discuss zines - especially ORIGINAL PROJECTS, which we love!

If you're an adult (18+) join here: