About Killer Nashville Magazine

Killer Nashville Magazine aims to promote storytelling that captivates readers, defies expectations, and honors the art of writing across all genres.

We publish authors at every stage—from emerging talents to seasoned professionals—and offer a platform where powerful stories reach their audience.

Our Mission Statement

Killer Nashville Magazine seeks to publish both fresh and established voices in ANY GENRE that incorporates elements of mystery, thriller, suspense, action, horror, and/or romance (and we believe all good literary works and art contain those elements to varying degrees).

We strive to provide resources for writers and creators of all backgrounds, featuring works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

We encourage submissions by creators of all races, ethnicities, genders, ages, religions, sexual orientations, and ability statuses.

What We Publish

We welcome:

  • Literary fiction

  • Mainstream fiction

  • Commercial fiction

  • Genre fiction

  • Nonfiction

  • Essays

  • Reviews

  • Poetry

Our goal is to provide a home for powerful storytelling in all forms.

Fiction Interests

We encourage short stories, flash fiction, poetry, and novel excerpts across a wide range of storytelling traditions, including:

  • Action Adventure

  • Amateur Sleuth

  • Children’s

  • Comedic P.I.

  • Comedy

  • Commercial

  • Cozies

  • Crime Action & Adventure

  • Crime Caper

  • Espionage

  • Fantasy

  • Gothic

  • Hard-Boiled

  • Historical

  • Horror

  • International

  • Investigators

  • Juvenile

  • Legal

  • Literary

  • Mainstream

  • Medical

  • Men’s Adventure

  • Mystery

  • Noir

  • Organized Crime Thrillers

  • Paranormal

  • Police Procedural

  • Political

  • Private Investigator

  • Procedurals

  • Psychological Suspense

  • Romantic Suspense

  • Science Fiction

  • Sea Adventures

  • Serious P.I.

  • Southern Gothic

  • Spy

  • Standard British Detectives

  • Supernatural

  • Suspense

  • Terrorism

  • Thriller

  • War & Military

  • Western

  • Women’s Adventure

  • Women Sleuths

  • Young Adult (YA)

Nonfiction Interests

We welcome:

  • Craft Articles

  • Creative Nonfiction

  • Interviews

We are also interested in nonfiction exploring:

  • Academic Writing

  • Academic Criticism

  • Biography

  • Forensics

  • Law Enforcement

  • Publicity & Marketing

  • Reference

  • Reviews (Film, TV, Stage, Books)

  • True Crime

  • Topics related to mystery, thriller, suspense, action, horror, and romance storytelling

Poetry

Poetry should reflect the same storytelling spirit found in mystery, thriller, suspense, action, horror, and/or romance traditions.

We welcome creative work that captures mood, tension, emotion, and storytelling depth.

If It Connects to Storytelling, We're Interested

If your work explores, reflects on, examines, or engages with mystery, thriller, suspense, action, horror, and/or romance, we want to see it.

Send us your best.

SUBMIT YOUR WORK

Killer Nashville Magazine Staff

Clay Stafford / Publisher & Editor-in-Chief

Isabelle Kanning / Senior Editor

Kylee Ludwig / Social Media Assistant

Mattingly Churakos / General Editorial

Shane McKnight / Layout & Artistic