I know that resources like duotrope are great for finding catalogues of literary journals, but how do you find out what are the biggest-name journals - the ones that would stand out the most in a list of your publishing credits? I know the really-huge-named ones, the ones that they sell in my bookstore. But duotrope lists hundreds of other journals - how do you compare the rest?
On a side note... I'm writing some stuff that is sort of in the border ground between genres... fairly literary, but with the flavour of horror or speculative fiction. But a lot of it is just "psychological horror" - people facing real, but dark/twisted situations. Seems like it's too twisted for a lot of mainstream lit journals but too naturalistic for the horror and sci-fi ones. Can anyone suggest how I can target my search?
On a side note... I'm writing some stuff that is sort of in the border ground between genres... fairly literary, but with the flavour of horror or speculative fiction. But a lot of it is just "psychological horror" - people facing real, but dark/twisted situations. Seems like it's too twisted for a lot of mainstream lit journals but too naturalistic for the horror and sci-fi ones. Can anyone suggest how I can target my search?
