Short fiction?

I've written a story, for a monthly prompt we do down in the horror forum, called Rhia the Chicken. I sent it out to one of my normal target markets and got a quick response.

She said the story was good, but more suited to a children's or young adult journal. She said she could even see the illustrations in her head (and thought an illustrator would have a blast with it), but that it just wasn't right for an adult spec journal. She said that she thought I'd have no problem getting it pubbed in kids or YA mags.

My problem? I've only found two listings (on Duotrope) for children's journals which take short fiction/horror. It's only slightly scary, and has a touch of humor and amusement in the narration I can't quite explain--very unlike my other stories. But the horror is there.

Are there magazines that take such stories? Should I remove the horror aspect fro my searches and look for just kids lit? This is my first attempt at kids markets and I'm flummoxed. Thanks in advance for any responses.

KDBear, yes, same story... and no, it's not very scary in nature for adults; the humor and amusement throw that out, but it still has more horror elements than not and totally squicked out my kids. (Nice that you remembered it, too. ) Had I just written it without the prompt, I prolly would have just trunked it and never brought it in the light of day. It's not, as I said, an "Effie" story. Very unlike me, in my opinion, but it got good responses, so I subbed it out.

Puppy... Yep. I will do that. The Library is good for all kinds of things. But it'll have to wait till I go to the next town over again, as my little po' dunk place doesn't even have one.

'Kay. Drop horror tag, go to library when possible, look for plain ol' kid mags. I can do that. Thanks y'all.