They publish books on prayer, mysticism, theology, Catholicism, faith and spirituality. It is easy to see what they are particularly interested in publishing by investigating the subcategories of what they publish, which is easy to do on their website. Everything is very clearly organized and the website itself is easy to navigate.

Crossroads Publishing has good distribution and you will often find their books in the religious section of brick and mortar bookstores.

They accept unsolicited submissions. They try to respond to all submissions within six to eight weeks, although they acknowledge that this timeline is not always possible. After three months please query them. They do not always manage to respond to all submissions.

They have very clear guidelines for what they expect writers to submit. You can read those guidelines here. They place particular emphasis on new writers knowing their target audience and being aware of the other books currently on the market for the same audience. They provide PR support for their authors, but expect authors to promote their work through interviews, readings, etc.

Your manuscript does not need to be finished, however it should be close to completion at time of submission. Make sure to follow their guidelines and read their very helpful FAQ section which is included after the guidelines.

To learn more visit their website here.

Magic realism is often defined by the matter-of-fact inclusion of fantastic or mythical elements

They have yet to publish their first issue. However, their site is well designed, and they have quick response times. Their goal is to respond within 6 weeks, but most individuals report responses within a few days.

Please only submit one short story at a time. The length can be anything between 500 and 7,000 words. Generally they prefer work that is under 3,000 words, although their are exceptions.

They have an easy to use submission form. They allow simultaneous submissions but ask that you indicate that fact on the submission form.

They ask that you grant them first North American serial rights. This means that you are granting them the right to be the first publisher of your work one time in North America. That does seem to indicate that they would be open to publishing work that had been previously published outside of North America before hand.

It also means that after they publish it the rights revert to you, with no noted time delay.

To learn more visit their website here: http://scrutinyjournal.com/

The majority of the following publishers focus on one or two sub-genres of mystery. However some are open to all sub-genres. Others are multi-genre publishers who publish mysteries along with a wide variety of genres.

To learn more about any of the publishers click on their name in order to read the full review. All reviews include a link to the publisher’s website. Some of the publishers might be currently closed to submissions but the majority are open.

Seventh Street Press
Seventh Street Press is the mystery imprint of the established non-fiction publisher Prometheus Books. They are distributed by Random House. They publish only mystery and thrillers, but are open to a variety of sub-genres, including legal thrillers.

Brash Books
Brash Books publishes psychological thrillers, murder mysteries, international espionage, and police procedurals. The publishing company is run by two best selling mystery novelists. They publish emerging and established authors.

Tyrus Books
They publish literary fiction and literary mystery novels. They offer advances to their authors and have a good distributor.

Cohesion Press
They are a new Australian based publisher that focuses on publishing a number of specialized genres including crime-noir. They are still very small and specialized at this point.

Black & White
A large established Scottish publisher, they are open to most genres including crime fiction and non-fiction.

Endeavor Press
An e-book publisher based out of the UK, they are open to crime novels and thrillers, as well as most other genres.

BelleBooks/BelleBridge
A successful and established print and e-publisher, they are interested in publishing a wide variety of genres, including mysteries, suspense, and thrillers.

Joffe Books
They publish a number of genres but their primary interests include thrillers, mysteries, and detective stories. They are a small UK based e-publisher.

Felony & Mayham
Felony & Mayham, a print publisher that has been around since 2005, has established a good reputation as a publisher of literary mysteries. The work they publish tends to involve academia or international locations.

Primarily an e-publisher they focus on romance and erotica but are also open to mystery novels with or without a romance element.