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Alan Mark Tong @alanmarktong.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

It’s a novella worth continued promotion! You should keep promoting it even after your next book is bought and published.

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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Hey, folks! I'm extending the Cursed Morsels: A Food Systems Horror Anthology call, so you now have until September 28th to submit a story. I was worried I wouldn't have enough stories to fill the book, so it seemed like the right move. Details here: cursedmorsels.com/submission-c...

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Submission Calls

Horror and Weird Fiction COllections Submission Call (OPEN Until September 14th) Submission CallSingle-author horror and Weird fiction short story collections. 40K to 60K words—no exceptions. Ideal…

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Samir Sirk Morató @spicycloaca.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

local fruit thinks that you'll enjoy Gore Poetics (my collection published by @cursedmorsels.bsky.social); news at eleven

A photograph of me, a long-haired Latin trans masculine person with an opal bridge piercing and multiple ear and nose piercings, holding a copy of my collection, "Gore Poetics." I'm hiding behind the book.

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Alan Mark Tong @alanmarktong.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Oh no, stop saying true things out loud again, Suzan! But seriously, it’s becoming more noticeable again after there was major lip service and some tangible improvement in the early pandemic years. Then it was all “jk, we decided we need to market everything to fascists so you need to tone it down.”

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Sometimes I wish the general SFFH industry at large would admit, and when I say at large I include everyone writers, publishers, and other entities, that there has been a big turn against Black and brown writers and then also within that group queer, women, disabled people

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Flash Fiction Online @flashfictiononline.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Today we opened for our themed, all spec-fic call: “HUMAN-SHAPED,” guest edited by author Ashlee Lhamon. Selected stories will be featured in our March 2027 issue. Happy writing!! 🤓 #writingcommunity ffo.submittable.com/submit

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Flash Fiction Online Submission Manager

Update 9/1/2026: We are OPEN for submissions on the theme "human-shaped"Our next General Submission period will begin Oct 1, 2026.For the latest in our submission schedule, you can follow us on Patreo...

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Alan Mark Tong @alanmarktong.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

My hero. Some of my coworkers had to use their brains for once.

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Alan Mark Tong @alanmarktong.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I just changed Bluesky back to light mode and my eyes feel better already.

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Alan Mark Tong @alanmarktong.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I can’t afford to leave my dayjob for a better-paying one because of the flexibility it allows me as the autistic parent of an autistic child, but they are pushing me to my limits. Send help from the gay gods, please and thank you.

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GHOULISH BOOKS WILL KILL YOUR PARENTS @ghoulish.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Hello! We're finally comfortably resettling in the Twin Cities and we are excited to announce we have a new website! So let's celebrate with a webstore sale. Use discount code NEWFLESH2026 for 10% off upon checkout. LONG LIVE GHOULISH BOOKS. ghoulish.rip

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Weirdo Transgressive Horror | Ghoulish Books

Ghoulish Books is an award-winning small press based in Minneapolis, MN specializing in weirdo transgressive horror fiction for perverts.

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Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The rain is back in Portland, I guess that's a wrap on summer (here anyway; still looks plenty warm elsewhere!) But we still got a lot of WEIRD to come this year: YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM arrives 10/6; and @allisonmick.bsky.social's DIVE follows 11/17! Get caught up: store.tenebrouspress.com 🖤☠️

Our 8 2026 releases;
KAYAK
OLYOKE
ALICIA IS IN THE BASEMENT
SPLIT SCREAM
BRAVE NEW WEIRD
MIDWESTERN CHROME
YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM
DIVE
The first 6 w/OUT NOW across them.

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Alan Mark Tong @alanmarktong.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Wishing you and the bones the swiftest and gentlest recovery! I’m glad you’re taking care of yourself first. The magazine is great but your health is more important.

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 02/09/2026

hello. friends an announcement about THE DEADLANDS we are going on a brief hiatus but we'll back. oh yes full details here, please read and share widely, it'd help us out. xo the deadlands psychopomp.com/an-intermiss...

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An Intermission - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

Hello friends.

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Kay Vaindal @kayv.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

New story with STP now free to read! It’s another weird one 👽

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Bogi Takács / WE'RE HERE ToC announced! @bogiperson.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Oh!! Bsky was down when I wanted to post this! I have a new poem out in @nightmare-magazine.com! "Shapeshifting Recovery Staff" www.nightmare-magazine.com/poetry/shape... A new piece in my series "Jobs for Magical People (That Do Not Involve the Military)". I'll thread the previous ones too:

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Shapeshifting Recovery Staff - Nightmare Magazine

Your clients are—more often than not— helpless, a stack of unsorted organs kept pulsating by the will locked inside

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Alan Mark Tong @alanmarktong.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I hope everyone is having a good time at WorldCon! Having serious FOMO right now because I went last year when it was in Seattle and driving distance from home.

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Alan Mark Tong @alanmarktong.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Congratulations, my friend! Very very interesting premise. Is it 2028 yet? 👀

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

more book mail. @egumeny.bsky.social's project. good dude. was always supportive of other writers and kind in correspondence. from what i knew of him, i think this is a good representation of his tastes. glad they were able to put this out.

Eat the rich antho, cover is a chef's knife in two slabs of bloody meat

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Alan Mark Tong @alanmarktong.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Celebrating the start of 9 days of relief from the day job with some late night writing. A few hundred words on a story I started three years ago but got stuck on. I really want to get this done so I can have more work making the submissions rounds again.

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Alan Mark Tong @alanmarktong.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Why must you tease like that? 😭 But also 👀

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Alan Mark Tong @alanmarktong.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The entire Dirty Computer album was amazing. I actually appreciate it more now than I did when I first heard it soon after it came out.

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Nightmare Magazine @nightmare-magazine.com · 21/08/2026

Hey, guess who's got two thumbs and is opening to submissions on Aug 24? It's THIS MAG. Actually, I guess the magazine doesn't have any thumbs, but I—JJA—do, and I'm eager to get them all over dem horror stories after 6 years out of the editorial chair. I guess it will mostly be my other fingers.

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I'm seeing several posts regarding luck versus skill. I do believe a lot of luck plays a part in publishing. What I would add to this equation is: the system. The thing is, you can have skill and luck can happen, but, to use a gambling metaphor, if you aren't allowed in a casino, you can't bet.

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Alan Mark Tong @alanmarktong.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

One more day until I finally get a bunch of days off from the Day Job. I’ve been doing some writing here and there as I get back into it, but I look forward to the opportunity to get some real momentum going and make substantial progress.

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Submissions are now open for speculative novelettes and/or tiny short story collection chapbooks. Word limit: 7,500 to 12,000 words. Limited print run. Will pay $100 and 25 copies. Deadline: October 15th. More info here: neonhemlock.submittable.com/submit/36598...

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Neon Hemlock - Speculative Chapbook/Novelette

Neon Hemlock Press is open to submissions of speculative chapbook manuscripts from August 20 to October 15, 2026. We expect to publish at least one chapbook next year; if the stretch goal in our curre...

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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 18/08/2026

Hey guys smut is good… you should read it

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Alan Mark Tong @alanmarktong.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Smol book in the wild. @aijiang.bsky.social Read the first one in paperback and couldn’t wait for the second one to come out in paperback, so hardcover it is.

Hardcover version of Ai Jiang novella’s A River from the Sky. The book is sitting on top of a wooden table.

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Shane Hawk @shanehawk.com · 16/08/2026

(2/3) … and every single order helps us remain visible on a global stage. Your support today paves the way for PART III and beyond. Hohóú for your support, and for believing in the future of Indigenous Horror. Help us out at NWAN2.com or wherever you enjoy purchasing books.

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Back for Blood: Never Whistle at Night Part II: 9798217007622 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

The bestselling Indigenous dark fiction anthology returns with a new selection of even more daring and sinister stories. From monsters to mutilation, Never Whistle at Night is back for revenge. Feat...

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Shane Hawk @shanehawk.com · 16/08/2026

When you preorder BACK FOR BLOOD, you’re not just securing a copy, you’re helping to lift up an entire community. We’ve already built something incredible together with the first anthology, but the story doesn’t end here. Indigenous creatives make up just 1% of the literary industry …

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OTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Times are hard. If you can’t afford to subscribe right now, you can read OTHERSIDE for free on our site. Prefer ebooks? Thanks to the generous support of some incredible donors, we’re proud to offer free subscriptions to anyone who needs one, no questions asked. 💜 Details at the bottom of this page:

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Support OTHERSIDE - OTHERSIDE

OTHERSIDE is a queer-led, volunteer-run nonprofit publishing speculative literature by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors. Your support keeps us going.

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OTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Seeing lots of talk today about the importance of paying for creative work. It’s true! You have to support the things you love, or they vanish. It’s that simple. If you love queer SFF, consider joining us before our next issue drops in September! Find all the ways to subscribe or buy copies here:

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Support OTHERSIDE - OTHERSIDE

OTHERSIDE is a queer-led, volunteer-run nonprofit publishing speculative literature by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors. Your support keeps us going.

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Alan Mark Tong @alanmarktong.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I’m once again dipping into research on queer history in China throughout various eras. This is (in part) self-education on my cultural heritage but also story research for that novella or novel that’s been on the back burner for a few years.

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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Hi. Everything I want to say it at the following link, which contains why I think Patrick Barb should not be HWA President. I'm going to step away from socials for a few hours now, and will see you all later. 🫀 CW: sexual misconduct. theodorehill.weebly.com/statement.html

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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Under a Malevolent Eye is a book for people who hate ICE, resent workplace productivity tracking, and love bodily autonomy. If any of those categories describe you, pick up this anthology of surveillance horror and Weird fiction: www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/unde...

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Under a Malevolent Eye paperback (PREORDER: Out August 18th) | Cursed Morsels Press

A plague of eyes descends upon a fascist-occupied city. After a woman gets an illegal abortion, her period-tracking app threatens to turn her in. A government agent becomes dangerously obsessed with t...

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New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

📣 New Edge Sword & Sorcery is open to short story submissions now through 8am EST, Sept 1st! 👉️ newedgeswordandsorcery.com/submissions/

Text over a photo of a meatball-sub split at the middle. It reads: SUBS
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https://newedgeswordandsorcery.com/submissions/

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Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Today's the day. The future is here. Update your neurals, jack in, find Midwestern Chrome and bliss out. Only @tenebrouspress.bsky.social This book means the world to me & I wanted to thank everyone who checked it out early & had some nice things to say.

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Alan Mark Tong @alanmarktong.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I’m researching cemeteries where ancestors are buried so I can visit one day. This one sounds like a trap: Not visible from road. Creepy woods. Go through gate that’s just past this random house. Go downhill until you see second gate. Go through it & no doubt get eaten by 2-300 year old skeletons.

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Is your horror novel in rough shape? Do you need an editor? I'll give your manuscript the time, attention, and critical eye it needs to reach its full potential. My books are open for the next three months. Details here: ericraglin.com/editing-serv...

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Editing Services

I offer freelance editing services for horror and Weird fiction of any length.For descriptions of package options, see below. Developmental Editing PackageDescriptionThis package focuses on core as…

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Alan Mark Tong @alanmarktong.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Before the cartoony covers with characters of ambiguous age took over all of romance, including gay romances, I used to enjoy how much the covers used to help readers determine the level of horniness in the book.

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Alan Mark Tong @alanmarktong.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

And then the rest of us get to justify our Submission Grinder addictions by pointing out all the successful authors who are ALSO addicted to it.

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Ai Jiang || 江艾🎐 @aijiang.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Only a month away 👀‼️

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