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Dim Shores @dimshores.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Weird Horror magazine from @undertow.bsky.social never misses. Michael Kelly has a knack for recognizing and spotlighting amazing writers, many of who are new to me. Read this story (free), and if you like it as much as I do, consider a WH subscription. So good.

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

New story day at Weird Horror. Enjoy Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece's fever dream "The Invisible Method." www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/invisible

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Invisible — Weird Horror Magazine

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Are you an editor or publisher with an original short fiction project of weird fiction out this year? Anthology? Magazine? Collection? Get it in for consideration in The Best Weird Fiction of the Year.

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Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Only a few more days for .99c ePUBS at Kobo. 👀

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Marie O’Regan @marieoregan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My son Joe has set up a JustGiving page on behalf of the family, to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support in memory of our David, who passed away earlier this month after a long illness. Please consider supporting this if you can. Thank you. www.justgiving.com/page/memory-...

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Joseph's fundraiser for Macmillan Cancer Support in memory of David

Help Joseph O'Regan raise money to support Macmillan Cancer Support

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SJ Townend @sjtownend.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This morning, I decided to introduce my books to each other. Foolish move. The chonkier one tried to consume the other. The slimmer one retaliated with a firm crane kick. They have since been disciplined and returned to separate regions of their living quarters.

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Blessed Autumn to all those who celebrate and rejoice in its splendour.

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Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

At last autumn has arrived 🍁🍂 a good time to read some frosty tales... You can now pick up an ePUB of each Frost Zone Stories book for .99c on KOBO through the end of Sept. www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/... www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/... www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/... www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...

image shows covers of all 4 Frost Zone Stories books: 1 & 2 on top, 3 & 4 below. Top of image text reads Frost Zone Stories books 1 -4 .

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Publishers and Editors! I'm taking subs for Vol. 3 of the award-nominated "Best Weird Fiction of the Year" til end of the year. Writers! You'll get a chance to submit your 2026 stories in January. bestspecfic(at)gmail.com

Esteemed Editors and Publishers,

I am now taking submissions of original 2026 short fiction projects — magazines, anthologies, single-author collections — for consideration in The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Vol. 3. (Publishing Sept. 2027). Vol. 1 is a World fantasy Award Finalist.

I am seeking material first published this year, in 2026. To be clear, only weird fiction FIRST published in 2026 is eligible for inclusion in this volume. I will accept translated work as long as the first English-language publication was 2026.

Stories should be between 500 and 17,499 words. Audio only stories are also ineligible, unless they also appeared as text.

Publishers and editors are encouraged to send electronic or digital copies, via the email address below. (I am not accepting hard copy submissions.) ePubs are preferred, but I will also accept text files (Word), Mobi, or PDF. Please do not cherry-pick selections. Send the entire book, journal, or magazine to:

bestspecfic@gmail.com

Thank you for your time and kind consideration.

Warm Wishes,

Michael
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Michael Kelly / Publisher / Editor-in-Chief
undertowbooks@gmail.com

Undertow Publications
https://undertowpublications.com/

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Still thinking about this story.

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David Gladwin @dlgladwin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Coldwell is on the shelves at Wrecking Ball Music and Books on Whitefriargate in Hull. And, if that's not handy for you, the link to buy from @roadsongbooks.bsky.social is in the first comment below.

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Sunburnt Saints Publishing @sunburntsaints.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Some beautiful reviews coming in for @drewgum.bsky.social’s Gregor, our first of many chapbooks. Thank you to everyone who has commented, reposted, ordered the books and supported. You’re all lovely x

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Orrin Grey @orringrey.com · 18/09/2026

A man reaches up to touch a bat-shaped shadow on the wall in Phantom of the Monastery (1934).

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

You can now read @sbfeldman.bsky.social 's strange and deeply weird story "Cosmic Passage" at our site. www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/cosmic-passage

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Cosmic Passage — Weird Horror Magazine

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Heidi James @heidijames.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Fantastic start to the Sunburnt Saints chapbook series. @drewgum.bsky.social @sunburntsaints.bsky.social

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Sunburst Award @sunburstaward.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

✨The Sunburst Society congratulates Helen Marshall, the author of The Lady, the Tiger and the Girl Who Loved Death (Titan Books, 2025) for winning the 2026 Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic! sunburstaward.org/helen-marsha...

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Colourful cover for the book The Lady, the Tiger and the Girl Who Loved Death by Helen Marshall with illustrated images of two women and a tiger

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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

FFer Read of the Day: "Stealing Home" by @noirbettie.bsky.social in Weird Horror #12 from @undertow.bsky.social www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/stealing-home

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Stealing Home — Weird Horror Magazine

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Andrew Hook @andrewhook.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Nina Allan has written a few words about my book on "Union City", as well as some insightful comments on the film itself. I feel blessed! www.ninaallan.co.uk?p=7458

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Union City by Andrew Hook – The Spider's House

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Andy Humphrey @andyhumphrey11.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

You're very welcome, Drew! It's a pleasure.

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Andy Humphrey @andyhumphrey11.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This is great! Brilliantly witty and inventive, as one would expect from @drewgum.bsky.social, this is a fine start to a new series of chapbooks from @sunburntsaints.bsky.social.

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Sunburnt Saints Publishing @sunburntsaints.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

You, too, could be as delighted as Ian. An annual £20 subscription means you’ll be delighted four times a year. Be like Ian. Sunburntsaints.co.uk

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Drew Gummerson @drewgum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A huge thank you to @thispersona.bsky.social for this fine review of Gregor @sunburntsaints.bsky.social “Subversive and hilarious, this is a study of body and soul, an audacious retelling of an old classic which Kafka himself would surely endorse.” www.abctales.com/blog/insertp...

Copies of the chapbook Gregor. Light blue cover. A couple of bugs.

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SJ Townend @sjtownend.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

HORROR STORY CALL ALERT! Bag of Bones Press is back in action and after your darkest stories for our next paid, charity anthology. Working title: STUCK. Details can be found here: www.bagofbonespress.com/submission-c... Please like and share!

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Person Deeply Stuck in Thick Mud

ALT: Person Deeply Stuck in Thick Mud

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Andy Humphrey @andyhumphrey11.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

You are very welcome, Drew, and I am very sure that I will.

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Andy Humphrey @andyhumphrey11.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Safely received, thank you. It looks great and @drewgum.bsky.social is a fine writer, so I'm sure it will be a great read also.

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Sunburnt Saints Publishing @sunburntsaints.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

All these have been sent out now. So if you’re a subscriber, don’t go too far from your letterbox, there’s a chapbook on its way. And if you’re not, we have a few copies still needing a home. Not many, though. £20 gets you this and three more during the year. Head to Sunburntsaints.co.uk Thank you!

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Andy Humphrey @andyhumphrey11.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I am thrilled to be part of the line-up for Issue 2 of Velvet Tarantula, alongside some terrific writers including fellow Norwich writer and friend, Andrew Hook, and the latest Road Song author, Lisa Williams. Please support this excellent magazine if you can.

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

One last thing before I hop on a plane—I've posted @johnkpeck.bsky.social's hauntingly enigmatic grotesquerie "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Scarecrow." Please give it a read. www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/thirteen-ways

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Thirteen Ways — Weird Horror Magazine

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Andrew Hook @andrewhook.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

New blog post about the writing of my recently published short story, "Weather Reports", on Salt Publishing's House Magazine website. andrew-hook.blogspot.com/2026/09/weat...

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Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Submissions will be open Oct 17 - 31 for the 2027 issues. www.frostzonestories.com/p/submission...

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October 17 -31 for 2027 issues short stories 1000 - 4000 words 3 compensation options quiet horror, dark weird/strange/speculative fiction, horror adjacent, literary horror - more details on the website/guidelines

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Now retitled to "Untitled Serial Killer Story."

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Xtine-age Sex and Death at Camp Miasma @xtinemakepeace.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I really need to grab the physical version of this collection bc IT'S THAT GOOD! The ebook is just $3 though. Which is a steal. Seaside Town and The Dying Season are standouts.

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M.M. MacLeod @lenemacleod.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Releasing October 14th, ON THIS DARK OCCASION a collection of short horror & dark fiction centred around holidays. Told in the form of short story, flash fiction, poetry, and micro-fiction. more retailers to follow but up on KOBO now: www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...

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On This Dark Occasion ebook by Lene MacLeod - Rakuten Kobo

Read "On This Dark Occasion" by Lene MacLeod available from Rakuten Kobo. ON THIS DARK OCCASION Short horror and dark fiction tales centred around holidays: Halloween, Christmas, and others. Tal...

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

While we're away, grab this eBook! Aickman's Heirs at just $3. One of our most lauded and acclaimed titles, and required reading for weird fiction aficionados. What a ToC! @strantzas.bsky.social won a Shirley Jackson Award for his efforts. undertowpublications.com/ebooks/aickm...

There has been a lot of theorizing about Weird Fiction, of late. It is, naturally, a large part of our remit. We are biased, certainly, but one of the canonical works of Weird Fiction we think you should read is Aickman's Heirs. Aickman, himself, preferred the term 'strange tales.'

We published Aickman's Heirs way back in 2015. Edited by Simon Strantzas, it is one of our most lauded titles. It won the Shirley Jackson Award, and was a finalist for the World Fantasy Award, and the British Fantasy Award. Further, the following stories were reprinted in various 'Year's Best' anthologies, won or were nominated for awards:

'The Dying Season,' by Lynda E. Rucker, Winner of the Shirley Jackson Award.

'Seven Minutes in Heaven,' by Nadia Bulkin, Finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award.

'Underground Economy,' by John Langan, reprinted in the Best Horror of the Year.

'Underground Economy,' by John Langan, reprinted in the Best New Horror.

'The Lake,' by Daniel Mills, reprinted in Best New Horror.

'Seaside Town,' by Brian Evenson, reprinted in Year's Best Weird Fiction.

'Seven Minutes in Heaven,' by Nadia Bulkin, reprinted in Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror.

'Camp,' by David Nickle, reprinted in Wilde Stories: The Year's Best Gay Speculative Fiction.

Just look at this stacked Table of Contents:

If you haven't read it yet, it is well worth your time. So we've put the eBook on sale for just $3. We know it'll be $3 very well spent.

NOTE - When purchasing eBooks you'll get an eMail with a link to download your files. The link is only active for 24 hours. I can resend the link if you do not download the files, to be sure, but there may be a delay when I'm away.

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Just a heads-up: I'll be away Sept. 5 thru Sept. 13 and unable to fulfill physical book orders. You can still grab your eBooks, of course.

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Maureen O’Leary @maureenow.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Connections can rewrite the past, and be the beginning of a future. “Sandcastle Chalet” by Aliya Whiteley in REMAINS Issue 5 #SundaySentence

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Weird Horror ad in latest @remainsmagazine.bsky.social . Are you reading Remains? Weird Horror? What are your go-to mags? Some of mine: The Dark, @bourbonpenn.bsky.social , Supernatural Tales, Remains, ergot, The Fabulist, 3LBE, Nightmare Abbey, Dealands, @khoreo.bsky.social Chthonic matterM

Back inner cover of Remains magazine showing ad for Weird Horror.

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Andy Humphrey @andyhumphrey11.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This is such excellent writing. I thoroughly enjoyed rereading it.

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Andrew Hook @andrewhook.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

New short story, "Weather Reports", can be read online @saltpublishing.com in their House magazine. My story riffs off Jacques Demy's 1964 film, "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg", but you don't need to know the film to appreciate the story. Enjoy! www.saltpublishing.com/blogs/house-...

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Weather Reports

by Andrew Hook You shouldn’t spend all your money on a real expensive straightjacket —Shep Gordon November The average temperature will be 8°C with a high of 10 and a low of 7. Generally cloudy, most ...

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Writing a story. The file is called "Untitled Ghost Story." So far, no ghost. May have to retitle.

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Roll on, Weird Horror 13! I present the poignant "Dead Mermaids," by the incredible Mary Rickert. www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/dead-mermaids

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Andy Humphrey @andyhumphrey11.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Fantastic news, well done, Andrew!

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Christopher Bee @crashsymbol.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Good mail week part 1 from @undertow.bsky.social The Best Weird Fiction of the Year Volumes 1 and 1.

The Best Weird Fiction of the Year Volumes 1 and 2 from Undertow Publications

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

There is no masthead and no way to contact anyone, as far as I can tell, without enabling Javascript. No thanks. What's to be done? Who knows? Seems a rather elaborate crypto hoax. I'd give it a wide berth.

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

They say they do not publish AI. The site, fiction included, reeks of AI. They say they pay. No pay is to found anywhere. They say their authors are credited. They are not. They say there is no affiliate links. There is a link to crypto sites.

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