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Amy Orrell @authoramyorrell.bsky.social · 12h

Attempt 2! (Where did the picture go? Hoping you can see it this time!) It's #BookshopDay here in the UK. So a shout to some of my favourites here in Norwich - @bookbugs.bsky.social City Books and The Book Nook! Happy book shopping folks! ☺️ #booksky

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Amy Orrell @authoramyorrell.bsky.social · 13h

It's #BookshopDay here in the UK. So a shout to some of my favourites here in Norwich - @bookbugs.bsky.social City Books and The Book Nook! Happy book shopping folks! ☺️ #booksky

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Please consider grabbing a copy of Pale Grey Idol. We'd like to carry on with it. Perfect October reading. We'll open to submissions likely in the year, if feasible. ie. it doesn't lose money. Affordably priced in print and eBook. palegreyidol.ca#buy

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Pale Grey Idol

Weird tales from the best contemporary writers

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

And you can keep yup-to-date on all things Pale Grey Idol by joining the newsletter, here: palegreyidol.ca#about

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Andy Humphrey @andyhumphrey11.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I'm so pleased to be a part of this terrific series from the excellent @salopress.bsky.social, especially alongside such outstanding fellow authors. I can't wait for this to come out. Please support this outstanding press if you can.

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Some may recall the great run we had with my 'lit rag' Shadows and Tall Trees. A Shirley Jackson win, several stories reprinted in "Best Of's. Our new lit rag, Pale Grey Idol, harkens back to that aesthetic. 100 pages at 5" x 8". A little gem of dark wonders.

Covers to Issue Zero of Pale Grey Idol, and issues 1 thru 5 of Shadows & Tall Trees.

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Sunburnt Saints Publishing @sunburntsaints.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Always nice to get good reviews. @drewgum.bsky.social

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SJ Townend @sjtownend.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Can't wait to read this. There's a new story by me in here, too (called Do Your Own Research). UNSEEN STORIES out this December from Crypsis Press.

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M.M. MacLeod @lenemacleod.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

My collection Fringes of Grey is available through Bookshop.org USA readers can now order with free shipping through tomorrow. bookshop.org/p/books/frin... Short stories that explore themes of aging, death, the supernatural, and the spaces of liminality present on the fringes of the everyday.

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Fringes of Grey

Fringes of Grey is a collection of dark stories that explores themes of aging, death, grief, the supernatural, and spaces of liminality present on the fringes of the everyday. An elderly woman recruit...

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Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Frost Zone Stories books are available at Bookshop.org today and tomorrow orders within USA have FREE S&H bookshop.org/p/books/fros... bookshop.org/p/books/fros... bookshop.org/p/books/fros... bookshop.org/p/books/fros...

Cover of the four Frost Zone Stories books: 1 & 2 at top, below are 3 & 4

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Your anti-prime options to getting the inaugural issue of Pale Grey Idol include Apple, Barnes&Noble, Bookshop, Kobo, Lulu, Smashwords, Weightless, and more. palegreyidol.ca

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Weird tales from the best contemporary writers

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Kristal Stittle @kristalstittle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#NowReading @frostzonestories.bsky.social Book 4 edited by @lenemacleod.bsky.social I have the first story in this one, which had been one of my secret writer goals 🖤

The cover is an inverted black and white photo of some bleachers beside a fence with a large tree toward the back. Red and white leaves fall from the top to gather at the bottom. A metal trashcan has a skull and a pair of skeleton arms in it.

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This has been out less than a week and I'm already getting phishing scam emails. palegreyidol.ca

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Can you hear it? It's beguiling and enigmatic. It's "The Hum," by Shaoni C. White," up on on Weird Horror for your reading pleasure. www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/the-hum

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The Hum — Weird Horror Magazine

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Best Weird Fiction Vol. 2 gets a short but good review at Black Gate: www.blackgate.com/2026/09/30/t...

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The Weird Must Flow: The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Volume 2, edited by Michael Kelly – Black Gate

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Atara Blake @strangeisthenight.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Working my way through the latest issue of Weird Horror from @undertow.bsky.social and this piece from @kayv.bsky.social is an absolute banger. Timely, poignant, and filled with vivid, weird prose. www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/kettleman

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Kettleman — Weird Horror Magazine

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Neil Williamson @neilwilliamson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Blood In The Bricks is NewCon Press's book of the month for October. Not only did it scoop a BSFA award earlier in the year, it's shortlisted in the British Fantasy Awards Best Anthology category, the winner of which will be announced at Fantasycon next weekend, too. Get yer urban folk horror here!

Advertising graphic for a folk horror anthology, titled Blood in the Bricks. The cover features a man with a rat's head in a seedy alley. The graphic is titled: OCTOBER'S BOOK OF THE MONTH.

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Andy Humphrey @andyhumphrey11.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It looks great, doesn't it? I'm pretty sure that we will both enjoy it!

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Andy Humphrey @andyhumphrey11.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Awesome delivery from the wonderful @undertow.bsky.social Looks great, it's a fantastic line-up, can't wait to read it.

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Michael J. [Fox] DeLuca @michaeljdeluca.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

You know what's awesome? When I post about a new title, flip over to email and find a bunch of people actually bought it and are reading. This is not, in my experience, how social media book promo works in general, and it feels great, like we got a real community going here, bots or no bots

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Weightless Books @weightlessbooks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A new folk horror series from @undertow.bsky.social! PALE GREY IDOL ZERO includes work from @seanbirnie.bsky.social, @brianevenson.bsky.social, @stevetoase.bsky.social and more: weightlessbooks.com/pale-grey-id...

Cover for PALE GREY IDOL issue zero, featuring a stylized mask

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Andy Humphrey @andyhumphrey11.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

That's brilliant news, Andrew. I'm already looking forward to getting my copy.

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Amy Orrell @authoramyorrell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My latest book is out 2 weeks today from @elsewhen.press ! 🎉 These Fated Gifts is a page-turning clifi-fantasy novel about magic, power and the need to belong, in a alternative future version of our world. #booksky #fantasybooks #climatefiction

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Zachary Gillan @megapolisomancy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A journal so ineffable it shows up in your mailbox the very day you became aware of its existence

The words PALE GREY IDOL in yellow, light grey, dark grey respectively over a weird swirly face and the words ISSUE ZERO

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Steve Toase @stevetoase.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Publication Day! Very happy to have 'Floodlands', a new weird horror story in this new journal from @undertow.bsky.social, alongside some wonderful writers like @brianevenson.bsky.social, @seanbirnie.bsky.social , and Kathleen Wallace King. palegreyidol.ca

The cover of the new journal from Undertow called Pale Grey Idol, showing a ta Moko tattoo design on a black backgroun.

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ZD Dochterman @zddochterman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

They buried the lede! Author list for issue one: Seán Padraic Birnie, Brian Evenson, K. Wallace King, Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece, Steve Toase, and Ben Tufnell. More weird, more horror, more weird horror is never a bad thing.

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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...

Photo of author Helen Marshall - she is sitting by the water while wearing a black top and pants and a white hat with a black band

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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