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Carnyx Press @carnyxpress.co.uk · 01/10/2026

Submissions are open! We're seeking short stories from writers living in the North of England for our anthology of cosmic horror. Find out more and submit: carnyxpress.co.uk/anthology-3-...

Submissions are open for short stories on the theme of cosmic horror, from writers living in the North of England, from the 1st October to the 30th November.

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Carnyx Press @carnyxpress.co.uk · 01/10/2026

Submissions are open! We're seeking short stories from writers living in the North of England for our anthology of cosmic horror. Find out more and submit: carnyxpress.co.uk/anthology-3-...

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Carnyx Press @carnyxpress.co.uk · 30/09/2026

What a delight to be billed next to these fab authors and our publishing friends The Braag for a day of sci-fi and fantasy this November!

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Carnyx Press @carnyxpress.co.uk · 29/09/2026

Just a couple of days until subs open! SO excited to read what you've all been cooking up 🪐

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Lyndsey Croal (she/her) @lyndseycroal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Highly recommend sense-checking your weird story ideas with your author pals because they will almost always help you make it weirder 👁️

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Carnyx Press @carnyxpress.co.uk · 25/09/2026

If you're planning on writing for our next anthology and want to do a bit of research into what's come before, our last anthology is available at carnyxpress.co.uk/products/oaths-and-offerings (physical) and weightlessbooks.com/oaths-and-offerngs-a-carnyx-anthology-of-folklore/ (eBook)

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Oaths and Offerings: A Carnyx anthology of folklore

Captivating folklore-inspired tales from writers in the North of England. Out now.

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Carnyx Press @carnyxpress.co.uk · 13/09/2026

Read our latest blog on cosmic horror and what we're looking for when call-outs open in October. carnyxpress.co.uk/2026/08/28/w...

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What do we look for in a cosmic horror story?

Our guide to the themes and elements we’re looking for in a cosmic horror story.

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Carnyx Press @carnyxpress.co.uk · 23/09/2026

One week until submissions open...

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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 17/09/2026

🌌 @carnyxpress.co.uk wants cosmic horror from writers living in the North of England. Ancient ruins, forbidden knowledge, malevolent planets, existential dread & the unknowable. 💰 £20 + 4 print copies 📝 2–8k words 📅 Oct. 1–Nov. 30 horrortree.com/taking-submi...

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Pam Wishbow @pamwishbow.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

trying to whip up some Halloween feelings

Illustration of a ghoul in a cloak with a hood, holding a goblet of something in one hand, the moon in another

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Carnyx Press @carnyxpress.co.uk · 16/09/2026

Wonderful, I hope you really enjoy it!

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Kieran Wyatt @kieranstories.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Nice bit of post after work today from @carnyxpress.co.uk Saw this in News From Nowhere in Liverpool and regretted not picking it up at the time. Remember: always pays to order direct from the publisher as you might get a bookmark thrown in.

Paperback: Oaths and Offerings (Anthology) from Carnyx Press.

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I Support People Protesting in Support of Palestinian Action @srdfrench.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

SF2Concatenation has a brief news item on the readings from Oaths & Offerings published by @carnyxpress.co.uk at the Leeds Literary Festival with a photo of yours truly & fellow authors (taken by my Beloved!) www.concatenation.org/news/news9~2...

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Science Fiction news - Autumn 2026

Science fiction news with a science review plus forthcoming UK Science Fact and Science Fiction book releases for the Autumn 2026, also Eurocon / Worldcon fandom, SF author & book trade news.

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Carnyx Press @carnyxpress.co.uk · 04/09/2026

It's coming 👀 Writers in the North of England are invited to send us weird and horrifying tales of existential dread for anthology 3: cosmic horror. Opening to submissions next month. Read the guidelines here: carnyxpress.co.uk/anthology-3-...

Submissions will be open 1st October to the 30th November. We’re seeking weird and literary tales of cosmic horror, from writers living in the North of England, for our third anthology.

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Carnyx Press @carnyxpress.co.uk · 13/09/2026

"...a collapse of everyday comforts, altered states of consciousness, vulnerable and mutable bodies, cults and bizarre rituals, weird entities which struggle to be described, glimpses and rumours of powerful and ancient beings, and physical locations which disturb the constraints of space and time."

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Carnyx Press @carnyxpress.co.uk · 13/09/2026

Read our latest blog on cosmic horror and what we're looking for when call-outs open in October. carnyxpress.co.uk/2026/08/28/w...

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What do we look for in a cosmic horror story?

Our guide to the themes and elements we’re looking for in a cosmic horror story.

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Carnyx Press @carnyxpress.co.uk · 13/09/2026

Bit of light reading to prepare for the cosmic horror call-out

A stack of books featuring: The Cipher, Kathe Koje; The House on the Borderland, William Hope Hodgson; The King in Yellow, Robert W. Chambers; Teatro Grottesco and Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe, Thomas Ligotti; The Great God Pan, Arthur Machen; Furnace, Livia Llewellyn; Remina and Uzumaki, Junji Ito.

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Carnyx Press @carnyxpress.co.uk · 10/09/2026

Three weeks until subs open!

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Mae Tang 董美妍 @maetangwriter.com · 05/09/2026

Very much enjoyed this event with Emma J. Lannie, and Oaths and Offerings editor, Nathaniel Spain. The audience asked good questions too! Write Festival continues till 26th September - you can see the rest of the programme here: theworduk.org/write-festiv...

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WRITE Festival | The Word, National Centre for the Written Word, South Shields

The Word, National Centre for the Written Word is South Tyneside’s new state-of-the-art cultural venue, situated in the heart of South Shields and is brimming with exciting new experiences, activities...

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Carnyx Press @carnyxpress.co.uk · 04/09/2026

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Carnyx Press @carnyxpress.co.uk · 03/09/2026

Everyone who submitted to our sorcery anthology should now have heard from us. Drop us an email if you're still waiting. Thank you all so much for sending in your stories. Over 100 submissions again! It's always tough rejecting folks, but I do hope you'll be back for future anthologies.

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chmmagazine.bsky.social @chmmagazine.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

COVER REVEAL! Our new issue is right around the corner, featuring art from Stefan Koidl! Stories by Cyrus Amelia Fisher, K.A. Sweitzer, Verdell Walker, Susan L. Lin, Ellis Nye, Pete Ward, and Ali Maloney.

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Mae Tang 董美妍 @maetangwriter.com · 02/09/2026

This is happening on the weekend! I'll be there with Emma J. Lannie, and Carnyx Press editor, Nathaniel Spain. Come listen to us chat about our experiences of working on Oaths and Offerings together, and about the publishing process. There'll also be time for a Q&A afterwards.

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Weightless Books @weightlessbooks.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Today we add new publisher Carynx Press out of the UK! OATHS AND OFFERINGS is their first anthology, featuring new, folklore-inspired tales from Northern writers: weightlessbooks.com/oaths-and-of...

Cover for OATHS AND OFFERINGS: A CARYNX ANTHOLOGY OF FOLKLORE, featuring stylizzed branches, fish, rabbit, snake, oak leaves, knife, and fruit arranged in a red circle

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Carnyx Press @carnyxpress.co.uk · 26/08/2026

I wonder if we need to have a policy that every time someone sends us a rude comment or email about not being eligible to our Northern writers call-outs, it pushes back our plans to run a UK-wide subs call-out 🤔

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cpuk (trampoline park connoisseur and occasional comic printer) @comicprintinguk.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Me, a general contractor in a cosmic horror novel: *sucks teeth, puts hands on hips* Christ you've had some right shoggoths in here, haven't you? There's your problem, mate, rent in the veil between our understanding and the hideous reality of the universe. Not a small job I'm afraid.

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Carnyx Press @carnyxpress.co.uk · 20/08/2026

Our editor and two of our Oaths and Offerings authors (including @maetangwriter.com) have been invited to speak at Write Festival! We'll be chatting about getting short fiction published in anthologies, what it's like to work with an editor, and more! Book tickets: theworduk.org/whats-on/inp...

Write Festival: Inpress Writing Conference, Saturday 5th September, The Word, South Shields

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Carnyx Press @carnyxpress.co.uk · 20/08/2026

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Carnyx Press @carnyxpress.co.uk · 06/08/2026

Here's what you can find inside Oaths and Offerings! Dive into eight tales of folky mischief, fog-bound moors, ancient stones and village rituals, in our anthology of folklore-inspired short fiction. Available now in print and digital: carnyxpress.co.uk/products/oat...

Within Oaths and Offerings, you can find stories about: Making supernatural friends through cookery. The consequences of cutting down an orchard. Something is lurking in the mines... A quest to find a vanished sister. One clever trick to get cash out of folk tourists. A modern-day retelling of a Scandinavian folk tale. Strange markings on ancient stones. And midsummer rituals in a climate-changed future.

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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Have you found Willerby? Fifty free uncanny stories that can be read in any order with podcasts, music and original art. Come find us. www.welcometowillerby.co.uk Three good stories to begin with in the thread. 👇🏻

Screenshot of text from the linked homepage.

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Carnyx Press @carnyxpress.co.uk · 07/08/2026

I'm glad you like it! I'm not sure if it has a particular name, but like I say, it's linocut inspired - I did a few actual linocuts to get an idea what they looked like aesthetically, and then worked it up as a digital illustration based on those experiments

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Carnyx Press @carnyxpress.co.uk · 07/08/2026

of course! I illustrated it myself (editor @nathanielspain.bsky.social here) inspired by linocuts 🙂

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 01/08/2026

Clarkesworld has recently discovered that their August issue successfully breached containment and gained access to the Internet, where it is presently hacking reader's minds. "Oh no, what will we do? Who knew that stories could be so powerful?" said Neil Clarke, when approached for comment.

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Carnyx Press @carnyxpress.co.uk · 31/07/2026

Us sitting up til midnight for the final submissions to come in for our sorcery anthology carnyxpress.co.uk/submissions/

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Carnyx Press @carnyxpress.co.uk · 31/07/2026

The bell tolls. The garden path darkness. The portal is closing... Writers in the North of England have until midnight tonight to send us a story of sorcery! carnyxpress.co.uk/submissions/

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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Welcome to Willerby, a village in which the uncanny is only as remarkable as the weather. Over fifty free stories to read or listen to with original art, photos and music. Visit us for tales of ghosts, timeslips and the Secret Commonwealth. Stories to start with www.welcometowillerby.co.uk 👇🏻

The top of our website. Title Welcome to Willerby. Image of main street with cobblestone road and timbered cottages. Read, listen and book tabs.

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Carnyx Press @carnyxpress.co.uk · 31/07/2026

The bell tolls. The garden path darkness. The portal is closing... Writers in the North of England have until midnight tonight to send us a story of sorcery! carnyxpress.co.uk/submissions/

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