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Crooked Spine Press @crookedspinepress.com · 11/09/2026

Nothing is ever perfect and there is always the next story :) we loved it. Thank you for writing it 🖤💀

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K.A. Hela ✨ Finally Querying✨ @jundlife.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Got to hold in my hand my story "The Servant of Brass" from @crookedspinepress.com Reading was surreal and I immediately wanted to edit...but it's beyond that now. Be free little horror story! crookedspinepress.com/store?issue=6 #Writingcommunity #Writing #books #horror #booksky #writesky

A copy of Crooked Pine Last Exit on a post with bushes in the background. The cover features four skeletons driving a car down route 666

Picture of the inside of the Zine featuring the story "The Servant of Brass" by K.A. Hela

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Crooked Spine Press @crookedspinepress.com · 10/09/2026

Thank YOU for your support and hard work 🖤💀

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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 08/09/2026

🩸 What do you worship, and what would you sacrifice for it? @crookedspinepress.com wants horror about devotion, obsession, rituals & their price. 📖 1.5k–3.5k ✍️ Poetry: Yes 💰 $20 fiction / $5 poem + copy 📅 Oct. 23 horrortree.com/taking-submi...

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Bruce H. McCosar @bmccosar.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Got this book by @crookedspinepress.com yesterday and read it in one sitting last night. Highly recommended. Best three stories: "Route 66" by T. E. Aydelott "The Servant of Brass" by K.A. Hela @jundlife.bsky.social "The Lethe River Casino" by Tom Coombe @calmtomb.bsky.social

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Tom [ghostly voice] Coooooooooooombe @calmtomb.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I’m very happy to have my story “The Lethe River Casino” included in this issue.

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Crooked Spine Press @crookedspinepress.com · 04/09/2026

📢💀 Last Exit is out today and available in print and as an ebook! Issue Three includes twelve stories of American horror. Thank you to the writers who trusted us with their work and to everyone supporting the press. You can order a copy through the link in our bio.

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B. R. Fontenot is querying 📚☀️🌷🦊 @brfontenotwrites.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I’M BEING PUBLISHED! ✨ I’m excited to announce that my post-apocalyptic desert motel horro story, “The Oasis,” will be featured in the next edition of Crooked Spine! LAST EXIT drops Sept 4 in both physical & ebook! Get your copy here! crookedspinepress.com/store?issue=6 #writersofbsky #horror

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K.A. Hela ✨ Finally Querying✨ @jundlife.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Reveal Day! My short story "The Servant of Brass" will be featured in the new Crooked Spine Issue: Last Exit. Excited to be pubbed with brookbwrites.bsky.social Stay Spooky crookedspinepress.com/store #Horror #CrookedSpine #HorrorTree #WritingCommunity #amwriting #Writesky #AuthorSky

Cover of Crooked Spine Magazine issue 3: Last Exit. Art featured four skeletons driving a red classic car with the license plate DEDEND through the American Southwestern desert on route 666 past an old gas station.

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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 18/08/2026

🚗 What happens after you take the last exit? @crookedspinepress.com wants your answer in 500 words or fewer. 🗓️ Deadline: Aug. 28 💵 Free entry 🏆 Print copy of Last Exit + social feature Contest details: horrortree.com/contest-afte...

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Bruce H. McCosar @bmccosar.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

New horror press Crooked Spine has Issue #2 out today, Wet Country. I do love themed issues! Already snagged my copy. @crookedspinepress.com crookedspinepress.com/store

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Crooked Spine Press @crookedspinepress.com · 04/08/2026

From the muck and the mire, Wet Country rises. Issue Two is out now. A collection of short fiction and poetry about oceans, bogs, baptisms, and what comes crawling back after the rain. Print: $9.99 EPUB: $2.99 Shop now: crookedspinepress.com/store Thanks for supporting indie horror :)

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Crooked Spine Press @crookedspinepress.com · 04/08/2026

Matthew C. Rogers — “Rusty Water” D.A. Salvatore — “The Fifth Season” J.P. Vesper — “The Crowmire” Louie Sullivan — “Grin” E. Seneca — “The Empty House” Nick Manzolillo — “Poor Catch” Miranda Pierson — “Hillbilly Exorcism”

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Crooked Spine Press @crookedspinepress.com · 04/08/2026

Featuring: Rod A. White — “The Bog Wife” Madison Blackwell — “Banshee of the Pacific” David Anson Lee — “After the Rain, the Prairie Gives Back Teeth” T. E. Aydelott — “The Land Remembers” Natalee Licciardoni — “Just My Luck” H.M. Pettengill — “SAILORS, Take Warning!”

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Crooked Spine Press @crookedspinepress.com · 29/07/2026

The same one you emailed earlier. editor@crookedspinepress.com

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Crooked Spine Press @crookedspinepress.com · 29/07/2026

Go ahead and email it. I’ll make sure it’s read. We don’t control third party listings. There will be a count down on the submission form that will show down to how many minutes remaining there are (the day of closing). Here is an example.

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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 21/07/2026

🚗 Last Exit is open! Crooked Spine Issue 3 wants American horror filled with lonely highways, roadside dread, and unsettling small-town nightmares. 📖 1,500–3,500 words 💰 $20 + contributor copy 📅 Closes Aug. 24 horrortree.com/taking-submi... From @crookedspinepress.com #AmWriting #Horror

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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 27/07/2026

🎃 Have a completed horror novella? Crooked Spine's Halloween Novella Competition is open! 💰 $300 prize + 50% royalties 📖 Up to 40,000 words 📅 Sept. 20 deadline horrortree.com/taking-submi... From @crookedspinepress.com #AmWriting #Horror

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Crooked Spine Press @crookedspinepress.com · 16/07/2026

SUBS OPEN:Old castle walls and moaning ghosts don’t scare us anymore. We want the dread of the abandoned desert highway. Old gods losing it all at gas station slot machines. That old woman standing in the window beneath the flickering lights of an all-night diner. How long has she been watching you?

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Crooked Spine Press @crookedspinepress.com · 08/07/2026

Something evil is coming. Barreling down a lonely highway at a breakneck pace. Issue 3 announcement and reading window coming soon

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Crooked Spine Press @crookedspinepress.com · 03/07/2026

CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: Mike Trippiedi Swipe through for our interview with Mike Trippiedi, whose story "Gravedigger" is in Issue One. Read "Gravedigger" in Issue One — out now in paperback & on Kindle. link in bio. Find Mike → @miketrippiedi.bsky.social

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Crooked Spine Press @crookedspinepress.com · 01/07/2026

CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT K. Reed Swipe through for our interview with K. Reed, whose story "Rain" is in Issue One. Read "Rain" in Issue One — out now in paperback & on Kindle. link in bio. Find K. Reed → @katy_writes_books (Instagram) ★ Keep the lights flickering. ★

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Crooked Spine Press @crookedspinepress.com · 02/07/2026

Issue two: Wet Country is now open for submissions. Link in bio. The theme for this issue is folk horror and water. Let’s keep the presses bleeding 🩸 crookedspinepress.com/submissions

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Crooked Spine Press @crookedspinepress.com · 01/07/2026

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Crooked Spine Press @crookedspinepress.com · 30/06/2026

The debut issue of Crooked Spine is out of the dark and into the world. Crooked Spine is the publication we always wished existed, and we aren’t chasing profit. Buying the book helps us pay the next round of contributors more and keep the press alive. Grab your copy now! a.co/d/0i71t9Hq

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