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Sasha Brown @sashabrown.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

hey if being covered in cockroaches is on your bucket list, I got a story for you

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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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Fraidy Cat Press @fraidycatpress.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Chuffed that readers are still finding this nasty little tale by @sashabrown.bsky.social ! It skitters across our minds late at night from time to time. Check it out - it'll sink its pincers into you!

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Fraidy Cat Press @fraidycatpress.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Just a heads up that we're going to pause story submissions at 12:01 AM EST on July 1st so we can get caught up and focus in on volumes 9 and 10. Thank you for sending us so much wonderful work to consider - we are truly overwhelmed (in every sense of the meaning) by your response!

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🐍 Abigail Kemske 🐍 @abigailkemske.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Check out this great deal! 🙀 And a reminder I have a story in Volume 7 called "The Beast of Boma Road" but at this price, you should really get them all!

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Teresa Ardrey (She/Her) @teresa-ardrey.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Hell yeah, get yourself some great stories and art!

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Jennifer Jeanne McArdle @mcardlejeanne.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

FCQ is on sale! I have a weird horror piece about a foreign English teacher in Ulsan, Korea in volume 5, just saying

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P H Lee 🪬 @p-h-lee.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

aperiodic reminder to short fiction writers that you should always read every part of your short fiction contracts _and_ (for payment by the word) double-checked the math for payment. don't be afraid to ask for clarification on any point that is confusing or seems wrong! it is always okay to ask.

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Fraidy Cat Press @fraidycatpress.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Sunday afternoon is the perfect time to have a coffee and read some submissions! Still looking for more great writing and art about horror! We're open on a rolling basis and pay for your work. #horrorlit #horrorart #indieart #illustrator #collage #digitalart #oilart #watercolor #digitalremix

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David Corse @itsmedavidcorse.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

@matthewtpritt.bsky.social has a novelette in this collection that put my jaw on the floor. He writes subtle, elegant stories filled with pathos and a deep undercurrent of dread. You want visit his cursed place.

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Blue sky nice ghost @rajandelman.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Is there a technology the left is excited about?" It's called the clamshell e-reader from It Follows, and I've been waiting for it since 2014

Teen girl in hospital bed reading from her little clam shell

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Fraidy Cat Press @fraidycatpress.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

From now through March 1st you can save 14% on all Fraidy Cat Quarterly single volumes and ebooks when you buy direct! fraidy-cat-press.myshopify.com And we have some awesome new handmade bookmark designs too! #horrorlit #sale #amreading #horror #ebook #2026readingchallenge #indie #cosmichorror

Valentine’s Day sale image of a bloody heart featuring 14% off all single issues and ebooks of Fraidy Cat Quarterly

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Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

attention all horror writers! #horrorwriters #amwriting

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Fraidy Cat Press @fraidycatpress.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Awesome review from the story that inspired our cover for Volume 2! What a great project for the year from @staniforthmick.bsky.social too!

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Todd Keisling @toddkeisling.com · 02/02/2026

Apropos of everything else, Neil Gaiman is still a piece of shit, and he's resurfaced like a groundhog to remind us all of this fact.

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A. Bastedo is Spoopin Around @abastedo-writing.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Hey, hey beautiful people. In addition to a beautiful new baby, I also have a beautiful new print anthology I’m in! Thanks to @fraidycatpress.bsky.social Fraidy Cat Quarterly #8 has a whole heaping helping of me… and several better writers… but also me! Read it, nerd. #horrorwriterschat

The cover of Fraidy Cat Quarterly #8: Gnaw featuring Jacob Steven Mohr, D. Matthew Urban, I.M. Therrien, Jack Fennell, and me, beautiful me!

A sneak preview of the fist page of my story, deep in the bowels of this beautiful and horrid creation

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Fraidy Cat Press @fraidycatpress.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

We're incredibly proud to have published this absolute banger of a story in FCQ Volume 7! Congrats to @corriehaldane.bsky.social on the very well-deserved recognition and thank you to @tenebrouspress.bsky.social for highlighting excellent work in the weird horror indie community!

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D. Matthew Urban @breathinghead.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

It’s true! Check out FCQ #8 for gnawing tales of weird and cosmic horror, plus cover art that will send a chill up your spine 🥶😱

Cover art for Fraidy Cat Quarterly Volume 8: Gnaw. Image of a snowy, shadowy forest, two eyes glowing from the darkness

Pages Found Under a Child’s Bed
D. Matthew Urban

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It’s hard to write today. I found Daddy dead in the kitchen this morning. I feel all sick like my belly’s full of ice and worms. It feels like when I wake up at night and hear the folks moaning outside, only it’s even worse because Daddy always comes and yells hush out my window to make the folks go back under the lake where they came from, but he can’t come now.

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Fraidy Cat Press @fraidycatpress.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

I've done a terrible job of promoting Fraidy Cat Quarterly recently, because of how objectively awful this year was in our personal lives. We're going to announce changes to how we do things next year and I think y'all will be excited about them! But we need time to catch up, so that's baked in.

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Fraidy Cat Press @fraidycatpress.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Extremely proud to be mentioned in Best Horror of the Year Vol 17 from @datlow.bsky.social ! Big shoutouts to @cwmcguinness.bsky.social, @collyleonard.bsky.social @lost-squonk.bsky.social , JC Wiles, & everyone else who's trusted us with your words the last 2 years! #besthorror #shortfic #horrorlit

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D. Matthew Urban @breathinghead.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Psyched to be back in FCQ with "Pages Found Under a Child's Bed," a grisly Richard Matheson homage in which various things gnaw: hunger, remorse, the folks who live under the lake...

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Kay Vaindal @kayv.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

New story in Fraidy Cat Quarterly issue 7! ☀️🐕🚀

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Jack Fennell @jfennellauthor.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

This includes my very accurate and totally true slice of 19th-century Australian bushranger life, the aftermath of the 'squatter-versus-selector' war, and the worst legends about Dan Morgan. The volume's subtitle gives a hint of what's involved.

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A. Bastedo is Spoopin Around @abastedo-writing.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Howdy folks! Just as a little heads up, my story Devouring a Perfect Circle will be appearing in volume 8, and the folks at Fraidy Cat have been amazing to work with! Just think of it! A part of me to stick somewhere in your house to haunt you. 💙📚🪐 #horrorlit #horror #writingcommunity

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🐍 Abigail Kemske 🐍 @abigailkemske.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Check out this great deal! FCQ #7 will include a new horror story by me titled "The Beast of Boma Road." A young woman’s encounters with a strange creature and wandering eyes will have you asking, who is the real best of this story? COMING SOON! 🖤🐈‍⬛🖤

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Fraidy Cat Press @fraidycatpress.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Good news! We have FCQ Volume 7 and 8 available for preorder now! There's even a discounted bundle! FCQ 7&8 Bundle: fraidycatpress.com/product/fcq-... FCQ 7: fraidycatpress.com/product/frai... FCQ 8: fraidycatpress.com/product/frai... #indiehorror #newrelease #cosmichorror #rage #gnaw

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FCQ 7 & 8 Bundle - Fraidy Cat Press

Bundle and save! Get FCQ 7 & FCQ8 at a fraction of the list price. eBook will be emailed to you once available.

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autumn coded @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Wake up, babe, the least subtle visual metaphor in history just dropped

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Sygnin @sygnin.com · 14/10/2025

Heyo #PortfolioDay! I'm Sygnin, I illustrate in an ink & color style. Interested in working on book/game/card art. I like making art featuring folklore, fantasy, romantic horror. Portfolio - sygnin.com Vgen (commissions) - vgen.co/sygnin Email - sygnin[@]gmail[.]com

art of a female vampire's head looking at the viewer. flowers cover one of her eyes. her dark hair flows upwards and she wears a lace victorian type outfit

art of a silhouetted hooded rider on a horse with horns and red glowing eyes. behind them is a red moon

art of a hunter fighting with a large flying monster that looks like a dragon. based off Monster Hunter game.

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🐍 Abigail Kemske 🐍 @abigailkemske.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

2 proofs in my inbox means 2 new horror stories coming from me later this month IN PRINT! “The Beast of Boma Road” in @fraidycatpress.bsky.social ‘s Rage issue. “The Darkness Inside Her” in Harvest the Night: an Anthology of Folk Horror. chthonicmatter.wordpress.com/2025/03/14/t... Pre-order now!

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Harvest the Night

An Anthology of Folk Horror Coming October 2025! > Preorder Paperback or Hardcover via Publisher> FREE if you purchase a 2025 Subscription to Chthonic Matter Quarterly Table of Contents:&#822…

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Fraidy Cat Press @fraidycatpress.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

If you've submitted anything to us this year you should have a response in your inbox. Please email us if you haven't received a response to your submission.

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Robert Helfst is doing the best he can @roberthelfst.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

I know I'm behind on stuff for @fraidycatpress.bsky.social and for that I'm very sorry. Had some health issues recently and lost my grandfather last week. Promise I'll get back to everyone with responses, contracts, and everything else I owe you all as soon as I can!

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Michael Boulerice @michaelboulerice.com · 22/07/2025

Pub day is here! My debut cosmic horror novella FEEDING THE WHEEL is officially out on store shelves and digital marketplaces all over the world. Instead of droning on about how proud I am of this work and how fulfilled I feel as a writer, I'd like to take a sec to thank everybody who made this real

My giant puppy Chad posing with a stack of copies of FEEDING THE WHEEL because he knows every copy sold means more money in the kibble fund

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Die Laughing Magazine @dielaughingmag.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Come on in! Take a seat! Can we interest you in a slice of pie? No? Fair enough. How about the shiny new cover for Die Laughing Issue 4, with art by the inimitable @galusaurus.bsky.social? Seems like a sweet deal to us. The full PDF of the issue will be available 7/15, $5 for a download! Yum!

The cover for Die Laughing Magazine Issue 4! The image is of a room with pale, yellow walls, with a framed photo on the wall of a vase of flowers in the back. On a table in the foreground, a slice of furry looking fruit pie with stubby paws and a tail (appearing to be somehow both pie and also a star-nosed mole) sits on a light blue plate. Many of their distinctive noses are visible amongst the pinkish berries. To the left of the plate is a fork, also slightly furry and with tines that look like the claws of the mole.

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Issue No. 4, July 2025.
Die Laughing Magazine.

A.C. Bauer
Lillie E. Franks
Joelle Killian
Randall Madden
SJ Townend
Rob Walker

Edited by Theodore Hill and Cassandra Daucus
Cover art by Theresa Galusaurus
Interior art by Iseult Murphy.

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Fraidy Cat Press @fraidycatpress.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Last day for FCQ general subs for our Rage themed volume. BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and Palestinian authors are able to submit 7/8-7/14. Send us your weird, cosmic, and literary horror stories of unbridled wrath and ruin! fraidycatpress.com/submission-g... #horrorlit #cosmic #shortstories #indieauthor

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Fraidy Cat Press @fraidycatpress.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Fraidy Cat Quarterly is open to submissions of flash, short stories, and art for our rage themed issue today! Full guidelines at the link: fraidycatpress.com/submission-g... #horror #rage #cosmic #weird #shortstories #horrorlit #flashfiction #art #indie

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🕸️ @holojester.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

you are not on my level youre still doing jungle stuff and im underwater and it sucks ass here but theres really cool music

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Robert Helfst is doing the best he can @roberthelfst.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Need some horror goodness to wind down your weekend? My story "Momentary Brightness" was produced as a podcast segment on @creepypod.bsky.social ! Very proud of this story and stoked to hear it produced so well here! www.creepypod.com/episodes/202... #horror #podcast #cosmic

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Born of Waste — Creepy

Born of Waste *** Written by: Some Unholy Obscenity *** Momentary Brightness *** Written by: Robert Helfst and Narrated by: Nate DuFort *** Keep Them Fed *** Written by: Tim Brown and N...

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Fraidy Cat Press @fraidycatpress.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

POLL: Which deal do you prefer when it comes to indie mags? A: Buy one copy, get one half off 2: Buy two copies, get one free III: Other (let us know) We've got some backstock we'd like to move, trying to decide what kind of deal to run. #indie #smallpress #horrorlit #cosmic #weirdhorror

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Fraidy Cat Press @fraidycatpress.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

fraidycatpress.com/submission-g... Open call for horror novellas coming soon! #horrorlit

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