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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 6h

Me: I don’t do lunges because they hurt my knees. Physical Therapist: That’s why you need to do lunges.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Post a vampire that isn't Dracula.

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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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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Going for an MRI later today. Wish me luck in the noisy coffin.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I never consider a notebook properly christened until I spatter it with coffee.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Digging into some seasonally appropriate non-fiction.

Copy of The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A vast pulpy mass, furlongs in length and breadth, of a glancing cream-colour, lay floating on the water, innumerable long arms radiating from its centre, and curling and twisting like a nest of anacondas

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Hey there. Latest story now available to read online! "Jempo." A maquinista out to advance her career encounters someone with a different approach to competition. A (relatively?) light story in terms of tone, for me. Hope you enjoy!

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Jempo - Lightspeed Magazine

Jempo took a deep bow on the iron platform. His body flopped forward, limbs like thick braided wire. No obvious weapons in his large and rubbery hands. Little digital eyes and a bright smile that lit ...

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Your polite reminder that many local TV affiliates here in the US are owned by the far right Sinclair Broadcast Group. Avoid them unless you want to see some truly sick, despicable ads from their favored political candidates.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Welcoming fall with the most fall record I know.

Vinyl LP of the The Black Rider by Tom Waits

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Dim Shores @dimshores.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

OK, this is not a drill. The final proof for SUFFERING THE OTHER looked great, and I have ordered books from the printer! I will have a small quantity on hand this Sunday at Sinister Book Fair in Sacramento, and will begin shipping orders and contributor copies next week.

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⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.com · 23/09/2026

I am imagining that Sarah Maclachlan song playing every time someone views this meme Happy Wednesday

this is what happens when we drain pumpkins of their spice, think twice before u order that latte [picture of a dessicated-looking pumpkin with a face]

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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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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It’s the first day of autumn here in DC and thus a perfect time for my contributor copies of Supernatural Tales issue 62 to arrive.

Two copies of Supernatural Tales issue 62, Autumn 2026

First page of the story “Down” by Rex Burrows.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It feels like I’ve encountered “With Ernest Borgnine as…” in opening movie credits dozens of times. He must have had the greatest agent to ever live.

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Seán Padraic Birnie @seanbirnie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It's a day ending in 'day', so I thought I should post about this collection of both the spectral and the bodily horrific: 14 stories of unease and alienation, bleak elation and despair. Ghosts and illness and pain and catastrophe. All the good stuff. undertowpublications.com/shop/i-would...

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I Would Haunt You if I Could — Undertow Publications

COVER ART: Jana Heidersdorf I would haunt you … The debut short story collection from Seán Padraic Birnie does indeed haunt. Sown with seeds of sorrow and grief, and imbued with disquieting bodily h...

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Happy to be returning to the pages of Supernatural Tales! My story "Down" is included in the new autumn issue. suptales.blogspot.com/2026/09/issu...

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Issue 62: link to free sample on modern internet video!

A blog about ghost stories, weird fiction, quiet horror, and related matters.

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Crossroads: Folk Horror in the United States @crossroadsfolk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Pre-orders for Crossroads Issue 2: The Devil Has the Best Tunes are now open! Over the next few days and weeks, we will be sharing more information about our amazing contributors. We are so excited to get this issue in your hands:

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Products

Browse all products from Crossroads: Folk Horror in America.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Happy to be returning to the pages of Supernatural Tales! My story "Down" is included in the new autumn issue. suptales.blogspot.com/2026/09/issu...

suptales.blogspot.com

Issue 62: link to free sample on modern internet video!

A blog about ghost stories, weird fiction, quiet horror, and related matters.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Turns out the best Evil Dead movie of the year is Resident Evil.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

If you want a picture of the future, imagine a Louis Vuitton loafer stamping on a human face—forever.

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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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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Partner, from other room: "Are you singing or choking?" Me: "Singing. And thanks."

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Eric J. Guignard @ericjguignard.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The series is still going strong! www.darkmoonbooks.com/horror_libra...

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

some news!

Publisher's Marketplace Deal Report, Sons of Nod by Thomas Ha Imprint: Tordotcom, Imprint: Tordotcom. Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Thomas Ha's SONS OF NOD, a novella about a group of boys laboring to build machinery for a reckless corporation on a strange and desolate island, to Avery Davis at Tordotcom, with Ann VanderMeer editing, for publication in fall 2027, by Michael Curry at Donald Maass Literary Agency (world English).

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Every year, I grumble about Halloween decorations based on the “skeletons” of invertebrate animals (spiders, scorpions, etc.). Now, we’ve reached a new low:

Figure depicting the skeleton of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Happy 1-year-old book birthday to this beast! Congratulations @thomasha.bsky.social on all your well-deserved accolades.

Book cover for UNCERTAIN SONS AND OTHER STORIES. Plus these accolades: LOCUS AWARD WINNER

NEBULA AWARD WINNER
(“Uncertain Sons” Novelette)

PHILIP K. DICK AWARD
SPECIAL CITATION

BRAM STOKER AWARD® NOMINEE
(“Uncertain Sons” Novelette)

BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION
ASSOCIATION AWARD FINALIST

IGNYTE AWARD FINALIST
(“Uncertain Sons” Novelette)

WORLD FANTASY AWARD FINALIST

NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
BEST NEW HORROR 2025

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

There's something deeply satisfying about sitting down next to dudes loudly talking about "capitalization" and "scalability" and then clamping on a pair of noise-cancelling headphones.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

AI advocates say we have no right to stop innovation in the free market. Hogwash. We don’t allow corporations to come up with new nuclear weapons or varieties of cocaine or biological pathogens. We protect the public from certain kinds of innovation. We need guardrails on AI before it’s too late.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 14/09/2026

AI can design viruses—but the biological threats that have already arisen through evolution present much more immediate perils, @katherinejwu.com reports:

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How Real Is the Threat of AI Starting the Next Pandemic?

A clear check on AI-made viruses is the limit of existing knowledge about what makes viruses dangerous.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

One of the weirdest goddamn movies I’ve ever seen. I loved it.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

One of the weirdest goddamn movies I’ve ever seen. I loved it.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Another potential vacation killed in its cradle with the question "So you want to go stand around in a field and look at rocks?"

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I like to rewatch Alien after a gastrointestinal illness. It’s important to remind my gut who’s in charge around here.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

So, fellow Americans, what are you going to do with your bribe money that you very definitely will be getting?

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Ivy Grimes @ivygrimes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Many writers don't want their work labeled, in classic "don't put me in a box" fashion. Obviously critics and scholars and readers will discuss categories and labels, and that's great, but thinking too much about it all while writing fiction can cause some writers to freeze up.

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JustinallecBOO @justinallec807.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Contributor copies make rad book mail. WISH YOU WERE HERE is the latest antho from Iron Fang Press and has my story "What Comes After Love", a weird destination wedding/sea urchins/vampire mashing that was crazy fun to write. Glad it found a home here.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Spent Labor Day assuming the posture of the penitent man (by which I mean I had food poisoning).

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

One human being does not need to own this many pairs of headphones.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Wild Flag covering Fugazi's "Margin Walker" at the 9:30 Club in DC.

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s.j. bagley @heksenhaus.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

more people should talk about how c.m. muller is one of the best contemporary editors of short horror fiction, every anthology and/or journal he's been involved with has helped me discover so many writers i was previously aware of. he's a powerhouse, like an american michael kelly.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Finally got around to watching Aterrados. “Fun” is probably a weird adjective to attach to this kind of movie, but damn is it ever fun. Major Nigel Kneale vibes.

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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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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A company called Hugging Face just sold for $13 billion. These are surely the end times.

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