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Seán Padraic Birnie @seanbirnie.bsky.social · 11h

Extremely pleased to have a story in the first issue of Pale Grey Idol, in such fine company.

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The Rotting Leaf @rottingleafmag.bsky.social · 11h

We are open for submissions! Send us your laments to the cyclical death of nature every autumn. Send us your paranoid stream of consciousness about how the trees are plotting against you (they are). Send us your weird natures. We want to read them.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 12h

Cast in the mold of Shadows & Tall Trees, you say?

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 16h

October Country by Ray Bradbury. (for @tomsbrown.bsky.social & all others who love this month)

OCTOBER COUNTRY
... that country where it is always turning late in the year. That country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist; where noons go quickly, dusks and twilights linger, and midnights stay. That country composed in the main of cellars, sub-cellars, coal-bins, closets, attics, and pantries faced away from the sun.
That country whose people are autumn people, thinking only autumn thoughts. Whose people passing at night on the empty walks sound like rain....

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Saturday Night Séance @eerieallsorts.bsky.social · 13h

it's october again

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

One of the more hateful isometrics to be sure.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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

All the self-righteous indignation of a toddler standing over a shattered cookie jar.

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

…I should add that this isn’t for anything serious, just some annoying joint issues.

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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

weirdhorrormagazine.com

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

Joking aside, I’ve been wearing supportive shoes and orthotic inserts for years and they really help a lot. That said, I still try to avoid running unless something is chasing me.

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

I feel this in my soul. And also in my flat, useless frog feet.

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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 · 27/09/2026

Oh no, that’s the worst. Hope it at least resolves itself quickly.

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

ICYMI actually, but who cares?

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

A deeply strange favorite. I mean, the use of color alone...

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

I have a copy of the Showers booklet too. Well worth the shipping.

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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!

lightspeedmagazine.com

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

*that is not a record by The Fall

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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

Includes my story “Down” alongside six other creepy yarns (including one from ST editor David Longhorn).

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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...

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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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: