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The Deer Is Messed Up @messedupanthos.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Don't deerspair, friends, we will be BUCK and roe-ing to go! #TheDeerIsMessedUP #WillLiveAGAIN #SOon...

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carlydraws @carlydraws.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Thanks to everyone who shared, posted, & made deer puns with us! Sadly we didn't make funding this time, but MESSED UP DEER will return- they are always waiting, in the woods. In the meantime, if you'd like a spooky deer for the wall, here you go! www.inprnt.com/gallery/carl... 👁️👁️👁️ 🦌 #art

spooky deer art by Carly A-F a sinister 3 eyed deer in the woods

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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Well, it's a bummer that @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social and my book of MESSED UP DEER didn't fund this time. Obviously, we're blue. But we're not giving up completely, and hope to revive the project soon when we're ready to tackle it again. Stay tuned, deers! ❤️🦌

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Allison Mulder @amulderwrites.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Thanks to everyone who backed or shared. <3 I am bereft to not be able to horrify you all with my scary deer...YET. Stay tuned for the next time I Fawn over this project, and hopefully we will (eventually) Get. Them. Deer.

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a cartoon drawing of a kangaroo with a phone on its back

Alt: a cartoon drawing of a wide-eyed deer plucking off its hooves and wiggling disconcertingly human hands excitedly.

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Allison Mulder @amulderwrites.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

*looks between this and @messedupanthos.bsky.social *

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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

From @kayv.bsky.social, a story to make you NEVER want to go in the water ever again! Or on a dock. Or in the woods. But especially not in the water, even if it's part of your job... 👀🦌🏊‍♀️ (plus some extra feel-punching and WTF moments!!) www.kickstarter.com/projects/mer...

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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Happy Friday, friends! Here we have a teaser for @noirbettie.bsky.social 's creepifying tale that's just like the meme... horror... set in a forest... there's a deer... THE DEER IS FUCKED UP. 👀🦌Prepare for visceral horror! (I promise the cat is okay in the end!) tinyurl.com/messedupdeer

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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Are you READY for some creepy dark fantasy from Ashe Olivier Deng (@ashesandmochi.bsky.social) featuring dead gods, ugly magic, and of course, (witchy) messed up deer??? OF COURSE YOU ARE. 👀🦌 #TheDeerIsMessedUP www.kickstarter.com/projects/mer...

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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Hey DEER friends! If you've wanted to watch the videos of messed up deer (trailers, teasers... maybe MORE to come 👀) I've now made a YouTube channel to collect them all in once place! #TheDeerIsMessedUP www.youtube.com/@MessedUpAnt...

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Messed Up Anthologies

Run by Merc Fenn Wolfmoor of FennWolf Press; we publish themed anthologies, beginning with THE DEER IS MESSED UP.

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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

IT'S WEDNESDAY, MY DEERS! 🦌 We have a teaser trailer for @alexwoodroe.com 's messed up fairy tail—er, tale—about a foolish man who tries to capture a fae bride. SHE IS DISPLEASED WITH THIS. He's doe-ing to rue the day he tried this shit... 😈 #TheDeerIsMessedUP www.kickstarter.com/projects/mer...

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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

SPACE DEER!!!! 🚀🦌 👁️ yesss... We would love to see ALL settings/time periods/vibes. :D As long as it's got messed up deer! (Deer POV? 👀Oooh...) So yes, dark fantasy is welcome too! (You are gonna DIG Ashe Olivier Deng's story... it's dark fantasy that's fucked up.) Humor is also okay!

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The Deer Is Messed Up @messedupanthos.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Thank you for this information! In that case, we will probably say no to have wendigos used in the theme, so we can be respectful of the Indigenous traditions. (Neither editor is Native.) As always, we appreciate folks sharing things like this to help us make this the best it can be! <3

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KD 👻 @www.kidlightnings.net · 06/05/2025

Thank you, very glad to hear, I definitely don't want to tell folks what to and not to do, but 1- it's nice to have the tools to know what to engage with and 2- it's very heartening to see things like this respected.

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KD 👻 @www.kidlightnings.net · 06/05/2025

Ok, thanks - as a heads up, it's a closed tradition, so it may be good to note if they're being allowed so that folks can know if they want to engage with the anthology - it isn't widely known that it is indeed closed, but can be very offensive for people to see, especially played for horror

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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

And if you're eager to get an ebook AND paperback copy, there's a SUPER early deer special going on for a few more days! tinyurl.com/messedupdeer

promotional image showing an ereader and a paperback with mock-up covers of a creepy deer, with yellow banners on either side reading "early deer special! ebook & PB for $25!"

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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

also HYPE TRAIN!!! We're at 15% OMG!! 👀 www.kickstarter.com/projects/mer...

screenshot of the stats on THE DEER IS MESSED UP Kickstarter for May 6th, 2025 — it shows a statistic of 15% funded, 61 bakers, and 28 days left to go

a promo graphic for THE DEER IS MESSED UP showing a deer with white eyes and broken antlers rising from a shadowy pool of water in a misty woods

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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Want a sneak-peak teaser trailer for @amulderwrites.bsky.social 's #TheDeerIsMessedUP story? 👀🦌 Of course you do. It's gonna punch your heart through your ribs and scare the socks off you. Back the Kickstarter so you can read it (and weep/scream/etc)! www.kickstarter.com/projects/mer...

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🪼Ghost Jellyfishlines 🔜 PaxU🪼 @jellyfishlines.itch.io · 05/05/2025

So my friend @probablyharmless.bsky.social is editing and hrnrnrn I may need to revisit a story.

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The Deer Is Messed Up @messedupanthos.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

LIVE ON KICKSTARTER! #TheDeerIsMessedUP www.kickstarter.com/projects/mer...

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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Want to be part of the terror??? 👀 Help us reach our base funding goal so we can open to general submissions (in June) and read YOUR messed up deer stories!! @messedupanthos.bsky.social www.kickstarter.com/projects/mer...

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THE DEER IS MESSED UP

An anthology of horror stories about f*cked up deer. Edited by Theodore Hill and Merc Fenn Wolfmoor.

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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

It's alive... ALLLLIIIVE!!!! #TheDeerIsMessedUP #horror #booksky Come check out @probablyharmless.bsky.social and my epic horror anthology—full of messed up deer! 🔥🦌 www.kickstarter.com/projects/mer...

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THE DEER IS MESSED UP

An anthology of horror stories about f*cked up deer. Edited by Theodore Hill and Merc Fenn Wolfmoor.

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Allison Mulder @amulderwrites.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

GONNA BE FAWN-ING ABOUT THIS FOR THE DURATION! 8D

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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

AT LAST! TIME TO STAG-GER OUT OF BED AND SUPPORT SOME MESSED UP DEER!!!!

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Basile Lebret edits Cult of the Dog @evoripclaw.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Since I just finished typing my take on this, I thought some of y'all might be interested by the call:

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autumn coded @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

I AM A PATIENT BOY I WAIT I WAIT I WAIT MY TIME IS LIKE WATER DOWN A DRAIN EVERYBODY'S MOVING EVERYBODY'S MOVING EVERYBODY'S MOVING MOVING MOVING MOVING PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME TO REMAIN

trail cam photo of what appears to be a deer jumping over two racoons

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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

TOMORROW 😱👀🦌 #TheDeerIsMessedUP @probablyharmless.bsky.social @messedupanthos.bsky.social www.kickstarter.com/projects/mer...

a promo graphic that has KICKSTARTER in white with red outline, and https://tinyurl.com/messedupdeer — the image is a grayscale deer with a second head like a hate, antlers curved the wrong way

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

if I was the first of my people to see a moose I’d go home and be like “so! demons are real”

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

mom I saw the deer they send to collect debts from other deer

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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

(I made this variant cover) anyway follow @messedupanthos.bsky.social and @probablyharmless.bsky.social as well and make sure you're READY for our May 5th launch of THE DEER IS MESSED UP kickstarter! 👀 tinyurl.com/2ynspd8h

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Coming soon: THE DEER IS MESSED UP

An anthology of horror stories about f*cked up deer.

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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

okay, gonna tease y'all with ONE MORE #TheDeerIsMessedUp thing before i sleep. we're gonna have an EXCLUSIVE hardback edition ONLY for the Kickstarter. It will be limited! It will be SHINY AS HELL if you want one? (you want one) make sure you sign up to be notified on launch! tinyurl.com/2ynspd8h

promotional graphic for the exclusive Kickstarter edition of THE DEER IS MESSED UP — it shows a white deer on a green background, a third black eye in the middle of its forehead and a dagger in its chest, with a starburst image behind it; the text is in green with white outlines; the promo text reads "Kickstarter Special Edition: Hardcover, foiled, collector's edition, only available during the campaign"

cover of a special edition of THE DEER IE MESSED UP: An Anthology of Horror, edited by Theodore Hill and Merc Wolfmoor; it shows a white stag with a third black eye in its forehead, and a dagger in its chest, set against a sunburst pattern on a green background; the text is in green and white

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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

I also just recently read "Where the Deer Are" by Caroline B. Cooney from the anthology THIRTEEN (1991) and let me tell you, folks, it is INCREDEERBLE. Scared me in the best way, absolutely fricking LOVED it.

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The Deer Is Messed Up @messedupanthos.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Tell us YOUR favorite short stories featuring messed up deer. 👀Let's spread some cervidae creepiness! #TheDeerIsMessedUP www.kickstarter.com/projects/mer...

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Coming soon: THE DEER IS MESSED UP

An anthology of horror stories about f*cked up deer.

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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

I am BEYOND thrilled to have @carlydraws.bsky.social on board to create the cover art for THE DEER IS MESSED UP! Y'all should take a look at her incredible portfolio! Just *chef kiss* amazing. words fail me. LOOK AT HOW FRICKING BADASS ALL HER ART IS 👀🔥🦌 carlydraws.com

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Carly A-F

Portfolio of Carly A-F, freelance illustrator

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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Y'all cannot fathom how GLEEFULLY I cackled when I found the sound of a deer lowing to make this video... 👀🦌@probablyharmless.bsky.social Sign up to be notified when the @kickstarter.com goes live in May! www.kickstarter.com/projects/mer...

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The Deer Is Messed Up @messedupanthos.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

only 24 more sleeps before we launch 👀🦌 www.kickstarter.com/projects/mer...

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Andrea Stewart @andreagstewart.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

I do love me some fucked up deer

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Allison Mulder @amulderwrites.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

*fumbles to adjust microphone while holding a hymnal. nervously nods to church organist, who begins to play* "AS THE DEER PANTETH FOOOOR, THIS ANTHOLOGY~"

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The Deer Is Messed Up @messedupanthos.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Sneak peak at the guidelines for #TheDeerIsMessedUp for our spooky #writer and #poet friends 👀 www.kickstarter.com/projects/mer... (full guidelines with additional details will be posted when the submission window opens!)

fiction guidelines

Length: 500-3,000 words. [Firm!] One story per author.

Dates: June 1st-30th, 2025.

Language: English. (Translations welcome.)

Payment: $.08 cents per word USD.

Who can submit? Anyone! We would love to see submissions from women, BIPOC, queer, trans, disabled and otherwise marginalized folks!

What we want: MESSED UP DEER! HORROR! (If it’s in the Cervidae family, it counts.)

What we don’t: No gen-”A.I.” material. No rape or sexual assault; no child abuse; we are not interested in unexamined sexism or misogyny.

poetry guidelines

Length/form: any form; up to 50 lines. (Poets may submit up to 5 poems.)

Dates: June 1st-30th, 2025.

Language: English. (Translations into English for the first time are welcome.)

Payment: $50 USD per poem.

Who can submit? Anyone! We would love to see submissions from women, BIPOC, queer, trans, disabled and otherwise marginalized folks!

What we want: MESSED UP DEER! HORROR! (If it’s in the Cervidae family, it counts.)

What we don’t: No gen-”A.I.” material. No rape or sexual assault; no child abuse; we are not interested in unexamined sexism or misogyny.

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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

OKAY Y'ALL I HAVE NEWS. @probablyharmless.bsky.social and I are making THE FUCKED UP DEER anthology a reality!!! Kickstarter is next month! I am so fricking excited!!!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/mer...

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Coming soon: THE DEER IS MESSED UP

An anthology of horror stories about f*cked up deer.

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The Deer Is Messed Up @messedupanthos.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

👀🦌 www.kickstarter.com/projects/mer...

on the left side of the image is a meme showing a white man with increasingly unhinged expressions of glee; the text reads "horror. it's in a forest. there's a deer. the deer is fucked up"; the last frame shows his eyes glowing and the image is red; text in the center of the graphic reads "kickstarter coming May 2025"; a creepy deer with the title of the anthology, THE DEER IS MESSED UP, is on the right

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