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Weightless Books @weightlessbooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

New from @wordhorde! DESERT RADIO, a novel by Pamela M. Durgin: weightlessbooks.com/desert-radio/

Cover for Desert Radio by Pamela M. Durgin, featuring a radio tower building atop a rocky hill against a textured night sky.

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Zachary Gillan @megapolisomancy.bsky.social · 29/09/2023

Some brave publisher should let me edit an anthology themed around ekphrasis

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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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impure moods @nickgreergkcin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

𝑫𝑶𝑮 𝑩𝑬𝑳𝑶𝑾 a novel by Nick Greer 264pp October 20, 2026 double--negative.com/004-dog-belo...

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ian kappos @nokappos.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Guess I’ll write a novel now

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Sam Richard @sammytotep.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

As a huge fan of a lot of black metal with many strong opinions on the subject, what you need to understand is that from 1981-today, talking to a huge fan of a lot of black metal with many strong opinions about the subject is just gonna be a bad time and should probably be avoided.

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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I really want Cursed Morsels: A Food Systems Horror Anthology to happen, but right now, I only have a couple stories I'm considering accepting. A couple stories do not make a book! So, if you have a dark, strange horror or Weird fiction story about food SYSTEMS (not just eating foods), send it in.

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ian kappos @nokappos.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Story collection polished and submitted. I feel like I just surfaced after smoking meth at the bottom of the ocean

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

So far, there are only two food systems antho submissions that I truly love, and I just need to trust that another five or so will come in the next couple weeks. I just need enough for a 150ish page book. 🤞

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Ivy Grimes @ivygrimes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

It's a great weekend to read The Cellar Below the Cellar, while not hating me! Come for the misery potluck, stay for the relatively clean water. www.apexbookcompany.com/products/the...

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The Cellar Below the Cellar

A playfully dark folk horror inspired by the fairy tale "Vasilisa the Beautiful" and the mythology around Frau Perchta, set under the blazing sky of endless auroras. When a wild solar storm wipes out ...

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

It’s official! The Palm Tree Punk Book Launch + Open Mic Night is happening at the North Figueroa Bookshop Oct. 2nd, 7-9pm. With an open mic hosted by Karla Lamb, featuring poetry by @eveharms.com and @tmbwrites.bsky.social , handmade swag, and free refreshments! Hope to see you there!

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K.C. Mead-Brewer @kcmeadbrewer.com · 07/09/2026

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Tadd Adcox @inauthenticity.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Pretty great list to find oneself among

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Samir Sirk Morató @spicycloaca.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

i have way, way too many tangled thoughts on this topic that aren't worth posting but TL;DR i feel so many stories would be stronger if people were unafraid of mystery and being misunderstood

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ian kappos @nokappos.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Pretty cool that my story “Late Bloomer” is one of the @ergot.bsky.social stories selected as a September monthly read by the Literary Horror group on Goodreads

Christi Nogle, "The Thicket"
David Leo Rice, "The Museum of Leaving My Room"
lan Kappos, "Late Bloomer"
Ivy Grimes, "Hitchcock"
James Tadd Adcox, "A Haunting"
Merl Fluin, "Alarm Call"
Nathan Grover, "Juniper Tree: A Cutting"
Samantha Barrett, "Slasher"
Samantha Riley, "Utukki Limnu"
S.D. Stewart, "The Violence of Displaced Reference"
Tremain Xenos, "To This False Plague"
Victor Sweetser, "Nostrum"

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ian kappos @nokappos.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

My babies turned one year old today. Susie and Hank are now Susan and Henry 😭

A tortoise shell girl named Susie and ginger boy named Hank on a dining table

A tortoise shell girl named Susie and ginger boy named Hank in the hallway

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ian kappos @nokappos.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Five open calls with deadlines over the next two weeks. Three require new stories because they don’t accept simultaneous submissions and all my other stories are under consideration elsewhere. I’ve finished and submitted one. Two more to go.

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Berberian Sound Sussudio @ascannerburkely.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Squirting Windex into my eyes for a long overdue spring cleaning on the windows of my soul

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ian kappos @nokappos.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Wrote a story that I was afraid might be so out-there it would be incoherent. Turns out it might be one of my coolest 💅

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ian kappos @nokappos.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I’m writing you a script for straight bammer, to be taken as needed

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Jeremy C. Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Writers and artists and creatives of all sorts: reply with a link to one of your works, if you'd like. And feel free to tell us about it. Everyone: let's check through the replies and buy some creations and support some human beings.

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🏳️‍⚧️ UNBAN LINK @biancamack.co · 30/08/2026

Love a direct, to the point queen. Say it plainly and leave no space for bad-faith bullshit.

Asked why the WNBA continues to experience these heightened distractions, Cloud said, "Men."
"The men now that are like 'Oh, we need to protect the WNBA,’ y'all were the same ones saying we shouldn't be paid," Cloud continued. "Y'all were the same ones saying we shouldn't have been invested in, saying we're a joke, the same ones that don't respect Black women. So, if you're going to protect women, that means all women. That includes Black women, trans women and the list goes on."

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ian kappos @nokappos.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

But who cares. We’re about to be bioterrorism’d by a 29-year-old who does ageplay on WoW in his parents’ basement anyway

“The word "is" is capitalized in titles.
It's a verb. You're a big company.
Please be literate.”

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ian kappos @nokappos.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Only losers learn from history

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ian kappos @nokappos.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I love how Brian Evenson writes sci-fi that people don’t even think of as sci-fi at first because the existential questions and psychological uncertainty are so central they make you forget about any genre trappings

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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The answer is yes, and submissions for the food systems anthology are open NOW through September 14th (the same end date as before--don't worry!) Read submission guidelines here and submit something awesome: cursedmorsels.com/submission-c...

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Submission Calls

Horror and Weird Fiction COllections Submission Call (OPEN NOW UNTIL FILLED) Submission CallSingle-author horror and Weird fiction short story collections. 40K to 60K words—no exceptions. Ideally, …

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Zachary Gillan @megapolisomancy.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Since other people are already talking 2027 releases, guess it's time for my niche: here is a post for listing out weird fiction publishing next year. Readers, writers, presses, publicists, whoever, let me know what's what.

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

periodic reminder: I want to hear about your 2026/2027 horror/horror-adjacent books so I can include them on my huge running new releases list! tell me about them here: forms.gle/BBYwJCtziLkR...

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2026/2027 Horror Master List Book Submissions

Because I'm out of my mind, I maintain a running list of the year's new horror releases. If you're an author/editor/marketer/publicist/agent who'd like one of your books included, please fill out the ...

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ian kappos @nokappos.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

My clinical diagnosis is you’re trippin

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ian kappos @nokappos.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Band name farming at the clinical psychology graduate program

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ian kappos @nokappos.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Is it overkill to have, in one collection, two stories featuring a waiter protagonist doing meth they got from their coworker in a bathroom while on the clock?

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

One of the best job applications ever written came from the hands of Robert Pirosh in 1934. MGM loved it, took him on and in 1949 he won an Oscar for ‘Battleground’.

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FᎪᎢ ᏩᎪNᎠᎪᏞF @sofarrsogud.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

If a baby hands you a toy telephone to answer, that's a sign of great respect in their culture.

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Joe Koch @horrorsong.blog · 18/08/2026

From the dawn of time, humanity as a species has delighted in finding and sharing a weird little guy.

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Sam Richard @sammytotep.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Gonna start a d-beat synth-punk band called Dispeche Mode.

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Katherine "Kat" Silva @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

It begs the question: when did the goal change from wanting to publish amazing stories to being about who is popular in the industry? There is a balance to be had, obviously small presses need to make money to stay in the game. But... My God. Some are doing it so well by taking chances 3/?

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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

PLEASE SHARE! Writers! Uncanny Magazine will be open for short story submissions from August 24 to September 7! WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOUR AMAZING, HUMAN-WRITTEN STORIES! www.uncannymagazine.com/submissions/

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Berberian Sound Sussudio @ascannerburkely.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Liminal spaces are all the rage these days, the hot new thing all the youtuber horror kids are doing. Yet it is also an ancient idea at the foundation of folk and fairy tales, its past constantly overlapping with its present and suggested future uses. Curious...

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Zachary Gillan @megapolisomancy.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The weird fiction classics deluxe slipcase edition industry must be stopped

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Idk lol "I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan and he died. I knew what I was doing was illegal. Unlike my previous interactions with insurers, I received an immediate response within an hour." is pretty fuckin legendary

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Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to federal charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO

Mangione was charged with two federal stalking counts and faces a maximum penalty of life in prison in the 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

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ian kappos @nokappos.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

What if I told you I have 50k+ words of strung out, dopesick, sad as fuck weird fiction stories

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jonny @misterbloat.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

ergot. has published several of the best stories of the year so far imo. Valediction - Jason Baltazar Sisyphus, Bound - David Stevens Late Bloomer - Ian Kappos The Professor of Desire Presents - Anneke Schwob Rolliecoaster Meadow - J F Gleeson Read the archive, it's full of gems.

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ergot.

ergot. innovative horror

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ian kappos @nokappos.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

All my stories used to be 2k words or under. Now I’m incapable of writing anything shorter than 4,500 words

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