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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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JJW @jjw.wtf · 29/09/2026

i couldn't help noticing that many of you haven't preordered the literary journal i edit. now, i'm not saying i hate you and you will regain my love if you pledge... but i am heavily insinuating it. www.pozible.com/project/patt...

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No Typewriters / No Talking @notypewriters.com · 28/09/2026

New reward just dropped on our crowdfunding campaign: the physical collage cover (as collaged by @jjw.wtf (and child))! Plus if we hit our stretch goal of $3000 every pledger gets a personalised haiku. Preorder Patter promptly 👇 www.pozible.com/project/patt...

A scan of a physical collage which includes: background is an image taken from orbit around the moon looking at the earth eclipsing the sun with elements like: a sperm whale being higged by Kramer being attacked by a squid. A silica gel sachet. A man with a mandril on his head looking at an early 90s CRT monitor (which has a fly agaric mushroom growing off of it) displaying a 3D render of an audi. some tiny dinosaurs with guns. A bored looking girl sitting at a desk which has some mushrooms growing out of it + an illustration which looks kinda like a Richard Scary illustration of a woman sittign at a desk.

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No Typewriters / No Talking @notypewriters.com · 16/09/2026

Our crowdfunding campaign is live. Pledge/preorder your copy of Patter now (pretty please). www.pozible.com/project/patt...

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No Typewriters / No Talking @notypewriters.com · 11/09/2026

Patter vol. 2 is coming. Crowdfunding campaign launches Wednesday 16 September!

A screenshot of Affinity showing the working file for the design.

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No Typewriters / No Talking @notypewriters.com · 10/09/2026

Come write a thing at Tempo on Wednesday 16 September events.humanitix.com/no-typewrite...

A bearded glassed wearing man sitting at a wooden table typing on a computer. The table is in the doorway of Tempo Rubato, and there is a green leafy vine creeping up the wall on the right of the photo. On the left, in the reflection on the glass door you can see more greenery. On the desk next to the man's laptop you can see some notebooks and pens for sale. Behind the man is a pull up banner which has "NO TYPEWRITERS / NO TALKING" on it.

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No Typewriters / No Talking @notypewriters.com · 06/08/2026

We are moving all our files off of Google into @ellipsus.com because this is fucked!

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No Typewriters / No Talking @notypewriters.com · 02/03/2026

Submissions for Patter vol. 2 are now open. Info about who can submit, how to submit, what to submit, and all the nitty gritty info in the link 👇 SUBMIT NOW notypewriters.com/patter/

Crudely photoshopped picture of a crudely photoshopped Patter over top of a photo of people writing.

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No Typewriters / No Talking @notypewriters.com · 12/02/2026

We took over MPavilion on Tuesday night. Writers were writing in the golden light of a magnificent Melbourne evening in the cozy confines of Tadao Ando's concrete canopy.

No Typewriters / No talking pull up banner in the entrance to MPavilion. Beautiful golden light is striking everything with bokeh'd trees in the background.

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No Typewriters / No Talking @notypewriters.com · 09/02/2026

Come write a thing with us at MPavilion tomorrow mpavilion.org/events/no-typewriters/

No Typewriters / No Talking @ MPavilion
Tuesday 10 Feb 2026 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Queen Victoria Gardens
Come write a thing. Ticket link in bio.
Presented by MPavilion + No Typewriters / No Talking

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No Typewriters / No Talking @notypewriters.com · 07/02/2026

New venue alert: we’re coming to Balam Balam Place From early March, we’ll be hosting monthly Friday morning silent writing sessions at Brunswick’s beautiful new community space.

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No Typewriters / No Talking @notypewriters.com · 02/02/2026

We love the energy folks bring to the room when they come to write a thing. So come write a thing at one of our two sessions in Feb: - MPavilion next week 👉 mpavilion.org/events/no-ty... - Tempo Rubato the week after 👉 events.humanitix.com/no-typewrite...

Black and white photo of a young woman writing at a table. Her laptop has funny stickers on it. She is chewing a pen.

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No Typewriters / No Talking @notypewriters.com · 16/12/2025

Come write a thing at our January session at Tempo Rubato 👉 events.humanitix.com/no-typewrite...

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Mark S Perry @markperryau.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Congrats on a stellar year! What you do is very appreciated. Have a restful break and see you in January.

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No Typewriters / No Talking @notypewriters.com · 16/12/2025

2025 has been another big year! So many sessions. So much writing. So few typewriters.

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2025 in review – No Typewriters / No Talking

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JJW @jjw.wtf · 14/12/2025

Patter, @notypewriters.com’s literary journal, is on sale now at a couple of place around Melbourne: 1) Tempo Rubato in Brunswick 2) Benn’s Books in Bentleigh. Also you can grab a copy from our shop notypewriters.com/shop

A stand with copies of Patter on it in a bookshop.

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No Typewriters / No Talking @notypewriters.com · 09/12/2025

Hoops by Stephanie Powell is fast, disjointed, and full of sensory impressions. Pick up a copy of Patter to read the full poem 👉 notypewriters.com/shop/

Hoops
Stephanie Powel
In a yellow Astra
I
duck-face my lips for the rear-view mirror feel beautiful?
or
at least my cheeks look like cliffs rising from a rose-y sand

Illustration of a burning cigarette

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No Typewriters / No Talking @notypewriters.com · 05/12/2025

Jelena Potpara's poem 'What is a Bat?' is the first piece in Patter. Potpara's cute little poem was inspired by one of her nieces and exudes whimsy and playfulness off the page. It's the perfect way to dive into this eclectic collection of poetry, prose, and non-fiction.

A screen cap of a poem with an illustration of a bat by Jo Waite. This is laid over dark green crinkled paper.

Words say:

What is a bat?
Jelena Potpara

A bat is not a cat
Nor a wombat
It is just that—a bat!
And where does it live?

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JJW @jjw.wtf · 23/10/2025

Very excited about this. If you'd like to grab a copy of @notypewriters.com's journal come along to our next session or get in touch, details about both over on the website: notypewriters.com

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No Typewriters / No Talking @notypewriters.com · 21/10/2025

We changed email provider to @buttondown.com and it was seamless and easy and spoke to actual humans.

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No Typewriters / No Talking @notypewriters.com · 26/08/2025

You know what looks good on paper? Words. And sometimes images. Which is why we’re printing our very own journal. Pledge to preorder now 👉 www.pozible.com/project/patt...

The cover of Patter which includes a digital collage of things which feature inside the journal. What are those things? Buy it to find out.

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No Typewriters / No Talking @notypewriters.com · 01/07/2025

We have 2 sessions in July. First is at Tempo Rubato, Brunswick on Wednesday 16 July and the second is at Story Studios Australia, Carlton on Sunday 20 July. Grab a seat: notypewriters.com

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No Typewriters / No Talking @notypewriters.com · 01/06/2025

Awwww. Shucks. Glad you had a good time.

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No Typewriters / No Talking @notypewriters.com · 01/06/2025

We’re not happy about this. But given big tech’s insistence of ramming AI — something we hate more than typewriters — into everything, we’ll allow it.

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No Typewriters / No Talking @notypewriters.com · 12/05/2025

11 spots still available for the session at Tempo Rubato next week. Come write a thing, ticket link 👉 events.humanitix.com/copy-of-no-t...

People sitting around tables writing on laptops at Tempo Rubato A scrap of paper which says "11 spots still available"

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No Typewriters / No Talking @notypewriters.com · 05/05/2025

Come write a thing with us Tempo Rubato in Brunswick on Wednesday 21 May. Ticket link 👉 events.humanitix.com/copy-of-no-t...

People writing a thing in a brick building.

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No Typewriters / No Talking @notypewriters.com · 10/04/2025

WE MISSED OUR BIRTHDAY. We’re now two! Thank you to the +350 people who have come to +40 sessions and written +1.4 million words & all the amazing venues we’ve worked with! We’re back up and running with a session next week at Tempo, still la few tickets left 👉 events.humanitix.com/no-typewrite...

Collage image of people writing at NT/NT sessions. Scrap of paper which says “HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US. We missed our actual birthday, but we’re two years old now — more than 40 sessions with 1.4 million words written at our sessions! Thank you to all the writers and venues. Come write a thing with us soon. <3 the No Typewriters / No Talking team"

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No Typewriters / No Talking @notypewriters.com · 23/03/2025

One week to get your submissions in for Patter! Smash the link in bio to send us your work. We've also got a session at Tempo Rubato coming up in just over two weeks. Come write a thing 👉 notypewriters.com

A young white woman with blue hair sits at a table writing on a laptop. She is drinking a beer. People sit at a table behind her also writing. Large piece of art on the wall which is colourful and made up of dots and patterns.

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No Typewriters / No Talking @notypewriters.com · 11/02/2025

Submissions to Patter — our very own literary journal — are open now. If you’ve been to one of our sessions at some point in the past 2 years congratulations, you’re eligible to submit! For submission guidelines, how to submit and other info visit notypewriters.com/patter

A screenshot of the “submit your work to Patter 2025” webpage. All content on this image can be found if you visit notypewriters.com/patter. The screenshot it crudely digitally collaged atop a marble countertop.

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No Typewriters / No Talking @notypewriters.com · 10/02/2025

One spot left to our session on Sunday at Story Studios Australia. Snaffle it now, it's going to be the last one for a couple of months! Ticket link 👉 events.humanitix.com/no-typewrite...

A black and white photo of a high ceilinged room which has tables and chairs awaiting writers to come sit and write in them. The room is light an moody.

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No Typewriters / No Talking @notypewriters.com · 03/02/2025

Come write a thing with us at Story Studios on Sunday 16 Feb. The beautiful space is perfect for smashing something out. Tickets 👉 events.humanitix.com/no-typewrite...

Four people sitting around a table writing on laptops with beautiful light surroundings.

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No Typewriters / No Talking @notypewriters.com · 31/01/2025

Submissions are open for our very own literary journal, Patter. Read the submissions guideliness and submit a piece to Patter 👉 notypewriters.com/patter/

A photo of a woman deep in concentration writing witgh a pen on paper. Digital collage of a scrap of paper which says "Submissions now open: notypewriters.com/patter. There is also a mock example of the first edition of Patter which is also crudely photoshopped in.

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No Typewriters / No Talking @notypewriters.com · 29/01/2025

We’re at Molly Rose Brewing in Collingwood tonight. Still a few spots available or if you’re playing from home…

For those of you playing along at home, tonight’s prompt is: I feel like I am being watched…

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No Typewriters / No Talking @notypewriters.com · 27/01/2025

This is (one of the many reasons) why we’re moving off Meta products: scammers scamming with little no way to stop them. Sign up for our emails so we don’t have to deal with this boring shit any more 👉 notypewriters.com

A screenshot of commentson a Facebook post where scammers are trying to scam people attending No Typewriters events.

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No Typewriters / No Talking @notypewriters.com · 25/01/2025

We’re at Molly Rose Brewing in Collingwood next Wednesday, come grab a drink and write a thing. Details and ticket link 👉 events.humanitix.com/no-typewrite...

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No Typewriters / No Talking @notypewriters.com · 24/01/2025

Completely forgot to post our prompt from Wednesday on here. If you still want to play along at home...

"Today's prompt: I still have hope because..." on a sheet of crinkled paper with the No Typewriters and Tempo logos.

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No Typewriters / No Talking @notypewriters.com · 19/01/2025

We had our first session at Story Studios Australia this morning. It was a blast.

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No Typewriters / No Talking @notypewriters.com · 08/01/2025

Did you know we're starting our very own literary journal? Patter will give No Typewriters / No Talking attendees — you — a nice little pathway to publication. We'll consider pretty much anything: from poetry to prose, self indulgent auto-fiction to academic essays. Send it in.

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No Typewriters / No Talking @notypewriters.com · 06/01/2025

We're back at Molly Rose Brewing in late Jan for a silent writing session (and drinks). Grab a ticket (and a drink?) 👉 events.humanitix.com/no-typewrite...

Writers sitting at a table writing with a beautiful piece of art in the background.

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No Typewriters / No Talking @notypewriters.com · 06/01/2025

Come write a thing at Tempo Rubato on Wednesday 22 January. Leave your typewriter at home. Tickets 👉 events.humanitix.com/no-typewrite...

Writers sit at tables around the performance space at Tempo Rubato writing in silence.

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No Typewriters / No Talking @notypewriters.com · 05/01/2025

New year, new venue. We'll be at Story Studios in two weeks time for a Sunday session. Toss your typewriter, zip your lips and come write a thing. Tickets 👉 events.humanitix.com/no-typewrite...

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No Typewriters / No Talking @notypewriters.com · 02/01/2025

We've got three sessions lined up for January! ✍️ Sunday 19 Jan at Story Studios Australia 📝 Wednesday 22 Jan at Tempo Rubato 🧑‍💻 Wednesday 29 Jan at Molly Rose Brewing Come write a thing with us, tickets 👉 notypewriters.com

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No Typewriters / No Talking @notypewriters.com · 20/12/2024

We thought we'd drop you an early present, with the a new venue in the new year. We're stoked to be partnering with Story Studios Australia to host Sunday sessions in their spectacular space. Smash the link to snaffle your spot 👇 events.humanitix.com/no-typewrite...

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No Typewriters / No Talking @ Story Studios January 2025

Come write a thing with us at Story Studios

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