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Happiest of birthdays to Guest Editor, Public Domain genius and translation wiz, Shawn Garrett. Very aptly, Shawn was born on the feast day of Saint Jerome, the patron saint of archivists, scholars, librarians and translators.

The penitent Saint Jerome in his Study. Saint Jerome (c. 1635). Oil on canvas, 117 x 98 cm (46 x 38.5 in). Musee des Beaux Arts de Nantes, France.
by Matthias Stom

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PseudoPod 🎙️ @pseudopod.org · 25/09/2026

“Green flows from your imagination onto the page, bleeding viridescent liquid through the intermediary of your brush." An Inordinate Amount of Interest by Ayida Shonibar Narrator: Shweta Adhyam Host: Alasdair Stuart Audio: Graeme Dunlop C/W: exploitation, violence, reference to misgendering

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PseudoPod 1049: An Inordinate Amount of Interest

Green flows from your imagination onto the page, bleeding viridescent liquid through the intermediary of your brush. The handle bends to your grip like the natural extension it’s been for as long as…

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Brian Christopher @directedbybrian.bsky.social · 20h

Once again posing as a narrator for @pseudopod.org short horror fiction. #horror #podcast #shortfiction #narration

A man's eyes and forehead greet you from above the microphone that hides his impossibly thin lips. Headphones adorn his melon and wisps of hair laugh in the face of male pattern baldness. The headstocks of three guitars are visible over his left shoulder, and a bookshelf fills the background.

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) 🌖 @chronicleflask.katday.com · 10h

Note that CoW requires *anonymous* submissions (other EA markets do not; they do). Take your name, email, and everything else off your doc before you submit!

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) 🌖 @chronicleflask.katday.com · 28/09/2026

I have handed out some minor edits today. I hope everyone’s okay 😆

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Sorrowscopes @sorrowscopes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Libra: Your season is here! Touch grass! Pet a dog! Toss that corpse that’s just been gathering dust in the woodshed into the bog! Skip rope!

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ayida shonibar @ayidashonibar.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

What a gorgeous, eerie narration by @shwetaadhyam.bsky.social!! ✨️ I'm incredibly grateful to PseudoPod, @tenebrouspress.bsky.social, and @shortwavebooks.bsky.social / @aijiang.bsky.social / @christinogle.bsky.social for giving this Faustian story about student loans such wonderful homes. 🖤

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Christi Nogle @christinogle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is a wonderful story for you to check out today!

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μL @muliter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Great story! Spoilers below.

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William Bibbiani @williambibbiani.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

If ran a publication, and I dream about that every day, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas is one of the first people I'd hire. She's a genius. She's a legend. And she's looking for work, so if you have the means you should DEFINITELY hire her/reach out to her about assignments, any opportunities you got.

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Do not carry a cold beverage in their presence. Politely decline any drinks or sweetmeats they may offer. Keep a plain iron nail in your left trouser pocket and a sachet or paper twist of coarse salt in your right shoe. Enter and leave your chair moving clockwise. Follow up with a thank-you note.

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PseudoPod 🎙️ @pseudopod.org · 25/09/2026

What else are we supposed to feed them?

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Anya Johanna DeNiro @adeniro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

the Internet Science Fiction Database has the listing of ALL my books and stories under my deadname, and my books with my real name 'written as Anya Johanna DeNiro'. Obviously not a legacy system but a choice. It's exhausting to deal with this shit 10 years after I legally changed my name.

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Manuel Fallmann-Kerrutt @mindistortion.tv · 25/09/2026

QRP your witch art. #Arttrain

Digital painting of a pale witch's head, body entirely composed of long black hair, emerging from a drab lake in a vaguely tropical setting.

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) 🌖 @chronicleflask.katday.com · 25/09/2026

We continue back to school season with a marvellously original take on the dangers of making deals with dangerous entities…

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PseudoPod 🎙️ @pseudopod.org · 25/09/2026

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PseudoPod 1049: An Inordinate Amount of Interest

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Lyse @lyse.myatproto.social · 24/09/2026

Zack Budryk @BudrykZack
The single most important thing a man can do to be an ally is give his woman friends permission to give dudes at the bar his number so when they call he can angrily say that's not funny because she died 15 years ago that very night

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PseudoPod 🎙️ @pseudopod.org · 18/09/2026

PseudoPod 1048: The Work of Smith House “The photos hardly did Smith House justice." The Work of Smith House by P.C. Verrone Narrator: Laurie McDougall Host: Dani Daly Audio: Graeme Dunlop pseudopod.org/2026/09/18/p... This story is a PseudoPod original For C/W, see website

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PseudoPod 1048: The Work of Smith House | PseudoPod

The photos hardly did Smith House justice. Its stone façade loomed above the red oak, black cherry, and eastern hemlock that had thronged the country roads for most of my drive.

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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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Dr Kat Day (she/her) 🌖 @chronicleflask.katday.com · 22/09/2026

A friend put me onto this a while back, saying they thought it’d be my sort of thing. It is indeed my sort of thing. If you enjoy dark-fantasy-folk-horror I reckon it will be your sort of thing, too.

Screenshot of the audio book Pilgrim, collected series 1–4, the BBC Radio 4 fantasy drama series. Image shows a man’s face, half in shadows, on a dark, tree-filled background.

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μL @muliter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This was a highly effective piece of horror. Spoilers below

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He Who Against Hierarchy @antihierarchist.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

✔️ Eldest ✔️ Fatherless ✔️ Cavorting weirdly ✔️ Spouting madness-inducing gibberish ✔️ Trod the shores of Lake Hali ere the bleak obsidian monuments of Carcosa were raised

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Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Wow, this story really is good!

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CineCalendar @cinecalendar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Sep 21st 1997 - Reiko awakes the day after Sadako's curse would have killed her, believing ex-husband Ryūji and her son Yoichi are now save too. 📽️📅 Ring (1998)

3 Screenshots from the movie "Ring" (1998): First, a woman in a dark sweater stands on a balcony behind a brick wall, looking outward with Japanese text on the screen reading "September 21st, Tuesday." Second, a man with his back turned raises his hand while facing a television showing an eerie outdoor scene in a dimly lit room. Third, a close-up of a pale eye partly obscured by long dark hair, creating an unsettling and ominous effect.

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Sorrowscopes @sorrowscopes.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Gemini: A Gemini is someone you can trust to help you hide a dead body, but you can’t trust them not to dress the body up in a clown costume and parade it around a bit.

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Somehow this bluesky post now has a date of transmission (29th October) and official artwork.

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PseudoPod 🎙️ @pseudopod.org · 17/09/2026

Featuring our audio producer, the fabulous @chelsead.bsky.social!

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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Our first readers are working their way through the stories we've received - and we want more. And, I'm sorry to stress this again, please read the guidelines. Several stories have already come in that are ineligible!

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P.C. Verrone @pcverrone.com · 18/09/2026

Kick off your weekend with a spooky, gothic story, immaculately narrated by Laurie McDougall! 🪶

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) 🌖 @chronicleflask.katday.com · 18/09/2026

On the one hand, this is a story about Smith House. In the other, it is… … well, you’ll see.

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PseudoPod 🎙️ @pseudopod.org · 18/09/2026

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PseudoPod 1048: The Work of Smith House | PseudoPod

The photos hardly did Smith House justice. Its stone façade loomed above the red oak, black cherry, and eastern hemlock that had thronged the country roads for most of my drive.

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Alex Hofelich, PseudoPod @pseudopodalex.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"Nobody will come any closer...in the night..in the dark..."

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PseudoPod 🎙️ @pseudopod.org · 11/09/2026

“Lucy didn’t immediately notice her dead Mama in the middle of the playground." Growing Life by Annie ZH Sun Narrator: Chang Yiun Yee Host and audio production: Graeme Dunlop pseudopod.org/2026/09/11/p... This story is a PseudoPod original C/W: strong body horror, death of a parent

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PseudoPod 1047: Growing Life

Lucy didn’t immediately notice her dead Mama in the middle of the playground. She had been busy having fun for the first time since Mama’s funeral. Sprinting like a bullet, she was a hand, a finger…

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Rock Capuano @rockcapuano.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Here’s my list of the best stories presented on PSEUDOPOD @pseudopod.org Year 8 (2013). podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 15/09/2026

Also no I do not have any news about the WICKHILLS audiobook but go listen to FOUR HOURS OF A REVOLUTION over at @pseudopod.org because my frond @alasdairstuart.com 's dad narrates it and that's EXACTLY the buttery man-vocals I dream of for the audiobook!! pseudopod.org/2017/08/11/p...

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PseudoPod 555: Four Hours of a Revolution | PseudoPod

Rebels, like vampires, prowl by night, sleep by day; they are short on everything in the besieged city – bullets, socks, soap, bread – but mainly they are short of sleep, for they fight under…

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J.A.W. McCarthy @jawmccarthy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Just listened to this one and not only does @toddkeisling.com’s story of childhood shame and cruelty hit hard, but so do @alasdairstuart.com’s comments after. Listen to this one all the way through. Pseudopod is doing excellent work, as always.

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PseudoPod 🎙️ @pseudopod.org · 17/09/2026

Featuring our audio producer, the fabulous @chelsead.bsky.social!

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I always start Hispanic Heritage Month with a HUGE fuck you to everyone who has given me a 1-star review for the Spanish in my novels and/or called me a slur. I’m still here and doing what I want. Me pueden besar el culo. Anyway, this is only $1.99!!! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B09N...

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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

We need your help! We still need donations for this year’s bookbag - a free book for every attendee at Fantasycon. If you can help, whether with 1 book or 100, please fill in the form here: shorturl.at/WD0lZ

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The Sword In The Stone: Merlin's Magic

Alt: The Sword In The Stone: Merlin is shrinking books to fit in his travel bag

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Sorrowscopes @sorrowscopes.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Libra: The scales will fall from your eyes this week. Try to get the scales back on your eyes as quickly as possible. You’re not equipped to deal with the truth.

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Ed Morland @edmorland.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

As we're getting into the back half of 2026 do think about whether there's any works you'd recommend for the Otherwise Award for SFF "that expands or explores our understanding of gender". The jury can't consider works they aren't aware of so do give them a heads up of stuff they shouldn't miss.

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2026 Otherwise Awards Recommendations « Otherwise Award

Recommend works here for the Otherwise Awards jurors to consider!

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Corinna Bechko @corinnabechko.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I’m at a community science event and there is a bat here named Radish.

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 12/09/2026

Before the annual bonfire was lit, the witch checked it. Five fieldmice and one hedgehog were gently evacuated. Then there were the toxic things. Someone's hatred. Another's regrets. And pain. It was good they were discarded, but if you breathed the smoke... She drew them out, for safe disposal.

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Holly Hefner @hollyhefner.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

A few more markets buying bleak, feminist and queer horror are The Last Girls’ Club, @pseudopod.org, and Cursed Morsels. I have to check my rejections, but I think there are a few more I’ve submitted to recently that explicitly don’t want cozy and triumphant.

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