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Salon Sinister @salonsinister.com · 24/06/2026

Summer heat got you down? Us too. Find some AC, curl up, and get HOT AGAIN IN A BETTER WAY by reading some sexy, queer horror! Issue 2 of Salon Sinister is ready to consume *for free* on our website! Eat up, you little freaks 🫦

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Salon Sinister @salonsinister.com · 04/06/2026

Blood... Sweat... Tears... Issue TWO of Salon Sinister contains all these delicious flavors and more within our hallowed pages! Give in to your CRAVINGS. Now FREE to read on SalonSinister.com Physical copies available soon 🫦

Cover art for Salon Sinister Issue 2 depicting one figure holding their eye open with two fingers while another figure licks the eye, created with a watercolor effect and brilliant line work. Colors are a mixture of wine red, blacks, greens, and oranges

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Salon Sinister @salonsinister.com · 20/05/2026

Gentle reminder from our editors 🖤

Still from AHS: Coven of the three members of the Witch's Council looking to the right of the screen. Over the image in white are the words: FROM THE EDITORIAL BOARD: WE ENDORSE CUNTS

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Salon Sinister @salonsinister.com · 05/05/2026

Let's whet that appetite with a cover reveal 👅 Our second issue is a buffet for the freaky, and we can't wait to serve. Please, have a seat. Salon Sinister Issue 2 | Cover by Anni Jyn @annijyn.com | Available for free digitally June 4 | Physical release shortly after

A painted/pen drawn/watercolor piece of art featuring a close up of a woman's face. The face is white while her lips are black and there's blood coming from her mouth and eye that's curling and twisting away. Her visible eye has no pupil to the right of her is pink/yellowish swirls of color almost reminiscent of organ meat along with teal, orange and yellow dots scattered near the black border. Text reads: Salon Sinister Issue 2 in an unsettling scrawl, and the other text in a green box reads "available for free June 4"

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Salon Sinister @salonsinister.com · 16/03/2026

UPDATE! We still want your art, so we're extending the art submission deadline to April 14th! Show us what you're craving... We wanna see it 🖤

A blurred image reading "Cravings: Salon Sinister" has an overlay that looks like a Microsoft pop-up message reading, "UPDATE. The deadline for art submissions for Salon Sinister Issue 2: CRAVINGS has been extended to April 14th. Hell Yeah."

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Salon Sinister @salonsinister.com · 14/02/2026

Hey! Get your tongue out of there for five minutes and send your finest short stories, poetry, op-eds, and art to SALON SINISTER! We are now open for submissions for our CRAVINGS issue and we can't wait to see what you've got in store for us. 🔗in bio or use this form: forms.gle/66fGJCSP5AEX...

Promo image for Salon Sinister's CRAVINGS, featuring an open mouth with a scene of two children running toward an isolated house depicted inside it

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Salon Sinister @salonsinister.com · 25/01/2026

Just so you know where we at Salon Sinister stand, it's FUCK ICE all day, every day. If you support those nazi fucks, unfollow us and unread our shit. Our art and words were never for you, and we hope you choke. We stand by our communities. We stand by our neighbors. We stand against tyranny.

A blue-lit cross stitch that says, "I hate a neutral ass bitch" in pink fluorescent thread being held by a hand with long, sharp, white nails. The Instagram handle at the bottom says @starry.eyed.stitcher

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Salon Sinister @salonsinister.com · 12/01/2026

Hunger. Desire. Sudden, insatiable need for nourishment, a vice, or flesh itself. Salon Sinister is preparing to open for submissions once again. This time, we want you to explore your queer horror CRAVINGS. We open for poetry, short fiction, and art on Valentine's Day. We hunger. Indulge us.

A black and gray decision is two children running towards a house with large trees in the background a'la hansel and gretel. The entire scene is inside a giant, gaping mouth. Text overlay reads "CRAVINGS" in pink and "SALON SINISTER" in neon green. Very small at the bottom and top is the web address salonsinister.com

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Salon Sinister @salonsinister.com · 07/12/2025

We were so proud to print, "That Little Seam by Your Left Ear" by @xtinemakepeace.bsky.social! Her piece is dark, thoughtful, and rich. If you haven't read Salon Sinister yet, consider this a small taste of what you're missing... Grab your own copy to read this and more amazing queer horror.

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Excerpt from That Little Seam by Your Left Ear

"I felt weird afterwards-unsettled, I later decided. But I stopped looking at you for the remainder of the shift.

The next time I saw you I was back on my bullshit: longing gazes and loaded glances galore. I sat beside you while we counted our money, and without really thinking about it, I looked for the cut by your left ear.

At first I didn't see it, but then you tilted your head to answer a question and I watched your skin ripple.

Right by your ear."

Christine Makepeace is an editor and writer of weird fiction, horror screenplays, and morose poetry. She currently resides in the Southern California desert. Links to her work can be found at www.christinemakepeace.com.

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Salon Sinister @salonsinister.com · 25/10/2025

WRITER SPOTLIGHT: Jay Zimmerman! An incredible poet, Jay sent us "Horror of a First Love" and we knew we had to include it! It's brutal, relatable, and it's pure emotion bled onto the page. Read "Horror of a First Love" in Salon Sinister today. We cannot wait to see what Jay does next.

A picture of a woman with bangs and long brown hair that becomes blond about halfway down. She's got eye makeup on. The words around her read "Salon Sinister. Mee contributor Jay Zimmerman, Author of 'Horror of a First Love'. Jay Zimmerman is a queer writer and aspiring filmmaker based in Central Washington, originally from the Seattle area. The majority, if not all, of Zimmerman's writing is coping with past traumas as an outlet.

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Salon Sinister @salonsinister.com · 29/09/2025

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Abigail Waldron @bloodymilkcrate.bsky.social! Abigail's work with collage absolutely floored us when we saw it and we were honored to add her pieces to Salon Sinister! Give her a follow and check out our first issue (physical copies now available) to see her amazing work!

TEXT: Salon Sinister. Meet Contributor Abigail Waldron, Artist of "I'm Going to Rid the World of People Like You".

Abigail Waldron is a historian who specializes in queer American history. She is the Author of "Queer Screams: A History of LGBTQ+ Survival Through the Lens of American Horror Cinema" (2022) and is a contributing writer for Horror Press.

The image is a collage made by Abigail featuring ET the alien sitting on a couch in a blue/green plaid robe and holding a beer. On the green table in front of him is a speak-n-spell, 4 beers, a stash box, a joint burning in a purple ash tray with purple, orange, and red smoke rising in a trippy, 70s way, a B&W picture of a 1950s-esque woman with a black triangle on her white shirt. Behind ET, there is the corner of a fireplace, tools to tend fire, 2 plants framing a window with green curtains, and outside there is a diver in a yellow speedo upside down with his arms out.

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Salon Sinister @salonsinister.com · 19/09/2025

WRITER SPOTLIGHT: Genevieve Hugenbruch @joie-de-vieve.bsky.social! "Bleed-Cute" is everything you want in a queer horror story: It's visceral, heartfelt, and it leaves you feeling *monstrous*. We're honored to have Genevieve in our first issue! Read this story for free on our site or buy a copy!

A picture of Genevieve Hugenbruch wearing a black tank top with a moth and flowers on it. She's wearing glasses with yellow lenses, has shoulder-length hair that's blue and black, and she has bangs. Her arms have botanical tattoos as well as a skull.

Text reads: Salon Sinister. Meet contributor Genevieve Hugenbruch. Author of the short story 'Bleed Cute'.

During the day, Genevieve (she/her) is an evaluator and advocate for violence prevention. During the other days, Genevieve reads fantasy and writes queer horror to stay sane. She lives in Pennsylvania with her partner and a small pack of pets.

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Salon Sinister @salonsinister.com · 15/09/2025

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT! Jaylan Salah absolutely devastated us with her beautiful words, and we're so proud to feature her in our first issue. Head to SalonSinister.com to read "Alice, My Captive" for free today. Thank you for sharing your words with us, Jaylan!

In front of a blurred, slightly colored background is a woman wearing a pink spotted blouse, leaning her head into her right hand and the arm has a gold bracelet. Her lips are a magenta color and she has curly brown hair that goes slightly past her shoulders. The text on the image reads, "Salon Sinister. Meet contributor Jaylan Salah, Author of the poem 'Alice, My Captive'.

Below her photo reads "Jaylan is a poet, wild woman, translator, and film critic for InSession Film, Geek Vibes Nation, and MovieJawn"

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Salon Sinister @salonsinister.com · 10/09/2025

I don't know if you heard, but your favorite queer horror mag's favorite queer horror mag is out right now and available to read for *free* on salonsinister.com! What's that? You want a physical copy that you can throw across the room when it terrifies you? You'll be able to order it on 9/16!

Text on the right side of the image reads, "Welcome to Salon Sinister: A Queer Horror Lit Mag"
""The work featured in this issue is a look inside the minds of those directly affected by the fascist regime in the United States. The contributors in this issue are strong representatives of a population that not only faces daily persecution, but still finds ways to exist boldly and beautifully under threat."

Below that reads, "Contributors: Abigail Waldron, al dsym, Amber S., A.V. Shurling, Bee Delores, Christine Makepeace, Ciaran Flake, E.L. Rey, Elizabeth R. McClellan, Ell Huang, Garrett Emerson, Genevieve Hugenbruch, Jay Zimmerman, Jaylan Salah, Molly M., Odin Meadows, Tera Freeman, Trevor Kassis."

The right side of the image is the cover of the new free horror lit magazine "Salon sinister" which features a figure cloaked in black with a pale hand emerging within the folds that has pink painted nails. Instead of a face there are big, unnerving teeth seeming to break through the paper. The words "Salon Sinister" are written across the front of the figure in either lipstick or blood. Hard to say which...

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Salon Sinister @salonsinister.com · 09/09/2025

The Salon is now open... The first issue of our queer horror magazine is official live and ready for you to consume. Step inside. Lose yourself. Find your new favorite writer or artist within. We have such sights to show you🖤 t.ly/MGy-2

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Salon Sinister @salonsinister.com · 08/09/2025

Queer horror comes home tomorrow! Our editors and contributors bled into these pages, and now those pages are ready to bleed all over you. Free online tomorrow (9/9) and available in print on the 16th. Tell your peculiar queer friends; they're gonna want to get their claws on this 🖤

A pale hand with pink nails reaching out from a cloak. The text reads "Salon Sinister" in neon red lettering at the tip. Below that it says "A queer horror lit mag", "Issue 1"

"Read for free online 9/9"

"Paperback available 9/16"

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Salon Sinister @salonsinister.com · 01/08/2025

She's cute, she's sassy, she will *remove your face with a single thoughtful bite*. @slimyswampghost.bsky.social truly outdid himself with this piece for our cover. A lot of love is going into this publication, and it shows. JUST LOOK AT HER! Issue one is coming soon, but watch out. We bite 😘

A figure cloaked in black with a single pale hand coming through the folds. It has sassy pink nails. Where the face should be, there are giant, grotesque teeth seemingly breaking through the page. Across the middle in dropping, lipstick pink letters reads the name of the publication: SALON SINISTER

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Salon Sinister @salonsinister.com · 31/07/2025

The Salon is nearly open, and we're proud to introduce all of our amazing contributors! They can't wait to shock and frighten you in all the right ways☠️ We're also thrilled to reveal that our cover art is coming straight from the haunted hands of @slimyswampghost.bsky.social! Full reveal tomorrow!

A pallid hand with pink, sharp fingernails appearing from behind a black cloak. Text reads: Welcome to Salon Sinister (Red, glowing, mystical font), a queer horror lit mag.

Cover Artist: Trevor Henderson
Editors, Andrew Keahey, Blayne Waterloo, Christine Makepeace, Wolfe MacReady.

Contributors: A.V. Shurling, Abigail Waldron, al dsym, Amber S., Bee Delores, Christine Makepeace, Ciaran Flake, E.L. Rey, Elizabeth R. McClellan, Ell Huang, Garrett Emerson, Genevieve Hugenbruch, Jay Zimmerman, Jaylan Salah, Molly M., Odin Meadowns, Tera Freeman, Trevor Kassis

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