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Steven Patchett @stevenpatchett.bsky.social · 2h

Pre-order post is the best post. Excited to get this, the following up of the acclaimed "Your body is not your body". This is for the benefit of the Trans Legal Services Network and Trans Doe Task Force, and i can't wait to read it. @tenebrouspress.bsky.social

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ellipsis zine @ellipsiszine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The first piece from our month-long #HistoricalFiction takeover. 'The Murder of Ella D. Wilson' by @tomljanovic.bsky.social Madam Mattie Silks weren’t always a whore. But while there was gold in Skagway, there weren’t a whole lotta ways to earn it. Read more www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/the-...

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Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Out in 8 days! Preorders have been shipping out all weekend, so get on it, yall🖤☠️ store.tenebrouspress.com

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Steven Patchett @stevenpatchett.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Started a new story yesterday. Got my outline, and as it's based on real historical events, did as much research as I can stomach. Just have to avoid following Sean Connery's performance as an Italian Monk for my voice.

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Sean Connery in The Name Of The Rose

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ellipsis zine @ellipsiszine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

From the ez archive, 'Professor Kirschner’s Revenge' by Michael Loveday Nothing was out of place: her accounts and paperwork were up-to-date, and today, as always, Professor Kirschner’s clothes had been selected meticulously. Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/prof...

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Danger Slater @dangerslater.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Hell yeah, the new book is up for preorder! Do it. Or don't. But please do.

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Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"One of my favorite books of the year. I can't shut up about it" @greasygoat.bsky.social Now's the time! Get MIDWESTERN CHROME & discover the Next Big Thing *before* their popularity explodes & they become insufferable😀 (jk @beardedbetts.bsky.social we love you🖤☠️) store.tenebrouspress.com

Cover art by AriBo, a bustling downtown area rendered in electric purples, pinks, whites and blues; a cyberpunk dude in mirrored shades and sleek zipless clothes lurks in an alleyway, clutching the severed head of an android woman intimately to him; a passerby looks back curiously.
Blurb: “An immediately engrossing
and engaging collection of
Cyberpunk Noir.
One of my favorite books
of the year. I can't shut up
about it.
- Books for Decaying Millennials

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ellipsis zine @ellipsiszine.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

From the ez archive, 'The Stillness of Fields' by Paul Thompson All the other kids call him the snake. At first behind his back, but now to his face. At lunch times he performs his routines beyond the view of the staff room, close to the school boundary. www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/the-...

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The Stillness of Fields by Paul Thompson

Flash Fiction: The Stillness of Fields

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Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Hell yeah - Tatratea is awesome. Such a weird, cerebral experience.

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Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Leaving high school, I was so sure I knew what I was doing & where I'd end up, only to discover I knew nothing. Lived a lot of bleak n aimless years. Never thought I'd be writing, let alone w/ three releases. Thank you everyone. (I still know nothing) but I have good folks in my corner 💀💜🤘

TRVE CVLT, Midwestern Chrome, and Help! I Can't Stop Shitting Snakes sit in a row on a bookshelf.

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Steven Patchett @stevenpatchett.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Usually my office is vaguely organised chaos with 9 people. This week we've been down to 2-3. It's a weirdly comforting experience. Literally can hear myself think for a change.

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Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Rain couldn’t stop the Weird! We had a great weekend vending with @michaelallenrose.bsky.social & crew at Printers Row Lit Fest. Tenebrous 🤝 Bizarro palz 4 lyfe 🖤☠️

Tenebrous dancing in the rain with Laura Lee Bahr

Selling books in the rain with plastic tarps over the books

Tenebrous & some cool art at the pink line el station

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ellipsis zine @ellipsiszine.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

From the ez archive, 'Beautiful Destruction' by Philip Carter The glass gives way and cascades down onto the driver’s seat. One piece sticks into the backrest. His backrest. The windshield took six or seven or eight blows with the shovel, but it worked. www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/beau...

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Steven Patchett @stevenpatchett.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

IVYMI #1 Definitely number one. The wonderful Tatratea by Alex Woodroe. My review is below. Highly recommended.

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Steven Patchett @stevenpatchett.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

ICYMI #2. Literally #2. Read my review below!

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JacobCoffin @jacobcoffinwrites.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I'm very excited to announce that we've finally launched Buried Treasure, my #solarpunk #TTRPG campaign! Like all my solarpunk stuff, it's CC-BY, so you can get it absolutely free at: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5... fully-automated-rpg.itch.io/fully-automa... or here: mega.nz/fm/DVsiDC7b

A photobash with an oil paint style, looking out over a landscape from the top of a steep hill with an extremely washed out road winding down it. The scene is framed by trees and brush. In the distance an irregular lake fills the bottom of a forested valley, with a small village along one side, and mountains rising up in the distance. A cargo airship is hovering somewhere above the scene. The text reads: Fully Automated the Thousand Year Cleanup Book One: Buried Treasure by Jacob Coffin

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ellipsis zine @ellipsiszine.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Submission details: www.ellipsis-zine.com/submit

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Steven Patchett @stevenpatchett.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Make a band edible: Talking Breads Wet Spread

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Lauren Bolger @renbolger.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Come see ussss!

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ellipsis zine @ellipsiszine.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

From the ez archive. 'Moving Home' by @sgscarso.bsky.social They came from the village right before dawn, covered in thick wool clothes that left just enough space for the arms to move. Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/movi...

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Steven Patchett @stevenpatchett.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Ah, so it's big-ass spider season again. Better go get the flamethrower restocked.

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Lance Flamme

Alt: Guy using a flamethrower.

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Steven Patchett @stevenpatchett.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I'm down to 2 cups of coffee a day. There's got to be something wrong with me. No, I don't count tea, are you nuts?

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Tea Good Idea

Alt: Tea Good Idea written on a mug

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Steven Patchett @stevenpatchett.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I've had two nights in a row where my dreams have been weird and memorable enough to be used as future story ideas. No idea why this is happening... Does anyone feel like they're being watched? 🐙

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ellipsis zine @ellipsiszine.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

From the ez archive, 'Turncoat' by @judehiggins.bsky.social My friend came for tea wearing new red trousers with a smart blue and white top and I knew I was supposed to compliment her but I didn’t, because the colours were Union Jack bright... Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/turn...

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Lyndsey Croal (she/her) @lyndseycroal.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Ghost photoshoot trend but make it book promo 💁‍♀️👻👀

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ellipsis zine @ellipsiszine.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Free flash fiction anthology. Download Ellipsis Zine twelve from our website here: ellipsis-zine.com/publications... 29 myths, legends and fairytales 1,000 words or fewer.

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Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Tomorrow! Iowa City! Become one of us! Join me & folks like @weirdpunkbooks.bsky.social @filthyloot.bsky.social @cursedmorsels.bsky.social @horrorsong.blog @greasygoat.bsky.social. I'll have select titles from @tenebrouspress.bsky.social w/ me too! One of us! One of us! One of us! 💜💀🤘

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Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Really thoughtful review of my upcoming release, Help! I Can't Stop Shitting Snakes w/ @clashbooks.bsky.social Thank you @stevenpatchett.bsky.social for joining this weird journey. 🐍🤎🚽

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Steven Patchett @stevenpatchett.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

So, I had to have a root canal yesterday. It was good, she could go in through the front. Most disconcerting moment when she warned me that there would be smoke. In and out in 20 minutes. But now I know how Two Face eats soup. Badly. 😅

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Audrey2: You'll Be A Dentist!

ALT: Audrey2: You'll Be A Dentist!

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

THE GHOST OF HIGHTOWER POND, a Gothic #horror novella with flavors of Poe, comes out October 13! To preorder... Bookshop preorder: bookshop.org/p/books/the-... Amazon preorder: www.amazon.com/dp/B0H6PC6JJJ

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The Ghost of Hightower Pond

Cordelia Delacroix has only been in London for a season when plague strikes. Desperate to escape both the plague and her declining financial situation, she accepts a mysterious invitation to join a pa...

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Steven Patchett @stevenpatchett.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Recommendation from the best historical flash writer I know!

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Steven Patchett @stevenpatchett.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

All about me! If you dare to find out!

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ellipsis zine @ellipsiszine.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Web submissions are open for historical fiction. 14th-20th September, 1,000 words or fewer. The usual guidelines apply and can be found here: ellipsis-zine.com/submit

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I think I'd rather my books be divisive than middling. Ask me again when my novella comes out in October, lmao.

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Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Feels good to see Midwestern Chrome among all these books that'll kick ya in the teeth. 💀💜🤘 Jack in. Bliss out. Get your fix.

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Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The rain is back in Portland, I guess that's a wrap on summer (here anyway; still looks plenty warm elsewhere!) But we still got a lot of WEIRD to come this year: YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM arrives 10/6; and @allisonmick.bsky.social's DIVE follows 11/17! Get caught up: store.tenebrouspress.com 🖤☠️

Our 8 2026 releases;
KAYAK
OLYOKE
ALICIA IS IN THE BASEMENT
SPLIT SCREAM
BRAVE NEW WEIRD
MIDWESTERN CHROME
YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM
DIVE
The first 6 w/OUT NOW across them.

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Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

🔥🎉COVER ART REVEAL🎉🔥 In A TOWN PAINTED RED, @jacymorris.bsky.social crafts a thrilling narrative of street artists, urban decay & the rot of a city shambling into un-life. Matias San Juan was the perfect artist to depict its grimy street-level look. A TOWN PAINTED RED is out April 2027! 🖤☠️

cover art by Matias San Juan; five youths in bandanas and hoodies hunch together, spraypaint cans at the ready, as a pair of monstrous arms loom threateningly in the foreground.
A cityscape hangs inverted from the top of the illustration.
Rendered in crimsons and purples.

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Steven Patchett @stevenpatchett.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Ooh! Interesting! Got a Rec vibe to this, I think.

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Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Come one, come all, weirdos n misfits. Join us in Iowa City this Saturday. Become One of Us. One of Us. ONE OF US. O N E O F U S. 💀💜🤘 See ya there!

Over 20 horror creatives from the midwest. Sept 5th, 2026 Noon to 4pm Public Space One, Iowa City, Iowa. One of Us Horror Book Fair. oneofusfest.com

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Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Release day! My next middle grade horror book, THE LEGEND OF LOST LAKE, is out now! Always a bit surreal putting a book out into the world. No idea what happens next with it, but that's okay. Creating the book is the whole point for me, and anything that comes after is a bonus.

Front cover of THE LEGEND OF LOST LAKE by A.J. Stein. Image also indicates A.J. Stein is a pen name of Alex Ebenstein. The book is middle grade horror, and it is out now.

THE LEGEND OF LOST LAKE

Jackson ’s favorite part of summer is going to the family cottage on Lost Lake. Even better is getting to stay for a whole week, spending as much time fishing as possible.

Who cares if they ’re in the middle of a heatwave with no rain. It ’s really no problem when he can just go swimming to cool off. Right?

What then, made that large splash over in the lily pads? And why is that odd, old man down the road warning about some mysterious legend, and telling Jackson, no matter what, to stay out of the water?

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