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theFREAK! @thefreak.ca · 02/10/2026

Issue 7 October 2026 is now available to read! This issue runs shorter than our previous publications, yet not for a lack of submission length or quantity. We received a whopping 68 submissions in September, which turned into a lot of reading. 🥹 www.thefreak.ca

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The Freak!

The Freak! is a digital magazine for short fiction that doesn't fit neatly into boxes. We publish science fiction, fantasy, horror, weird, violent, romance, dystopian, comedy, mystery, LGBTQ2+ and eve...

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theFREAK! @thefreak.ca · 25/09/2026

authorpublish included us in their editor’s desk post, gave us a whopping 27 submissions today. *cracks knuckles* here we gooooo. authorspublish.com/notes-from-t...

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» Notes From the Editor’s Desk: September 2026

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theFREAK! @thefreak.ca · 19/09/2026

jr editor caught a wild rabbit in the backyard

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Helen Shang @helenshang.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

OMG!!! The short story I wrote that was published on @thefreak.ca just won the Someone's Going to Jail For This award!!! 🥹🥹🥹 I AM VERKLEMPT! The highest honor, thank you thank you! (Their editor's pick story is strange and excellent, please also check that one out!) www.thefreak.ca/stories/i-ha...

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theFREAK! @thefreak.ca · 16/09/2026

We squeeze it in… never, and that makes us sad. 😔

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theFREAK! @thefreak.ca · 16/09/2026

We are buying every manual typewriter on Facebook marketplace, so that when every writing job inevitably requires paper manuscripts dripping with ink, in spite of the robot overlords, we will have a global monopoly and you'll be jobless. Checkmate, atheists.

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theFREAK! @thefreak.ca · 04/09/2026

Interstellar carcinisation! 🦀

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theFREAK! @thefreak.ca · 03/09/2026

Excited for the Ice Orgy amusement park rides.

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theFREAK! @thefreak.ca · 03/09/2026

I was talking to Sara Gomez on the phone last night, and she’s really mad about this one.

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