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Erin Brown @babblewocky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Delicious stories inside! @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social

Author Erin Brown smiling and holding up a copy of the anthology Forged in FIYAH

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 15h

My third novel, HERO COME HOME, officially has a cover! Preorderable from the usual places us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

The cover of my third novel, HERO COME HOME. Four human figures centred, the main image being that of a bearded man looking back over his shoulder (that's Oro, the protagonist), with a circle of symbols behind him. We can see a swan and a key. In the foreground are three people: two women, one with a mysterious marking? scar? who knows!? on her cheek and the other carrying a sword, flanking an older, balding man holding up a pistol. The possibly-scarred woman looks ever so slightly amused, and that is certainly very like her. Everybody else is not happy to be here, or indeed, anywhere

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Norm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social · 16h

New SHINY THINGS just dropped, featuring my reviews of the recently released SUPERGIRL, LEVITICUS and EVIL DEAD BURN. Something for everyone, really.

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The Latecomers

In which Norm catches up to the new releases of SUPERGIRL, LEVITICUS and EVIL DEAD BURN.

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 29/09/2026

That's a misconception. There's a difference between generative and analytical. Detectors are more like a spam filter or tools doctors use to review cancer scans than ChatGPT. There's a ton of misinformation about detection and a lot of passionate opinions muddying the conversations.

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Dim Shores @dimshores.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Weird Horror magazine from @undertow.bsky.social never misses. Michael Kelly has a knack for recognizing and spotlighting amazing writers, many of who are new to me. Read this story (free), and if you like it as much as I do, consider a WH subscription. So good.

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Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's (almost) time: On October 1, BRAVE NEW WEIRD Vol. 5 submissions open! 📣BNW is a reprint-only antho, of pieces published—indie & self—in the previous calendar year. Full instructions to come 10/1📣 Wanna get in the Weird mood early? Vol. 4 is 33% off now in our webstore🖤☠️ tinyurl.com/46pvw69b

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BRAVE NEW WEIRD Volume Four (print + eBook)

Twenty-three creators converge to deliver the Bravest, Newest, and Weirdest fiction of 2025! You are the nexus of evolution. You have reached the ideal. A grateful humanity gazes upon you in admiratio...

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Tickets acquired to see the Canadian premiere of "Whalefall" Oct. 14.

Screen grab from Toronto After dark Film Festival website.

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Looking forward to the day Stephen Miller is gone.

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

New story day at Weird Horror. Enjoy Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece's fever dream "The Invisible Method." www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/invisible

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Invisible — Weird Horror Magazine

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FuzzyWuzzy in Toronto🇨🇦 @fuzzywuzzyto.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Women’s hockey is finally getting national broadcasts on CBC!

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Are you an editor or publisher with an original short fiction project of weird fiction out this year? Anthology? Magazine? Collection? Get it in for consideration in The Best Weird Fiction of the Year.

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Kristina Ten @kristinaten.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Join me for a 3-week class on weirding up your fiction at The Writing Salon in Berkeley! How can sensory details make a familiar setting stranger or more charged? What can they unlock about a character’s curious private history? And more! writingsalons.com/event/weird-fiction-sensory-detail

Event graphic features the text: "Weird Up Your Fiction with Sensory Detail, with Kristina Ten. 3 Tuesdays: Oct. 13–27, 6:39 to 9 p.m. in Berkeley. 220 Milvia St, Suite 460." The Writing Salon's icon is in the lower righthand corner, beneath a photo of the class instructor. The background is a dark, muted teal and the text is bright neon yellow and white.

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Had a blast at Little Ghosts Fest! Thanks to @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social for everything, always. Truly amazing to see our dedicated readers and the joy our books give them. It warms our hearts and reminds us of why we do this. Thanks for coming along on this wild ride.

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Kawai Shen @kawaishen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Picked up weird reads from @undertow.bsky.social and Issues at the @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social horror fest and WOTS - there's still time to check out both ♡ #fallreads

Hand holding copies of Weird Fiction of the Year Vol 1 and Weird Horror Fall 2024.

Hand holding copies of tummy ache and Elastic Mag in front of Roy Thomson Hall.

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Come see us today at the Little Ghosts Festival, 1 pm til 6 pm, Tranzac Club, Toronto. www.littleghostsbooks.com/little-ghost...

White male in a hat behind a table of books

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Joel Wood 🇨🇦 @joelwwood.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Given the US hostility to Canada, I want to start reading more new Canadian fiction: Any recommendations for newish Canadian sci fi, fantasy, or historical fiction?

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leopoldwdb @leopoldwdb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Rich Larson has some great collections of sci-fi shorts (Changelog, Tomorrow Factory). Also some novels but I'm less familiar with those.

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Maybe I'll see you tomorrow or Sunday?? www.littleghostsbooks.com/little-ghost...

Poster for Little Ghosts Festival #2 showing dates Sept. 26 & 27, and venue Tranzac Club Toronto. Poster has 2 cute little ghosts.

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 21/09/2026

Premee Mohamed (@premeemohamed.com) reads from her story collection One Message Remains, which is shortlisted for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:

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Premee Mohamed reads from One Message Remains

YouTube video by Ursula K. Le Guin Foundation

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

2 scam emails today that were identical (word for word) from 2 different (apparently) soiurces except "Weird Horror 1" was replaced with "Weird Horror 2" in one of them. So the mention of specific authors and stories was incorrect in one. One used a sign off from @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

That's because the anti-intellectualism of the populists and Far Right is in direct contradiction to the basic foundations of any civilisation

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Christopher Moore @theauthorguy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A.I. companies are not trying to figure out how to protect you from their technology. They are trying to figure out how to monetize it without liability. Since we won't pay for it directly, they'll convince companies that to compete, they HAVE to have it. Enjoy your newly priced streaming services.

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paulie458.bsky.social @paulie458.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Thanks for voting! We hope you enjoyed the reads (you *did* read, yes?) We'll see you right here on October 3 to announce your winners.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Room empties out at the UN as Netanyahu begins his speech.

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

They are also lovingly produced on heavy card stock and nice thick cream paper.

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Just arrived. Fab book day. @clarecavenagh.bsky.social 's TILLINGHAST. And the lovely chapbook "Some Thoughts on Horror,' by Brian J. Showers, who runs the fab press @swanriverpress.bsky.social . The chapbook is published by our friends @calquepress.bsky.social

Left, hardcover of TILLINGHAST (upside down figure on red background). Right, chapbook od "Some Thoughts on Horror" (purple background with vine.

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The Seaboard Review of Books 🇨🇦 📚 @theseaboardreview.ca · 24/09/2026

“So you know,” says the resurrectionist. “Try making cigar ash a cigar again. That’s like resurrecting a dead vampire.”

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Hey there. Latest story now available to read online! "Jempo." A maquinista out to advance her career encounters someone with a different approach to competition. A (relatively?) light story in terms of tone, for me. Hope you enjoy!

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Jempo - Lightspeed Magazine

Jempo took a deep bow on the iron platform. His body flopped forward, limbs like thick braided wire. No obvious weapons in his large and rubbery hands. Little digital eyes and a bright smile that lit ...

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The Seaboard Review of Books 🇨🇦 📚 @theseaboardreview.ca · 24/09/2026

This week’s #throwbackthursday review is “Grotesquerie” by Richard Gavin, published by @undertow.bsky.social. “his chosen vein runs far closer to traditional #horror.” #weirdhorror www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/grotesquer...

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Recently read and really enjoyed this one. It's got the rhythm.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If you want to know how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Re-upping—publishers and editors of weird fiction. I'd be delighted to consider your 2026 projects for Vol. 3 of The Best Weird Fiction of the Year.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

In 9 months, Zohran Mamdani has: -Secured millions in worker restitution from DoorDash and UberEats -Launched the first stage of his universal childcare program -Cracked down on bad landlords -Balanced NYC's budget without cutting major social services This is what leadership looks like.

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Tobias S. Buckell @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I've launched a GoFundMe to help me get my cats to a safer home in Scotland, and you can pay-what-you-want using the GFM system and get 15 of my books as eBooks as a Thank You every Friday as an update! www.gofundme.com/f/help-autho... That's almost 700,000 words of fiction, pay what you want!

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Donate to Help Author Tobias Buckell and His Cats Move to Scotland, organized by Tobias Buckell

Hi, I'm author Tobias S. Buckell, and these are my two cats, P… Tobias Buckell needs your support for Help Author Tobias Buckell and His Cats Move to Scotland

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Anyone use one of these? Thoughts? I have a french press.

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Toronto and area friends! Find us this weekend at Little Ghosts Festival. Hope to see you! www.littleghostsbooks.com/little-ghost...

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I am getting subs from writers. As clearly noted, there'll be a call later. That will be a different process, via web form, and allow you to send in 3 stories only. I encourage you, then, to ask your publishers to send in their projects for consideration.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/09/2026

DoorDash has ripped off more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers. We’re making them pay $131.5 million — the largest worker settlement in City history. This is New York, where hard work pays and greed will cost you.

DoorDash messed up.
They repeatedly left more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers underpaid or paid late, causing them immense stress and financial difficulty.
That's unacceptable.
We've secured a $131.5M settlement from
DoorDash - the largest worker settlement in NYC history and largest delivery worker settlement in
American municipal history.
Every worker will be paid what they are owed, and every company will be forced to abide by the laws of this city.

LOGOS:
The OFFICE of the MAYOR of NYC
NYC Consumer and Worker Protection

Mayor Mamdani and Deliveristas representatives stand behind a podium.

Three delivery workers holding a giant fake check for $131.5M.

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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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