D. Matthew Urban
@breathinghead.bsky.social
weird fiction person • TX → NY • stories here and there • SHAKY PICTURES OF VANISHED FACES out now from Cursed Morsels Press! • he/him • https://dmatthewurban.com
After giving it some thought, I figure there's never going to be a perfect time to open for horror/Weird fic collection submissions. Why not now while my job is still in a slow period? If you're BIPOC and/or queer, I'm especially interested in reading your work: cursedmorsels.com/submission-c...
Submission Calls
Horror and Weird Fiction COllections Submission Call (OPEN NOW UNTIL FILLED) Submission CallSingle-author horror and Weird fiction short story collections. 40K to 60K words—no exceptions. The submi…
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Now I’m not going to say definitively that 1 and 2 would bring about 3, but I think it bears trying
D. Matthew Urban@breathinghead.bsky.social · 3w agoWish list: 1. J. F. Gleeson collection 2. Sam Hicks collection 3. world peace
Almost forgot to wish everyone a happy Bastille Day! Ah, ça ira, ça ira, ça ira, / L'égalité partout régnera
It's done. It's recorded, it's pressed, it's ready for your listening pleasure. HEAR BACKMASK KSAMKCAB REAH
Rain Corbyn (They/Them)@raincorbyn.bsky.social · 2mo ago@ossuary.bsky.social ‘s record industry occult freakout novel BACKMASK has an audiobook in production, narrated by moi! Pre-Order to get a discount and forehead kiss. Paperback and ebook from @malarkeybooks.bsky.social haruspex-audio.com/products/bac...
Mamiya in Kurosawa's Cure is a Biblically accurate angel
"The smell of rotting meat. I turn a page in a book. Every one of the pages smells terrible." - Shane Jesse Christmass, Latex, Texas
For the duration of Prime Days, our ebooks will all be 99¢ through our online store! If you like short horror and Weird fiction with an anticapitalist, antifascist, queer perspective, behold our cheap treasure trove of incredible books and zines: www.cursedmorselspress.com
Delighted to see "Horncrowns" on this list of recommendations, along with two others from Weird Horror 12! 😈👑 Many thanks to @vanessafogg.bsky.social for reading, and to @undertow.bsky.social for welcoming my story to the Weird Horror neighborhood!
Vanessa Fogg@vanessafogg.bsky.social · last mo.My short fiction recs for April-May are now up! With stories from Rory Say @breathinghead.bsky.social @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social @anamariacurtis.bsky.social @foxesandroses.bsky.social @kyliu99.bsky.social @mynachang.bsky.social itsajumble.blogspot.com/2026/06/shor...
This is the legal defense fund for the 15 anti-ICE organizers who were recently arrested in Minneapolis. Please contribute generously. They are going to have millions of dollars worth of needs. chuffed.org/project/1865...
Legal Defense Fund for MN Anti-ICE Organizers
On the morning of June 16th 2026 fifteen anti-ICE organizers were indicted on federal conspiracy charges in Minnesota, 12 of whom were arrested in aggressive raids across the Twin Cities. This fundrai...
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"In the appreciation of a work of art or an art form, consideration of the receiver never proves fruitful. [...] No poem is intended for the reader, no picture for the beholder, no symphony for the listener." - Walter Benjamin, "The Task of the Translator"
Zachary Gillan@megapolisomancy.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe new formalism, guys, we’re making it happen
"The kitchen of his body in which the fires of history were blazing." - John Keene, Annotations
If you haven't picked up this truly excellent collection yet, now's your chance to feel very bad in the very best way!
Cursed Morsels@cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 2mo agoTODAY ONLY: the Gore Poetics ebook is only 99 cents through the Cursed Morsels store. Perfect for fans of strange, transgressive, erotic, literary, queer horror--lots of adjectives for a collection that's doing LOTS! www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/gore...
Shout out to our Fiction Editor TJ Price / @eerieyore.bsky.social for getting included in The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Vol. 2! Pre-orders are like a present to your future self, so grab a copy for future you!
Undertow Publications 🇨🇦@undertow.bsky.social · 2mo agoIt's my great pleasure to announce the authors and their works selected for "The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Vol. 2." Thank you to all the writers, editors, and publishers who sent in work for consideration. The print edition is now up for pre-order. undertowpublications.com/shop/best-we...
let's grab a couple tallboys and go check out the 5.3-million-year-old deep-sea whale necropolis in the Diamantina Zone
Nature Portfolio@natureportfolio.nature.com · 2mo agoA vast whale graveyard found on the bed of the Indian Ocean may represent the deepest and most extensive known accumulation of whale fossils, carcasses, and communities supported by the whale falls, according to a paper in Nature. go.nature.com/4fx8BYt #Paleosky 🌎🧪
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Cursed Morsels@cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 2mo agoCOVER REVEAL AND PREORDER ANNOUNCEMENT! Under a Malevolent Eye, our surveillance horror and Weird fiction anthology, comes out August 18th. You can preorder it from our store using the links in this thread. But first thing's first--check out @spicycloaca.bsky.social's fabulous cover design!
