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On September 15, 2026, we’ll be launching our first Kickstarter campaign in more than a decade, to fund Year 17 of Lightspeed and Year 15 of Nightmare. Join us for a year of new short fiction from som...

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So excited for my former student, Steven Caumo, to release his debut novel with JournalStone today!

Steven Caumo@stevencwriter.bsky.social · 5d ago

Today's the day! My debut novel DRYAD is available from JournalStone in paperback. A small town's summer is about to be soaked in blood. Buy here: www.amazon.com/dp/1685101860/ #horrorlit #horrorbooks #splatterpunk

25 years ago Kelly & I published our first season's titles — all 2 of them: first collections from Kelly (Stranger Things Happen; art: Shelley Jackson) & Ray Vukcevich (Meet Me in the Moon Room; art Rafał Olbinski). Buy either this month, we'll send you both: smallbeerpress.com/not-a-journa...

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This week on LIGHTSPEED: "Ash-Shūrā; or, A Book, a Bowl, a Bag of Coins" by Beesan Odeh www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/ash-...

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There once lived a boy who paid for a fortune. Nassim wore carob hair and eyes severe like cardamom. He spent his days scouring the souk for unique trinkets he liked to collect or counting the uneven ...

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Lives as They Are Lived: Gay Men’s Literary Fiction for Pride Month jeffreyluscombe.substack.com/p/lives-as-t...

Lives as They Are Lived: Gay Men’s Literary Fiction for Pride Month

Realist Fiction for Gay Men Who Want Depth, Not Spectacle

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This week on LIGHTSPEED: "The Last Season of Your Life" by Christopher Barzak www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-...

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On a wooded hillside outside Pittsburgh, where the rivers braid together and the bridges flash yellow in the sun, there stands an old private school no one ever remembers enrolling in. Ivy grips its c...

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Are you ready to book your stay in Paradise? THRILL KILLERS is available today in paperback and ebook from @grindhousepress.bsky.social #horror #horrorbooks #horrorreads #splatterpunk #extremehorror #grindhousepress www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1957...

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Thrill Killers [Caumo, Steven] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Thrill Killers

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My latest story, "The Last Season of Your Life," appeared in this month's issue of Lightspeed Magazine, and you can read it now! Hope you enjoy! www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-...

The Last Season of Your Life - Lightspeed Magazine

On a wooded hillside outside Pittsburgh, where the rivers braid together and the bridges flash yellow in the sun, there stands an old private school no one ever remembers enrolling in. Ivy grips its c...

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A VOICE CALLING by Christopher Barzak and published by Itasca Books is a gothic ghost story about the "Button House." It's just one of the excellent titles available as part of the Shirley Jackson Winners & Nominees StoryBundle. Get all 17 for only $30! storybundle.com/award

Get yer Shirley Jackson bundle! (Including my novella, A Voice Calling).

Psychopomp@psychopomp.com · 3mo ago

it's LIVE!! the Shirley Jackson Award novellas and novelettes bundle, curated by @genni.bsky.social and it includes A Voice Calling by @cbarzak.bsky.social 🖤 🎉 get your bundle here ⬇️ storybundle.com/award

I need a new read, but I feel adrift in regard to what’s good and current, like last two or three years. Drop your one, you have to read this suggestion that’s come out in the last three years (and that you think might be to my taste, whatever that is) in the comments. I appreciate the help!

So looking forward to this. Steven was a student of mine in the Northeast Ohio MFA program and his writing hits!

Steven Caumo@stevencwriter.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Cover reveal for my debut novella THRILL KILLERS, from @grindhousepress.bsky.social. The perfect vacation turns into a sadistic nightmare on May 30th! Art by the wonderful @cvhunt.bsky.social #horror #horrorbooks #splatterpunk

Proud to announce my debut novel DRYAD will be published on July 24th by JournalStone Publishing! It's about two girls in love, a group of entitled jocks, and one bloodthirsty tree monster in small town Pennsylvania. I can't wait for you to meet them ❤️ (and Scarlet Oak can't wait to eat you 😉)

I'm so looking forward to this conversation with my dear friend and colleague @amalelmohtar.com. If you're in Glasgow, or anywhere near, please join us on Tuesday, 7 April, at Waterstones Argyle Street.

Bookish Scifi & Fantasy@bookishsff.bsky.social · 5mo ago

If you're anywhere near Glasgow on the 7th April you really should not miss this! The legendary @amalelmohtar.com and @terriwindling.bsky.social in conversation. I'm very jealous of everyone who gets to go! 😄 💙📚🪐 #Fantasy

Big thanks to Libby Flores and The Bennington Review for publishing this story of mine about a workshop gone very, very wrong…. Some readers aren’t so into stories set in workshop but I find it such a complex miniature ecosystem to explore! www.benningtonreview.org/fifteen-bender

Aimee Bender — Bennington Review

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The time is NOW. Valenziaga will fall. Category is: Science-Fantasy EXTRAVAGANZA! Think Drag Race meets a gay Game of Thrones meets Chronicles of Amber. High drama and high CAMP! Spread the word! RT, tell your friends, shout it from the rooftops! BACK THE BOOK TODAY! #booksky bit.ly/3OIVfNs

The Fall of the House of Valenziaga: A Special Edition Novel

It’s Drag Race meets a gay Game of Thrones meets The Chronicles of Amber in this queer post-apocalyptic science-fantasy extravaganza!

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Happy to announce I wrote a new short story at the beginning of the year, which was recently accepted. "The Last Season of Your Life" will appear in Lightspeed Magazine, probably sometime this summer. Excited to be in their pages again with a new story!

the deadlands ISSUE 41 with fiction guest edited (again!!) by @vajra.me, and the same amazing amazing amazing amazing poetry and non fiction you have always loved IT IS RELEASED UPON THE WORLD check the ToC + the link to grab your own by supporting us as a Patron is here:

The Deadlands - Issue 41 | Psychopomp

Guest edited by Vajra Chandrasekera, including the work of: Charlotte Suttee, Phoua Lee, Joe Koch, Jeremy Morris, gray lindsey, Dmitri Akers, Aliya Whiteley, Marisca Pichette, Alan M. Fisher, Sadoeuph...

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It's release day for my book! Thank you so much to @jacklegpress.bsky.social and @fulmerford.com

A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls.

Stories from: Christopher Barzak, Jedediah Berry, Richard Bowes, Paul Di Filippo, Jeffrey Ford, Gregory Maguire, Lucius Shepard, Delia Sherman, Catherynne M. Valente, Marly Youmans, Greer Gilman, Lavie Tidhar, David Prill, Gavin Grant, Peter S. Beagle

Ellen Datlow@datlow.bsky.social · 9mo ago

On sale for $2.99 in Canada and the US. For the whole month. openroadmedia.com/ebook/salon-...

On sale for $2.99 in Canada and the US. For the whole month. openroadmedia.com/ebook/salon-...

I’m so excited for my former student, Mary Carroll Leoson, whose short story collection, Devil’s Oak has finally released! I wrote the introduction to this gorgeous volume of supernatural and fantastical stories, and I’m happy to encourage others to pick up her book and love them as much as I do!

The Coyote Road edited by Terri Windling and me is on sale now $1.99 in Canada, GB, and US via open road-spread the news please: openroadmedia.com/ebook/the-co...

ANNOUNCEMENT 1. Afterlives 2024 curated by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social has been COVER REVEALED 2. the collection will be available FOR FREE to paid patrons of @thedeadlands.com 3. join now, read The Deadlands, and receive the book magically when it is released beginning of November go see! 👇

Afterlives 2024: Cover Reveal - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

One cool thing about being a psychopomp is the ability to lead people to places they haven't been before. Sure sure, the main place we lead people is the Realm of the Dead, yeah yeah, but we can take ...

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🌈 Paying Market Alert! 🌈 @bonabooks.bsky.social is taking submissions for Fantabulosa - a celebration of fantasy, sci-fi, and speculative horror from queer authors. 💰 8¢/word/fiction | $50/poetry 🗓️ Deadline: Nov 30 (Dec 15 for trans authors & authors of color) 👉 horrortree.com/event/taking...

Strange Horizons turns 25 this year, which is pretty much an eternity in the world of spec fic zines, and I had the privilege of going through the archives for a special short fiction roundup: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

A Short Fiction Treasures Special: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives

Going through the archives of Strange Horizons for this special column has been a bit like exploring a treasure chamber. I’ve picked fifty stories. I could have picked hundreds. Meaning: I left a l…

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Jenny Magazine's 2026 submission portal for issue number 24 (!) is open! Please send us your best fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. It's an open themed issue. And featured visual artists, please send us your work too! jennymag.submittable.com/submit

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At Jenny, we work to publish a solid mixture of pieces and authors, from both local areas and not-so-local. We are looking for a broad range of your best polished work. We ask that if you are submitti...

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I’m honored to share that I’ve been named Graduate Alumni of the Year by Chatham University. This recognition means a lot to me and the work I’ve done as a writer since graduating with my MFA. Photo of me back when I was a student at Chatham below. It’s been a while, but I’m still smiling.