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Frost Zone Stories

@frostzonestories.bsky.social

biannual Canadian journal of #quiethorror #darkfiction eic @lenemacleod.bsky.social | readers: @melodyemcintyre.bsky.social | @collyleonard.bsky.social | Tiffany Farmer Subs are open OCT 17-31 👻👽💀🎃🥶🍁🇨🇦 https://www.frostzonestories.com

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SJ Townend @sjtownend.bsky.social · 3d ago

Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social · 3d ago

Thank you all who sent in a story! Submissions are now closed.

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Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social · 4d ago

Happy Halloween 🎃 aka the final day to submit a story to Frost Zone Stories. I've seen so many good stories coming in, but there's still time to submit yours. www.frostzonestories.com/p/submission...

a vintage Halloween postcard featuring a pumpkin-headed figure, sitting among thistles, a man in the moon-faced 1/4 moon looking down from upper right above a stone chimney/stove in which a worried white pumpkin head floats inside. Words in centre: Oct 31st All Hallowe'en Greetings. Image is of an greeting card in the public domain, from Toronto Library via Public Domain Image Library.

Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Submissions will be open Oct 17 - 31 for the 2027 issues. www.frostzonestories.com/p/submission...

top half of image has black background, the paperbacks of books 1 -4 are lined up (plus one showing back cover of book 2 above its front cover) text: Frost Zone Stories digest-sized paperbacks.
bottom half of image is white with black text: Submissions will be open:
October 17 -31 for 2027 issues short stories 1000 - 4000 words 3 compensation options quiet horror, dark weird/strange/speculative fiction, horror adjacent, literary horror - more details on the website/guidelines

Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social · 2w ago

Frost Zone Stories is the listing of the day - thanks @duotrope.com ! Submissions are open for 10 more days for short stories 1-4k words.

Duotrope@duotrope.com · 2w ago

Today's listing of the day is: Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social #WritingCommunity

Duotrope @duotrope.com · 2w ago

Today's listing of the day is: Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social #WritingCommunity

Listing of the Day

Today's listing of the day is: Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social #WritingCommunity

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Duotrope @duotrope.com · 2w ago

The Smart Search List of the Day is: Fee-Free Horror Fiction feat. @kaleidotrope.bsky.social @frostzonestories.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...

Smart Search List of the Day

The Smart Search List of the Day is: Fee-Free Horror Fiction feat. @kaleidotrope.bsky.social @frostzonestories.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com/search/smart/fiction/fee-free-horror-fiction-y056OSg4

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Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social · 3w ago

Submissions are now open until October 31. www.frostzonestories.com/p/submission...

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Duosuma @duosuma.com · 3w ago

Frost Zone Stories by Frost Zone Press @frostzonepress.bsky.social is open to submissions for Short Stories. #CallforSubmissions

Opened to Submissions on Duosuma: Frost Zone Stories by Frost Zone Press @frostzonepress.bsky.social

Frost Zone Stories by Frost Zone Press @frostzonepress.bsky.social is open to submissions for Short Stories. #CallforSubmissions

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Megan M. Davies-Ostrom *RISE FROM THESE DARK WATERS out now!*@mmdaviesostrom.bsky.social · 2w ago

My book is out today from @badhandbooks.bsky.social! If genre-bending horror with a WORLD WAR Z meets THE DARK CRYSTAL vibe sounds like your cup of tea, pick-up or order a copy wherever you find your books! Beautifully illustrated by the incredible @tomsbrown.bsky.social!

Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social · 3w ago

Submissions are now open until October 31. www.frostzonestories.com/p/submission...

REMAINS @remainsmagazine.bsky.social · 3w ago

Remains issues and subscriptions are currently on special offer. remains.uk

Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social · 3w ago

Submissions open in 2 days, Frosty Friends... still time to polish off that story.

Frost Zone Stories@frostzonestories.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Submissions will be open Oct 17 - 31 for the 2027 issues. www.frostzonestories.com/p/submission...

M.M. MacLeod @lenemacleod.bsky.social · 3w ago

Out today: ON THIS DARK OCCASION, a collection of Holiday Horror Stories short stories, flash fiction, & 2 poems. Available at Lulu, Bookshop. org, and other usual places. books2read.com/u/4Anadd bookshop.org/p/books/on-t... www.lenemacleod.com/p/books.html

text: On This Dark Occasion a collection of Holiday Horror Stories by Lene MacLeod. Image of book cover. Decorative text to right of image: jack o'lantern + Halloween 3 stories, 1 narrative poem. Christmas (red and green text, with mirrored image of the word beneath, in dripping black letters) 5 stories, Birthday (+ tiny red balloon image) 1 story, New Year's Eve (+ colourful bubbles) 1 Story, Easter (with 2 pastel eggs and one dark purple/black egg with a black puddle beneath and a spindly black arm emerging through crack in shell) 1 Story, text in small boxes: Winter a poem, Boxing Day a drabble, & 1 story that is Winter, Christmas Season, Pre-Christmas. Small text at bottom:
https//www.lenemacleod.com/p/books.html Frost Zone Press

Frost Zone Press @frostzonepress.bsky.social · 3w ago

Out Today: ON THIS DARK OCCASION a collection of Holiday Horror-themed short fiction by @lenemacleod.bsky.social Available at Lulu, Bookshop. org, and other usual places. Links can be found on this page: www.lenemacleod.com/p/books.html

Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social · 3w ago

Happy 🍁Thanksgiving 🐶

beagle with her paws up on the edge of a table, sniffing at one of three tiny pumpkins set on the white with autumn-themed design table cloth.

Beagle has one of the tiny pumpkins in her mouth, picked up by the stem, ready to make her get away.

Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social · 4w ago

Frost Zone Stories books are available at Bookshop.org today and tomorrow orders within USA have FREE S&H bookshop.org/p/books/fros... bookshop.org/p/books/fros... bookshop.org/p/books/fros... bookshop.org/p/books/fros...

Cover of the four Frost Zone Stories books: 1 & 2 at top, below are 3 & 4

Bookshop.org@bookshop.org · 4w ago

Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

Malcolm Timperley @malcolmtimperley.bsky.social · last mo.

A tale of everyday psychiatric folk...

Kristal Stittle @kristalstittle.bsky.social · 4w ago

#NowReading @frostzonestories.bsky.social Book 4 edited by @lenemacleod.bsky.social I have the first story in this one, which had been one of my secret writer goals 🖤

The cover is an inverted black and white photo of some bleachers beside a fence with a large tree toward the back. Red and white leaves fall from the top to gather at the bottom. A metal trashcan has a skull and a pair of skeleton arms in it.

H.V. Patterson @hvpatterson.bsky.social · last mo.

"Stellar Parallax: Human Hope in Grimdark Worlds" from @inkedingraypress.bsky.social is out now! This excellent anthology includes my story, "Good Citizens"! www.wordsmakeart.com/collections/...

Stellar Parallax: Human Hope in Grimdark Worlds (Paperback)

A mother introduces her child to an orchard aboard a space station. On a floating city, a boy risks everything to save his baby sister. When the police escort an aging Puerto Rican man off his front p...

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Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · last mo.

It's Truth and Reconciliation Day in Canada. 🟧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3q7...

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Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social · last mo.

Only a few more days for .99c ePUBS at Kobo. 👀

Frost Zone Stories@frostzonestories.bsky.social · last mo.

At last autumn has arrived 🍁🍂 a good time to read some frosty tales... You can now pick up an ePUB of each Frost Zone Stories book for .99c on KOBO through the end of Sept. www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/... www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/... www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/... www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...

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Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social · last mo.

J.L. DoomRona, Middle Grade Author 👻 🎃@jldurona.com · last mo.

So I'm also hosting a book sale on my itch page to raise money for my brother-in-law's ALS fight. Hoping to raise $500 by next Tuesday (my birthday) Lofty, I know, but these are lofty time, my friends itch.io/s/201805/the...

The Support Joe Roberts and his ALS Fight Sale! by JL DuRona

A bundle by JL DuRona, $11.22 for The Berge Sisters Tour the Neitherswarth, The Ghosts of Warble Hall - The Berge Sisters #2, The Stone Hollow Circle - The Berge Sisters #3

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦@undertow.bsky.social · last mo.

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/

Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social · last mo.

Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 2mo ago

Quiet, literary, psychological, supernatural & weird horror writers: @frostzonestories.bsky.social opens Oct. 17. 📅 Oct. 17–31 📝 1K–4K words 💰 Multiple payment options 🚫 No reprints horrortree.com/taking-submi...

H.V. Patterson @hvpatterson.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Check it out!!!

Radon Journal@radonjournal.bsky.social · 2mo ago

💗🏰 A single mom who works two jobs Who craves the bugs and never stops 💗🏰 Enter a world of pink grasshoppers, plastic mansions, famine, and American theocracy in @hvpatterson.bsky.social 's haunting "Barbie Grasshopper Dreamhouse." radonjournal.substack.com/p/hv-patters...

SJ Townend @sjtownend.bsky.social · 2mo ago

HORROR STORY CALL ALERT! Bag of Bones Press is back in action and after your darkest stories for our next paid, charity anthology. Working title: STUCK. Details can be found here: www.bagofbonespress.com/submission-c... Please like and share!

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