"The baby is chewing her fingers." I don't want to spoil too much of this one. The deliriums of parenthood. An absurd, delightful nightmare. You don't want to miss this phenomenally weird tale. It's such a pleasure to have @seanbirnie.bsky.social back in hex this week with Ouroborobaby!

Ouroborobaby by Seán Padraic Birnie

The baby is chewing her fingers. She’ll put anything (a phone, a tube of barrier cream, your house keys, an empty blister pack of Methlyphenidate XR, 40mg) into her mouth if you let her. She’s at that...

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The toxic urge to start a zine

“He has always been the sort of boy who picks at scabs. In class sometimes he digs the compass point into the webbing of his hands. It helps him concentrate: it quells the noise.” www.thedarkmagazine.com/baby-blue/ Very happy to return to The Dark Magazine today with ‘Baby Blue’.

It is time! The @pseudopod.org general submissions is open!!! Go submit your short horror fiction (<6000 words). I want to get my grubby claws on your stories!! Guidelines: pseudopod.org/submissions/ Submission portal: escapeartists.moksha.io/publication/...

Submissions | PseudoPod

PseudoPod wants to find quality fiction to feed our listeners. If you’re a writer with a short horror story that you’d like to hear narrated by one of our talented performers, we’d like to see it.

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Don't forget to pre-order this beauty, if you haven't. Dropping October. We're not crowd-funding this. The only way it keeps going is through your generosity. Plus, it's pretty good. Shoot me a line if you're unsure if you've pre-ordered. Thx!! undertowpublications.com/shop/best-we...

The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Vol. 2 — Undertow Publications

Pre-Order. Shipping October 2026. Cover art by Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis PRAISE FOR THE BEST WEIRD FICTION OF THE YEAR “Momentous... an indispensable guide to the state of the weird in ...

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Folks, Lightspeed & Nightmare magazines need your support. www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/a...

Announcement: We're Launching a New Kickstarter Soon. Sign up to be notified when it launches! - Lightspeed Magazine

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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I have the word count and enough stories I’m stoked on for a full-length collection. Gonna add a few more before I start looking for a home for it, but I’m pumped. Been a long time coming

The portal is open! 🕳️ We want horror stories up to 6,000 words, including flash. Originals and reprints. We pay $0.08 per word. Simultaneous submissions are accepted so long as you keep us informed. More details on our website (below).

Loading sentences with adjectives is asking your reader to swim through a foam pit. You can’t expect them to have a good time or get very far

I’m not usually fond of books about writing but this one is indispensable

buy my book@nmamatas.bsky.social · last wk.

Once, I wrote a book that people a. liked and b. found helpful It was called STARVE BETTER. The new edition—with two new chapters—is here! I am an amazon hater but you are all amazon lovers, AND amazon won't take down the old link to a single used copy, so www.amazon.com/Starve-Bette...

Listen you gotta read this. You gotta.

@chmmagazine.bsky.social · last yr.

It's a new week. Why not start it off with some free fiction? Check out "Soothsayer" by Ian Kappos on our website: bit.ly/3Gpzy0A

TODAY ONLY, I'm running a developmental editing deal: $50 for edits on a horror or Weird fiction story under 5,000 words. I'll focus on character, setting, plot, pacing, tone, and point of view, personalizing feedback based on your writing goals. Email ericraglin1992 [at] gmail [dot] com to book.

We’re closing submissions for a bit from tomorrow to get caught up as I’m falling behind on responses. If you’re a writer with a story you want to submit, get it to us by 23:59 BST tomorrow (17th July). If you’re waiting on a response I’m sorry for the delay but will get back to you ASAP.

V pleased to receive my copy of the new Interzone this morning. Contributions by @bentufnell.bsky.social and Aliya Whiteley among a stellar line-up. Subscribe here: www.patreon.com/cw/Interzone...

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Get more from INTERZONE on Patreon. a European magazine publishing fiction & non-fiction. Support INTERZONE and get exclusive access to their work.

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The homie wrote this, and it is so good

Maudlin House@maudlinhouse.bsky.social · 4w ago

A Pirate’s Life in Reno, Nevada by J. Hellend maudlinhouse.net/a-pirates-li...

STP Issue #14 is out! With stories about eating children; guys turning into telephones; malignant grimoires; 'The Connoisseur'; and resurrecting the 9/11 hijackers in order to publicly execute them.

We published Ian's "Blue Movies" a little while ago, a strange, horrid little story about drug addiction, friendship(?), shady digitised VHS tapes, and unpleasant creatures in water tanks. If you want to read more Kappos, we've got you.

“Blue Movies” by Ian Kappos - Seize The Press

Before the whole thing with the ovum, Kekoa and I volunteered at the food kitchen. His parents back in Hawaii told him he needed a job. If it didn’t pay, they’d compensate him for hours put in. This w...

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jonny@misterbloat.bsky.social · 3mo ago

ergot. is firing on all cylinders, this Ian Kappos story is one of the best things I've read this year. Ian is one of the most under-hyped writers of strange, irreal, genre-melding speculative fiction. Read Ian Kappos, people.

Oh my god 😭😭🖤🖤

jonny@misterbloat.bsky.social · 3mo ago

ergot. is firing on all cylinders, this Ian Kappos story is one of the best things I've read this year. Ian is one of the most under-hyped writers of strange, irreal, genre-melding speculative fiction. Read Ian Kappos, people.

ergot. is firing on all cylinders, this Ian Kappos story is one of the best things I've read this year. Ian is one of the most under-hyped writers of strange, irreal, genre-melding speculative fiction. Read Ian Kappos, people.

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innovative + experimental horror

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Bout to have a good ass day

Michelle@cloverjag.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I have to go to work and this is not my cat.

felt like I was going insane, reading this one, and it was awesome

ian kappos@nokappos.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Excited to share my story “Late Bloomer” is out today at @ergot.bsky.social

Wow, thanks so much for reading! 🖤

Jan Stinchcomb@janstinchcomb.bsky.social · 4mo ago

"The best trauma occurs when you're young meat." Ian Kappos in @ergot.bsky.social

"The best trauma occurs when you're young meat." Ian Kappos in @ergot.bsky.social

ergot.@ergot.bsky.social · 4mo ago

"When night came and the floor was acrawl with glisters, Arnie talked to the girl at the bottom of the chute. Between his level and the one below sat a dumbwaiter, inoperable, collecting dust." Today on ergot.: 'Late Bloomer' by Ian Kappos www.ergot.press/authors/Ian_...

"Sunlight refracted from dozens of glister shells, turning the bedroom molten. Grandpa lay curled into a fetal position on the floor, crying bloody tears. He was gibbering." Today on ergot.: 'Late Bloomer' by Ian Kappos www.ergot.press/authors/Ian_...

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innovative + experimental horror

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Excited to share my story “Late Bloomer” is out today at @ergot.bsky.social

ergot.@ergot.bsky.social · 4mo ago

"When night came and the floor was acrawl with glisters, Arnie talked to the girl at the bottom of the chute. Between his level and the one below sat a dumbwaiter, inoperable, collecting dust." Today on ergot.: 'Late Bloomer' by Ian Kappos www.ergot.press/authors/Ian_...

My psychiatrist told me to not seem too American while I’m abroad and I said I’ll try to refrain from announcing when I want a hot dog.

Apex Magazine Subscription Drive update: Things have definitely slowed down with the drive. We're currently at 157 new subscribers, which is fantastic, but its also very far from our 300 goal. If we do not hit 300 new subscribers, we will have to cut the size of each issue. All the details here:

It's Not a Sub Drive but It's a Sub Drive - Apex Magazine

If we gain zero new subscribers over the next two weeks, then beginning with the January 2024 issue, each issue will have 16,000 words of original fiction, one essay, one reprint, two interviews (one ...

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By now you know we need to hit 300 subscribers to keep our current issue size for 2024. But we aren't the only magazine asking for support: Introducing Magazine Timeshares! Pay for your stay, whether it be for as short as a month or as long as a year apex-magazine.com/apex-blog/it... (thread)

Kathe Koja is a god