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Andy Humphrey
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Mildly left-wing Norwich based author of Trick of the Light, Debris, A Punch to the Heart and others
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Delighted to have my second ever short story, the dark sci-fi "#SnuffBot", in this issue of Remains! Check out this issue for some wonderfully chilling work.

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Cover of Remains Issue 3, featuring a young girl in a black nightgown, holding a stuffed cat. She stands in front of a foreboding, barred doorway. Cover page of the short story "#Snuffbot" by Kailee Pedersen. Against a light blue static background, an Asian female android leans against a wall with an ambivalent expression. Back cover of Remains Issue 3, featuring the stories "Atrophy Wife" by Gary McMahon, "Elmer's Bottle Tree Ranch" by Alison Littlewood, "Loon" by Danny Rhodes, "Pebbles" by Stephen Hargadon, "Hiroshima Was Another Word for Love Then" by Andrew Hook, "Gehenna" by Steve Rasnic Tem, "Inheritance, With Teeth" by Tori Frederick", "#SnuffBot" by Kailee Pedersen, plus the start of a new series "Letters from New America" by James Sallis.
November 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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In house is issue #3 of @remainsmagazine.bsky.social I've been reading Andy Cox-edited mags all the way back to The Third Alternative. (I guess I'm old.) Check it out if you want to see what's going on in contemporary dark lit.
Issue 3 of Remains magazine. Cover depicts a very pale young woman or girl in a long, old-fashioned black dress/frock with laced bottom and collar, holding a teddy bear in front of an open door.
November 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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And the titular story is free to read til the end of the month.

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November 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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We're revisiting our back catalogue and the ONLY original novel we've published—M. Rickert's "The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie." This exquisite mystery is an amalgam of Frankenstein, and A Confederacy of Dunces. We want you to read it. The eBook is on sale for just $2.

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PRAISE "...an affecting and tragic portrayal of a man struggling and failing to communicate and connect with those around him. Highly recommended..." - Starred Review, Booklist “Masterful ... darkly magical ... a stunning ending.” — Gary K. Wolfe, Locus “The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie grabbed me from the first page. Quark is an indelible main character who I will continue to think about and love.” — Dan Chaon, author of Ill Will “The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie by M. Rickert is a powerful evocation of an imaginary place, both magical and mundane; the tribulations of a good hearted hapless giant; and a compelling mystery. Dark and humorous and deep.” —   Jeffrey Ford, Author of Big Dark Hole “Fans of M. Rickert's singular blend of the mundane and the monstrous will be drawn deep into the briny, haunted world of Bellfairie.” —   Sofia Samatar, Author of A Stranger in Olondria, and Tender “Awash in sea rain, ghosts and the stories they trail, the sound of submerged bells from offshore (or their echo, or their memory), Bellfairie and its denizens are M. Rickert creations through and through—meaning magical, mournful, mysterious, profoundly human.” —   Glen Hirshberg, Author of The Motherless Children Trilogy “The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie is a dark, dream-like, psychologically astute novel about the outsider as threat and victim, about the power of crowds, and the betrayal of innocence, replete with uncanny secrets, signs, and symbols that echo and reverberate, intimations of an unseen, sublunary world.” —   Douglas Glover, Author of Elle, and Savage Love
November 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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'Heavyness' excerpted here: www.seanbirnie.com/september-20...

'It seemed at any moment my body might just decide to disassemble.'
September 2025: ‘Heavyness’ & a REMAINS magazine discount code
I was very pleased when Andy Cox and Richard Wagner returned to publishing this year with REMAINS, following Andy's retirement in 2024 and the shuttering of TTA Press, longtime stalwart of genre short...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Even if I wasn't an M. Rickert superfan, I'd tell anyone this is $2 no reader will regret spending!
undertow.bsky.social Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 3d
We're revisiting our back catalogue and the ONLY original novel we've published—M. Rickert's "The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie." This exquisite mystery is an amalgam of Frankenstein, and A Confederacy of Dunces. We want you to read it. The eBook is on sale for just $2.

undertowpublications.com/ebooks
PRAISE "...an affecting and tragic portrayal of a man struggling and failing to communicate and connect with those around him. Highly recommended..." - Starred Review, Booklist “Masterful ... darkly magical ... a stunning ending.” — Gary K. Wolfe, Locus “The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie grabbed me from the first page. Quark is an indelible main character who I will continue to think about and love.” — Dan Chaon, author of Ill Will “The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie by M. Rickert is a powerful evocation of an imaginary place, both magical and mundane; the tribulations of a good hearted hapless giant; and a compelling mystery. Dark and humorous and deep.” —   Jeffrey Ford, Author of Big Dark Hole “Fans of M. Rickert's singular blend of the mundane and the monstrous will be drawn deep into the briny, haunted world of Bellfairie.” —   Sofia Samatar, Author of A Stranger in Olondria, and Tender “Awash in sea rain, ghosts and the stories they trail, the sound of submerged bells from offshore (or their echo, or their memory), Bellfairie and its denizens are M. Rickert creations through and through—meaning magical, mournful, mysterious, profoundly human.” —   Glen Hirshberg, Author of The Motherless Children Trilogy “The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie is a dark, dream-like, psychologically astute novel about the outsider as threat and victim, about the power of crowds, and the betrayal of innocence, replete with uncanny secrets, signs, and symbols that echo and reverberate, intimations of an unseen, sublunary world.” —   Douglas Glover, Author of Elle, and Savage Love
November 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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November 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Woke to a sweet acceptance for a ghost story in my haunted inbox this morning from Frost Zone Press!

Thank you for taking on my work, @frostzonestories.bsky.social :)
November 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Coldwell - Related Works 4: Grendel by John Gardner (1972). Beowulf retold from the monster's existentialist perspective. A new take on a familiar tale which prefigures the retelling of the Eyam plague in Coldwell. As with Owd Jack, Grendel can see through the human society he observes and opposes.
November 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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A murmur about a great short story collected in Michael Kelly's The Best Weird Fiction of the Year Vol. 1, @undertow.bsky.social. Among other things, Charlotte Tierney's "A Woman's Place Is in the Haunted Home" reveals things about anxiety that only fiction can.
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A Woman's Place Is in the Haunted Home
Weird Murmur Blog by Grant Dowell. Weird Fiction, Pulp Tales, and Horror Story Discussions.
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November 22, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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A murmur about a great short story collected in Michael Kelly's The Best Weird Fiction of the Year Vol. 1, @undertow.bsky.social. Among other things, Charlotte Tierney's "A Woman's Place Is in the Haunted Home" reveals things about anxiety that only fiction can.
www.weirdmurmur.com/2025/11/a-wo...
A Woman's Place Is in the Haunted Home
Weird Murmur Blog by Grant Dowell. Weird Fiction, Pulp Tales, and Horror Story Discussions.
www.weirdmurmur.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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That's a fascinating blog about a brilliant story, Andrew.

It's good to see reviews appearing already.

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November 22, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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I've had the pleasure of hanging out with Sean in Ottawa, Niagara Falls, and Toronto. Good people, doing good work. If you can, please consider joining their Patreon to help keep the lights on at Psychopomp.
November 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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New blog post about my recently published short story, "Hiroshima Was Another Word For Love Then", published in Remains #3.

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Hiroshima Was Another Word For Love Then
My short story titled "Hiroshima Was Another Word For Love Then" was recently published in Remains #3  and as usual I'm blogging a few words...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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First new issue of F&SF in ages says it is "Volume 1."
Cover of first new issue of F&SF in ages and banner says it is "Volume 1"
November 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Saw it @weightlessbooks.bsky.social which says it's Summer 2025
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Summer 2025 Sheree Renée Thomas et al. Subscribe to The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction | View All Issues The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, founded in 1949, is the award-winning SF magazine which is the original publisher of SF classics like Stephen King’s Dark Tower, Daniel Keyes’s Flowers for Algernon, and Walter M. Miller’s A Canticle for Leibowitz. Each double-sized issue offers: compelling short fiction by writers such as Kelly Link, Mary Robinette Kowal, Michael Moorcock, Nnedi Okorafor, and many others; the science fiction field’s most respected and outspoken opinions on Books, Films, and Science; humor from our cartoonists and writers. For more information and to sample some of our articles, Please visit our web site. NOVELLAS THREAT ASSESSMENT Matthew Kressel and Mercurio D. Rivera SOUL REBEL Maurice Broaddus NOVELETS THE FINAL TRIAL OF JALEN, OBA OF UHURI Justin C. Key THE CORPORATE SOUL John Shirley THE APOLOGY TOUR Nnedi Okorafor SHORT STORIES THE SEVENTY-EIGHT SPOONS Devan Barlow AND A LITTLE GARLIC William Mangieri THE RED RIVER SUMMERS Inda Lauryn POEMS MOCTEZUMA III Lisa M. Bradley DEPARTMENTS EDITORIAL: A NEW HORIZON Sheree Renée Thomas BOOKS TO LOOK FOR Charles de Lint MUSING ON BOOKS Michelle West BY THE NUMBERS #10 Arley Sorg SCIENCE: THE SKEPTICAL SCIENTIST Jerry Oltion COMING ATTRACTIONS CURIOSITIES Michael Gonzales
November 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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I was delighted to receive this beauty yesterday from @remainsmagazine.bsky.social

What a stellar line-up!

Can't wait to read it.
November 20, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Reminder to editors and publishers that I'm accepting epubs of mags, collections, and anthos that have original 2025 short fiction for consideration in Best Weird Fiction of the Year 2. Writers — you'll have an opportunity to submit in the new year.
undertow.bsky.social Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · Jul 27
Editor/Publisher friends (only): I'm happy to receive ePubs of your 2025 short fiction projects for the 2026 volume. DM for deets. Or send direct to: bestspecfic (at) gmail(dot)com

Writer friends (only): Subs will open next year. (You can let your editor know I can receive their projects now.)
undertow.bsky.social Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · Jul 12
I am thrilled to announce the following authors will be appearing in The Best Weird Fiction of the Year.
November 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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eBooks delivered immediately to your waiting eReaders.
undertow.bsky.social Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 28d
We published some bangers this year. Hope you got your weird on. Well, I'm sure you did. Thanks to everyone for your support.

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Our 4 titles: Weird Horror issues 10 $ 11; Uncertain Sons and Other Stories; The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Vol. 1.
November 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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"Uncertain Sons and Other Stories," by @thomasha.bsky.social is a New York Public Library's 'Best Of' 2025.

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Uncertain Sons and Other Stories — Undertow Publications
Sept. 2025 Cover art by Ove Tøpfer Trade paperback (284 pages) Uncertain Sons is a startling and masterful collection exploring familial love and trauma; societal and technological anxieties; ...
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November 17, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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PSA: The Year's Best Weird Fiction (Vol. 1 / 2024) is a revitalizing tonic, a reminder of just how good and strange and fun speculative fiction can be. @undertow.bsky.social has a keen and expansive eye—I look forward to many many installments to come. undertowpublications.com/shop/best-we...
Best Weird Fiction, Vol. 1 — Undertow Publications
A showcase of some of the finest weird fiction from 2024, the inaugural volume of The Best Weird Fiction of the Year pays homage to, and builds upon, the critical success of its sibling predecessor,...
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November 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Reminder you can read @thomasha.bsky.social 's novelette "Uncertain Sons" for free til the end of the month.
undertow.bsky.social Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 18d
I've made @thomasha.bsky.social's original novelette "Uncertain Sons" - from his debut collection - available to read for those catching up on year-end reading, for awards eligibility and recommendations. Enjoy!

We appreciate your kind consideration.

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November 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Great book, highly recommended!
November 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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cinnamon kisses, autumnal burial, future war

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Available now at your favorite digital store!
Body and Soul by Andrew Hook
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November 16, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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You are very welcome! They are really excellent.
salopress.bsky.social Salò Press @salopress.bsky.social · 11d
Thanks, Andy! Thrilled you enjoyed them 😍
November 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM