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HornsandRattlesPress @hornsandrattles.bsky.social · 2d

Horror Book Club!!

This Tuesday, October 14th at 7pm! Join us (H.V. and Victoria) at Heirloom Rustic Ales as we talk about Root Rot by Saskia Nislow!

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HornsandRattlesPress @hornsandrattles.bsky.social · Jul 10

Join FGtL contributor Ryan C. Bradley in conversation with @hvpatterson.bsky.social for a free event celebrating the release of his latest book from @ghoulish.bsky.social , Say Uncle!

Thursday July 17th from 7-8pm at Magic City Books in Tulsa, OK.

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Ryan C. Bradley | Magic City Books

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HornsandRattlesPress @hornsandrattles.bsky.social · Jul 10

Join FGtL contributor Ryan C. Bradley in conversation with @hvpatterson.bsky.social for a free event celebrating the release of his latest book from @ghoulish.bsky.social , Say Uncle!

Thursday July 17th from 7-8pm at Magic City Books in Tulsa, OK.

magiccitybooks.com/events/28597...

Ryan C. Bradley | Magic City Books

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HornsandRattlesPress @hornsandrattles.bsky.social · Jun 13

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HornsandRattlesPress @hornsandrattles.bsky.social · Apr 29

Happy release day to FGtL contributor @ryanb4890.bsky.social! Say Uncle from @ghoulish.bsky.social is out now!

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Say Uncle – GHOULISH

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · Apr 29

I've got a little reflection over on Patreon for free!

www.patreon.com/posts/say-un...

Say Uncle is ALIVE | Ryan C. Bradley

www.patreon.com

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Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social · Apr 16

Strange Horizons is currently open to fiction submissions. We will close once we reach our 1,000 story cap.

You can read our guidelines and find the link to our Moksha portal on the Fiction Submission page of our website.

Happy Submitting, Everyone!

Fiction Submission Guidelines

How to submit a story to Strange Horizons.

strangehorizons.com

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HornsandRattlesPress @hornsandrattles.bsky.social · Apr 8

Congrats to FGtL contributor @spicycloaca.bsky.social! We're excited for this collection!

Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · Apr 7

This collection is fucking sick, and y'all are going to love it. Samir is an incredible writer, bringing the nastiness, strangeness, sexiness, heart, and horror. And did I mention strangeness? This collection is WEIRD.

Coming in 2026!

Samir Sirk Morató @spicycloaca.bsky.social · Apr 7

cat's out of the bag: my debut short story collection, "Gore Poetics", is going to be published by @cursedmorsels.bsky.social next year! ✨️🥩 to say i'm elated & stunned is an understatement

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HornsandRattlesPress @hornsandrattles.bsky.social · Mar 29

Buy a copy here: www.hornsandrattlespress.com/product/fish...

Fish Gather to Listen: A Horror Anthology | HORNS & RATTLES PRESS

The first anthology from Horns and Rattles Press, "Fish Gather to Listen" is a collection of short horror, each with the common theme of water. They lurk. They drown. They watch. What swims be...

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HornsandRattlesPress @hornsandrattles.bsky.social · Mar 29

It's #NationalMermaidDay! We've got mermaids, selkies, and a whole lot more water-based horror in Fish Gather to Listen!

Cover of Fish Gather to Listen, a monk in a diving bell surrounded by massive fish.

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Archive of the Odd @archiveoftheodd.bsky.social · Mar 27

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PREORDER Archive of the Odd Issue #5: Cogito Error

NOTE: This is a digital preorder! Your order will be sent on March 15, 2025. Thank you! In every life there are choices. In every choice there is...

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Trans Rights Readathon @trreadathon.bsky.social · Mar 28

We have so many spec fic recs that we had to break the prompt into two posts. 🦄✨

#booksky #trr25 #transrightsreadathon

Slide 1: Trans Rights Readathon Bonus Prompt: Fantasy. A series of books can be hazily in the background (books named on next slide).

Slide 2: Book Recs 1/3: The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach. A World Worth Saving by Kyle Lukoff. Infinity Alchemist by Kacen Callender. The Forbidden Book by Sacha Lamb. The Bruising of Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia. Splinter by Jasper Hyde. Transmogriphy! an anthology. The Four Profound Weaves by R.M Lemberg. The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa. The Thread That Binds by Cedar McCloud. Ikarys the Dam*ed by Taylor Hubbard. The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas.

Slide 3: Books Recs 2/3: Dragonfall by L.R. Lam. Home Grown Magic by Jamie Pacton & Rebecca Podos. Guarding Gus by Karryn Nagel. Godly Heathens by H.E. Edgemon. A Tide of Treason by A.B. Daniels-Annachi. Onesies & Ouijaboards by Jamie Sands. The Story of the Hundred Promises by Neil Cochrane. The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy. Someone Else’s Shoes by Aldrea Alien. Alien Superhero Girlfriend by Fern V. Bedeck. Fallen Thorns by Harvey Oliver Baxter. Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore.

Slide 4: Book Recs 3/3: The Prince’s Dearest Guards by Beau Van Dalen. The Deep by Rivers Solomon. House Monstra Hotline by V.T. Hoàng. Spider Moth by Amara Lynn. Dreadnought by April Daniels. Of Rebels and Gods by James N. Stadig. Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars by Kai Cheng Thom. Witch, Cat, and Cobb by J.K. Pendragon. The Hidden Crystals by R. Dawnraven. Mooncakes by Wendy Xu and Suzanne Walker. The Cursed Heart by Derin Edala. She Who Earned Her Wings by Vaela Denarr and Micah Iannandrea.

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Emma E. Murray @emmaemurray.bsky.social · Mar 27

Help @apocalypseparty.bsky.social hit their goal so they can publish more unique and bounty-pushing horror 🖤

www.gofundme.com/f/help-fund-...

#horrorsky #horrorcommunity

Donate to Support Apocalypse Party, organized by Ben DeVos

My name is Ben DeVos, and I’m the founder and sole editor of Apocalypse Party, a small press dedica… Ben DeVos needs your support for Support Apocalypse Party

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Haven Spec Magazine @havenspec.bsky.social · Mar 10

Our ✨March 2025 issue✨ is ready at last!

Subscribers can read it today, but everybody else has to wait till next week. Why not subscribe and feast your eyes on all of these literary wonders to behold?

Subscribe through Patreon:
www.patreon.com/HavenSpecMag...

Haven Spec Magazine, Issue Nineteen, March 2025. Cover and table of contents.

The contents are as follows:

Cover Art by Abi Stevens Art.

Fiction:
Handsomest Gentlest by M. R. Robinson.
A True Account of a Pre-Teen Blob by Marie Vibbert.
Coming Home to Leviathan by Sagan Yee.
Host by Catherine McCarthy.

Poetry:
Bandits of Dream City by Sharang Biswas.
What Does Your Revolution Look Like? by Ewen Ma.
Dawn Witching with Crows by Devin Miller.
Hermit of the Crossroads by Marie Brennan.

Nonfiction:
Letter from the Editor, Ya Herd? By Leon Perniciaro.
Short Fiction Reviews By Danai Christopoulou.

Interviews with Lindz McLeod and Terese Mason Pierre.

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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · Mar 11

happy book release to PUNK GOES HORROR, which includes my short story "Kids of the Black Hole"

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HornsandRattlesPress @hornsandrattles.bsky.social · Mar 11

Check out this new novella from FGTL contributor Anemone Moss!

Anemone Moss @ecoevoexo.bsky.social · Mar 4

My scifi novella is now available on itchio! Luna is nonbinary streamer taking on the legacy of SETI in the dystopian 2060s. When xe receives an odd message, it becomes a mystery that will lead xer to a deeper knowledge of xer place in the world and the cosmos.
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Lantern's Glow by Anemone Moss

A nonbinary SETI streamer in the dystopian future receives a curious message.

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HornsandRattlesPress @hornsandrattles.bsky.social · Mar 11

If you're in the Tulsa area, come hang out with some cool people!

dustbowldreams.bsky.social @dustbowldreams.bsky.social · Mar 11

I’ll be at a double book launch for contributors @jesmwrites.bsky.social and @samryanreally.bsky.social at Positive Space on March 20. This will also be a small press fair featuring SIAMB! zine, @hornsandrattles.bsky.social and yours truly, so I extended this deadline and pushed out the release!

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · Mar 10

the March horror shopping list is live! feat. new books from @sgj.bsky.social, @alexgrecian.bsky.social, @erikatwurth.bsky.social, @nvtran.bsky.social, @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social, @authorallisongunn.bsky.social, @drewhuff.bsky.social, @charleneelsby.bsky.social, @patrickbarb.bsky.social, & more:

All the New Horror Books Coming in March 2025

March 2025’s new horror books, featuring titles from Agustina Bazterrica, Stephen Graham Jones, Cynthia Pelayo, Trang Thanh Tran, Alex Grecian, Erika T. Wurth, and more!

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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · Mar 5

It's nearly time to send in your amazing, strange, sexy, and terrifying zine submissions. Guidelines here: cursedmorsels.com/submission-c...

Submission Calls

ZINE SUBMISSION CALL (OPEN TO ALL WRITERS MARCH 7TH THROUGH 21ST)This March, we’ll be accepting submissions both for our third zine bundle and a special zine to go with the release of D. Matt…

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · Mar 8

Submission info for the eighth novella series can be found here:

www.neonhemlock.com/submissions

Submissions for our
eighth Novella Series
will open
June 15-30 2025
for trans women
& writers of color
and then
October 15-30 2025
from all writers.

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HornsandRattlesPress @hornsandrattles.bsky.social · Mar 1

Check out this creepy, new story from BBTF contributor Beth Goder!

Beth Goder @bethgoder.bsky.social · Feb 28

My horror story at Flash Fiction Online is free to read today!

"The mirror-hole appears on Haley’s sixteenth birthday as she’s putting on eyeliner."

www.flashfictiononline.com/article/mirr...

Mirror-hole

The mirror-hole appears on Haley’s sixteenth birthday as she’s putting on eyeliner. A huge, jagged oval in the middle of the mirror.Haley shrugs and puts on mascara. It’s not like she’s never…

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HornsandRattlesPress @hornsandrattles.bsky.social · Feb 27

FGTL contributor Ryan C. Bradley has a new novel out this year from @ghoulish.bsky.social!

Paste Magazine @pastemagazine.bsky.social · Feb 24

Get your first look at Say Uncle, the latest novel from Ryan C. Bradley, coming this spring from indie horror publisher Ghoulish Books. www.pastemagazine.com/books/horror...

Exclusive Cover Reveal + Excerpt: Indie Horror Say Uncle

Get your first look at Say Uncle, the latest novel from Ryan C. Bradley, coming this spring from indie horror publisher Ghoulish Books.

www.pastemagazine.com

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HornsandRattlesPress @hornsandrattles.bsky.social · Feb 27

We've had an amazing time at Ghoulish Book Festival! We can't make it this year, but we highly recommend it to ghouls everywhere!

max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · Feb 26

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HornsandRattlesPress @hornsandrattles.bsky.social · Feb 24

Congrats to FGTL contributor @samryanreally.bsky.social on the publication of her first novel, Pride! 🏳️‍🌈

Cover of the novel "Pride" by Samanthan Ryan. Silhouettes of main characters Avery and Ben facing each other against a background of gold/multicolored wallpaper.

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HornsandRattlesPress @hornsandrattles.bsky.social · Feb 24

This modern day take on "Pride and Prejudice" is a beautiful, cozy romance with fun dialogue and memorable characters. Ryan expertly navigates the perils and joys of living as your authentic self through Avery and Ben! Take a breather from horror and check this out.

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