Rex Burrows
@improbablerex.bsky.social
Writer, biologist, various other things. Stories in Cosmic Horror Monthly, Weird Horror Magazine, Supernatural Tales, Horror Library, etc.
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Always great to see a contributors' copy show up in the mailbox! Thanks to series editor @ericjguignard.bsky.social for including my story "I Send You a Kiss" in Horror Library Volume 9, currently available for preorder from @darkmoonbooks.bsky.social
www.darkmoonbooks.com/Horror_Libra...
www.darkmoonbooks.com/Horror_Libra...
In which my city's storied newspaper is hollowed out into a content farm.
Bezos' Post eliminates the books section after Bezos' Amazon killed independent booksellers.
An educated populace is troublesome to billionaires.
An educated populace is troublesome to billionaires.
WaPo also closing Books section and downsizing International and Metro sections
February 4, 2026 at 2:51 PM
In which my city's storied newspaper is hollowed out into a content farm.
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🚀 Fission #6 - Call for Submissions
Opens 12am Feb 13th - Closes at 11.59pm Feb 27th.
We're looking for sf stories (including all subgenres/hybrids) between 1k and 5k words that have not been published before in an English language source. Find out more:
Opens 12am Feb 13th - Closes at 11.59pm Feb 27th.
We're looking for sf stories (including all subgenres/hybrids) between 1k and 5k words that have not been published before in an English language source. Find out more:
BSFA - Fission
www.bsfa.co.uk
February 3, 2026 at 6:27 PM
🚀 Fission #6 - Call for Submissions
Opens 12am Feb 13th - Closes at 11.59pm Feb 27th.
We're looking for sf stories (including all subgenres/hybrids) between 1k and 5k words that have not been published before in an English language source. Find out more:
Opens 12am Feb 13th - Closes at 11.59pm Feb 27th.
We're looking for sf stories (including all subgenres/hybrids) between 1k and 5k words that have not been published before in an English language source. Find out more:
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Out today! Includes my story “I Send You a Kiss” alongside a whole slew of exquisitely creepy tales. Full TOC at the link below.
Perpetually working through the kinks of publishing, but today is Publication day for: +HORROR LIBRARY+ VOLUME 9 through @darkmoonbooks.bsky.social !
So absolutely proud of this anthology, perhaps the best one in the series so far!!!
www.darkmoonbooks.com/Horror_Libra...
So absolutely proud of this anthology, perhaps the best one in the series so far!!!
www.darkmoonbooks.com/Horror_Libra...
February 3, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Out today! Includes my story “I Send You a Kiss” alongside a whole slew of exquisitely creepy tales. Full TOC at the link below.
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Second story in the TOC spotlight:
"Good Jeans" by Andrew Humphrey @andyhumphrey11.bsky.social
Frost Zone Stories 3 eBook may be ordered, releasing March 3.
Paperback will be available around the same time.
books2read.com/u/mvgvoJ
"Good Jeans" by Andrew Humphrey @andyhumphrey11.bsky.social
Frost Zone Stories 3 eBook may be ordered, releasing March 3.
Paperback will be available around the same time.
books2read.com/u/mvgvoJ
February 3, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Second story in the TOC spotlight:
"Good Jeans" by Andrew Humphrey @andyhumphrey11.bsky.social
Frost Zone Stories 3 eBook may be ordered, releasing March 3.
Paperback will be available around the same time.
books2read.com/u/mvgvoJ
"Good Jeans" by Andrew Humphrey @andyhumphrey11.bsky.social
Frost Zone Stories 3 eBook may be ordered, releasing March 3.
Paperback will be available around the same time.
books2read.com/u/mvgvoJ
Out today! Includes my story “I Send You a Kiss” alongside a whole slew of exquisitely creepy tales. Full TOC at the link below.
Perpetually working through the kinks of publishing, but today is Publication day for: +HORROR LIBRARY+ VOLUME 9 through @darkmoonbooks.bsky.social !
So absolutely proud of this anthology, perhaps the best one in the series so far!!!
www.darkmoonbooks.com/Horror_Libra...
So absolutely proud of this anthology, perhaps the best one in the series so far!!!
www.darkmoonbooks.com/Horror_Libra...
February 3, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Out today! Includes my story “I Send You a Kiss” alongside a whole slew of exquisitely creepy tales. Full TOC at the link below.
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Perpetually working through the kinks of publishing, but today is Publication day for: +HORROR LIBRARY+ VOLUME 9 through @darkmoonbooks.bsky.social !
So absolutely proud of this anthology, perhaps the best one in the series so far!!!
www.darkmoonbooks.com/Horror_Libra...
So absolutely proud of this anthology, perhaps the best one in the series so far!!!
www.darkmoonbooks.com/Horror_Libra...
February 3, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Perpetually working through the kinks of publishing, but today is Publication day for: +HORROR LIBRARY+ VOLUME 9 through @darkmoonbooks.bsky.social !
So absolutely proud of this anthology, perhaps the best one in the series so far!!!
www.darkmoonbooks.com/Horror_Libra...
So absolutely proud of this anthology, perhaps the best one in the series so far!!!
www.darkmoonbooks.com/Horror_Libra...
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February 3, 2026 at 1:45 PM
More anthology films, please.
February 2, 2026 at 9:46 PM
More anthology films, please.
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Friends! Our 2026 titles are up for pre-order. And our 2025 print titles are on sale. Pre-orders help us immensely. Take a look at our site for all the details. I hope you'll consider grabbing something, if you're able. Thank you all so much.
undertowpublications.com/shop
undertowpublications.com/shop
February 2, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Friends! Our 2026 titles are up for pre-order. And our 2025 print titles are on sale. Pre-orders help us immensely. Take a look at our site for all the details. I hope you'll consider grabbing something, if you're able. Thank you all so much.
undertowpublications.com/shop
undertowpublications.com/shop
The subterranean rodent says six more weeks of winter. Yeah, no shit.
February 2, 2026 at 12:31 PM
The subterranean rodent says six more weeks of winter. Yeah, no shit.
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Is it déjà vu?
Or are you stuck in a time loop?
...or does someone keep erasing your memories?
Tell us about it in 1,000 words or less.
You could win U.S.$50.
Or are you stuck in a time loop?
...or does someone keep erasing your memories?
Tell us about it in 1,000 words or less.
You could win U.S.$50.
February 1, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Is it déjà vu?
Or are you stuck in a time loop?
...or does someone keep erasing your memories?
Tell us about it in 1,000 words or less.
You could win U.S.$50.
Or are you stuck in a time loop?
...or does someone keep erasing your memories?
Tell us about it in 1,000 words or less.
You could win U.S.$50.
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Our general submission window is now open!
We want stories and poetry with a strong voice and a sense of adventure, stuff that makes us feel things, stuff that lets us use our hearts and our brains and leaves us wanting more!
For our full guidelines and schedule, visit:
www.havenspec.com/submit/
We want stories and poetry with a strong voice and a sense of adventure, stuff that makes us feel things, stuff that lets us use our hearts and our brains and leaves us wanting more!
For our full guidelines and schedule, visit:
www.havenspec.com/submit/
Haven Spec Magazine, Submission Page
Fiction and Poetry for the 21st Century!
www.havenspec.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Our general submission window is now open!
We want stories and poetry with a strong voice and a sense of adventure, stuff that makes us feel things, stuff that lets us use our hearts and our brains and leaves us wanting more!
For our full guidelines and schedule, visit:
www.havenspec.com/submit/
We want stories and poetry with a strong voice and a sense of adventure, stuff that makes us feel things, stuff that lets us use our hearts and our brains and leaves us wanting more!
For our full guidelines and schedule, visit:
www.havenspec.com/submit/
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We are currently open to submissions! Send us your rotten ecosystems and haunted biomes
February 1, 2026 at 3:30 PM
We are currently open to submissions! Send us your rotten ecosystems and haunted biomes
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Just received my contributor’s copy of Poisoned Soup for the Macabre, Depraved, & Insane from @brigidsgatepress.bsky.social. Includes my CNF piece “Creepshow”.
January 31, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Just received my contributor’s copy of Poisoned Soup for the Macabre, Depraved, & Insane from @brigidsgatepress.bsky.social. Includes my CNF piece “Creepshow”.
Just received my contributor’s copy of Poisoned Soup for the Macabre, Depraved, & Insane from @brigidsgatepress.bsky.social. Includes my CNF piece “Creepshow”.
January 31, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Just received my contributor’s copy of Poisoned Soup for the Macabre, Depraved, & Insane from @brigidsgatepress.bsky.social. Includes my CNF piece “Creepshow”.
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Indie publishers: I am once again looking for ecofiction books to read and possible review in @briefecology.bsky.social. Please get in touch if you have a new or upcoming title that you think would be a good fit!
January 29, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Indie publishers: I am once again looking for ecofiction books to read and possible review in @briefecology.bsky.social. Please get in touch if you have a new or upcoming title that you think would be a good fit!
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SSRIs are life-changing for millions of people. Fighting the stigma around mental illness and medication is hard enough without RFK Jr. using his platform to sow doubt, hesitancy, and shame.
The cost of ripping away antidepressants is steep. If we want to save lives, we have to #RemoveRFKjr.
The cost of ripping away antidepressants is steep. If we want to save lives, we have to #RemoveRFKjr.
January 29, 2026 at 6:30 PM
SSRIs are life-changing for millions of people. Fighting the stigma around mental illness and medication is hard enough without RFK Jr. using his platform to sow doubt, hesitancy, and shame.
The cost of ripping away antidepressants is steep. If we want to save lives, we have to #RemoveRFKjr.
The cost of ripping away antidepressants is steep. If we want to save lives, we have to #RemoveRFKjr.
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I know issue 12 isn't even out yet—soon—but revel in the glory of the cover and contributors of issue 13 (Summer). Art by James Hutton. Design by Vince Haig.
I'll be doing a big pre-order push soon on our 2026 titles to try and secure some much-needed operating funds.
I'll be doing a big pre-order push soon on our 2026 titles to try and secure some much-needed operating funds.
January 29, 2026 at 1:43 PM
I know issue 12 isn't even out yet—soon—but revel in the glory of the cover and contributors of issue 13 (Summer). Art by James Hutton. Design by Vince Haig.
I'll be doing a big pre-order push soon on our 2026 titles to try and secure some much-needed operating funds.
I'll be doing a big pre-order push soon on our 2026 titles to try and secure some much-needed operating funds.
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I’m not sure how much notice this has received but the Assembly of First Nations in Canada has issued a travel advisory for the United States after reports that Indigenous people are being increasingly questioned and detained by ICE. www.instagram.com/p/DT-_SacDEH...
January 29, 2026 at 4:54 AM
I’m not sure how much notice this has received but the Assembly of First Nations in Canada has issued a travel advisory for the United States after reports that Indigenous people are being increasingly questioned and detained by ICE. www.instagram.com/p/DT-_SacDEH...
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Spring's coming early to the Frost Zone, with book 3 tentatively planned to release on March 3rd.
TABLE of CONTENTS and COVER:
TABLE of CONTENTS and COVER:
January 29, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Spring's coming early to the Frost Zone, with book 3 tentatively planned to release on March 3rd.
TABLE of CONTENTS and COVER:
TABLE of CONTENTS and COVER:
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For the @strangehorizons.bsky.social 2026 Criticism Special, I wrote about weird fiction being constituted by weird reading, vis a vis Sederholm and Woofter’s The Weird and @undertow.bsky.social’s The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Vol. 1., in tribute to Maureen Kincaid Speller. It’s a long one.
The Brackish Pool: Towards a Critical Practice of Reading Weird Fiction
The ideal reader of the weird has to embrace a kind of wilful suspension of foreknowledge or generic expectation.
strangehorizons.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:42 PM
For the @strangehorizons.bsky.social 2026 Criticism Special, I wrote about weird fiction being constituted by weird reading, vis a vis Sederholm and Woofter’s The Weird and @undertow.bsky.social’s The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Vol. 1., in tribute to Maureen Kincaid Speller. It’s a long one.
Whenever I buy a new book, I add it to my TBR pile and allow it to age for a period ranging from months to years. This process increases the complexity and nuance of the prose, evens out any sharp notes, and adds distinctiveness to characterizations.
January 26, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Whenever I buy a new book, I add it to my TBR pile and allow it to age for a period ranging from months to years. This process increases the complexity and nuance of the prose, evens out any sharp notes, and adds distinctiveness to characterizations.
Solid advice for writing short fiction (and also dining).
Today, I give some advice on regaining motivation for short fiction after spending time with long.
Please send me your own questions!
My forever disclaimer: I have no real expertise, but I like to meddle and argue and express contrarian opinions.
Please send me your own questions!
My forever disclaimer: I have no real expertise, but I like to meddle and argue and express contrarian opinions.
Dear Ivy: Writing Advice
a return to short fiction
ivygrimes.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Solid advice for writing short fiction (and also dining).
Snow storm reading selection
January 25, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Snow storm reading selection
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That plant by the window...it wasn't there before. Was it? And is that...a human face growing out of it?
Set your phasers to horror and don't trust anyone: it's time for Tales to Terrify's annual flash contest!
Winner will receive $50.
Maximum length = 1,000 words.
Set your phasers to horror and don't trust anyone: it's time for Tales to Terrify's annual flash contest!
Winner will receive $50.
Maximum length = 1,000 words.
January 24, 2026 at 5:09 PM
That plant by the window...it wasn't there before. Was it? And is that...a human face growing out of it?
Set your phasers to horror and don't trust anyone: it's time for Tales to Terrify's annual flash contest!
Winner will receive $50.
Maximum length = 1,000 words.
Set your phasers to horror and don't trust anyone: it's time for Tales to Terrify's annual flash contest!
Winner will receive $50.
Maximum length = 1,000 words.