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K. A. Roy @kayleigharoy.bsky.social · 18h

Sadly enough, I did not write House of Leaves 🥲

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K. A. Roy @kayleigharoy.bsky.social · 20h

Thank you! I’m still reeling!

K. A. Roy @kayleigharoy.bsky.social · 21h

🎉🎉🎉🙌

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K. A. Roy @kayleigharoy.bsky.social · 22h

And there were probably 8+ copies!

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K. A. Roy @kayleigharoy.bsky.social · 23h

Spotted Red Line: Chicago Horror Stories at my local Barnes & Noble. First time seeing something my work is a part of in the wild! @frombeyondpress.bsky.social

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Jessica Peter @jessicapeter.bsky.social · 8d

I'm thrilled to join Haven Spec as Poetry Editor! Excited to dig into the beautiful mountain of spec poetry - the vivid, the emotional, the lyrical, the strange, the dark, the climate-conscious, the bittersweet, the idea-driven, the magical, the otherwordly, the weird. . . and everything else!

Haven Spec Magazine @havenspec.bsky.social · 8d

We're over the moon to announce that Jessica Peter / @jessicapeter.bsky.social has joined us as our new Poetry Editor!

Welcome! Welcome Welcome Welcome!

Image shows a snippet from the Haven Spec website of Jessica Peter's bio and image. The text reads as follows:

Jessica Peter writes dark, haunted, and sometimes absurd short stories, novels, and poems. A social worker and health researcher, she lives in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Her writing can be found in Apparition Literary, The NoSleep Podcast, Flame Tree, and Cosmic Horror Monthly, among other places. She also co-edited Howls from the Scene of the Crime: An Anthology of Crime Horror (Howl Society Press, May 2024). You can find her on Bluesky at @jessicapeter.bsky.social, or at www.jessicapeter.net.

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Haven Spec Magazine @havenspec.bsky.social · 8d

We're over the moon to announce that Jessica Peter / @jessicapeter.bsky.social has joined us as our new Poetry Editor!

Welcome! Welcome Welcome Welcome!

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Haven Spec Magazine @havenspec.bsky.social · 8d

Haven Spec Magazine is now open to submissions by authors of historically marginalized backgrounds only!

We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and other folks whose voices must be heard!

www.havenspec.com/submit/

Haven Spec Magazine, Submission Page

Fiction and Poetry for the 21st Century!

www.havenspec.com

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Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 12d

still a chance to get a physical copy of the fourth annual issue of the single most important horror series ever produced

Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · 13d

Thought we were sold out of Hellarkey but @renbolger.bsky.social conjured some extra haunted copies. Get one, if you dare: malarkeybooks.com/store/hellar...

Hellarkey vol. IV — Malarkey

Hellarkey IV 56 pages. 6.14 by 9.21 inches. This item will ship in September or early October. Hellarkey is a horror-themed magazine published by Malarkey every October. Each summer, mystical ed...

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K. A. Roy @kayleigharoy.bsky.social · 11d

Last call! Worth every penny!

Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · 13d

Thought we were sold out of Hellarkey but @renbolger.bsky.social conjured some extra haunted copies. Get one, if you dare: malarkeybooks.com/store/hellar...

Hellarkey vol. IV — Malarkey

Hellarkey IV 56 pages. 6.14 by 9.21 inches. This item will ship in September or early October. Hellarkey is a horror-themed magazine published by Malarkey every October. Each summer, mystical ed...

malarkeybooks.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 22d

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.

This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.

All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

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Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · 23d

Have put a lot of books in the mail in the last week, but also zines. First batch of Hellarkey is out and over 100 copies of King Ludd’s Rag, featuring stories by Tori Rego and @jedwardgregal.bsky.social, have gone out, many just as a bonus with another book that sold. Buy a book, get a zine too!

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From Beyond Press @frombeyondpress.bsky.social · 26d

Paying full price for a Hellarkey is always a great deal! (also, join their book club. they send you the Hellarkeys.)

Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · 26d

We always lose money on this. Not trying to make a profit, but every copy that we actually sell helps us lose less money. Use code FULLCOVERPRICE to save $0 on your order!

Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · 27d

Will begin shipping copies of Hellarkey over the weekend. Order a copy and you get some spooky stories to read, help us recover some of the costs, and get a free zine in the bargain! malarkeybooks.com/store/hellar...

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K. A. Roy @kayleigharoy.bsky.social · 26d

Help Malarkey lose less money and get one of my stories in your hands. THAT’S a bargain. 🤭

Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · 26d

We always lose money on this. Not trying to make a profit, but every copy that we actually sell helps us lose less money. Use code FULLCOVERPRICE to save $0 on your order!

Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · 27d

Will begin shipping copies of Hellarkey over the weekend. Order a copy and you get some spooky stories to read, help us recover some of the costs, and get a free zine in the bargain! malarkeybooks.com/store/hellar...

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Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · 27d

Will begin shipping copies of Hellarkey over the weekend. Order a copy and you get some spooky stories to read, help us recover some of the costs, and get a free zine in the bargain! malarkeybooks.com/store/hellar...

Hellarkey vol. IV — Malarkey

Hellarkey IV 56 pages. 6.14 by 9.21 inches. This item will ship in September or early October. Hellarkey is a horror-themed magazine published by Malarkey every October. Each summer, mystical ed...

malarkeybooks.com

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K. A. Roy @kayleigharoy.bsky.social · 29d

I mean, what an absolute banger deal. Don’t miss out!

Lauren Bolger @renbolger.bsky.social · 29d

This wasn’t written *because* of the best friends kissing SM trend, but it pairs nicely. If you preorder it before 10/1 you get Malarkey’s annual Horror zine, stickers, and a comic art bookmark.

Lauren Bolger @renbolger.bsky.social · Aug 27

Did you know The Barre Incidents has a Mothman cameo? Preorder through the Malarkey site before Oct 1 to get a a signed copy, bookmark, stickers, and Hellarkey! (Malarkey’s annual Halloween zine, filled with awesome spooky stories)!
malarkeybooks.com/store/barre-...

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Haven Spec Magazine @havenspec.bsky.social · Sep 2

👀Fiction Highlight👀

ICYMI, the short story "A True Account of a Pre-Teen Blob " by @reasie.bsky.social is free to read online!

Test the bonds of family and the human form in this piece from our March issue!

Story:
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Issue:
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An excerpt of the short story "A True Account of a Pre-teen Blob" by Marie Vibbert, published in Haven Spec Magazine, Issue 19, March 2025. The text reads:

I wished my whole body would bruise. I could roll like a meatball off the car seat, out the door and down the highway. I could be a wonderful monster.

"We’re never going back," Mom added, joyful and sadistic.

Milly gripped her book tighter against her flat chest. We never knew when the horrible things Mom said would be true.

The background is the issue's cover art, titled Daydreamer, by Abi Stevens Art.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · Aug 22

Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect.

As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.

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Neil Willcox, Son of a Beekeeper @neilwillcox.bsky.social · Aug 12

Support Malarkey and read my story Fruit Of Decay, with cannibalism, fungi, death, the fae, art exhibitions and cannibalism.

Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · Aug 12

You’ve been waiting. Too long you’ve been waiting. But it’s here, finally. The Grift is back! 11 writers. 65 pages.$5. A much-needed fundraiser for the press; a nice little magazine for you (if you have Adobe, select booklet when you print). Happy reading!

malarkeybooks.com/store/grift2

The Grift: Volume 2 — Malarkey

The Grift, the greatest and most important literary magazine in history, is back, this time with work from Jacquelyn Bengfort, Zachary Kocanda, Christopher Stevenson, Neil Willcox , Dereck Heckman, Cr...

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Emily McClanathan @emilymcclanathan.bsky.social · Aug 7

Very happy that I could review RED LINE: CHICAGO HORROR STORIES. This horror newbie had a great time with it.

Also thrilled to be back in the Reader's pages. Long live the @chicagoreader.com!

From Beyond Press @frombeyondpress.bsky.social · Aug 7

"Red Line’s contributors create a thrilling mosaic of Chicago—past, present, and future—in all its complex, terrifying beauty."

The Chicago Reader loves RED LINE: CHICAGO HORROR STORIES. I can't ask for a better recommendation.

chicagoreader.com/books/book-r...

Explore spooky Chicago history - Chicago Reader

Red Line: Chicago Horror Stories delves into spooky Chicago history and painful aspects of modern urban life.

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K. A. Roy @kayleigharoy.bsky.social · Aug 12

Out today!!

Chicago Review of Books @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social · Aug 12

"There’s enough Midwestern self-deprecation and snark to delight the most ardent Chicago afficionados."

Randy Hardwick's review of "Red Line Horror Stories" Edited by Michael W. Phillips, Jr. (@frombeyondpress.bsky.social) is out now.
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/08/12/a...

A Diversity of Horror in "Red Line: Chicago Horror Stories" - Chicago Review of Books

With Red Line: Chicago Horror Stories, Editor Michael W. Philips, Jr. has mined Chicago’s considerable pool of talented horror writers to curate an entertaining, if uneven, mosaic of the city. The met...

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Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · Aug 10

Rare poetry window. We will publish four of these poetry EPs/zines/microchaps next year. More if we can swing it but we have the means, for now, to say four. Knock us out!

oleada.io/publication/...

Oleada - A Submission Platform

A submission platform for small presses and magazines.

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Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · Aug 8

$5 zine is good but you can actually get Hellarkey IV for $0 if you preorder The Barre Incidents. You’ll get a first edition signed by @renbolger.bsky.social plus a one of a kind bookmark! malarkeybooks.com/store/barre-...

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Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · Aug 8

for real though, buy a copy or three of this, okay?

Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · Aug 4

It’s true Hellarkey IV is priced at $8 because this shit is expensive but it’s also true that you can get $3 off with code HELLARKEYISREAL because why not

malarkeybooks.com/store/hellar...

Hellarkey vol. IV — Malarkey

Hellarkey IV 56 pages. 6.14 by 9.21 inches. This item will ship in September or early October. Hellarkey is a horror-themed magazine published by Malarkey every October. Each summer, mystical ed...

malarkeybooks.com

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K. A. Roy @kayleigharoy.bsky.social · Aug 8

❤️❤️❤️

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