Rebecca Summerling (she/her)
@rlsummerling.bsky.social
Writer and reader of the strange.
Assistant editor at Seize the Press. Associate editor at Violet Lichen Books
My stories can be found in The Dark, Nightjar Press, Interzone, ergot.
www.rlsummerling.com
Banner art by John Chrostek
Assistant editor at Seize the Press. Associate editor at Violet Lichen Books
My stories can be found in The Dark, Nightjar Press, Interzone, ergot.
www.rlsummerling.com
Banner art by John Chrostek
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I made an awards eligibility post! I always feel a bit embarrassed doing these, but I'm really proud of these stories and extremely grateful to the editors who've published them
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New short story recommendation up today! We've got Andrew Kozma talking about "Sideswipe" by Soren Narnia on the Knifepoint Horror podcast. Elk horror gang rise up.
Andrew Kozma recommends "Sideswipe" by Soren Narnia | Seize The Press Magazine
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November 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
New short story recommendation up today! We've got Andrew Kozma talking about "Sideswipe" by Soren Narnia on the Knifepoint Horror podcast. Elk horror gang rise up.
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A lawyer I know is trying to help an abuse victim client relocate to get away from their abusive ex. They have an infant child and they're really struggling due to SNAP being cut. Would be really cool if you're in a position to help a stranger out.
Donate to Help an abuse victim and her child relocate to safety., organized by Michael Wikoff
My name is Michael Wikoff. I'm a legal aid attorney in Franklin … Michael Wikoff needs your support for Help an abuse victim and her child relocate to safety.
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November 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
A lawyer I know is trying to help an abuse victim client relocate to get away from their abusive ex. They have an infant child and they're really struggling due to SNAP being cut. Would be really cool if you're in a position to help a stranger out.
ICYMI!
I made an awards eligibility post! I always feel a bit embarrassed doing these, but I'm really proud of these stories and extremely grateful to the editors who've published them
November 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
ICYMI!
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This is a thread of stuff that inspired my novella THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR, out with Violet Lichen Press on Feb 18, 2026!
Thread updated weekly, maybe?
www.apexbookcompany.com/products/the...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
Thread updated weekly, maybe?
www.apexbookcompany.com/products/the...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
The Cellar Below the Cellar
Preorder and save 30%! Release Date 2/18/26 A playfully dark folk horror inspired by the fairy tale "Vasilisa the Beautiful" and the mythology around Frau Perchta, set under the blazing sky of endless...
www.apexbookcompany.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
This is a thread of stuff that inspired my novella THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR, out with Violet Lichen Press on Feb 18, 2026!
Thread updated weekly, maybe?
www.apexbookcompany.com/products/the...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
Thread updated weekly, maybe?
www.apexbookcompany.com/products/the...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
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‘Manchester City Council CCTV camera and advertising hoarding for the mobile phone network 3’ by David Dunnico, 2009.
November 21, 2025 at 7:01 AM
‘Manchester City Council CCTV camera and advertising hoarding for the mobile phone network 3’ by David Dunnico, 2009.
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It's that time of year again*
*it is always that time of year
*it is always that time of year
November 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
It's that time of year again*
*it is always that time of year
*it is always that time of year
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find the book wherever books are found!
(and if you don't mind, please review it + spreading the word to other horror readers, weird fic fans, people who hate Thomas Hobbes, people looking for weird oceanic body horror, cult stories, surreal dreams and hate the Big Old Machine Eating Us All)
(and if you don't mind, please review it + spreading the word to other horror readers, weird fic fans, people who hate Thomas Hobbes, people looking for weird oceanic body horror, cult stories, surreal dreams and hate the Big Old Machine Eating Us All)
November 19, 2025 at 10:33 PM
find the book wherever books are found!
(and if you don't mind, please review it + spreading the word to other horror readers, weird fic fans, people who hate Thomas Hobbes, people looking for weird oceanic body horror, cult stories, surreal dreams and hate the Big Old Machine Eating Us All)
(and if you don't mind, please review it + spreading the word to other horror readers, weird fic fans, people who hate Thomas Hobbes, people looking for weird oceanic body horror, cult stories, surreal dreams and hate the Big Old Machine Eating Us All)
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🔥 COVER +TITLE REVEAL + SUBMISSIONS OPEN🔥
YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices
A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️⚧️
Art by @mxmorgan.com
All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices
A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️⚧️
Art by @mxmorgan.com
All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
November 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
🔥 COVER +TITLE REVEAL + SUBMISSIONS OPEN🔥
YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices
A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️⚧️
Art by @mxmorgan.com
All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices
A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️⚧️
Art by @mxmorgan.com
All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
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Hand & Hellebores, created c.1970s by George Buday, at Netherne hospital where he was compelled to live.
Art therapist Edward Adamson secured special dispensation for Buday to have the tools & materials he needed to carry on working as an artist, doing so from a summerhouse in the hospital grounds
Art therapist Edward Adamson secured special dispensation for Buday to have the tools & materials he needed to carry on working as an artist, doing so from a summerhouse in the hospital grounds
December 31, 2024 at 8:54 AM
Hand & Hellebores, created c.1970s by George Buday, at Netherne hospital where he was compelled to live.
Art therapist Edward Adamson secured special dispensation for Buday to have the tools & materials he needed to carry on working as an artist, doing so from a summerhouse in the hospital grounds
Art therapist Edward Adamson secured special dispensation for Buday to have the tools & materials he needed to carry on working as an artist, doing so from a summerhouse in the hospital grounds
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I think I'm getting better at these silly graphics! This anthology deserves more love: castaignepublishing.bigcartel.com/product/in-t...
November 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I think I'm getting better at these silly graphics! This anthology deserves more love: castaignepublishing.bigcartel.com/product/in-t...
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Two links of interest:
preorder- www.apexbookcompany.com/products/the...
goodreads- www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
preorder- www.apexbookcompany.com/products/the...
goodreads- www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
The Cellar Below the Cellar
Preorder and save 30%! Release Date 2/18/26 A playfully dark folk horror inspired by the fairy tale "Vasilisa the Beautiful" and the mythology around Frau Perchta, set under the blazing sky of endless...
www.apexbookcompany.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Two links of interest:
preorder- www.apexbookcompany.com/products/the...
goodreads- www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
preorder- www.apexbookcompany.com/products/the...
goodreads- www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
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Tuesday, a quoteday:
Here is a quote from protag Jane in my upcoming novella THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR, out Feb 2026:
Here is a quote from protag Jane in my upcoming novella THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR, out Feb 2026:
November 18, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Tuesday, a quoteday:
Here is a quote from protag Jane in my upcoming novella THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR, out Feb 2026:
Here is a quote from protag Jane in my upcoming novella THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR, out Feb 2026:
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YAY!!! I'm so delighted that my story "The Colonists" appears in this gorgeous book along with stories by @renanbernardo.com @osahon4545.bsky.social @emlinden.bsky.social @anovelescape.bsky.social and many others!
🌼🌒🌓🌔 HAPPY ECO EQUINOX 🌖🌗🌘🌼
ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION has been released into the world! We are honored to share these author's stories with you, and look forward to continuing the legacy of ECO for many years to come. 🍄💜 👽🖤
Order ECO24: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION has been released into the world! We are honored to share these author's stories with you, and look forward to continuing the legacy of ECO for many years to come. 🍄💜 👽🖤
Order ECO24: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
November 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
YAY!!! I'm so delighted that my story "The Colonists" appears in this gorgeous book along with stories by @renanbernardo.com @osahon4545.bsky.social @emlinden.bsky.social @anovelescape.bsky.social and many others!
Happy publication day to this amazing anthology! So many great stories in here! 🌿🌊🍄
🌼🌒🌓🌔 HAPPY ECO EQUINOX 🌖🌗🌘🌼
ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION has been released into the world! We are honored to share these author's stories with you, and look forward to continuing the legacy of ECO for many years to come. 🍄💜 👽🖤
Order ECO24: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION has been released into the world! We are honored to share these author's stories with you, and look forward to continuing the legacy of ECO for many years to come. 🍄💜 👽🖤
Order ECO24: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
November 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Happy publication day to this amazing anthology! So many great stories in here! 🌿🌊🍄
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Okay FINE I made a graphic
November 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Okay FINE I made a graphic
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since it's that time of year, here's a list of my free-to-read award eligible works. links will be below. read and/or nominate something to please the eternal worm (or not, he's not your boss & neither am i)
November 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
since it's that time of year, here's a list of my free-to-read award eligible works. links will be below. read and/or nominate something to please the eternal worm (or not, he's not your boss & neither am i)
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Been thinking about Jeff Says by @danielmiller.bsky.social once a week since it dropped.
congrats to our Best Small Fictions nominees
read them below
submit to BRUISER
read them below
submit to BRUISER
November 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Been thinking about Jeff Says by @danielmiller.bsky.social once a week since it dropped.
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It's nearly time to nominate your best speculative ecofiction for ECO25! Full guidelines here: www.violetlichen.com/ecofiction-guidelines
🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿
🚨 And don't miss your 30% preorder discount on ECO4. Only a couple days left to preorder - release day is Nov 18!
www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿
🚨 And don't miss your 30% preorder discount on ECO4. Only a couple days left to preorder - release day is Nov 18!
www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
November 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
It's nearly time to nominate your best speculative ecofiction for ECO25! Full guidelines here: www.violetlichen.com/ecofiction-guidelines
🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿
🚨 And don't miss your 30% preorder discount on ECO4. Only a couple days left to preorder - release day is Nov 18!
www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿
🚨 And don't miss your 30% preorder discount on ECO4. Only a couple days left to preorder - release day is Nov 18!
www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
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Really great to chat to @rlsummerling.bsky.social and Seize the Press about weird folklore, short stories, eco fiction and more! Read about it, malevolent sea blobs included, here 👇🌊✨️
New author interview up on the Patreon today! We spoke to Lyndsey Croal @lyndseycroal.bsky.social, author of the excellent short story collection "Dark Crescent"
We talk about Scottish folklore, eco-fiction, malevolent sea blobs and Lyndsey gives us her essential folklore reading recommendations!
We talk about Scottish folklore, eco-fiction, malevolent sea blobs and Lyndsey gives us her essential folklore reading recommendations!
Lyndsey Croal on Scottish ghost stories, ambiguity in folklore, and her book Dark Crescent | Seize The Press Magazine
Get more from Seize The Press Magazine on Patreon
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November 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Really great to chat to @rlsummerling.bsky.social and Seize the Press about weird folklore, short stories, eco fiction and more! Read about it, malevolent sea blobs included, here 👇🌊✨️
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New author interview up on the Patreon today! We spoke to Lyndsey Croal @lyndseycroal.bsky.social, author of the excellent short story collection "Dark Crescent"
We talk about Scottish folklore, eco-fiction, malevolent sea blobs and Lyndsey gives us her essential folklore reading recommendations!
We talk about Scottish folklore, eco-fiction, malevolent sea blobs and Lyndsey gives us her essential folklore reading recommendations!
Lyndsey Croal on Scottish ghost stories, ambiguity in folklore, and her book Dark Crescent | Seize The Press Magazine
Get more from Seize The Press Magazine on Patreon
www.patreon.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
New author interview up on the Patreon today! We spoke to Lyndsey Croal @lyndseycroal.bsky.social, author of the excellent short story collection "Dark Crescent"
We talk about Scottish folklore, eco-fiction, malevolent sea blobs and Lyndsey gives us her essential folklore reading recommendations!
We talk about Scottish folklore, eco-fiction, malevolent sea blobs and Lyndsey gives us her essential folklore reading recommendations!
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So excited to be part of this gorgeous issue!
Coming Spring 2026, issue 12! Art by @marcpotts.bsky.social Design by Vince Haig. Words by @rajivmote.bsky.social @grayhaem.bsky.social @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social @breathinghead.bsky.social @noirbettie.bsky.social @rlsummerling.bsky.social and more.
Pre-orders will go up early in the new year.
Pre-orders will go up early in the new year.
November 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
So excited to be part of this gorgeous issue!
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Also wanted to say just how much I love the work that @undertow.bsky.social are putting out, it means so much to me to be working with them!
November 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Also wanted to say just how much I love the work that @undertow.bsky.social are putting out, it means so much to me to be working with them!
Look at this gorgeous cover!! Delighted to be in this issue!
Coming Spring 2026, issue 12! Art by @marcpotts.bsky.social Design by Vince Haig. Words by @rajivmote.bsky.social @grayhaem.bsky.social @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social @breathinghead.bsky.social @noirbettie.bsky.social @rlsummerling.bsky.social and more.
Pre-orders will go up early in the new year.
Pre-orders will go up early in the new year.
November 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Look at this gorgeous cover!! Delighted to be in this issue!
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RIP Rachel Cooke, fellow Puffin Club member and evangelist of All the Devils Are Here, formidable critic and true believer in the power and importance of the good stuff, in whatever form it takes. I’m gutted we won’t get to talk about books again. My condolences to Rachel’s friends and family. x
We are very sad to learn of the death of our friend Rachel Cooke. In addition to being a wonderful writer and a superb critic, she loved books to her core. She kept us on our toes and it was a joy and a privilege to spend time with her, on and off the show. RIP. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Remembering Rachel Cooke | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 10:56 PM
RIP Rachel Cooke, fellow Puffin Club member and evangelist of All the Devils Are Here, formidable critic and true believer in the power and importance of the good stuff, in whatever form it takes. I’m gutted we won’t get to talk about books again. My condolences to Rachel’s friends and family. x
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Once again thinking about Caravaggio (yes, the painter) and his inscribed sword that he would use in gang fights against rival art groups.
"Without hope, without fear," holy shit, dude.
"Without hope, without fear," holy shit, dude.
November 15, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Once again thinking about Caravaggio (yes, the painter) and his inscribed sword that he would use in gang fights against rival art groups.
"Without hope, without fear," holy shit, dude.
"Without hope, without fear," holy shit, dude.