Christopher Barzak
@cbarzak.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 Author: One for Sorrow, The Love We Share Without Knowing, Wonders of the Invisible World, Before & Afterlives, The Gone Away Place, Monstrous Alterations, and A Voice Calling. Shirley Jackson Award for Best Single Author Collection. Stonewall Honor.
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Stories from: Christopher Barzak, Jedediah Berry, Richard Bowes, Paul Di Filippo, Jeffrey Ford, Gregory Maguire, Lucius Shepard, Delia Sherman, Catherynne M. Valente, Marly Youmans, Greer Gilman, Lavie Tidhar, David Prill, Gavin Grant, Peter S. Beagle
On sale for $2.99 in Canada and the US. For the whole month.
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Salon Fantastique
<div><b>Expand your vision of what a fantasy story can be with tales by Peter S. Beagle, Lucius Shepard, Catherynne M. Valente, Paul Di Filippo, and others.</b><br><br><b>Winner of the World Fantasy A
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November 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Stories from: Christopher Barzak, Jedediah Berry, Richard Bowes, Paul Di Filippo, Jeffrey Ford, Gregory Maguire, Lucius Shepard, Delia Sherman, Catherynne M. Valente, Marly Youmans, Greer Gilman, Lavie Tidhar, David Prill, Gavin Grant, Peter S. Beagle
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On sale for $2.99 in Canada and the US. For the whole month.
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Salon Fantastique
<div><b>Expand your vision of what a fantasy story can be with tales by Peter S. Beagle, Lucius Shepard, Catherynne M. Valente, Paul Di Filippo, and others.</b><br><br><b>Winner of the World Fantasy A
openroadmedia.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
On sale for $2.99 in Canada and the US. For the whole month.
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I’m so excited for my former student, Mary Carroll Leoson, whose short story collection, Devil’s Oak has finally released! I wrote the introduction to this gorgeous volume of supernatural and fantastical stories, and I’m happy to encourage others to pick up her book and love them as much as I do!
November 8, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I’m so excited for my former student, Mary Carroll Leoson, whose short story collection, Devil’s Oak has finally released! I wrote the introduction to this gorgeous volume of supernatural and fantastical stories, and I’m happy to encourage others to pick up her book and love them as much as I do!
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The Coyote Road edited by Terri Windling and me is on sale now $1.99 in Canada, GB, and US via open road-spread the news please: openroadmedia.com/ebook/the-co...
The Coyote Road
<div><b>Stories of the archetypal Trickster from Michael Cadnum, Charles de Lint, Patricia A. McKillip, Jeffrey Ford, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, and others.</b><br><br><b>World Fantasy Award Finalist</b><br
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October 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The Coyote Road edited by Terri Windling and me is on sale now $1.99 in Canada, GB, and US via open road-spread the news please: openroadmedia.com/ebook/the-co...
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ANNOUNCEMENT
1. Afterlives 2024 curated by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social has been COVER REVEALED
2. the collection will be available FOR FREE to paid patrons of @thedeadlands.com
3. join now, read The Deadlands, and receive the book magically when it is released beginning of November
go see! 👇
1. Afterlives 2024 curated by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social has been COVER REVEALED
2. the collection will be available FOR FREE to paid patrons of @thedeadlands.com
3. join now, read The Deadlands, and receive the book magically when it is released beginning of November
go see! 👇
Afterlives 2024: Cover Reveal - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
One cool thing about being a psychopomp is the ability to lead people to places they haven't been before. Sure sure, the main place we lead people is the Realm of the Dead, yeah yeah, but we can take ...
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October 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
ANNOUNCEMENT
1. Afterlives 2024 curated by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social has been COVER REVEALED
2. the collection will be available FOR FREE to paid patrons of @thedeadlands.com
3. join now, read The Deadlands, and receive the book magically when it is released beginning of November
go see! 👇
1. Afterlives 2024 curated by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social has been COVER REVEALED
2. the collection will be available FOR FREE to paid patrons of @thedeadlands.com
3. join now, read The Deadlands, and receive the book magically when it is released beginning of November
go see! 👇
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🌈 Paying Market Alert! 🌈
@bonabooks.bsky.social is taking submissions for Fantabulosa - a celebration of fantasy, sci-fi, and speculative horror from queer authors.
💰 8¢/word/fiction | $50/poetry
🗓️ Deadline: Nov 30 (Dec 15 for trans authors & authors of color)
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@bonabooks.bsky.social is taking submissions for Fantabulosa - a celebration of fantasy, sci-fi, and speculative horror from queer authors.
💰 8¢/word/fiction | $50/poetry
🗓️ Deadline: Nov 30 (Dec 15 for trans authors & authors of color)
👉 horrortree.com/event/taking...
October 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
🌈 Paying Market Alert! 🌈
@bonabooks.bsky.social is taking submissions for Fantabulosa - a celebration of fantasy, sci-fi, and speculative horror from queer authors.
💰 8¢/word/fiction | $50/poetry
🗓️ Deadline: Nov 30 (Dec 15 for trans authors & authors of color)
👉 horrortree.com/event/taking...
@bonabooks.bsky.social is taking submissions for Fantabulosa - a celebration of fantasy, sci-fi, and speculative horror from queer authors.
💰 8¢/word/fiction | $50/poetry
🗓️ Deadline: Nov 30 (Dec 15 for trans authors & authors of color)
👉 horrortree.com/event/taking...
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Strange Horizons turns 25 this year, which is pretty much an eternity in the world of spec fic zines, and I had the privilege of going through the archives for a special short fiction roundup: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives
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A Short Fiction Treasures Special: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives
Going through the archives of Strange Horizons for this special column has been a bit like exploring a treasure chamber. I’ve picked fifty stories. I could have picked hundreds. Meaning: I left a l…
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September 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Strange Horizons turns 25 this year, which is pretty much an eternity in the world of spec fic zines, and I had the privilege of going through the archives for a special short fiction roundup: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives
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Jenny Magazine's 2026 submission portal for issue number 24 (!) is open! Please send us your best fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. It's an open themed issue. And featured visual artists, please send us your work too!
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YSU Student Literary Arts Association Submission Manager
At Jenny, we work to publish a solid mixture of pieces and authors, from both local areas and not-so-local. We are looking for a broad range of your best polished work. We ask that if you are submitti...
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September 18, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Jenny Magazine's 2026 submission portal for issue number 24 (!) is open! Please send us your best fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. It's an open themed issue. And featured visual artists, please send us your work too!
jennymag.submittable.com/submit
jennymag.submittable.com/submit
I’m honored to share that I’ve been named Graduate Alumni of the Year by Chatham University. This recognition means a lot to me and the work I’ve done as a writer since graduating with my MFA. Photo of me back when I was a student at Chatham below. It’s been a while, but I’m still smiling.
September 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I’m honored to share that I’ve been named Graduate Alumni of the Year by Chatham University. This recognition means a lot to me and the work I’ve done as a writer since graduating with my MFA. Photo of me back when I was a student at Chatham below. It’s been a while, but I’m still smiling.
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when the cold steps well into your morning
and the days are noticeably shorter
WE shall come into our FULL POWER
and we will be
raising funds
not raising the dead
but selling the coins that take you THERE
⏳💀🎃🪙
october 1st - october 31st
and the days are noticeably shorter
WE shall come into our FULL POWER
and we will be
raising funds
not raising the dead
but selling the coins that take you THERE
⏳💀🎃🪙
october 1st - october 31st
September 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
when the cold steps well into your morning
and the days are noticeably shorter
WE shall come into our FULL POWER
and we will be
raising funds
not raising the dead
but selling the coins that take you THERE
⏳💀🎃🪙
october 1st - october 31st
and the days are noticeably shorter
WE shall come into our FULL POWER
and we will be
raising funds
not raising the dead
but selling the coins that take you THERE
⏳💀🎃🪙
october 1st - october 31st
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My latest flash piece is now live at @doesithavepockets.bsky.social !
A dash of surrealism, a sprinkle of meta, and a cup of those swirling bubbles that transport you between scenes.
www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/elad...
Elad Haber — Does It Have Pockets
An Unfinished Sentence
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September 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM
My latest flash piece is now live at @doesithavepockets.bsky.social !
A dash of surrealism, a sprinkle of meta, and a cup of those swirling bubbles that transport you between scenes.
www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/elad...
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It's really book birthday month, right?
seriously, this one is a DELIGHT and we really think you're gonna love it 🖤
buy at the link below ⬇️
seriously, this one is a DELIGHT and we really think you're gonna love it 🖤
buy at the link below ⬇️
HAPPY BOOKDAY TO SUMMER IN THE HOUSE OF THE DEPARTED BY @joshrountree.bsky.social
grab the ebook and it'll automagically appear in your inbox, ready to read!
“The quiet horror of loss, caught in a beautifully written summer of ghosts.” -- @haileypiperfights.bsky.social
grab the ebook and it'll automagically appear in your inbox, ready to read!
“The quiet horror of loss, caught in a beautifully written summer of ghosts.” -- @haileypiperfights.bsky.social
Summer in the House of the Departed | Psychopomp
Forty-four years after his grandmother and an entire West Texas town vanished, Brady returns to his childhood home, hoping to follow in her footsteps.
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August 29, 2025 at 2:22 AM
It's really book birthday month, right?
seriously, this one is a DELIGHT and we really think you're gonna love it 🖤
buy at the link below ⬇️
seriously, this one is a DELIGHT and we really think you're gonna love it 🖤
buy at the link below ⬇️
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Christopher said: "Chloe Clark is a master of blending the everyday with the strange, the supernatural, and the sublime. In Every Galaxy A Circle, she takes us far, far away, and brings us home again, whole yet changed.” —Christopher Barzak
August 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Christopher said: "Chloe Clark is a master of blending the everyday with the strange, the supernatural, and the sublime. In Every Galaxy A Circle, she takes us far, far away, and brings us home again, whole yet changed.” —Christopher Barzak
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I have looked up to Christopher Barzak's writing since I read One for Sorrow when it first came out. Monstrous Alterations might be my fave though, such dazzling work:
Monstrous Alterations
Check out Monstrous Alterations - <p>In this new collection from Shirley Jackson Award-winning author Christopher Barzak, discover stories where fairy tales, gothic narratives, and classic monster sto...
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August 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I have looked up to Christopher Barzak's writing since I read One for Sorrow when it first came out. Monstrous Alterations might be my fave though, such dazzling work:
So happy to have blurbed Chloe's amazing new book!
I want to shout out and thank my three extremely kind and generous blurbers. These are three of my favorite writers and it was such an honor to have them read the book: @erikaswyler.bsky.social @cbarzak.bsky.social and Anya Johanna DeNiro
Gonna post their blurbs below
Gonna post their blurbs below
Delighted to reveal the cover for my forthcoming book from @jacklegpress.bsky.social with huge thanks to amazing editor @fulmerford.com
August 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
So happy to have blurbed Chloe's amazing new book!
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"Summer in the House of the Departed is a luminous journey into the delicate boundary between life and death. With prose that sings." @cbarzak.bsky.social author of the Shirley Jackson Award nominated A Voice Calling
this one is weird and wise and ORDER HERE
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this one is weird and wise and ORDER HERE
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Summer in the House of the Departed | Psychopomp
Forty-four years after his grandmother and an entire West Texas town vanished, Brady returns to his childhood home, hoping to follow in her footsteps.
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August 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
"Summer in the House of the Departed is a luminous journey into the delicate boundary between life and death. With prose that sings." @cbarzak.bsky.social author of the Shirley Jackson Award nominated A Voice Calling
this one is weird and wise and ORDER HERE
psychopomp.com/product/summ...
this one is weird and wise and ORDER HERE
psychopomp.com/product/summ...
Today was my 50th (!?!) birthday. Now for something sweet—orange olive oil cake—made by my sweet man. (Thank you, Connor, you made today so special💗). Looking forward to as many more years and sweets as I’m allowed.
July 22, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Today was my 50th (!?!) birthday. Now for something sweet—orange olive oil cake—made by my sweet man. (Thank you, Connor, you made today so special💗). Looking forward to as many more years and sweets as I’m allowed.
Back from the Jackson Awards w/ a nomination stone. I won a Jackson for Best Collection in 2013, but you still get a stone even if you win. A few more and I’ll build a black box that no one in the village can remember where it came from, just that it’s always been part of the annual tradition.
July 21, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Back from the Jackson Awards w/ a nomination stone. I won a Jackson for Best Collection in 2013, but you still get a stone even if you win. A few more and I’ll build a black box that no one in the village can remember where it came from, just that it’s always been part of the annual tradition.
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To continue my "Posting Party" to celebrate the one year anniversary of my book's release, how about some nice comments from fellow writers?
Here is my friend @cbarzak.bsky.social with some lovely praise.
Here is my friend @cbarzak.bsky.social with some lovely praise.
July 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
To continue my "Posting Party" to celebrate the one year anniversary of my book's release, how about some nice comments from fellow writers?
Here is my friend @cbarzak.bsky.social with some lovely praise.
Here is my friend @cbarzak.bsky.social with some lovely praise.
My first novel, One for Sorrow, is being released in translation in Poland on July 29th by Zysk i S-ka Wydawnictwo. Here’s the cover and description. I’m always surprised and grateful that my work, even my earliest writing, is still out there wending its way through the world.
July 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
My first novel, One for Sorrow, is being released in translation in Poland on July 29th by Zysk i S-ka Wydawnictwo. Here’s the cover and description. I’m always surprised and grateful that my work, even my earliest writing, is still out there wending its way through the world.
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Unknown bucket list item: boyfriend winning me a teddy bear at a Pride festival. #pride2025
June 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Unknown bucket list item: boyfriend winning me a teddy bear at a Pride festival. #pride2025
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hey, we're always looking for new artists and illustrators to work with.
please, if you are/know someone who is a great HUMAN artist, drop a link to your/their portolio.
no promises, but we'd love to browse some portfolios today!!
also pls share for visibility!!!
💀🖤💀
please, if you are/know someone who is a great HUMAN artist, drop a link to your/their portolio.
no promises, but we'd love to browse some portfolios today!!
also pls share for visibility!!!
💀🖤💀
June 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
hey, we're always looking for new artists and illustrators to work with.
please, if you are/know someone who is a great HUMAN artist, drop a link to your/their portolio.
no promises, but we'd love to browse some portfolios today!!
also pls share for visibility!!!
💀🖤💀
please, if you are/know someone who is a great HUMAN artist, drop a link to your/their portolio.
no promises, but we'd love to browse some portfolios today!!
also pls share for visibility!!!
💀🖤💀
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A Voice Calling by @cbarzak.bsky.social, Lovely Creatures by @ktbryski.bsky.social, and From These Dark Abodes by @lmanusos.bsky.social can now be found on Kobo for your reading pleasure. One Message Remains by @premeemohamed.com is also there, yep yep! Happy Sunday. 💖💀💖
June 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
A Voice Calling by @cbarzak.bsky.social, Lovely Creatures by @ktbryski.bsky.social, and From These Dark Abodes by @lmanusos.bsky.social can now be found on Kobo for your reading pleasure. One Message Remains by @premeemohamed.com is also there, yep yep! Happy Sunday. 💖💀💖
Sooooooo good. And so gay, thank god.
June 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Sooooooo good. And so gay, thank god.