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Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social · 2d

Quiet and filled with creeping dread sounds wonderful...
a new anthology of quiet horror stories from Ghost Willow Press.

MatGost @matgost.bsky.social · 3d

Silent Screams is out now.
It's the first anthology I've edited and I love every single story inside it.
If you prefer your #Halloween scares quiet and filled with creeping dread, then this is the book for you.
eBook and paperback:
mybook.to/SilentScream...
#Horror #ShortStories #WritingCommunity

The cover wrap for Silent Screams, An Anthology of Quiet Horrors - featuring a striking, surreal illustration by Eric Brenner, depicting a screaming face with far too many eyes. The book blurb states:
The most terrifying horror stories don't churn your stomach. They creep like shadows, chilling with a touch. They build dread through atmosphere and emotion, rather than splatter and gore.

Welcome to Silent Screams, an anthology of quiet horror stories.

Within these pages, you will face strange and twisted scenes, dark and demonic characters, nightmares great and small, written by a host of talented authors from around the world.

These are shattering tales of grief and loss, visitations from strange folk, troubled dreams, and cursed artefacts.

These are whispers to make your skin crawl and your toes curl. Words to catch your breath and smother screams.

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Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social · 3d

Submissions open soon! Oct18-Nov01. Stories 1200-4k, read anonymously so please remove identifying info from story and file name. See details in the submission guidelines on website.

#litmag #shortstories #quiethorror #darkfiction

image: top FROST ZONE in white, below this S T O R I E S in an oval shape with light green background, below that - Submissions open October 18 - November 01 for 2026 books 3&4. Bottom: four book covers displayed left to right: Frost Zone Stories Book 1, next black cover with words BOOK 3 spring 2026, then Black cover with BOOK 4 autumn 2026, last Frost Zone Stories Book 2.

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Frost Zone Press @frostzonepress.bsky.social · 8d

Ghost to Ghost to Ghost will be here Oct 21 🍁
This anthology features 19 stories by authors who live in Canada.
Pre-order link for eBook (more retailers will be added)
Paperback to be available close to the same date.
books2read.com/u/3GkdOL

#Canlit #anthology #ghoststories #shortstories

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Frost Zone Press @frostzonepress.bsky.social · 8d

September 30th is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, as well as Orange Shirt Day. Today we honour the survivors of residential schools and remember those who did not survive. Always we listen to the truth from indigenous peoples: First Nations, Métis, Inuit.

white background with orange at bottom, design in orange and white is a circle with a winding path, a narwhal, eagle, and flower representing First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people. Line drawing symbols on lower right: three circles and inside an eagle head, narwhal, and flower.

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Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social · 12d

Congrats on the upcoming novel, Kristal! Kayak sounds like a fantastic story (& great cover).

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Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social · 23d

The 2025 issues: book 1 & book 2 side by side. Twenty-one authors of short stories in total.
Next month submissions will open for books 3&4
#litmag #quiethorror #darkfiction #shortstories #literaryhorror #originalfiction #micropress

Digest-sized paperback books of Frost Zone Stories 1 & 2. Book 1 on the left, pale blue with a distressed purple French door - an author name on each window pane: Elizabeth Guilt, Katie Marie, Stephen McQuiggan, Odin Meadows, Micah Castle, Lena Ng, Marc Ruvolo, Kristal Stittle, Amelia Gorman, James Owens. A skeleton hand reaches from behind the door, a zombie squirrel in lower left looks up at door, vines down each side of cover. BOOK 2: an abstract canopy of purple and green maple leaves with a portal-like B&W section in the centre above a path, a skeletal figure wearing a raggedy black dress points to the path. Each cover has the title at the top, white type in black banner Frost Zone , below this STORIES in an oval shape. The author names for book 2 are on the back of the paperback (down the side of cover on the eBook version): Jenny Hart, Diane Dooley, Malcolm Timperley, Camden Rose, Nick Young, MIchael Penncavage, Kay Hanifen, D.THomas Minton, Ken Foxe, Ann Wuehler, Maureen O'Leary

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Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social · 23d

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Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social · 23d

The 2025 issues: book 1 & book 2 side by side. Twenty-one authors of short stories in total.
Next month submissions will open for books 3&4
#litmag #quiethorror #darkfiction #shortstories #literaryhorror #originalfiction #micropress

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Camden Rose @camdenscorner.bsky.social · 25d

Check out my story “Her Smile” @frostzonestories.bsky.social ! Featuring alternate realities in a shopping mall. Link on my website.
(Also the next photo features my photography helper—I was using his scratcher as a background and not giving pets so clearly things needed to change)

Frost Zone cover—purple frost with a drawn person on the front. Background is cardboard, with lavender bouquet on the right side.

Picture of cover of Frost Zone with a black cat blocking the photo

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Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social · 25d

That's a lovely photography helper 🐈

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Diane Dooley @dianedooley.bsky.social · 28d

One of my very rare blog posts (remember them?) as I have a new short story out with @frostzonestories.bsky.social.
Fans of creepy dolls will enjoy it :)

New Short Story: Patience, With All Things

Me and my sisters were rough on our dolls when we were kids, and there were a lot of us — sisters, I mean. The dolls had all kinds of inappropriate adventures and ended up dismembered or drag…

dianedooley.wordpress.com

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Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social · 28d

Nice to read the background and inspiration - it really comes out in your story!

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Colin Leonard @collyleonard.bsky.social · Sep 8

Frost Zone Stories Book 2, including terrific stories by @jennyhart2001.bsky.social @dianedooley.bsky.social @malcolmtimperley.bsky.social @camdenscorner.bsky.social Nick Young, Michael Penncavage, Kay Hanifen, D Thomas Minton, @kenfoxe.bsky.social Ann Wuehler and @maureenow.bsky.social

Colin Leonard @collyleonard.bsky.social · Sep 8

Book 2 of Frost Zone Stories arrived today from @frostzonestories.bsky.social. Full of chilling tales to lead us into the spooky season. I love the skeleton girl pointing the way.

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Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social · Sep 8

Now available, Frost Zone Stories, book 2.
Happy publication day to the authors of these eleven frosty tales. 🖤🥶
books2read.com/u/3JMW5A

Cover of Frost Zone Stories, book 2: Background is an abstract design of purple and green maple leaves with a portal-like section in the middle being black and white, beneath is a path. A skeletal figure with long purple and black hair, wearing a raggedy black dress, points a bony finger toward the path. Title is in banner at the top: Frost Zone Stories, small type above this: Book 2 on the left and Autumn, 2025 on the right.

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Colin Leonard @collyleonard.bsky.social · Sep 8

Book 2 of Frost Zone Stories arrived today from @frostzonestories.bsky.social. Full of chilling tales to lead us into the spooky season. I love the skeleton girl pointing the way.

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Malcolm Timperley @malcolmtimperley.bsky.social · Sep 8

Out today! Features "Witch Hunt", a tale of mine that should put you off hiking in the Highlands of Scotland this winter. Or any other time, come to that...

Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social · Sep 8

Now available, Frost Zone Stories, book 2.
Happy publication day to the authors of these eleven frosty tales. 🖤🥶
books2read.com/u/3JMW5A

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Lene MacLeod @lenemacleod.bsky.social · Sep 8

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Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social · Sep 8

Now available, Frost Zone Stories, book 2.
Happy publication day to the authors of these eleven frosty tales. 🖤🥶
books2read.com/u/3JMW5A

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Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social · Sep 5

Closing the TOC for book 2 - which will be available in 4 days - is @maureenow.bsky.social Maureen O'Leary's chilling tale "The New Winter" - something is roaming the neighbourhood...
#litmag #quiethorror #shortstories
books2read.com/u/3JMW5A

Frost Zone Stories 2 cover on the left: purple and green canopy of maple leaves/b&w in the centre, under which is a path. A skeletal figure in black raggedy dress points down the path, Frost Zone stories banner at the top. To the Right: ...She cursed the neighbourhood tomcat that must have marked her car in the night, and she figured the defroster was making the print seem bigger than a man's hand... "The New Winter" by Maureen O'Leary Frost Zone Stories book 2 - Autumn 2025

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Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social · Sep 3

A woman inherits a small house by the ocean, and she is visited by a stranger in "Eustacia and the Shadow" by Ann Wuehler.
Frost Zone Stories, book 2 will soon be here.
books2read.com/u/3JMW5A

Frost Zone Stories book 2 cover on the left, to the right text reads: ...Of course, she did not leave any instructions on dealing with the other inhabitants of Sprite House..."Eustacia and the Shadow" by Ann Wuehler Frost Zone Stories book 2 - Autumn, 2025

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Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social · Sep 3

A woman inherits a small house by the ocean, and she is visited by a stranger in "Eustacia and the Shadow" by Ann Wuehler.
Frost Zone Stories, book 2 will soon be here.
books2read.com/u/3JMW5A

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Frost Zone Press @frostzonepress.bsky.social · Aug 29

Happy Long Weekend to all who have one 🎉
Labour Day means Autumn is coming...
and that means Frost Zone Stories 2 will be here soon. There is still time to pre-order!
books2read.com/u/3JMW5A
Next?
We have an ...
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The cover of Frost Zone Stories 2 book: a skeletal figure points down a path in the woods below an abstract canopy of maple leaves.

Ghost to Ghost to Ghost (Authors are not listed in final TOC order._
Settle in for a chilling read with stories by:
Nadia Steven Rysing, Kristal Stittle, Nissa Harlow, Natasha Smith, Anthony Michael Murphy, KT Wagner, Robert Dawson, Ali MacWha, Rosalind Goldsmith, Lene MacLeod, C.J. Frederick, Landon K. Mar, Nathan Poole Shannon, Monique Cuillerier, E.B. Gula, Erin Brandt Filliter, Dana Gricken, Alison, McBain, EC Dorgan

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Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social · Aug 20

Will a fraudulent psychic be served her just desserts? Read about it in "Madame Zenobia's Final Séance" by Kay Hanifen.
Frost Zone Stories book 2.
Pre-order the eBook for just .99c
Print book will be available Sep08.
books2read.com/u/3JMW5A

#shortstories #litmag #horrorfiction #quiethorror

Frost Zone Stories cover on left (a skeletal figure in raggedy black dress points down a path beneath a canopy of maple leaves). To the right, text reads: ...wealthy patrons ... were difficult to come by, so women like her took everything they could before their marks became wise to the trick...
Frost Zone Stories book 2 - Autumn, 2025

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Split/Lip Press @splitlippress.com · Aug 20

Big news for authors with out-of-print prose books looking for a new home:

We're opening up submissions to our Lost/Found imprint on 9/3! We were so happy to rehome Brooke Shaffner's COUNTRY OF UNDER last year + now we're ready to rehome more.

Full details forthcoming, but the pertinent ones are:

Lost/Found Submissions! Looking to home your out-of-print book? Try us at Lost/Found, a new imprint at Split/Lip Press. Rolling submissions begin on 9/3!

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Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social · Aug 16

Each story in Frost Zone Stories book 2 is paired with an old-school pencil sketch/spot illustration. Here is a peek at "Fourteen Faces to Eternity" by Michael Penncavage - a punchy tale of grief.

open book, on left a portion of pencil-sketch/spot illustration shows a woman slumped over with closed eyes and appears to be a wound on head, with shattered glass behind her, right-hand page shows part of story title, author name, and a few lines of story. A 2nd copy of the print book is on top of the page.
Second image: Book cover on the left, Story title and author name on the left, along with text: ...It has to be Saturday. No later. While everything is fresh. While everything is new...
Frost Zone Stories book 2 Autumn, 2025

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