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josh (oldfriend99) @oldfriend99.bsky.social · 1d

It's easy for the cryptkeeper to sit there and moralize. Make his little puns about our transgressions. All he needs to do is take care of his damn crypt. His life is simple

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[ B O L Z A K ] @0bolzak0.bsky.social · 1d

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❍ @latticeparable.bsky.social · 1d

character sketches

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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 1d

As we fly right past 200 submissions for our FLESH zine, I encourage folks to check out our previous horror and Weird fiction zines, all of which rule. You can get 15 of them for $15, plus shipping!
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Zine Freak Bundle (Issues #1 through 15) | Cursed Morsels Press

The first fifteen issues of our zine for $15, including Landlord Lair, Spooky Sexy Soapbox, Florida Man, Reviews of Films That Don't Exist, Nightmare Birds, All Cops Are B____, My Morbid Childhood...

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Samir Sirk Morató @spicycloaca.bsky.social · 1d

conversion therapy for consenting legal adults isn't illegal in Colorado, by the way. this is, once again, just about violating and controlling children.

Samir Sirk Morató @spicycloaca.bsky.social · 1d

"Acknowledging that queerness isn't a mental disorder is like eugenics and that's why people should have the right to try and eradicate queer kids, which isn't eugenics, just freedom"

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Samir Sirk Morató @spicycloaca.bsky.social · 1d

Alito referencing Buck v. Bell - a horrendous eugenics case - to argue that sometimes the medical system is colored by biases & wrong (which is why it should be fine to essentially practice eugenics on queer youth) is monstrous beyond words.

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 1d

This will be a vote to erase 50 years of medical and psychiatric knowledge and kill gay and trans kids, because MAGA Republicans feel that in a better world, fewer of them would exist. It is that simple. Democrats must make SCOTUS expansion part of the party platform. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Supreme Court Live Updates: Justices Seem Set to Rule Against Colorado’s Ban on Conversion Therapy

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Samir Sirk Morató @spicycloaca.bsky.social · 1d

y'all have been giving us a lot to chew on! today is the last day to add to the heap, so if you haven't gotten your submission in, slither on over to your email inbox and do that!

Image id: an image of marbled flesh is overlaid on a group of people standing together. Text over them reads "Fuck being an individual. All my homies contort and slither eternally in the warm of the united flesh."

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BAKER @fuckyoubaker.bsky.social · 2d

MONDAY.
SPITE AS FUEL.

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Samir Sirk Morató @spicycloaca.bsky.social · 2d

24 hours left before the call for FLESH closes! if you have something gnawing at your braincase and fingertips but haven't submitted it yet, now is the time!

Image ID: an ominous, Cenobite-like armored person ccmpletely covered in armor and spikes stands behind text that reads "i desire more flesh."

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Rhigu (comms open!) @rhigu.bsky.social · Aug 22

An Offering

A still life featuring a black cat, burning incense, a small heart, lillies and bleeding heart flowers.

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Samir Sirk Morató @spicycloaca.bsky.social · 2d

there are ~48 hours left to submit your writings on FLESH! i've been thrilled by what's in our slush pile thus far & i'd love to see more before we close!

Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 5d

Looking to submit to a zine that welcomes horror for all its nastiness and also pays 10 cents per word? Look no further.

Open for subs through October 7th: cursedmorsels.com/submission-c...

FLESH Zine
For this submission call, we’re looking for pieces (500 words or fewer) connected to the broad theme of FLESH. This zine will be included for free with Samir Sirk Morató’s Gore Poetics, a Cursed Morsels 2026 release. For context, this book is weird, erotic, grotesque, queer, transgressive, literary, and intense if that gives you a sense for the kinds of work Samir and I (Eric Raglin) are looking for. Your submission can be fiction, poetry, or nonfiction.

Pay is 10 cents per word. We’re asking for first worldwide print and digital publishing rights but no exclusivity period. Contributors will receive five free physical copies of the zine.

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Dusty Ray @sloppjockey.bsky.social · 7d

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 4d

Cherries and cheese by a beautiful blue pitcher in 1760 by Luis Egidio Melendez. It's his day.

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Häri Ren @r3nio.bsky.social · 6d

The Jolly Cat at the Fish Parade

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Samir Sirk Morató @spicycloaca.bsky.social · 5d

a little sneak peak of the artwork in Gore Poetics (autumn 2026). slivers, if you will

Image ID: a grey, monochrome image shows diagonal sneak peaks of 10 collage pieces. The collection title "Gore Poetics" is imposed over it.

Image ID: a grey, monochrome image shows diagonal sneak peaks of 9 collage pieces. The collection title "Gore Poetics" is imposed over it.

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Samir Sirk Morató @spicycloaca.bsky.social · 5d

i strongly agree! a little bit of art (whenever possible) will go a long way

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Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 7d

SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN!
...for BRAVE NEW WEIRD Vol. 4, our annual collection of the best **PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED** New Weird Horror of the year.
Eligibility window: stories published between 31st October 2024 and 31st October 2025.
All the deets here:
tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/10...

Submissions open for Brave New Weird volume 4 — tenebrous press

REMINDER: THIS IS FOR ELIGIBLE REPRINTS ONLY Tenebrous Press presents the FOURTH (!!!) Annual Brave New Weird Awards—to reward and promote this unique blend of genres—and its accompanying antholog...

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Samir Sirk Morató @spicycloaca.bsky.social · 7d

not only is it time for FLESH, but fun fact - i'll be making a custom illustration / collage for every piece in this zine! 🥩🖊

Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 7d

The time for FLESH has arrived. Send us your fleshiest pieces under 500 words between now and October 7th.
cursedmorsels.com/submission-c...

Submission Calls

Open for submissions October 1st – 7th FLESH ZineFor this submission call, we’re looking for pieces (500 words or fewer) connected to the broad theme of FLESH. This zine will be include…

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Kelsea Yu @anovelescape.bsky.social · 8d

DEMON SONG is out in the world today!! Thank you to everyone who preordered, blurbed, reviewed, library requested, shared, beta read, recommended, or otherwise supported this release!! With help from all of you, I get to continue in my dream career! 🥰

Available now in hardcover, ebook, & audio!! 🥳🥳

Photograph of a smiling Chinese American woman in a skull crown holding a copy of Demon Song by Kelsea Yu

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Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · 8d

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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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 10d

Never Leave a Red Sock on the Clothesline — Shaun Tan

Painting we see a Barren little backyard pretty much the only things in it are a rainwater tank and a little clothesline. There is one red sock hanging on the clothesline. There is a wall separating the empty yard from the alley behind. huddling together, crouched down against this wall are two small children the larger one has his hand covering the mouth of the smaller one. in the alley we can see what they are hiding from. a rabbit. a red rabbit. a red rabbit that's about 30 ft tall.

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 9d

What a great lineup!

Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 9d

The following weird fictioneers will appear in Weird Horror 12 early next year. @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social @grayhaem.bsky.social @noirbettie.bsky.social @rajivmote.bsky.social @russellnichols.bsky.social @rlsummerling.bsky.social @breathinghead.bsky.social

Blue, cyan-tinged photo of hazy, fog-topped trees with white text: Chloe N. Clark
Roy Graham
Rick Kennett
Annika Barranti Klein
Aliya Whiteley
Rajiv Moté
Russell Nichols
Rory Say
R.L. Summerling
D. Matthew Urban

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chmmagazine.bsky.social @chmmagazine.bsky.social · 9d

October's issue is almost here, but don't forget you can still pick up issue #63 at our webstore: https://bit.ly/3IbDkfg

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Seize The Press Magazine @seizethepress.bsky.social · May 22

"Private Notary" by Samuel M. Moss is now free to read!

I hesitate to assign genre labels to most stories, but "Private Notary" very much makes me think about the description of the New Weird as subverting cliches of the fantastic in order to put them to discomforting, rather than consoling ends.

Seize The Press Magazine @seizethepress.bsky.social · May 22

"In the years of his appointment, the Private Notary has never met his Patron, or in fact notarized any document. This time, all these years, have been spent in study and preparation for when his services will be needed. When this may happen, and how it will manifest, he does not know."

“Private Notary” by Samuel M. Moss - Seize The Press

The Private Notary wakes in darkness. It is November already and though there is no snow on the ground the cold seeps into his quarters. Out in the front room, he stokes up some embers in the wood sto...

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