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Toad Shade Zine

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We put out a zine on a semi-regular basis featuring short stories and art. We're going to add a podcast this year. I believe firmly in paying artists for their work. That's why we started the zine. We follow writers and artists. ToadShadeZine.com

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Toad Shade Zine @toadshadezine.com · May 14

Issue #3 is ready! Check out stories by @sharkiatwrites.bsky.social, @rworauthor.bsky.social, Zee Coonen, Irina Verene, and Kay Northbridge. Art by @jartravian.bsky.social, @beingcam.bsky.social, Melissa Yskamp, and Denny Marshall.

Head to ToadShadeZine.com to get yours!
#payforart #FuckAI #zine

A neon sign says 'Toad Shade Zine Volume Three'. Underneath the sign is a deranged theme park mascot in overalls wearing overalls. There is a sign next to the mascot the reads 'You Must Be This Tall To Die!'.

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Toad Shade Zine @toadshadezine.com · 3d

I just finished sending out emails letting everyone know we didn't receive enough submissions to move forward with issue 4. We may try again early next year. Thanks to everyone who sent stories and art!

Toad Shade Zine @toadshadezine.com · 8d

Today's the last day for subs for issue four of Toad Shade Zine! Get your story or art in by midnight CDT.
toadshadezine.com/submissions/
#writng #horror #indie #payforart

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Toad Shade Zine @toadshadezine.com · 14d

We've had two stories withdrawn from this submission period! I love congratulating people for getting their work published.

But just a reminder that We're All Going to Die is open for subs for one more week!
toadshadezine.com/submissions/
#horrorwriting #zine #fuckAI

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Toad Shade Zine @toadshadezine.com · Sep 7

Sovereignty over your body...except for women.

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Toad Shade Zine @toadshadezine.com · Sep 1

Submissions are open for the theme 'We're All Going to Die'.
toadshadezine.com/submissions/
#horror #writing #whathaveyougottolose

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Toad Shade Zine @toadshadezine.com · Aug 28

So you have, what, two dozen websites and an equal number of BSKY accounts? Are you advertising that you charge submission fees but don't actually pay the winners of any of your contests? Artists can't eat exposure.

Maybe tell people you're not a paying market more explicitly.

Toad Shade Zine @toadshadezine.com · Aug 18

Is this more payment-in-exposure?

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Michael Damian Thomas @michaeldthomas.bsky.social · Aug 7

The queries have started about “What if I only used a little bit of AI for my story submission.”
The answer is, fuck AI. Uncanny Magazine doesn't want your story. There is no grey area here. Send us a story using AI for any aspect, it will be auto-rejected and you will be banned. Period.

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Toad Shade Zine @toadshadezine.com · Aug 5

We're going to open subs again from September 1st to September 30th with the theme 'We're All Going to Die!' for an issue featuring horror stories and art.

toadshadezine.com/submissions/

#zine #horrorwriting

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Toad Shade Zine @toadshadezine.com · Jul 9

Check out my business partner's book. It's been called a mix of Eros & Psyche and Beauty & The Beast. It's spicy, plus extremely well-written!

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Spires, lamps, and staircases with the title Stone Heart: Stone & Flame Book 1. The author's name is Mallory Glass.

Toad Shade Zine @toadshadezine.com · Jul 9

Well, that's, like, your opinion, man.

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Galen Gower - Writer @galengower.com · Jul 9

I have a book of short stories on sale for $0.99. Take a chance for once in your life.

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Amazon.com

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Galen Gower - Writer @galengower.com · Jul 7

Still Life: Book with Ham. I feel like this composition encapsulates the brevity of our time together. Note the placement of the ham, as if to suggest that the soul may perhaps be infinite. Something to ponder...

A book, a lemon, a lit candle, and a plate of ham are artfully arranged by someone, obviously a genius, to illustrate that all of life's pleasures are fleeting.

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Toad Shade Zine @toadshadezine.com · Jun 29

At first I was all "Holy shit! She's stabbing a dog!"

Toad Shade Zine @toadshadezine.com · Jun 27

Just a gentle reminder that the stories in this issues kick so much ass. And...supporting the zine is supporting writers you since we're paying for stories and art out of our own pockets. Every dollar helps!

#indiepublishing #zine #payforart

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Toad Shade Zine #3 - Sloth & Envy Press's Ko-fi Shop

A digital copy of Toad Shade Zine #3!

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Toad Shade Zine @toadshadezine.com · Jun 25

5 days left if you want to back a cool antho.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gal...

#AmazingStories #IndieWriters #GalacticPestControl

Tales of Galactic Pest Control–A Sci-Fi Anthology

An Amazing Stories Anthology edited by David Gerrold & Tom Easton

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P.B. Cannon @spinneroftales.bsky.social · Jun 23

Troublemakers at home; unexpected enemy battleships; human captives on far-away planets; a final showdown with alien invaders. Will Juri Turner, the human-born dragon, be able to have any effect on any of these messes? Book 5 of the Spaceships and Magic series #scifantasy books2read.com/DeepChange

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Sloth & Envy Press @slothandenvy.com · Jun 17

I know, we all hate the 'zon, but Stone Heart by Mallory Glass is 99 cents for the next couple of days! Should you like to avoid 'zon, you can buy the paperback on Bookshop.org or at B&N, etc.

books2read.com/mallory-glass/

Putting direct Amazon link in comments

We love you all regardless. 📚💙 🌶️📚

Ad for Stone Heart by Mallory Glass. Has the book cover, with the following words around it: NSFW, Dual POV, unexpected magic, gargoyle romance, spicy fun. Available Now. (says swipe for details but ignore that. Details at https://books2read.com/Mallory-Glass or https://slothandenvy.com/?page_id=138

A large, black Gothic manor with lots of spiky towers and spires, two black gargoyles, crouched, wings sprouting from their backs. One on each side of the manor, along with an old fashioned lantern. The background is white and light gray. There’s a reflection of the manor, then more spires with prismatic coloring. Stone Heart in Gold lettering and Mallory Glass Stone & Flame Book 1 in white lettering.

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Galen Gower - Writer @galengower.com · Jun 16

I have a new story out at Carnage House! A trusted reader and friend says "That made me a little sick. Bravo!" so there's your content warning.
#BodyHorror #Splatterpunk #Writing
carnagehouse.com/house/story....

Carnage House

Splatterpunk and Extreme horror fiction e-zine.

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Toad Shade Zine @toadshadezine.com · Jun 14

That's what we did, and look how happy we are!

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Toad Shade Zine @toadshadezine.com · Jun 14

You are the hero of today.

Toad Shade Zine @toadshadezine.com · Jun 13

I mean, shouldn't it have stopped for the sign on the bus in the first place?

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Toad Shade Zine @toadshadezine.com · Jun 13

My therapist told me to try and keep things in perspective, that there are still hopeful practices we can engage in. Just to say you're not alone in this feeling.

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Sloth & Envy Press @slothandenvy.com · Jun 13

Writing buddy @jaimegill.bsky.social has ANOTHER publication!

Be sure to give his wonderful work a go. You won't be sorry, and you'll make him really happy.

Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · Jun 8

"He flicks a switch and low lights reveal three hulking manual telescopes dominating the observatory’s domed interior." It’s Not The End Of The World by Jaime Gill @jaimegill.bsky.social‬ #shortstory‬ #fiction #writingcommunity. Please click on link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/06/08/i...

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Sloth & Envy Press @slothandenvy.com · Jun 13

Yet another international writing buddy out there getting published!

Have a read! (Ben is a legit magician, btw).

Ben Daggers @bendaggerswrites.bsky.social · Jun 13

My piece "At One With Nature" has now been made available to non-subscribers at Crepuscular!

But you should, you know, subscribe. Crepuscular are cool.

www.patreon.com/posts/may-13...

May 13th: Ben Daggers | Crepuscular Magazine

www.patreon.com

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