Cover Reveal: Dirty Magick Magazine Issue Sixteen Stories: Christopher Welch, Meireles de Andre, Marie-Helene Lebeault, Dei Walker. Naked Steel covers Ladyhawke. Book reviews by Jennifer R. Povey @ninjafingers.bsky.social Available 12/1/2025

If you're in New Orleans on Nov 15, I'm having a book release party for Midnight Brew, an urban fantasy novel of vampires and witches. Parleaux Brewery 6-7:30 pm.

I wrote about the my late, great friend Carlo Nuccio and his last album on my Substack. Subscribe if you can. #neworleans #nola #neworleansmusic

For those of you in the New Orleans area, I will be having a book release party at Parleaux Beer Labs Saturday Nov 15. Readings and a game of loteria for a free book.

Substack users: Get your monthly fantasy/urban fantasy fix in your e-mail. Dirty Magick Issue 15 is now online. dirtymagickmagazine.substack.com

Need to add something to the TBR list? Read Jennifer Povey's book reviews in Dirty Magick 15. Free on Patreon.

Dirty Magick's film column "Naked Steel" reviews John Boorman's "Excalibur," the messy but classy take on Arthurian legends. Read for free on Patreon.

Quests and intrigue abound in Keith Roysdon's "The Sword and The Crossbow" available in Dirty Magick 15. Buy the story, the issue, or subscribe on Patreon. @keithroysdon.bsky.social

Justice and tradition come first in JT Beatty's "Headtaker Knight" in Dirty Magick 15. Buy the story, the issue, or subscribe on Patreon.

A serial killer and a spell gone wrong=weird revenge in @rae-patterson.bsky.social Rae Patterson's "Blood Golem" in Dirty Magick 15. Buy the single story or the whole issue on Patreon.

Seedy adventurers help a female wizard in ... trouble? Buy G.C. Collins' "Iridium" from Dirty Magick 15 on Patreon.

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Now available on @weightlessbooks.bsky.social Dirty Magick Issue 15. Stories: G.C. Collins, Rae Patterson, JT Beatty, Keith Roysdon Film Column: Naked Steel: Excalibur Book reviews by Jennifer R. Povey Please subscribe if you can. You can still get extra issues with 6- and 12-month subs.

Twenty years ago, Paula and I were refugees in San Francisco, staying with Aunt Elyse. We went to the Day of the Dead parade that night and I wasn't expecting to be so moved. He's what I wrote then, reprinted with pictures from that night on my Substack, Yat's That. Subscribe if you can.

I was very pleased to talk Halloween and horror/urban fantasy with author Craig DiLouie and our great host Aki Liao on the NoName Podcast

You can spend your afternoon getting spooky with Dirty Magick Magazine before trick or treating tonight.

Cover Reveal: Dirty Magick Magazine Issue 15 Stories by G.C. Collins, Rae Patterson, JT Beatty, Keith Roysdon. Please help us by subscribing at Weightless Books, Patreon, or Substack.

A brief reminder that until the end of the year, a 12-month subscription to Dirty Magick gets your 15 issues. Please help us grow as about 30 more subscriptions will get us to breaking even. This offer is only from @weightlessbooks.bsky.social

I will be appearing at Contraflow XI/Deep South con this weekend: Fri 10/10: Escape From the Secret Lab Live Sat 10/11: Worst Superhero Movies Ever Made, Reading (1pm), Fantasy Noir Sun 10/12: How to Charm an Editor Come say hi if you're in NOLA/Kenner!

Substack Users: Dirty Magick's Halloween issue is available now. Please subscribe if you can to support #indiepublishing #fantasyfiction and #urbanfantasy. dirtymagickmagazine.substack.com

Jennifer R. Povey @ninjafingers.bsky.social reviews J.R. Blains' "Portraits of Decay" and Zalika Reid-Benta's "River Mumma" for the Dirty Magick Halloween issue. Read for free on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/book-r...

Dirty Magick's Halloween issue features in our film column "The Sword and the Sorcerer," Albert Pyun's grimy exploitation debut. #80sfilms #fantasyfilms Read for free on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/naked-...

Read Eric Witchey's @ewitchey.bsky.social heartwarming tale of vampiric love "Our Maple Syrup Anniversary" in Dirty Magick's Halloween issue. But the single story here: www.patreon.com/posts/our-ma...

Read Matthew R. Davis' "Count To Thirteen" for some psychedelic weirdness, goth music, and demons in the Dirty Magick Halloween issue. But the single story here: www.patreon.com/posts/count-...

Read Sako Tumi's @sakotumi.bsky.social "The Halloween Party" for giggles and vampiric fights. Only in the Dirty Magick Halloween issue. Buy the single story here: www.patreon.com/posts/hopes-...

Editor C.D. Brown looks back on his own childhood memories for Dirty Magick's Halloween issue. #halloween #funsize Read for free on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/140189...

Patreon Users: Buy the special Halloween issue of Dirty Magick Magazine now! Better yet, subscribe for great monthly fantasy/urban fantasy stories! #indiepublishing #fantasy #urbanfantasy www.patreon.com/collection/1...

Get ready for the spooky season with Dirty Magick Magazine's first themed issue: Halloween 2025! This issue features Sako Tumi, Matthew R. Davis, and Eric Witchey. Naked Steel covers "The Sword and the Sorcerer." Book reviews by Jennifer R. Povey. Subscribe if you can; get the single issue here:

Cover reveal: very excited to share the cover of our first themed issue, Halloween. This issue features Sako Tumi, Matthew R. Davis, and Eric Witchey serving up the tricks and treats.

I'm very honored to have my fake journalism story "Disco Ghost Returns to Her Old Haunts" be included in the debut issue of American Weirdo. Wait until 5pm CST 9/19 to hit the link to ensure you see the issue.

My review of Spinal Tap II, a fun and loving sequel that nevertheless needs familiarity to work. Read it on my newsletter, Y'ats That. Subscribe if you can.

@angela-e-zolner.bsky.social Please message me. Your e-mail bounces mine.

Jason's hearing is on Tuesday, and he's asking folks to write nofdpio at NOLA dot gov with the subject line "Do Not Fire Jason Affolder." He's been a firefighter in New Orleans for 20 years and now faces termination for a joke on Instagram.

Why does the Camellia Grill feel less crowded these days? Is it the food? I say no and offer other theories on Y'ats That. Subscribe if you can. #CamelliaGrill #NOLA #NOLAskeeters

Just a reminder, if you subscribe to Dirty Magick Magazine in September at @weightlessbooks.bsky.social you get 15 issues for the price of 12 or 8 issues for the price of 6. PLease help us continue to publish the best fantasy, urban fantasy, and gothic horror that we can.

I'm a little late (the album came out in May), but I wanted to review the great new Midnight Brawlers album "Brawl'n'" on my newsletter Y'ats That. These Frenchmen St regulars play a fun combo of trad and Brazilian. Read and hopefully subscribe through the link. #YatsThat #NOLASky #NOLA

Free for all on Patreon: Dirty Magick Magazine's Book Review column by Jennifer R. Povey @ninjafingers.bsky.social . If you have a book you want included (urban fantasy and fantasy preferred), send us an ARC to our submissions e-mail or DM me here.

Free to all on Patreon: Dirty Magick Magazine's film column has changed! Now called "Naked Steel," it will review fantasy films from the '70s and '80s, beginning with Rankin/Bass' version of "The Hobbit." if you enjoy these reviews, help us out and subscribe.

Jeff Somers @jeffsomers.bsky.social reveals the strange happenings at a cult-like house in "The Gemini Conspiracy." Find it in Dirty Magick Magazine No. 13 or on its own on Patreon. Subscribe if you can.

Kay Hanifen melds sword and sorcery and detective fiction in this case of kidnapping in "The Chosen Child." Available in Dirty Magick No. 13 or as a one shot on Patreon. Help us out and subscribe!

Sanya Dimova @sanyadimova.bsky.social tells a funny and touching mafia story with werewolves and vampires in "Undeath and Taxes." Find it in Dirty Magick Magazine No. 13 or on its own on Patreon. Subscribe if you can!

Patrick Thomas' banshee police detective takes on the case of a murdered lawyer in "Fruit of the Poisonous Tree." Available in Dirty Magick Magazine No. 13 or as a one shot on Patreon.

#Nolasky #nola #yatsthat We tried the new Mid-City English pub The Bell. My review in my newsletter Y'ats That, food, music, and movie reviews from a New Orleans perspective.

Y'ats That reviews of Aguasanta, Latin fusion cuisine that should be on every foodie's list. My newsletter of food, music, and movies from a New Orleans perspective. #yatsthat #nola #nolasky

Dirty Magick Issue Thirteen is now available on Weightless Books! New features for Volume Two include four stories instead of three, book reviews by Jennifer R. Povey @ninjafingers.bsky.social , and a new film column Naked Steel: Fantasy Films of the '70s and '80s.

If you're in New Orleans, it's not too late to see the excellent Jeff Buckley documentary. If you're elsewhere and interested, definitely seek it out. Here's my review at my newsletter Yat's That. Subscribe for reviews of New Orleans things. #YatsThat #nola #NOLASky

In my newsletter Y'ats That, I ponder the New Orleans tradition of saying hello to strangers. Is it being lost? Subscribe if you can to get food, music, and movie reviews from a New Orleans perspective. #yatsthat #NOLASky #nola

Latest from my newsletter Y'ats That: food, music, and movie reviews through a New Orleans lens. We took a trip to the Mississippi coast to hear some blues and eat Southern food at Ground Zero. Here's my (mostly) positive review of the juke joint. #yatsthat #NOLASky #nola

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