✨COVER REVEAL✨ for my fiction collection forthcoming April 2027 with @shortwavebooks.bsky.social 👀🤍‼️ design by @alandistro.bsky.social 💫 preorder direct here— shop.shortwavepublishing.com/products/mem... 🙆🏻‍♀️

COVER REVEAL KILL ME WITH FIRE @shortwavebooks.bsky.social 2027 Cover by @alandistro.bsky.social Pre-order! shop.shortwavepublishing.com/products/kil...

The cover for KILL ME WITH FIRE, coming from @shortwavebooks.bsky.social in 2027 is so fucking awesome. Yes, I know you're used to seeing Alan hit home runs with his cover design game, so I'm just confirming here that he's hit another dinger. If you need me, I'll be floating in the forest!

Know whose birthday it is? Inestimable genius @alandistro.bsky.social. You should celebrate by buying some of @shortwavebooks.bsky.social's incredible catalogue. You won't regret it. In the meantime, here's my gift to Alan: the only band to beat Pink Floyd at its own game. youtu.be/ZBpqOnLvM1k?...

A pal told me the Limelight Hardcover is half price on Amazon - it's a really cool version with a hidden cover underneath (design by @alandistro.bsky.social), if you like your SF a bit like Black Mirror...! ✨ Also available direct via @shortwavebooks.bsky.social! www.amazon.co.uk/Limelight-Ot...

Happy book birthday to @natcassidy.bsky.social's collection I KNOW A PLACE, from @shortwavebooks.bsky.social! This gorgeous edition designed by @alandistro.bsky.social, with an intro by the one true king, @stephenking.bsky.social 👑 And check out that dedication - nearly every horror author I love ❤️

Not only is @shmansouri.bsky.social’s new novel a great read, it’s a beautiful—and heavy—book/

COVER REVEAL for the 8th book in our Killer VHS Series, @spinetinglers.bsky.social's TRACKING DEATH! Pitched as FINAL DESTINATION x SINISTER. Illustration by Marc Vuletich. Design by @alandistro.bsky.social Available to pre-order everywhere books are sold. Out this August!

@shortwavebooks.bsky.social @alandistro.bsky.social @markrainey.bsky.social Here is one small shelf of the many, many I have filled with... things. @sgj.bsky.social (Most of Stephens are on a different shelf)

The release of a horror novel, “Shy Girl,” was canceled after allegations that the author had used A.I. to write the book.

I will always love print proof day! Here are the standard edition and the B&N Exclusive Edition of @natcassidy.bsky.social's I KNOW A PLACE, both of which feature embossed covers. I slid a piece of printer paper between the covers and the transparent overlays to expose the embossed sections.

Scream Like a Prayer hardcovers came in today. Cover design by @alandistro.bsky.social (love the boards) and interiors by @toddkeisling.com shipping soon!

If you're a fan of the cover artwork for ENCOUNTERS with cryptids (www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4BLN1GR ), then you're a fan of the artwork of Alan Lastufka @alandistro.bsky.social. Alan also created the awesome cover artwork for FOUND2 📼. So. Damn. Good. Thanks, Alan! 🖤

Happy release day to all involved! I had so much fun designing the cover wrap for this one! Everything is aged to look like an old police file/report. All logos and text elements were first designed from scratch, and then aged with various brushing and masking techniques.

The B&N Exclusive features new alternate cover art designed by @alandistro.bsky.social, and two new bonus stories found only in this edition! (Both editions include @stephenking.bsky.social’s incredible introduction, a'course.) Get the B&N Edition here: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/i-know-a-p...

I KNOW A PLACE where you can get a little EXCLUSIVE treatment . . . It's @barnesandnoble.com! Check out this incredible news! @shortwavebooks.bsky.social and B&N are teaming up for an Exclusive Edition of my upcoming short story collection!

Nothing more thrilling than waking up to these large wholesale orders from Barnes & Noble. I could get used to this. I've started checking our Simon & Schuster Publisher Portal even before my own inbox each morning. 😂

Hey, @natcassidy.bsky.social in da house! Loved Rest Stop (review in Locus, if that’s your thing). Anyway, homie got some talented new guy named @stephenking.bsky.social to write the intro, which is exactly the kind of stuff Nat deserves. (@alandistro.bsky.social)

Full wrap reveal for @natcassidy.bsky.social's I KNOW A PLACE. Designed by @alandistro.bsky.social, this will be our first embossed cover (feel the keys and poke the googly eyes!) and our first book over 500 pages (look at that chonky spine!). I KNOW A PLACE will be released May 5th everywhere!

Cover reveal time for @comptonwrites.bsky.social's CHIMERA SKIN, a short science-fiction horror novel. First contact. Apocalyptic. A messianic alien. This is unlike anything you've read from Johnny before! Cover design by @alandistro.bsky.social. More info: shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/chim...

Also, bonus points: I sent them my layered file for the cover art so they could design and build whatever their art team thought would work best for the audiobook. They kept my cover. They didn't change a single pixel. Given the size and budget of their art department vs me, that was a proud moment.

I just heard an early mix of the audiobook version of "A Fruiting Body" from @natcassidy.bsky.social's I KNOW A PLACE, as performed by four narrators (one of whom was Nat himself), and the audio performance elevated an already unsettling story to a chills-and-shivers level of creepy. 🍄

THE OTHER cover reveal! The second book in @annieneugebauer.bsky.social's The Outsiders Sequence, out June 9th in paperback and eBook. Pre-orders are available now everywhere books are sold. Cover design by @alandistro.bsky.social More info and shop links: shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/the-...

Cover reveal time! Christoph Paul's (@clashbooks.bsky.social) double creature feature THE LAST HOUSE ON EARTH / DEATH WALKS SOUTH BOSTON is out this August. Pre-orders are now available. Cover(s) designed by @alandistro.bsky.social Two novellas in one book! shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/last...

Oh? I bet I know which best-selling author he's referring to! 😂 Thanks to Parade for helping us spread the word about @natcassidy.bsky.social's I KNOW A PLACE and the high praise from King. Read the full article here: parade.com/news/nat-cas...

COVER REVEAL AND PREORDER ANNOUNCEMENT! Gore Poetics by @spicycloaca.bsky.social is coming April 14th. It's strange, transgressive, and visceral--just like its cover by @sloppjockey.bsky.social with typography by @alandistro.bsky.social! See more in our newsletter: buttondown.com/cursedmorsel...

Let me tell you, the day I boxed up this book, wrote a little thank you note, and addressed it to "Steve King" was one of the most surreal days of my life.

Matt Dinniman is writing the introduction to one of our upcoming collections (Philip Fracassi's Traps and Specters) so I started reading Dinniman's Dungeon Crawler Carl series recently. I just finished book three and am a little obsessed at this point. 😻🦖👨

Working on the layout for a brand-new fiction story we're publishing to Shortwave Magazine later this week, and it is the perfect blend of sci-fi and horror that I keep craving. I've read it half a dozen times already and I can't wait to read it half a dozen more.

I can't stress enough how important it is to experience art with people who will allow you to feel emotions without mockery.

Any writer who thinks their cover is "nonessential" is in for a very rude awakening when they try to sell their book to readers. At point of sale, I would argue the cover is the most essential element, next to a great blurb/description.

Check out my latest episode of Unstable Table Talks ™️ 🎤 my guest? The one & only @alandistro.bsky.social, owner and acquisitions editor of our beloved @shortwavebooks.bsky.social You don’t want to miss this one! substack.com/@unstableboo...

The order of the TOC has changed like three times since these were printed, and will likely change again, because I am a monster to work with, but that also makes these even more collectible, right? (Also, @alandistro.bsky.social is a goddamn design genius.)

With Stranger Things finally ending this month, I guess I should get one last round of promo out of this... “★★★★★ Like a grown-up version of Stranger Things. FACE THE NIGHT is a compelling blend of small-town mystery and supernatural horror [that] succeeds brilliantly on both fronts.” –IndieReader

Some end of year love for @shortwavebooks.bsky.social ! I’m obsessed with this press! They’ve been raising the bar every year with stellar stories and even cooler packaging! Long live shortwave!

I had such a good time reading this novel. Can't wait to share it with the world before the apocalypse!

Want to know the origin story of Shortwave press and how Alan got into this whole publishing adventure? I think this is one of the coolest NaNoWriMo tales I've heard.

I wrote a guest post for @nano2point0.bsky.social, the newly-launched project from the original founder of NaNoWriMo. Some may know this already, but my debut novel FACE THE NIGHT was written during NaNo. This blog post is a celebration of that, and everything that came after! bit.ly/3KDw39n

I strive to up my cover design game every year. 2026 feels like yet another big step forward. These are some great books, and I hope I can do them all justice with designs and layouts that will catch readers' eyes as they scroll or browse.

The new SLEEP ALONE cover was inspired by one of my favorite movies, Green Room. I love what Alan did here. The show poster style with all those creases and tears, the club stamps on the back…so many great details. I’m very aware how lucky I am to get two covers I absolutely love 🤩

Cover reveal time for @jawmccarthy.bsky.social's SLEEP ALONE! This edition features a new bonus story in both the print and ebook. Available everywhere books are sold on March 17th! Cover art wrap design by @alandistro.bsky.social Links and info: shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/slee...

Cover reveal time for NEUROTICA! 👀 Neurotica is a new collection of poetry from Pushcart Prize and Bram Stoker Award nominated author @cybergodwrites.bsky.social! Cover design by @alandistro.bsky.social More info and pre-order links here: shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/neur...

Just bought the deluxe chamber version of Florence + The Machine's new album, and now I'm going to let her sing/scream me to sleep. Looking at some of these song titles, I fully expect to wake up with at least half a dozen new hexes on me.

Wrote a thing about agents. If you’re a new writer or are actively querying, hope this helps keep you safe! gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/too-many-s...

You know those first print runs for next year are getting serious when the printer offers you a Line of Credit directly with them. 😅

I was recently asked to write two guest blog posts that I'm very excited about. Last night, I sat down with the goal of just outlining the first article. Baby steps. Instead, I ended up writing 1,300 words of the article! The first solid chunk of writing I've gotten done in forever. It felt great.

This is one of the best episodes I have listened to. Alan is a genuine delight, and Shortwave is such a treasure to the horror community. I am thrilled for its success. Give it a listen.

One of the best parts of my job is getting to make art for cool, talented writers I adore! Thanks to @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social @ttmaddenwrites.bsky.social @brittnibrinn.bsky.social @lormaggot.ca @elijahbwilder.bsky.social & more for trusting me to do your covers! May there be tons more in 2026. 🖤📚