About to lose your entire world? There's insurance for that. Just make sure that this is included in your coverage... Want to read the fine print? Related literature concerning Making a Claim by @trailofleaves.bsky.social is available in Archive of the Odd Issue 5!

Also, Submissions for Issue 6 are open!

New story day! Archive of the Odd (@archiveoftheodd.bsky.social) is a beautifully assembled publication of found fiction, and its fifth issue features my story "Making a Claim". Insure your planet with Starwhale and Pod! Available to purchase here: archiveoftheodd.bigcartel.com/products

The reprint of my story with the longest title is now out at @archiveoftheodd.bsky.social #5! Five Questions for Monthly Routine Check of FTL Drive Chief Operators is a story told in the form of a professional exam. Can you operate a FTL vessel and go back home? Originally pub in OnSpec Magazine.

Experience a guided tasting of the wine regions of the Underworld in "Tasting the Wine of the Dead"--available in Archive of the Odd #5: Cogito Error, for sale now from @archiveoftheodd.bsky.social rajivmote.wordpress.com/2025/03/15/t...

HAPPY RELEASE DAY! It's March 15! Happy Ides of March, and more importantly... the release of our newest, creepiest, weirdest and most un-dead issue to date. Come look at our definitely not cursed books: archiveoftheodd.bigcartel.com/product/preo...

You Are Going To Die Does it mean anything to you? Find this chilling photo collection from @biscuitstarberry.bsky.social in Archive of the Odd Issue 5: Cogito Error. archiveoftheodd.bigcartel.com/product/preo...

Your call is important to us. Please stay on the line... You are next in queue for... [Phone Call With Genetrix, Friday, 3pm by @aviburton.bsky.social ]. To receive information about the Archive of the Odd Issue 5 Pre-Order, Press 5: archiveoftheodd.bigcartel.com/products

Everyone!! I am so happy to announce that my story "GHOSTS are REAL!! SCARIEST haunted footage EVER!" is being published by @archiveoftheodd.bsky.social

Heyyyy Gurl.... I know it's been so long since we last talked, but- Guess who's back from the dead! 😍😍😍

Celebrating Our New Release Chapbooks! 🧵

Submissions call for issue 6 is officially OPEN! Have some found fiction for us? Submit here: airtable.com/appqeGDxEJem...

Happy 1-Year to the release of Revenge Arc by Cat Voleur! Physical copies of the novella are on sale today for $7.99, to celebrate. Digital copies are just $2.99!

Happy Found Fiction Friday! Swamp Cryptid fans rejoice! You can now read Sarah Jackson's Channelsea from Issue 2 for free on the Archive of the Odd Website!

HAPPY RELEASE DAY TO: The Same Stars by Dori Lumpkin! "The Same Stars" is the first chapbook from Archive of the Odd. In 30 pages of letters and newspaper clippings, Dori Lumpkin unburies a family history too deadly to stay hidden.

HAPPY FOUND FICTION FRIDAY!! Today's release, Azul by JR Santos, is a beautiful and terrifying trip abroad.

The Same Stars by @whimsyqueen.bsky.social comes out THIS WEEKEND. Pre-order while you still can! You can still get the specialty hand-bound editions before the limited supply runs out.

CHAPBOOK COVER REVEAL for Performance of a Lifetime by Emma E Murray Coming August 24th!

contract signed! my flash phone tree horror "Phone Call With Genetrix, Friday, 3pm" will be published in @archiveoftheodd.bsky.social 's upcoming issue! A full list of my forthcoming stories can be found on my website aviburton.com/my-writing

Did you want to make your own Found Fiction? Don't know where to start? Originally offered through our sales drive, we're opening this mini-class to everyone! Sign up, and join us in making telling the weirdest stories they've ever seen. archiveoftheodd.bigcartel.com/product/clas...

CHAPBOOK COVER REVEAL for The Same Stars by @whimsyqueen.bsky.social Coming out July 20th!

That's a wrap! We finished our Indiegogo campaign with $887! Thank you to everyone who contributed. Physical orders are on their way as I type!

An ancient, corrupted passage lends itself to multiple interpretations, and perhaps revelations. Decrypt the wax-preserved past in Translation Notes by EJ Croll, in Archive of the Odd Issue 4!

Happy Found Fiction Friday Monday! (I definitely did NOT forget again, I swear) Our newest feature: Queen of the Underground by Maureen O'Leary, featured in issue 1!

Bioluminescent waters may be the atoll's main attraction, but they also serve as a warning. A forecast of 'Water Burning Bright: An Overview of A. aurora in Bekonese Culture' by Mia Xuan in AOTO issue 4!

Don't tell the head Archivist, but I forgot to post about Found Fiction Friday! With authors’ permission, we’ll be posting stories from our issues online. Formatting is still unique to the books, but the story is free for all to read. First is “PENNSYLVANIA FURNACE (Refrain)” by Samir Sirk Morató.

Before writing to your pen pal in the Sarkolis ̶c̶u̶l̶t̶, review the list of unsuitable topics. Extra credit will be awarded for participation -Emmy, you need this. For your next assignment: We See Red by @omersarae.bsky.social, due in Archive of the Odd issue 4!

Magic, Mass Hysteria, or Marketing Stunt? 4 found dead following bizarre circumstances last Thursday in Sampaloc, Manila. For more at 11, in "‘Mass Hysteria’ in Sampaloc Kills 4" by Arvee Fantilagan, tune into Archive of the Odd, issue 4!

Do you ever take a walk into the woods, just to find yourself? Carved from the branches by your childhood home, Fragments of Maeve by @mielmacrae.bsky.social is waiting for you in Archive of the Odd issue 4!

Help us raise Author Pay! Archive of the Odd is running an Indiegogo campaign to raise pay rates for artists and authors. We've got all of our books at a discount, preorders, and exclusive merch available. Buy something nice and support indie authors!

Our submissions close at midnight (last time on earth) tomorrow!

✨🌸Attention Shoppers! 🌸✨ We are absolutely glittered to announce that Pixie’s Accessories™ is now able to add lobotomies (!!!) to our lineup of Pixie’s Perfect Procedures™! Coming soon in Archive of the Odd, Issue 4, is @whimsyqueen.bsky.social's Pixies Offers Lobotomies!

We want to be as transparent as possible when it comes to our upcoming IndieGoGo campaign, and with that comes EIC CM Baldwin's breakdown of our finances. Link to the full breakdown on our website:

A lonely librarian transmits data from the World Library, which is a dying whale. Transmissions from a Dying Whale by @noirbettie.bsky.social make their way to the Archive of The Odd for Issue 4!

In the year 2000, billionaire Max Westgate built an island to create a theme park billed as "Jurassic Park meets Hanna-Barbera," but ten years later, he vanished from the public eye....

A game with deadly consequences... (sic) by Logan McConnell to be featured in Archive of the Odd issue 4!

Just in from the FBI... Exhibit 212: Note on A Napkin at KFX Near Interstate 70 in Kelvin, Missouri by AK McCarthy to be sealed in Archive Of The Odd, Issue 4!

As this submission period ends (05/15) we will open an Indie GoGo crowdfund. We’re NOT at risk of closing, and our issues are funded to release as planned. Rather than a press-saving measure, this is more an exclusive merch+ sale drive. So why Indie GoGo, rather than Kickstarter? (1/5)

On one hand, there's a giant spider in the gym, but on the other hand, you gotta get your reps in. Feel The Burn by @thisisguan.bsky.social to be featured in Issue 4!

We're officially past the halfway mark of our Issue 5 submission period!

#413 #iykyk

New From the Archives: The Lonely by Judith Merrill TRANSMISSION: VIA: Tight beam, scrambled. SENT: 1306 hrs, TST. RCVD: 1947 hrs, TST Dear Nat: archiveoftheodd.com/2024/04/09/f...

An Update on Issue 5 Subs! We're about halfway through the open period. 149 pieces submitted so far, 379050 words (the length of the entire Chronicles of Narnia... or 3 Draculas) 7 funny cover letters (detached from titles, but it's fun for us!) 1 "Dear Mycelial Network"

With every great event... comes the great Con Casualty sale! Help us cull the victims of our latest TSA-rummaged, horrorfan-handled stock. You can find the available books here: archiveoftheodd.bigcartel.com/product/barg...

"But lighthouse keepers, they meticulously record, and soberly fulfill their assigned duties. After all, if we discount those who keep the lights, who guide us in the dark, who can we trust?” Shining through the dark, we present our third standalone chapbook, by Daniel Simonson.

"All art is dissection." Upcoming exhibit: Performance of a Lifetime by Emma E. Murray, a standalone chapbook from Archive of the Odd.

Oh? We've just received something strange in the mail. We're proud to announce our first standalone chapbook: The Same Stars by @whimsyqueen.bsky.social

THE ARCHIVES HAVE OPENED Submit here: airtable.com/appqeGDxEJem...

Does everyone know what happens tomorrow?