Publishing is hard. I talk about first week stats, why I decided to release without blurbs or pre-orders, and all the other nitty-grittys of indie publishing!

Congrats to Jonathan Gensler and Samir Sirk Morató for being recognized on the ECO25 shortlist for THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION! Both stories originally appeared in CHM! https://bit.ly/41sxlsM

Goblins & Galaxies' Kickstarter launches next week to fund issues 5-8! Follow here: Friendly reminder! The Goblins & Galaxies 2026 Kickstarter campaign launches next week! Funding issues 5-8. Follow the campaign here! https://bit.ly/4cX6LP8

Yes, single issues are available on our website. But really, this is just an excuse to post these awesome covers. https://bit.ly/3XqciCs

the words are supposed to vibrate in your head, right?

☠️ A warrior priest with a deathwish 🌍 Weird World-building ⚔️ Sword & sorcery If you're in the US, grab a signed copy of THE CORPSE PRIEST at the same price as the Big Online Stores. If you order within the next hour or so, I can mail it TODAY! carsonwinter.com/product/the-...

THE CORPSE PRIEST is out now from @saltheartpress.bsky.social! ⚔️ Sword and sorcery 🗼 Sentient flesh tower ☠️ A lot of death-obsession www.saltheartpress.com/corpse-priest

This story, oh my god. At this point, between my personal reading and the slush pile, I read almost 1,000 stories a year, maybe a little more. This is one of the stories I have never forgotten.

Join me for THE CORPSE PRIEST's victory lap on April 10! I'll do a reading, there'll be giveaways, fracturing realities, and laughs. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-corpse...

I just finished Ivy Grimes' THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR and absolutely loved it. Creepy, absurd, and poignant. Recommended for fans of weird fiction with complex themes and lots of voice.

Issue #70 is here! Take a peek at the table of contents! Subscribe here: https://bit.ly/3WmVbRP

THANK YOU to everyone who gave me such a great release day for THE CORPSE PRIEST! Truly incredible to see all the enthusiasm for the project. I've been sending these scary little guys all across the country and I'll be back at it again today!

Also in @pseudopod.org, I enjoyed "All the Good You Did Not Do" by @jolietoomajan.bsky.social, originally in @apexmag.bsky.social.

The Corpse Priest releases today!Carson really outdid himself with this one. A perfect example of how to bring classic weird horror fantasies to a current audience, while innovating at the same time. Check it out.

Our own Carson Winter has a book out today! Check out THE CORPSE PRIEST from Salt Heart Press—a mashup of sword and sorcery, cosmic horror, and Ligottian pessimism!

SURPRISE RELEASE! THE CORPSE PRIEST is out today! This is a strange beast of a novella, a bloody cocktail of sword & sorcery, Ligottian pessimism, and cosmic horror. I’m going to talk a little about how this release came to be, inspirations, and more—SO PREPARE FOR A THREAD!!!

New episode Cosmic Goblins featuring "Devils, Devils" by Carly Racklin: https://bit.ly/4sE9MZJ

Mommmmmmmm! Someone left the door open and the screams escaped again!

My story "All The Good You Did Not Do," originally published in Apex, has been given the Pseudopod treatment. I cannot thank the team enough, this is so wonderfully done. 🥹

I got interviewed by Cold Caller about my story “Harvest”! Check it out here: open.substack.com/pub/coldcall...

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Thank you! I am honored. And now my list of (just five!) inspiring women in SSFH: @jennykiefer.com @jolietoomajan.bsky.social @rebeccakaras.bsky.social @authorterribruce.bsky.social @christinogle.bsky.social #wihm #womenwriters #sffh

New story out with Cold Caller. I was inspired by @emmaemurray.bsky.social, Jack Ketchum, and Jim Thompson to try my hand at realist horror/crime. Super proud of this story. Check it here: coldcallermag.substack.com/p/harvest

Don't forget, Goblins and Galaxies will be open for submissions starting April 7. Read the guidelines here: https://bit.ly/4i2c9QR

Horror magazine readers! What's in your regular rotation?

You can choose only one. Which is it gonna be?

A curated list of 55 books spanning the 12th to 21st centuries. Including works by @jolietoomajan.bsky.social @suzyeynon.bsky.social @okokno.bsky.social @ivygrimes.bsky.social Buying from @bookshop.org supports independent bookstores! #WomenInHorror #WomensHistoryMonth bookshop.org/lists/women-...

Reserve your copies of Goblins & Galaxies magazine volume II! Interested in a treasure hunt for secret rewards? You can find the key to deciphering the code in the image on our KS landing page: https://bit.ly/4cX6LP8

An anxious woman travels to a small town in Oregon that seems to have a thing for scarecrows and illicit video tapes. Get A SPECTRE IS HAUNTING GREENTREE from @tenebrouspress.bsky.social

A family chooses to live with a mysterious product for four weeks as market research administered by the strange and otherworldly Mr. Cormorant. Check out THE PSYCHOGRAPHIST from @apocalypseparty.bsky.social.

Bored office workers discover a reality distortion that makes some days don't count. Uh oh. Grab SOFT TARGETS from @tenebrouspress.bsky.social

Read "Trespass" by Ellison Hyde FREE on the CHM website: https://bit.ly/4b6La5u

Unusually we find ourselves with two issues available at the same time, so buying issues 3 and 4 together -- already with a nifty little discount -- means you’ll pay only half the postage. :)

Legend also has it that Lovecraft (who was friendly with Moore) did not correct Kuttner and let him find out for himself, which is objectively pretty fucking funny.

New episode of Cosmic Goblins featuring "Paris Green Toboggan" by EC Dorgan. https://bit.ly/4r3h6g8

announcing: The Frolic Anthology of New Strange Fiction #1 a collection of contemporary weird stories including new work by @ivygrimes.bsky.social @jrobertandrews.bsky.social @jolietoomajan.bsky.social @improbablerex.bsky.social and more TBA Cover art reveal soon!

Moore is spec fiction royalty, but she isn't read to the same level as her male contemporaries. The omission of Moore (and many other women) from discussions on the weird leads to a false idea that women were not writing the weird (or spec in general) until very recently.

I love people who were raised by their grandparents. We're like vampires. Like we were born in 1987 but we have intimate knowledge of life during The Great Depression and we can jitterbug.

I'm doing fancy stuff

Welcome a year of new SFF short stories! @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social highlights magical girl burnout, choose-your-own paper fortune, and the inaugural dystopian tale from a brand-new magazine!

Calling all concept-driven science fiction short stories (and novelettes) published in 2025! I'm looking for bangers I might have missed that fit this brief: compellingsciencefiction.com/posts/call-f... If you can share this with your favorite SF author/publisher/editor, I'd be grateful!

If you enter this Storygraph giveaway, you could win a free copy of The Cellar Below the Cellar!

Free fiction on the CHM website! Check out "Along the Way to Shaft 13" by Eugen Bacon right here: https://bit.ly/3OsMUgy

I live in basically the reddest place you can imagine. Everyone has multiple guns, they like to talk about guns, they like to go shooting, hunting, to the range, and on New Year's Eve everyone turns into Yosemite Sam. My ring notifications are a solid 75% caps lock panic about hearing gunshots.

Issue 4 is at press and will mail out soon. @kayv.bsky.social, @seanbirnie.bsky.social, @stephenbacon.bsky.social, @annieneugebauer.bsky.social, Craig Bernardini, @stevetoase.bsky.social, John Possidente... and Jim Sallis. Art by Richard Wagner. remains.uk/products/iss...

Wanna talk cosmic horror, weird fiction, and the latest issues? CHM and Goblin and Galaxies is on Discord. Join here: https://bit.ly/3Odxmgy

We've started an FAQ on our website. We've only got three questions though so far. Is there anything YOU'D like to know about CHM? https://bit.ly/4r5kUhB

February is available as a single issue in our webstore: https://bit.ly/4krQ93U

We have our first free story from January up. Read "Baker’s Dozen" By R.L. Meza right here: https://bit.ly/3ZovgwQ

Thanks for the Publisher's Weekly Starred Review! Please read the review and consider whether you would enjoy this book. If so, it's a great time to preorder!