It’s true! Check out FCQ #8 for gnawing tales of weird and cosmic horror, plus cover art that will send a chill up your spine 🥶😱

I've done a terrible job of promoting Fraidy Cat Quarterly recently, because of how objectively awful this year was in our personal lives. We're going to announce changes to how we do things next year and I think y'all will be excited about them! But we need time to catch up, so that's baked in.

You can get your copy of Abigail's story (and 10 other rage-filled and wrath-fueled tales) by buying direct from us: fraidycatpress.com/product/frai... We're also available pretty much everywhere books are sold online! #horrorlit #rage #shortstories #indie #horror

You can pick up D. Matthew Urban's latest (as well as 6 other dynamite stories) direct from us: fraidycatpress.com/product/frai... We're also available basically everywhere online! #indie #horrorlit #shortstories #horror

Extremely proud to be mentioned in Best Horror of the Year Vol 17 from @datlow.bsky.social ! Big shoutouts to @cwmcguinness.bsky.social, @collyleonard.bsky.social @lost-squonk.bsky.social , JC Wiles, & everyone else who's trusted us with your words the last 2 years! #besthorror #shortfic #horrorlit

Psyched to be back in FCQ with "Pages Found Under a Child's Bed," a grisly Richard Matheson homage in which various things gnaw: hunger, remorse, the folks who live under the lake...

New story in Fraidy Cat Quarterly issue 7! ☀️🐕🚀

This includes my very accurate and totally true slice of 19th-century Australian bushranger life, the aftermath of the 'squatter-versus-selector' war, and the worst legends about Dan Morgan. The volume's subtitle gives a hint of what's involved.

Howdy folks! Just as a little heads up, my story Devouring a Perfect Circle will be appearing in volume 8, and the folks at Fraidy Cat have been amazing to work with! Just think of it! A part of me to stick somewhere in your house to haunt you. 💙📚🪐 #horrorlit #horror #writingcommunity

Ahhh! This is the one! #writingcommunity #horrorlit

Check out this great deal! FCQ #7 will include a new horror story by me titled "The Beast of Boma Road." A young woman’s encounters with a strange creature and wandering eyes will have you asking, who is the real best of this story? COMING SOON! 🖤🐈‍⬛🖤

Good news! We have FCQ Volume 7 and 8 available for preorder now! There's even a discounted bundle! FCQ 7&8 Bundle: fraidycatpress.com/product/fcq-... FCQ 7: fraidycatpress.com/product/frai... FCQ 8: fraidycatpress.com/product/frai... #indiehorror #newrelease #cosmichorror #rage #gnaw

Wake up, babe, the least subtle visual metaphor in history just dropped

Heyo #PortfolioDay! I'm Sygnin, I illustrate in an ink & color style. Interested in working on book/game/card art. I like making art featuring folklore, fantasy, romantic horror. Portfolio - sygnin.com Vgen (commissions) - vgen.co/sygnin#PortfolioDay!Email - sygnin[@]gmail[.]com

2 proofs in my inbox means 2 new horror stories coming from me later this month IN PRINT! “The Beast of Boma Road” in @fraidycatpress.bsky.social ‘s Rage issue. “The Darkness Inside Her” in Harvest the Night: an Anthology of Folk Horror. chthonicmatter.wordpress.com/2025/03/14/t... Pre-order now!

If you've submitted anything to us this year you should have a response in your inbox. Please email us if you haven't received a response to your submission.

I know I'm behind on stuff for @fraidycatpress.bsky.social and for that I'm very sorry. Had some health issues recently and lost my grandfather last week. Promise I'll get back to everyone with responses, contracts, and everything else I owe you all as soon as I can!

Pub day is here! My debut cosmic horror novella FEEDING THE WHEEL is officially out on store shelves and digital marketplaces all over the world. Instead of droning on about how proud I am of this work and how fulfilled I feel as a writer, I'd like to take a sec to thank everybody who made this real

Come on in! Take a seat! Can we interest you in a slice of pie? No? Fair enough. How about the shiny new cover for Die Laughing Issue 4, with art by the inimitable @galusaurus.bsky.social? Seems like a sweet deal to us. The full PDF of the issue will be available 7/15, $5 for a download! Yum!

Last day for FCQ general subs for our Rage themed volume. BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and Palestinian authors are able to submit 7/8-7/14. Send us your weird, cosmic, and literary horror stories of unbridled wrath and ruin! fraidycatpress.com/submission-g... #horrorlit #cosmic #shortstories #indieauthor

Fraidy Cat Quarterly is open to submissions of flash, short stories, and art for our rage themed issue today! Full guidelines at the link: fraidycatpress.com/submission-g... #horror #rage #cosmic #weird #shortstories #horrorlit #flashfiction #art #indie

you are not on my level youre still doing jungle stuff and im underwater and it sucks ass here but theres really cool music

Need some horror goodness to wind down your weekend? My story "Momentary Brightness" was produced as a podcast segment on @creepypod.bsky.social ! Very proud of this story and stoked to hear it produced so well here! www.creepypod.com/episodes/202... #horror #podcast #cosmic

POLL: Which deal do you prefer when it comes to indie mags? A: Buy one copy, get one half off 2: Buy two copies, get one free III: Other (let us know) We've got some backstock we'd like to move, trying to decide what kind of deal to run. #indie #smallpress #horrorlit #cosmic #weirdhorror

fraidycatpress.com/submission-g... Open call for horror novellas coming soon! #horrorlit

We've sent out responses to everyone who's submitted to us prior to today. If you haven't heard from us, please check your spam folder for both of your email accounts (some people included 2 in their submissions) and then query us if you're still not finding it!

I didn’t know this was controversial. Even if reading every submission beginning to end was feasible—without ballooning response times on every one to several months, at least—it wouldn’t be useful. You can tell within a few pages, paragraphs, sometimes even sentences if a story is working for you.

Reminder: simultaneous submissions are 100% encouraged when you're working with us. No simsub rules should only be used by publishers that make their decision swiftly within a couple of days. To do otherwise reduces author's opportunities. If you haven't read it yet, why care so much?

We LOVE this piece so much! Thank you for trusting us with your work @marigoldrowell.com ! #art #spooky #horrorlit #indie #artist #horror

Happy Mother’s Day, y’all!

@teresa-ardrey.bsky.social is ELITE for snagging the year 1 bundle and 2025 subscription to FCQ! So much beautiful cosmic goodness in one photo!

Thanks for the contributor copy, @fraidycatpress.bsky.social ! Available here: fraidycatpress.com/product/frai...

Its preview o’clock! In “The Neighbor’s Baby” @mrjumpcut.bsky.social takes readers on a fast and furious ride of second-guessing concern for a family you don’t really know. #smallpress #indie #horrorlit #preview #paranoia #shortstory #horror

fraidycatpress.com/submission-g... Open call for horror novellas coming soon! #horrorlit

Sneak preview, part two! @jduckwriter.bsky.social explores family commitments, loneliness, and self-deception at a shady government facility in the cosmic-tinged “Threshold” in FCQ5. #indie #horrorlit #smallpress #cosmic #paranoia

Can't miss lineup of weird fiction highlights here! HAIL 10P! #indie #weirdfiction #horrorlit

Sneak peek of the brilliant opener of Fraidy Cat Quarterly Volume 5! @hktenebrae.bsky.social weaves a brilliant story of gaslighting, deception, madness, & identity in “The Girl in the Mirror,” a fantastic tale of cosmic horror. Have you gotten yours yet? #horrorlit #shortstory #smallpress #indie

Big congratulations to FCQ 1 & 3 contributor @cwmcguinness.bsky.social for the release of his #novella HELLBOUND BASTARDS! We loved Chris's weird historical cosmic horror, and can't wait to get our hands on this one! Get your copy here: amzn.to/3GDgmNf #cosmic #horrorlit #weirdwestern #indie

First batch of FCQ 5 orders heading out to lucky readers and awesome contributors today. Did you order yours yet? #indie #smallpress #horrorlit #cosmichorror #paranoia #gaslighting #shortstory #creepy

We’re running a bit behind on feedback for our recent submissions call and are very sorry for the delays. One of us has been recovering from surgery (all is well) but time has been tight as a result. Can’t wait to finish reading everyone’s stories and get back to you all!

Walpurgisnacht again, and as is traditional, the submission window for Hellarkey V.4 yawns wide as a grave! Myself, @ossuary.bsky.social, and @renbolger.bsky.social are your editors, and the printing presses of @malarkeybooks.bsky.social are ready! Here's the details: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

I love publishing new #cosmic #horror in @fraidycatpress.bsky.social. But I’d love to pay authors better, and I can’t do it alone. Consider subscribing. It’s the best way to help bring more great cosmic #horrorlit to the world (and read great stuff too!) fraidycatpress.com/product/fcq2...

New volume. New swag. Get yours today: fraidycatpress.com/product/frai...

Other small presses/shops you should buy direct from for indie book store day: @tenebrouspress.bsky.social @shortwavebooks.bsky.social @ghoulish.bsky.social @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social @clashbooks.bsky.social @ghostorchidpress.com Second Flight Books Butcher Cabin Books Your local indie!

Hey - it’s indie book store day! Want to support a small press that pays authors on time and doesn’t mock them? Get your copy of FCQ 5 today! fraidycatpress.com/product/frai... #indie #horrorlit #indiebookstoreday #smallpress #cosmichorror #literaryhorror #fiction #spooky #newauthors #shopsmall

Hey Tenebrous Cult: *Please* support indie shops for Indie Bookstore Day tomorrow; ONLY INDIE🖤☠️

i am not part of the write every day school of thinking, but i am part of the read every day school. if you can fit 1-2 short stories a day (even just fifteen minutes some days), that's hundreds in a year. i will eat my hat if that doesn't change your writing instincts. will eat my goddamn hat.

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This volume features my story "Sea Junk Shaped like the English Alphabet", a weird horror that's a bit more vulnerable than a lot of my other work. An American English teacher living in Ulsan, S Korea encounters strange phenomena from the sea that increasingly become weirder and more dangerous...