Chuffed that readers are still finding this nasty little tale by @sashabrown.bsky.social ! It skitters across our minds late at night from time to time. Check it out - it'll sink its pincers into you!

Just a heads up that we're going to pause story submissions at 12:01 AM EST on July 1st so we can get caught up and focus in on volumes 9 and 10. Thank you for sending us so much wonderful work to consider - we are truly overwhelmed (in every sense of the meaning) by your response!

Shout out: publisher edition! Matt Rogerson - @1428publishing.bsky.social Whisper House - @whisperhousepress.bsky.social Fraidy Cat - @fraidycatpress.bsky.social Brown Hound - @brownhoundpress.bsky.social Darkenryde - @darkenryde.bsky.social Nefarious Bat - @nefariousbatpress.bsky.social

Check out this great deal! 🙀 And a reminder I have a story in Volume 7 called "The Beast of Boma Road" but at this price, you should really get them all!

Hell yeah, get yourself some great stories and art!

FCQ is on sale! I have a weird horror piece about a foreign English teacher in Ulsan, Korea in volume 5, just saying

FCQ ebooks are $1 for the month of March! Get yours here: fraidy-cat-press.myshopify.com #horror #ebooks #sale #cosmichorror #horrorlit #indie #smallpress #discount #stuffyourkindle #fyp #fcq #fraidycat

aperiodic reminder to short fiction writers that you should always read every part of your short fiction contracts _and_ (for payment by the word) double-checked the math for payment. don't be afraid to ask for clarification on any point that is confusing or seems wrong! it is always okay to ask.

Sunday afternoon is the perfect time to have a coffee and read some submissions! Still looking for more great writing and art about horror! We're open on a rolling basis and pay for your work. #horrorlit #horrorart #indieart #illustrator #collage #digitalart #oilart #watercolor #digitalremix

@matthewtpritt.bsky.social has a novelette in this collection that put my jaw on the floor. He writes subtle, elegant stories filled with pathos and a deep undercurrent of dread. You want visit his cursed place.

Love this!

Is there a technology the left is excited about?" It's called the clamshell e-reader from It Follows, and I've been waiting for it since 2014

From now through March 1st you can save 14% on all Fraidy Cat Quarterly single volumes and ebooks when you buy direct! fraidy-cat-press.myshopify.com And we have some awesome new handmade bookmark designs too! #horrorlit #sale #amreading #horror #ebook #2026readingchallenge #indie #cosmichorror

Open for submissions! fraidycatpress.com/submission-g... #horrorlit #amwriting #cosmichorror #horrorart #artist #indie #illustrator #spookyart #collage #procreate #digitalart #coverart #creepy #bookdesigner #submissions #getpublished #indieartist #horrorauthor #horror #horrorartist

attention all horror writers! #horrorwriters #amwriting

Awesome review from the story that inspired our cover for Volume 2! What a great project for the year from @staniforthmick.bsky.social too!

Pssst: we’re open to submissions of horror fiction, interior art, and full color cover art AND WE’RE PAYING MORE NOW. Guidelines here: fraidycatpress.com/submission-g... #horrorlit #cosmic #horror #indie #shortstory #novelette #magazine #art #illustration

Apropos of everything else, Neil Gaiman is still a piece of shit, and he's resurfaced like a groundhog to remind us all of this fact.

Hey, hey beautiful people. In addition to a beautiful new baby, I also have a beautiful new print anthology I’m in! Thanks to @fraidycatpress.bsky.social Fraidy Cat Quarterly #8 has a whole heaping helping of me… and several better writers… but also me! Read it, nerd. #horrorwriterschat

Big news: we're reopening to submissions on 2/16 on a rolling basis! Highlights: increased pay per word! Longer word count limits! Higher pay for interior art! New cover art submissions! Full details: fraidycatpress.com/submission-g... #callforsubmissions #horrorlit #fiction #art #shortstory

We're incredibly proud to have published this absolute banger of a story in FCQ Volume 7! Congrats to @corriehaldane.bsky.social on the very well-deserved recognition and thank you to @tenebrouspress.bsky.social for highlighting excellent work in the weird horror indie community!

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?