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...

We're shipping out orders tomorrow, which makes it the perfect day to snag a copy of our latest volume, or subscribe for the year and save on your favorite cosmic horror fix! #IndiePress #cosmichorror #horror #horrorlit #smallpress fraidycatpress.com/product/fcq2...

Thank you everyone who submitted to our general submissions window! We look forward to reading and getting back to you all soon. We are still open to submissions from LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, and Palestinian authors! Details: fraidycatpress.com/submission-g... #opencall #horrorlit #limiteddemographic

Sneak peak at the guidelines for #TheDeerIsMessedUp for our spooky #writer and #poet friends 👀 www.kickstarter.com/projects/mer... (full guidelines with additional details will be posted when the submission window opens!)

We’re looking for more great horror stories to share with the world! Send your stories of growing horrors, rage filled shrieks, and gnawing despair to round out our 2025 publication schedule! Full details available at fraidycatpress[dot]com. #horrorlit #cosmichorror #opencall #submissions #author

Preorder our upcoming fifth volume and save! fraidycatpress.com/product/frai... #indie #horror #paranoia #preorder #smallpress

We want to shocase your art in our upcoming volumes! We are always open to black and white art submissions that are spooky and free of AI! We've published digital art, collage, watercolor, ink sketches, and more! fraidycatpress.com/submission-g... #art #artists #mixedmedia #spooky #horror #indie

Great newer zine of #horror!

New in the Fraidy Cat Shop! Year one bundles, 2025 FCQ subscriptions, and preorders for volume 5! Annual subscriptions are a great way to support our authors & help us achieve our goal of increasing payment to $0.02/word in 2026! #indiehorror #smallpress #merch #buydirect #bundle #discount #book

Big congrats to Raluca Balasa for making the Brave New Weird Volume 3 Shortlist from @tenebrouspress.bsky.social! You can check out their story "Cogs in the (War) Machine" in FCQ2! fraidycatpress.com/product/frai... #indie #horror #awards #shortlist #newweird #weirdhorror #smallpress #10Pcult

Very excited to announce our noblebright fantasy companion to our flagship literary cosmic horror publication! Details and ruff timeline coming soon!

Excited to have my short story about listening to too many true crime podcasts in this one!

Not an April Fool's joke: Issue #004 of Writer's RedEye is in your inbox! This issue features listings from: @fraidycatpress.bsky.social Last Girls Club Magazine @midnightmeadowpub.bsky.social @darkmoonbooks.bsky.social @gravesidepress.bsky.social @eerieriver.bsky.social

Oop! My incredibly talented friend (and birthday-haver!!) @czwrites.bsky.social is going to be in yet ANOTHER amazing thing. Make sure you check this out!

Fraidy Cat Quarterly is open for submissions! fraidycatpress.com/submission-g... 2 Subs max this reading period. Token payment, $20 1501-8000 words, $10 400-1500. Looking for: Vol. 6 Growth: 2-3 stories Vol. 7 Rage: 10 stories Vol. 8 Gnaw: 1-3 stories #opencall #horror #shortstory #indiepress

So excited to share “Rats in a Black Pool” with the world! And to share a TOC with such talenttttt…