FFer Read of the Day: "Toxic Positivity" by @joellekillian.bsky.social in @cold-signal.com cold-signal.com/toxic-positi...

Just as an update to all interested parties, I’ve been extremely busy the past few weeks and as such it’s been slow going through the novelettes. I don’t want to reject anyone just bc I’m not in peak submission reading condition so please don’t be discouraged by radio silence!

Extremely, deeply pleased to see Karlo Yeager Rodriguez (@kjy1066.bsky.social) on the Nebula Reading List for his wonderful story "A Line of Ink, Stretching Back Like a Shadow" in the latest issue of Cold Signal. A wonderful testament to Karlo's craft and the quality of the story itself

just an example of something moody and vibey, totally at random, of course: cold-signal.com/a-line-of-in...

Happy to have a story on this year’s @wigleaf.bsky.social longlist. Thank you @laughingyeti.bsky.social and the Wigleaf readers and series editors for selecting it. And thank you, always, @johnchrostek.com for publishing the piece in @cold-signal.com

FFer Read of the Day: "The Problem of Evil" by @spencerwriting.bsky.social in @cold-signal.com cold-signal.com/the-problem-...

Psyched to see @pdforan.bsky.social’s story from Issue 2 of Cold Signal in the @wigleaf.bsky.social 2025 long list alongside so many other wonderful names of friends and talents! Wigleaf has always done a wonderful job championing short fiction + it’s lovely to see Pat’s work + CS make the list

Today’s the last call for novelette submissions! As a reminder, it’s novelettes only at this time :)

Quick note: I've gone in and made a change to the Submissions page to reflect that previous inclusion in a Cold Signal issue is not disqualifying for the novelette calls. Novelette Summer is a block party and I'd love a mix of new and familiar voices getting funky with the format

Novelette Week is here! Until Friday, I'll be accepting submissions for strange, singular + surreal novelettes between 7k-18k in length. To best understand Cold Signal's house style, reading prior issues is recommended. More info about submitting can be found here: cold-signal.com/submissions/

ONE WEEK UNTIL NOVELETTE WEEK!!! cold-signal.com/submissions/ SEND ME SOME WEIRD NOVELETTES!

Novelette Summer is here and it's happening! Love to see it & love Strange Horizons! As a reminder, Cold Signal will also be open for novelettes from the 16th-20th. CS's tastes skew towards the weird and genre-agnostic. Check out our backlog for a taste of the house style. Long live the novelette!

The way this piece in @cold-signal.com had me transfixed.

COLD SiGNAL UPDATES: Novelette submission window: June 16th-20th. No theme. Aiming to publish a handful throughout the summer, spaced out. 7k-18k length. Issue Four later this year. Themed. Haven't officially settled on a theme yet, but leaning towards THE CREATURE. Demons, beasts, oddities & us.

Bumping this up! Sharpen them novelettes, people :)

COLD SiGNAL UPDATES: Novelette submission window: June 16th-20th. No theme. Aiming to publish a handful throughout the summer, spaced out. 7k-18k length. Issue Four later this year. Themed. Haven't officially settled on a theme yet, but leaning towards THE CREATURE. Demons, beasts, oddities & us.

very dizzying piece of contemporary weird horror, twists structure in some very chewy, evocative ways

National Short Story Month means you should read great short stories, like A Ways Off by @addisonzeller.bsky.social in @cold-signal.com Issue 3: Underworld. A hotel and a house and all kinds of weird happenings. Oh and a brass button. cold-signal.com/a-ways-off-a...

Reminder: my oldest, most recent story's free to read! Many thanks to @cold-signal.com for giving this oldie (but goodie) a home at last cold-signal.com/a-line-of-in...

Been thinking about making a direct transfer Cold Signal shirt in the next few months, once Evening House is hopefully secure and I can get a transfer machine. Mainly to have one for myself, but maybe make a few extra too for those interested. Trying out some designs that might look cool on a shirt

people are finding singular, electric weird fiction, poetry and cnf on cold signal

Only a few left to add to the thread that’ll all be posted this weekend! It’s never been easier to pick out some Cold Signal work that speaks to you. The collages are designed to mirror the work, so walk through the collage + description trail and get rocked by the good shit

The clock is ticking, publishers

Once the megathread is done, CS goes back into hibernation, but in early summer submissions will open for a brief window for novelettes! Looking to publish 3-4 novelettes over the course of the summer like we did with the wonderful J.F. Gleeson's "Blood Craft" cold-signal.com/blood-craft-...

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Tonight’s a great night to read Cold Signal! So is every other night but I thought of this post today so here it is

ICYMI: my oldest story got published in @coldsignal.bsky.social. . . After 12 years and 55 rejections, the story that I named my website after, convinced it would soon sell. That was 9 years ago Glad it's found a home at last cold-signal.com/a-line-of-in...

come party in an abandoned McMansion with a hole in its roof and something... moist... in the basement!

Starting up the official Issue Three megathread that I'll build out over the next two weeks, spotlighting the fantastic fiction, poetry and cnf in UNDERWORLD. The pieces will be shared in collage order (so, first name alphabetical) on the TOC page. Thanks in advance for reading!

My favorite thing about making Cold Signal is when people are nice to the authors and read their work and tell them they enjoyed it. My second but equal favorite thing is when the authors read each other’s work and boost each other. A strange harmony comes out of the process of selecting work

Read my story in Cold Signal. Then read all of Cold Signal. cold-signal.com/a-ways-off-a...

Wow I love this story by @addisonzeller.bsky.social in the new issue of @coldsignal.bsky.social cold-signal.com/a-ways-off-a...

It’s a rainy Saturday morning. Maybe it’s not raining where you are, but I hope it is, for vibe’s sake Come get lost in the fogs of literary limbo that is Issue Three: Underworld at cold-signal.com

Started reading the new issue of @coldsignal.bsky.social today and the first story by @robertarjoyan.bsky.social... WOAH. The story crackles with energy, resonating emotional depth and has plenty of surprises. Give this story a read! cold-signal.com/in-an-alley-...

A new issue from Cold Signal is always an event! Issue 3, 'Underworld' is out and it's a corker. Particularly entranced by 'Dependencies' by Stephen Mead and 'The Existential Game of Tarot' by Camille Gazoul. Find them all, and lots more, below. 🎴🎲

ICYMI: new (old) story is OUT After going back and checking, I realized I'd gotten some things wrong - this was written in *2013* and had gathered *55* rejections until finding a home at @coldsignal.bsky.social

Can't wait to dive into this issue this weekend! @coldsignal.bsky.social is one of my favorite lit mags operating right now.

big fan of the work @coldsignal.bsky.social has published since launching, and I’m honored to have flash featured in issue 3. thanks to @smokelong.bsky.social for the fitness body horror prompt last summer and to the many writing buds for early draft feedback

here's a little walk through the Cold Signal Issue 3 park!

It's OUT! The first story I wrote back in . . . 2014? After more than 40 rejections over the years, it's finally out!

Come peek down this backstreet somewhere off Hollywood Blvd. and see what awaits you IN AN ALLEY BEHIND IT ALL. One of my favorite stories presented for your pleasure c/o @coldsignal.bsky.social is so finely hewn an issue.

In "Toxic Positivity," a depressed skeptic confronts an intense inner critic while on an esoteric Wisdom Quest. The editor of Cold Signal makes unique collage art to go with each story, and I adore what he chose for mine! An Underworld-themed issue of dark stories. cold-signal.com/toxic-positi...

I have a new short story in issue three of Cold Signal Magazine. It's about fairytales--their bloodiness and their beauty--and living in a world that sometimes wants to kill you. And choosing the world anyway, thorns and all. You can read it here: cold-signal.com/argent-carol...

New fiction in this gorgeous issue— cold-signal.com/a-ways-off-a...

New story alert! Very excited to be making an appearance in the latest @coldsignal.bsky.social, with custom art and everything: cold-signal.com/final-notice... This one's short, strange, and cosmic. It's about junk mail... kinda.

very excited to have a short piece featured here! @johnchrostek.bsky.social is a real pleasure to work with :)

so so happy my weird rave story found a home, amongst so many delightfully upsetting wonders!! check out "That Red Hot Beat" now!

COLD SiGNAL, Issue Three: UNDERWORLD is available NOW to read in full at cold-signal.com Please enjoy!