Updated our about page/masthead! It got a bit buried during one of our site renovations. We want readers, authors, and illustrators to feel comfortable with who they're working with. If you have any questions at any time, don't hesitate to reach out! archiveoftheodd.com/about-the-ar...

This issue we bring you Weird West drabbles from the winners of our Quickdraw contest: @endewriting.bsky.social , @linardos.bsky.social, @kaidelmas.bsky.social, and @mattblairstone.bsky.social. Heavy hitting nonfiction work from @cedrickm.bsky.social and returning contributor Bobby Derie.

I didn't know this, and it's super important!

A Pallas cat was born at the Helsinki zoo this week, so the anger I typically hold in my heart has simply melted away.

Get ready for these amazing stories from @andtatcat.bsky.social, Lia Lao, @andrewnajberg.bsky.social, A.C. Koch, Lindsey Godfrey Eccles, @michaeljdeluca.bsky.social, Jenn Grunigen, and @awprihandita.bsky.social!

Peek at some of Echo Echo’s interior art for Colin Hinckley’s THE BLACK LORD, out 9/12, & weep. We used to think one day we’d see Echo reach the pinnacle of her sizable talents. But that’s lunacy; she has no ceiling. Preorder THE BLACK LORD at https://tenebrous-press.square.site/