As the cold nights draw close and winter begins to cast its shadow, we present to you the theme for Issue Twelve: Candlelit Curses. Submissions are open for middle grade and YA piece until the 27th November! 🕯️

Our final Contributor Spotlight this time round is on the excellent C Sarah Strafford, back this time with chilling new story A Voice on the Other Side! Read it in full with its wonderful neighbours in Issue Eleven! (And keep an eye out tomorrow for our next submission call!)💙

Our Spotlighted Contributor today is the fantastic Svetlana Rostova, with her new poem The Forms! Read the full piece in Issue Eleven: Forbidden Folktales now! 💙

Today's Contributor Spotlight is the wonderful Jamila Toussaint, with her stunning poem Peri-dark. Read it in all its glory in Issue Eleven: Forbidden Folktales, out now for free through the link in our bio 💙

Our Contributor Spotlight today is the lovely Briar Hyssop, with their stunning tale The Girl Who Cried Diamonds! Read the opening here, and fall in love with the full piece in Issue Eleven: Forbidden Folktales! 💙

Our Spotlighted Contributor today is the fantastic Yuu Ikeda, back once again with brilliant poem Theory! Read it in full in Issue Eleven: Forbidden Folktales now! 💙

For today's Contributor Spotlight we bring you the wonderful Mary Binninger, with her stunning poem Portrait of Myself as Tinkerbell! Read the opening here, and devour it in all its glory in Issue Eleven: Forbidden Folktales! 💙

Our Contributor Spotlight today is the fantastic Wesley R Bishop, with his short story Her Skin Was Beautiful, Strong as Leather! Read the opening here, and then in all its glory in Issue Eleven: Forbidden Folktales 💙

Today's Contributor Spotlight is on the excellent Jamison Mouratova, with their new poem Riddle Me. Fall in love with it in full in Issue Eleven: Forbidden Folktales! 💙

Our Contributor Spotlight today is the fantastic Ajax Bhaskar, with their new poem The Lycanthrope! Fall in love with the opening here, and read it in full in Issue Eleven: Forbidden Folktales now! 💙

Today's Contributor Spotlight is on the fantastic Cassiopeia Gatmaitan, with their stunning tale Living Memory! Read the opening here, and fall in love with it in full in Issue Eleven: Forbidden Folktales! 💙

Our Spotlighted Contributor today is the wonderful Alba Sarria, back with their gorgeous poem Oil & Ashes! Take a sneak peek here and read it in full in Issue Eleven: Forbidden Folktales 💙

Kicking off our YA Contributor Spotlights is the wonderful Andrew Searle, back with moon drunk, a stunning new poem! Read it in full in Issue Eleven: Forbidden Folktales now! 💙

Our Contributor Spotlight for today falls on the wonderful Tasha Eggleton, with her incredible work: Jenny Greenteeth. Find it in Issue Eleven: Forbidden Folktales now 💙

Our final middle grade contributor for this issue, today's Contributor Spotlight is the brilliant Shane Bradley, with his witchy tale The Hag of Silkwood! Read it in full in Issue Eleven: Forbidden Folktales 💙

Today's Contributor Spotlight is on the excellent Catrin Lawrence, with her deathly tale Bones of Saint Dyfrig, How Shall I Die? Read it in full in Issue Eleven: Forbidden Folktales for free, available on our website! 💙

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Our second Contributor Spotlight, we bring you the amazing Angela Patera with her short winter story, The Benevolent Kallikantzaros! Read the opening here, and fall in love with it in full in Issue Eleven: Forbidden Folktales 💙

Issue Eleven: Forbidden Folktales has been out for a week, so it's time for our first Contributor Spotlight! First up we have our wonderful cover artist for this issue, Artemis Moss. Swipe for a sneak peek, and view it in full on the cover of Issue Eleven now! 💚

What a wonderful Friday it is! Issue Eleven: Forbidden Folktales is officially live and available for you to devour for free from our website - go and check it out now, we have a feeling you'll like it 🖤

Issue Eleven: Forbidden Folktales releases next Friday 19th September at midday, with gorgeous cover art from Artemis Moss that we're beyond delighted to display! 💙

Behold! The contents of Issue Eleven: Forbidden Folktales!

Our final Contributor Spotlight for this collection is on the fantastic Lily Lovelle, with her gorgeous poem Dressing Room! Fall in love with it, and everything else nestled amongst it, in Our Dearest Devotions, available on our shop now! 💜

For today's Contributor Spotlight we bring you the excellent Cagalli Lim, back again with their new story Bum Deals and Bad Decisions! Check it out in all its glory in Our Dearest Devotions now! 💜

Our Spotlighted Contributor today is the amazing Marisca Pichette, back once more with a new gorgeous poem, What the Unicorn's Horn Feels! Fall in love with it in full in Our Dearest Devotions now 💜

Our Contributor Spotlight today is on the wonderful Halle Merrick, with their new short story The Willowwood! Read the full piece in Our Dearest Devotions now! 💜

You've got three days left to submit your cover art to us for Issue Eleven: Forbidden Folktales! Have you submitted yet artists?? 👀

For today's Contributor Spotlight we bring you the amazing Vivienna LV, with her stunning poem Bared. You can take a sneak peak at the opening here, and read it in full in Our Dearest Devotions! 💜

Our Contributor Spotlight today is on the amazing S. Janmar, with their stunning new story Plena Nocturnal! Fall in love with it in full in Our Dearest Devotions 💜

Today's Spotlighted Contributor is on the wonderful Yuu Ikeda, with her gorgeous poem Always. You can find the full poem in all its glory in Our Dearest Devotions, available on our website! 💜

Today's Contributor Spotlight is on the excellent Barrett Festen, with her stunning short story On My Knees at the Altar of Love! Take a sneak peek at the opening here, and read it in full in Our Dearest Devotions! 💜

Submissions are officially closed for the contents of Issue Eleven: Forbidden Folktales, but we're keeping our cover art submissions open for another week! You've got until the 31st August to give us your art - go go go!!! 🖤

Our Spotlighted Contributor today is the fantastic Jordan Gilpin, with her gorgeous poem tsunami as blue as her eyes! Take a sneak peek here, and fall in love with it in full in Our Dearest Devotions! 💜

one day left to submit to issue eleven: forbidden folktales, and we'd love to see some more middle grade submissions!

Our Spotlighted Contributor today is the amazing Irina Vérène, with their brilliant tale Necessary Change! Fall in love with it in full in Our Dearest Devotions, out now! 💜

Today's Contributor Spotlight is on the excellent Dreama Weaver, with her gorgeous poem Not Quite Enough. Read it in full in Our Dearest Devotions, out now! 💜

you have until THIS FRIDAY to give us your forbidden folktales for issue eleven - we want ya and mg short stories, flash, poetry, and art from YOU!

Today's Contributor Spotlight is on the amazing Johnna Parker, with her gorgeous vampiric tale Le Rouge Night! Fall in love with the start here, and in full in Our Dearest Devotions, out now 💜

Our Spotlighted Contributor today is the excellent Andrew Searle, with his stunning poetry piece heaven. Read it in full in Our Dearest Devotions, out now! 💜

Today's Contributor Spotlight is on the wonderful Julianne Estur, with her gorgeous new story yours, truly! Read it in all its glory in Our Dearest Devotions, out now 💜

Today's Spotlighted Contributor is the brilliant Evelyn Vozar, with her gorgeous poem my olive branch! Read the first snippet here, and fall in love with it in full in Our Dearest Devotions - available now through our website! 💜

Finally! Finally, the Voice from the Void has granted mercy, and the copies of Our Dearest Devotions have arrived! Behold the gorgeous cover art from Lucas Hill, and snippets of the stunning work of our contributors for this, our 2025 Pride collection - OUT NOW!

Quick Our Dearest Devotions update: our books were lost in post! Our absolutely wonderful printers are re-printing as we speak and bringing them down to us ourselves (we love Palace Printers 🖤) and we will be shipping them out this weekend! Thank you for your patience with this one!

Our Dearest Devotions will be out super soon, but for now: submissions are officially open from now until August 22nd for Issue Eleven: Forbidden Folktales! Share your forgotten and found fables, your hidden truths, your storybook secrets - full guidelines on our website 🖤

A quick Our Dearest Devotions update: we’re just waiting for the courier to deliver the books, and then we’ll be sending them out to you! 🖤

Slightly delayed on this, but we've just had the all clear from our printers, and the books will be shipped out end of this week! Get your pre-orders in now through our bio! 🖤

Our final Contributor Spotlight for this issue is the excellent Jemima Bishop, with her gorgeous piece Flourishing! Read it in full alongside its neighbours in Issue Ten: Rooted 🖤

join us in our NEW discord corner of the void - share your work, get early access to issue themes ahead of submission windows, chat to other ghosts and ghouls, and give us your spooky recs! link in bio 🖤

Our Contributor Spotlight today is the wonderful Zoe Davis, with her gorgeous poem Purpose of a Seed! Read it in full in Issue Ten: Rooted now 🖤

Our Spotlighted Contributor today is the amazing Avilasha Bhowmik, with her stunning poem April's Haunting Lullaby! Fall in love with it in full in Issue Ten: Rooted 🖤