in case you missed it 🥀 our rollout of issue 42 continues!

“Thought things would be better here,” she says. I don’t respond to that. What could I say? We’re here because of her." today, beloveds!! a NEW STORY 💀 The City in White by @dianadima.com psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

“Thought things would be better here,” she says. I don’t respond to that. What could I say? We’re here because of her." today, beloveds!! a NEW STORY 💀 The City in White by @dianadima.com psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

P is for post, which is how we like to apocalypse A is for anything, which we publish about death T is for time. there is never enough R is for readers, which we love very much E is for eternity, the length and breadth of death O is for Osseous the only matter that matters N is for necessary ⬇️

P is for post, which is how we like to apocalypse A is for anything, which we publish about death T is for time. there is never enough R is for readers, which we love very much E is for eternity, the length and breadth of death O is for Osseous the only matter that matters N is for necessary ⬇️

"The first thing Zuo noticed was the smell. It was not the smell of rain, wet leaves, or red earth. It was sharp and chemical, like vinegar burned too long over fire." TODAY, beloveds! What the Trees Took Back by Marvin Garbeh Davis, Sr. read it here 👃💀 psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

Super psyched to have two poems selected as Rhysling Award Finalists! “The Language of Fireflies” (in @thedeadlands.com) and “The Mourning Robot” (in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social). Thanks so much to everyone who nominated and congrats to all the wonderful finalists!

"The first thing Zuo noticed was the smell. It was not the smell of rain, wet leaves, or red earth. It was sharp and chemical, like vinegar burned too long over fire." TODAY, beloveds! What the Trees Took Back by Marvin Garbeh Davis, Sr. read it here 👃💀 psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

skeleton flail!! @angelaliu.bsky.social's The Language of Fireflies from our issue 37 is a Rhysling Award Finalist!!! Congratulations Angela 🎉💀🫶 you can read the full poem here: psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

skeleton flail!! @angelaliu.bsky.social's The Language of Fireflies from our issue 37 is a Rhysling Award Finalist!!! Congratulations Angela 🎉💀🫶 you can read the full poem here: psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

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in case you missed it 🥀 read the latest story here ⬇️

"She had always run too hot, your mother. Her insides were a growling furnace that snapped away at her entrails; all too eager to set her ablaze from within, like an arsonist without an escape plan." TODAY, beloveds!! Lurid Parts by @aquaticteal.bsky.social psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

"She had always run too hot, your mother. Her insides were a growling furnace that snapped away at her entrails; all too eager to set her ablaze from within, like an arsonist without an escape plan." TODAY, beloveds!! Lurid Parts by @aquaticteal.bsky.social psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

a REMINDER to READERS though Psychopomp is no longer publishing standalone novelettes and novellas the DEADLANDS *will* be publishing such things. new for 2026 we've got an upcoming novelette by @dianadima.com and a novella by @amalsingh.bsky.social SUBSCRIBE TO THE DEADLANDS as PATRON 👇👀😲

in case you missed it 🥀 yesterday's glorious poem, yours to read 🖤

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in case you missed it 🥀 yesterday's glorious poem, yours to read 🖤

New poem about the music Messiaen wrote as a prisoner of war

“Again, the book of peace is sealed. The first lock is a bird’s voice. There’s always a bird, but it’s been a year two. three. unending” today, beloveds 🖤 After Messiaen: A Quartet for the End of Time by @rblemberg.bsky.social read, oh read! psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

we've started rolling out issue 42 and we can't stop swooning so many great pieces and THAT COVER in case you missed it: psychopomp.com/deadlands/is... and hey, click that Join Our Patreon button, too 🖤 it's what lets us bring you all the deathly goodness 💀

THIS STORY

in case you missed it 🥀 and trust us, you'll want to read this one 🖤

in case you missed it 🥀 and trust us, you'll want to read this one 🖤

"It’s not really a dog; we just call it a dog for lack of other things to call it. We call it a dog the way Christians call church collapses and wars and children with cancer 'divine mysteries.'" today, beloveds! NEW FICTION 💀 The Dog by Phoenix Mendoza ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

"It’s not really a dog; we just call it a dog for lack of other things to call it. We call it a dog the way Christians call church collapses and wars and children with cancer 'divine mysteries.'" today, beloveds! NEW FICTION 💀 The Dog by Phoenix Mendoza ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

The original story that kicked off the whole book is still up here, at @thedeadlands.com -- and is still one of my favourite things I've ever written. :) THE GENERAL'S TURN asks whether you'll know Death when you see it... and how to rig the game if you don't. psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

THE BEST 💀👍

in case you missed it 🥀 a definite must read if we do say so ourselves 🖤🖤

I got to read this in @byronqueen.bsky.social’s Lynchian fiction workshop last summer and it is incredible. I love that it found a home on @thedeadlands.com with EIC @ecatherine.com.

HIGHLY recommended read

Anne writes about her story "In This Corner of the World," available to read @thedeadlands.com today. Both are spectacular. I read this piece when my mom was in her final days, and it eased something in me. 💖💀💖

today, beloveds! In This Corner Of the World by @aeweisgerber.bsky.social "The golden hour, raking light. A small local pub, Bar Tap, set in a copse of pine trees." in memory of both her brother and the filmmaker David Lynch 🖤 psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

New hybrid work today! Here is its companion essay. TYVM EIC @ecatherine.com + @thedeadlands.com, with a special shout out to @byronqueen.bsky.social for running that David Lynch workshop last year. Link here to essay, or jump right to the story. <3 Thank you <3 anneweisgerber.com/2026/04/23/i...

I love this story so much, and hope you will make time for it in your day.

today, beloveds! In This Corner Of the World by @aeweisgerber.bsky.social "The golden hour, raking light. A small local pub, Bar Tap, set in a copse of pine trees." in memory of both her brother and the filmmaker David Lynch 🖤 psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

we LOVE THIS NOVELLA SO MUCH!! check out @klschroeder.bsky.social on My Favorite Bit with @maryrobinettekowal.com ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ 🖤

Thrilled to see the amazing lit mag teams at @escapepod.org, @khoreo.bsky.social, @onspecmag.bsky.social, @strangehorizons.bsky.social, @thedeadlands.com and @uncannymagazine.bsky.social on the 2026 Hugo Award ballot! Congratulations to all the nominees!! 🎉🎉🎉 www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history...

HEY!!!!!!1 IT'S THAT MAGAZINE WE ARE !!!!!! 👀👀👀 💀 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤

HEY!!!!!!1 IT'S THAT MAGAZINE WE ARE !!!!!! 👀👀👀 💀 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤

NEW VIDEO ALERT ‼️ oh boy do we love a Bar Cart Bookshelf review! 🍸

too excited forgot to QUOTE the post we meant to QUOTE bsky.app/profile/prem... STILL EXCITED

in case you missed this stunner 🖤 ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

CONGRATS PREMEE, CONGRATS ALL THE FINALIST CONGRATS WORLD, THAT THERE ARE SO MANY GOOD WORKS THAT EXIST speaking for ourselves, we are very pleased to see One Message Remains on this great list, in great company 💀🖤👀

"Someone once asked why My mother’s portrait guards the doorway. “Doesn’t it stop you from healing?” TODAY, beloveds! our first POEM of issue 42: No Mother to Replace by Nosawema O. read it here: ⬇️ 🖤 💀 psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

"Someone once asked why My mother’s portrait guards the doorway. “Doesn’t it stop you from healing?” TODAY, beloveds! our first POEM of issue 42: No Mother to Replace by Nosawema O. read it here: ⬇️ 🖤 💀 psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

New issue of @thedeadlands.com is here! weightlessbooks.com/the-deadland...

IT'S HEREEE 🖤

issue 42 of The Deadlands is RELEASED UPON THE WORLD including many deathy fiction and poetry INCLUDING ONE (1) NOVELETTE, our first novelette in a while it's been too long tbh. check out the issue page below and DEFINITELY, PRETTY PLEASE SUBSCRIBE AND SUPPORT US LIKE A SKELETON 💀🦴🖤

issue 42 drops on SUNDAY!! want it hot off the presses? join our patreon today! 🙏🫶 www.patreon.com/the_deadlands