Cover Reveal Coming Soon! “Pieties blends supernatural and real world horror in a way that is compelling and powerful.” — Mark Allan Gunnells, author of IMPOSTER SYNDROME ***Arcs are also available; DM me if you're interested in this religious horror novella***

Unaware of the dangers circling closer and closer, Lane and James only care about one thing: each other. Cruising explores young love and queerness in 1970s America and the lengths people will travel to destroy others. Preorder here: books2read.com/u/mdJEVy

Lane and James dream of escaping their small town for greener pastures where they can be free. Free to be themselves. To be queer. Someone has chosen them to be the next in a long line of victims.

I will never stop making weird queer shit and I will not shrink myself into a box for them. Queer punk band vs sentient neofascist music from @slashichorrorpress.bsky.social

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In 2 weeks... you will eat. And if you're lucky... you will die. Preorder Now to get your seat at the Collins table.

DL Winchester co-owns Undertaker Books and is one of the most honest people I know with a heart full of integrity. Good luck everyone and PLEASE SHARE WIDELY!

To ensure transparency and fairness, I have enlisted the help of @writerdlwinchester to collate all the voting data. This means I (David-Jack Fletcher) will not see the data while voting is live.

‼️OUTWRITE SCARY AWARDS: VOTING OPEN‼️ Voting is now open. Please see the form here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... The intention for voting is NOT to just vote for your friends. The intention is to go read the nominated works in each category and then vote. That's why voting is open for 4 months.

Cruising is a heartbreaking coming-of-age horror about love, self-discovery, and growing up gay in the 1970s. Book 1 releases March 15. Preorder here: books2read.com/u/mdJEVy

In Cruising, Lane meets James, someone different like him. Together, they stumble into one of the most horrific crimes in the annals of American history. *A fictionalised account of a true crime*

The 2026 schedule is full, these submissions are for the 2027 roster. For more information and submission guidelines, visit www.slashichorrorpress.com/submissions

🚨Submissions are now open🚨 Between Feb 1–July 31, Slashic Horror Press will be accepting submissions for novels and novellas in any horror sub-genre. The only pre-requisite? It has to be QUEER. Slashic has always, and will always, only publish queer horror.

It's coming up on the one year anniversary of my queer cosmic horror novella WASTE GROUND, which was put out by @slashichorrorpress.bsky.social! If you like cults, and cryptids and nastiness, please give it a look-see. #horror #queerhorror #booksky www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

Summer of 1973 is a fictional account of some of those lost boys. Preorder Book 1 Now. Releases March 15. @deancade7 Preorder here: books2read.com/u/mdJEVy

🚗 Welcome to Summer 1973 🚗 Between 1970 and 1973, one of the country’s most prolific serial killers murdered at least twenty-nine teenage boys—perhaps many more unidentified and forgotten. The killings, dubbed the Houston Mass Murders, were once considered the worst serial murders in US history.

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🔪 Meet Remy, the friendliest knife 🔪 At least, that's what the Collins family thinks of him. You might disagree by the time he's finished. Come for dinner. Stay for Remy. Preorder. Splatter releases Feb 15. @angelique_jordonna @Michael _r_collins_writes @rowlandbercyjr @chistohealy #BookSky

📜 SELF-NOMINATIONS CLOSE JAN 31 📜 Remember that you need to nominate yourself. Phase two, public voting will be from Feb 1, 2026 – May 30, 2026. The voting form will be available soon. Keep your 👀 peeled. WHY MAY?? Because the intention is for people to read the nominated books and vote on merit.

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Take a seat. Join the family. 😇 They'll kill to meet you 😇 Save the date. February 15.

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🏚️ OUT NOW 🏚️ The reappearance of an old flame, held hostage by a man claiming to be her husband. A seemingly-innocuous invitation laced with a coded signal for help. An impossible neighborhood with a terrifying secret.

Guess who's got TWO books out today!? We've got a punk band vs sentient neofascist music, and what would happen if I wrote Stepford Wives. You can get them both right now from @slashichorrorpress.bsky.social

It is so uplifting to see so many queer and queer-friendly presses out there. My gay little heart is singing right now 🏳️‍🌈 If anyone has any more, tag them in the comments so I can keep updating my site! www.slashichorrorpress.com/indie-presse...

Check out the updated "Indie Presses I Love" page on the website. As a queer publisher and a gay man, I want to build a community of queer presses where we can all go to find queer literature. Horror or not, it's critical that we work together for this ❤️

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🎸 OUT NOW 🎸 Indie rock band Darrow Foroi is on their way to play a protest show in Florida. Genderfluid singer, Lo, intends to mark their first public step into exploring their identity. When the faire is attacked by sentient neofascist music, Darrow Foroi have to fight for their very existence.

TFW you have an antifascist punk band, gender fluid MC book coming out this week with @slashichorrorpress.bsky.social

If you're shy and don't want to self-nominate, DM me and I'll get you sorted. 📚 Your voice matters. Your work matters 📚 Public Voting will open Feb 1. Please visit the website for more information.

🚨 Nominations Closing Jan 31 🚨 The 1st OutWrite Scary Awards are creeping up slowly. The self-nomination period closes January 31. If you published anything queer in 2025, you are eligible. Remember, the work must have been RELEASED in 2025.

Check out this insane review of my latest novel, He Will Have the World!

‼️ DOUBLE TROUBLE ‼️ @TTmaddenwrites dishes up neo-sentient music and a creepy AF old-fashioned town on January 15. 🎸 The Shapes of Our Screams: books2read.com/u/4XvgL6 🏚️ The Familialists: books2read.com/u/49yxn0 Preorder both titles now.

My review is in the process of being written for He Will Have the World by @fletcherhorror.bsky.social Don't wait for my review, get this book NOW! Deeply moving and deeply personal, this book is gripping and devastating. It's all about the eyes. amzn.to/4qI74ku

Thank you Joey Powell for this epic review of the first edition of THE FAMILIALISTS! A new version of this eerie suburban horror comes out this month from @slashichorrorpress.bsky.social

It's sacrelicious

Thank you, @lcwall.bsky.social for this awesome blurb for THE SHAPES OF OUR SCREAMS! This month from @slashichorrorpress.bsky.social see what happens when a punk band fights sentient neofascist music! January 15th!

🚨NEW RELEASE 🚨 Have you ever been to a town so perfect you know it couldn't be real? In this mash-up of The Stepford Wives / Vivarium, the dark side is twisted AF. @ttmaddenwrites Move in. Stay a while. January 15. Preorder link in comments.

🚨PREORDER ALERT 🚨 There are run-of-the-mill psychopaths and then there's the Collins's. When Grandma Collins returns from a mental institution, she finds her family in a state of disarray. Sure, they're murdering people, but it's just not being done right.

🚨NEW RELEASE! 🚨 @TTmaddenwrites is serving evil music in this wild ride of a book. The music will literally devour you. Are you ready? Releasing January 15. Preorder now. Link in comment.

A gigantic thank you to @jawmccarthy.bsky.social for this spectacular blurb for THE SHAPES OF OUR SCREAMS. A punk band vs. sentient neofascist music, coming this month from @slashichorrorpress.bsky.social www.slashichorrorpress.com/product-page...

From me to you, Happy Holidays!! Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Yule, Kwanza, or a holiday I've forgotten, I wish you and yours all the best. Let me know in the comments what you are doing, whether it be spending time with family, friends, or chilling to your favourite movies/books.

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‼️ AUTHOR SIGNING ‼️ John Schlimm, a fantastic human being and a wonderful writer, joins the Slashic family with his entry into Extremities, titled The Gravery. Help me welcome John to the family! #BookSky

🚨 PREORDER ALERT 🚨 @TTmaddenwrites is taking the queer horror world by storm. The Familialists is a slow burn horror about identity, belonging, and coercive control. Reminiscent of The Stepford Wives, this novella is an exploration into what lies just beneath the surface. Preorder. Releases Jan 15

‼️ REMINDER POST ‼️ The response so far to the OUTWRITE SCARY AWARDS has been amazing!! Don't forget anyone who has published a queer title between Jan 1–Dec 31, 2025, may be eligible to enter the awards.

🚨 PREORDER ALERT 🚨 The Shapes of Our Screams takes on sentient neo-fascist music with killer vocals, wicked hooks, and illustrations to die for. The first Slashic release for 2026, this novella will make you want to learn the guitar just so you can smash the haters with it. Releasing Jan 15, 2026.

Start building your #horror TBR with these #newreleases @slashichorrorpress.bsky.social @marktullius.bsky.social @alexwoodroe.com @ericwoodsauthor.bsky.social @undertakerbooks.bsky.social @jacobrollinson.bsky.social @fletcherhorror.bsky.social @judithsonnet.bsky.social @poisonedpenbooks.bsky.social

Fearmoji is sitting at #1 in the KDP charts in LGBTQ+ horror fiction!! It's in amazing company with @judithsonnet and @Jasonnickey! Thank you so much for everyone who is supporting not just Slashic, but all queer horror!

🤩 IN 3 DAYS 🤩 Emojis will console you. Emojis will love you. Emojis will kill you 😇 Fearmoji is an anthology of queer horror featuring 13 stories by 13 incredible authors. With both fresh and familiar voices, each story will blow your mind...some of them literally! Releases Dec 15. Preorder now.