🪶 Lizzy Brendel is Alien Buddha’s Featured Artist for July 2026 💫 alienbuddhapress.wordpress.com/2026/06/29/lizzy-brendel-is-alien-buddhas-featured-artist-for-july-2026/

‘MUSEUM OF LIMERENCE: A SILVER ROMANCE IN POETRY’ by Yuan Changming is now available! Preview- alienbuddhapress.wordpress.com/2026/06/29/spotlight-museum-of-limerence-a-silver-romance-in-poetry-by-yuan-changming/ Paperback- amazon.com/dp/B0H3FHC6NG

Check out our Summerween 2026 feature, spotlighting poetry and fiction from 17 Alien Buddha Press horror authors. alienbuddhapress.wordpress.com/2026/06/28/the-alien-buddhas-summerween-2026/

October

b&w print- amazon.com/dp/B0H63RC422 full color- amazon.com/dp/B0H63LRNNM

‘Fairly Recent Oddities’, the new short story collection by Rickey Rivers Jr. is now available! Preview selection- alienbuddhapress.wordpress.com/2026/06/27/spotlight-fairly-recent-oddities-by-rickey-rivers-jr/ Paperback- amazon.com/Fairly-Recent-Oddities-Rickey-Rivers/dp/B0H36TNKNV/

All Those Pretty Horses, the new chapbook by Hiromi Yoshida is now available!!! Preview 5 selections- alienbuddhapress.wordpress.com/2026/06/26/spotlight-all-those-pretty-horses-by-hiromi-yoshida/ Paperback- amazon.com/dp/B0H2ZCWSWL

‘Primrose’, the new novel by Nicola Ashbrook is now available!!!!!! alienbuddhapress.wordpress.com/2026/06/25/spotlight-primrose-by-nicola-ashbrook/ Paperback- amazon.com/Primrose-Nicola-Ashbrook/dp/B0H2VRRXZD/ eBook- amazon.com/Primrose-Nicola-Ashbrook-ebook/dp/B0H6KXH38C/

Thoughts, Prayers and Other Curses: A Collection of Dark Futures is now available!!! alienbuddhapress.wordpress.com/2026/06/24/spotlight-thoughts-prayers-and-other-curses-a-collection-of-dark-futures-by-alex-grehy/ Paperback- amazon.com/Thoughts-Prayers-Other-Curses-collection/dp/B0H2VRKH2L/

July 2

FINAL CALL! EVERYBODY IN RD 2 OF THE PRESEVERANCE INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT HAS UNTIL MONDAY NIGHT TO SUBMIT THEIR STORY. ANYBODY WHO DOES NOT GET THEIR STORY IN BY THE END OF THE NIGHT ON MONDAY WILL BE ELIMINATED FROM THE BRACKET. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 9 out of 16 IN

Alien Buddha Zine 88, the July edition is now available to order!!! b&w print- amazon.com/dp/B0H63RC422 full color- amazon.com/dp/B0H63LRNNM alienbuddhapress.wordpress.com/2026/06/20/spotlight-alien-buddha-zine-88-featuring-andrew-arnett-cosmic-birch-and-sanjeev-sethi/

Dropping this weekend

It's here. It's out. It's Publication Day:

#BuyMyBooks TURN from @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social. With a @carsonwinter.bsky.social of the @deadlanguagespod.bsky.social blurb and a cover by the multi-talented @jvgachs.bsky.social. Vampires + pro wrestling. Nuff said!

‘Nighttime Logic’, the new chapbook by Damon Hubbs is now available!!! Preview- alienbuddhapress.wordpress.com/2026/06/17/spotlight-nighttime-logic-by-damon-hubbs/ Paperback- amazon.com/dp/B0H1RY6547

In the Shadows of Rumí by Darek Thomas is now available!!! First 5 poems- alienbuddhapress.wordpress.com/2026/06/16/spotlight-shadows-of-rumi-by-darek-thomas/ Paperback- amazon.com/Shadows-Rum%C3%AD-Darek-Thomas/dp/B0H1MDYB49/

‘Hometown Sins’, the new chapbook by Dan Provost is now available!!! Preview first 5 poems- alienbuddhapress.wordpress.com/2026/06/15/spotlight-hometown-sins-by-dan-provost/ Paperback- amazon.com/Hometown-Sins-Dan-Provost/dp/B0H1C17J3D/

‘Rants of a Cranky Old Man’, the new collection by Jon Wesick is now available! Preview 5 poems- alienbuddhapress.wordpress.com/2026/06/14/spotlight-rants-of-a-cranky-old-man-by-jon-wesick/ Paperback- amazon.com/dp/B0GZHBJPT5 cover art Hans Holbein (1523)

‘Between the Lines’, the new microchap by Ron Scully is now available!!! Preview- alienbuddhapress.wordpress.com/2026/06/13/spotlight-between-the-lines-by-ron-scully/ Paperback- www.amazon.com/between-lines-Ron-Scully/dp/B0GZ7S539L

‘The Airman’s Corsage’, the new flash collection by Joseph Cooper is now available! Preview 2 selections- alienbuddhapress.wordpress.com/2026/06/11/spotlight-the-airmans-corsage-by-joseph-cooper/ Paperback- amazon.com/dp/B0GYYJ618M

You know what, you guys, I am fucking done trying to post honest reviews on Amazon dot ca. I don't know what they want from me. I'm trying to support indie authors with my reviews, especially those publishing with @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social , but this is just bullshit. Come find me on Goodreads.

Indebted to Emily, EIC, for this promotional favour. 😌🤩💞 Please consider reading/ buying this ebook published @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social Available both as a print book and as an ebook. 65 short prose pieces for you. Pardon my poor promotion skills and please read! 😛😔🥺 Thank you so much!

Variability, the new poetry collection by Phoenix is now available. Preview featuring 5 poems- alienbuddhapress.wordpress.com/2026/06/10/spotlight-variability-by-phoenix/ Paperback- amazon.com/Variability-Phoenix/dp/B0GYPVYNP5/

"Venus in the Descendant"/ From "Contact Light" [Alien Buddha Press]. #poem #poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #contactlight #alienbuddhapress @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social @markknight63.bsky.social

Divorce Noir, the new flash fiction collection by Richard Wayne Horton is now available. Titular selection- alienbuddhapress.wordpress.com/2026/06/09/spotlight-divorce-noir-by-richard-wayne-horton/ Paperback- amazon.com/dp/B0GYP7KRFL

The Madrid Review Issue 8 launches today! My poem Sea Glass Requiem is within & explores themes arising from #migration & #biculturalism. Also, I was thrilled to discover that Chasms my chapbook with @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social is a #RecommendedReads pick! Thank you @madridlitmag.bsky.social 🌊💙🌊

Crooked Dreams by Carole Johnston is now available!!! Preview- alienbuddhapress.wordpress.com/2026/06/08/spotlight-crooked-dreams-by-carole-johnston/ Paperback- amazon.com/dp/B0GYLCF1XM

THRESHOLD, the new novella by David Woodward Chapter 1- alienbuddhapress.wordpress.com/2026/06/07/spotlight-threshold-by-david-woodward/ Paperback- amazon.com/dp/B0GYDCN8XF

‘Chasing Butterflies Into The Void Of Zero’ by Louisa Reid is now available!!! Preview- alienbuddhapress.wordpress.com/2026/06/06/spotlight-chasing-butterflies-into-the-void-of-zero-by-louisa-reid/ Paperback- amazon.com/dp/B0GY4LP6KS

Check out Alien BuddhaTube #35!!! youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuYZTTZYFHTLIgwQ_QqCzIlI4y2KWUxSc

‘A Vile New World’, the debut chapbook from Cosmic Birch is now available!!! First 5 poems- alienbuddhapress.wordpress.com/2026/06/05/spotlight-a-vile-new-world-by-cosmic-birch/ Paperback- amazon.com/Vile-New-World-Cosmic-Birch/dp/B0GXZP92FH/

Check out this refreshing & honest chapbook from @queeraspoetry.bsky.social . It's out now with the inimitable @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social . Sharing one of the poems that stayed with me! #AmishAlchemy #JuneReads #MustRead

Happy PRIDE Month 2026! alienbuddhapress.wordpress.com/2026/06/01/alien-buddha-press-pride-month-2026/ Here's to the 2020s getting even gayer. 🌈

Now through the end of June: Get the ABZ Half-Year Bundle Deal. Alien Buddha Zine #82 through #87, the January through June editions. Get all six anthologies sent anywhere in the US or UK for just $50. [email protected] for more info or to order via PayPal. AlienBuddhaPress on Venmo.

* A Vile New World * by Cosmic Birch drops June 5.