"We each sat there, anxious, mulling it over, combing through past slights and faux pas we each feared we might have committed. What was it that had come back to haunt us, exactly?" Today on ergot.: 'Notice' by Jack Klausner @jackklausner.bsky.social www.ergot.press/authors/Jack...

I've a new (very short) story out today.

For this I wrote about surveillance as an infection.

It's the first of the month. You know what that means — a new issue of The Dark. I have a little slice of winter in this issue, alongside work from @angelaslatter.bsky.social @dracopoullos.bsky.social and Ibrahim Ojedokun. www.thedarkmagazine.com/wendigo/

Berlin loft, the place before now.

Hey friends! I have a brand new story up at The Dark. Somewhat autobiographical, and one of the favorite things I've written for that. I hope you'll give it a read. It is a bit strange and dark. www.thedarkmagazine.com/hunger-2/

I know issue 12 isn't even out yet—soon—but revel in the glory of the cover and contributors of issue 13 (Summer). Art by James Hutton. Design by Vince Haig. I'll be doing a big pre-order push soon on our 2026 titles to try and secure some much-needed operating funds.

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION: "My Stalagmite" for the Literary Nasties. This is a 1k story I wrote about butt plugs and body horror. Here's how it works: 1) read story: www.twinpiesliterary.com/fuck-us-up/m... 2) vote for story: filthyloot.com/literary-nas... Thank you for your support!

🔥💀Announcing the Shortlist for BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror + More Vol 4💀🔥 Congrats to everyone on this list: you're officially a BNW-nominated author! And thank you to the hundreds who submitted, as always this was excruciating to narrow down. Weird is strong🖤☠️ tinyurl.com/yc6t5fj8

I'm currently writing the next installment of our somewhat haphazard newsletter and it might be of particular interest to submitting writers who were promised Part 2 of what qualities suffuse a potential STP story. You can read Part 1 from last year here.

Today is Kathe Koja’s birthday!!! This is also a reminder that Kathe is one of the greatest living authors of horror/dark fiction and she had the most explosive, remarkable debut since Barker’s Books of Blood. They don’t crash land on the horror scene like they used to. Love you, Kathe! ❤️

Two of my stories from 2024 are in this list. Which is nice. In good company, too. ellendatlow.com/2026/01/03/f...

send Zach cool shit! send him current & upcoming collections you're passionate about, especially if you fear they'll slip between the cracks! advocate for yourself and for your peers you admire

Beginning of the year plea: I am always on the lookout for collections of weird fiction by nonwhite authors, especially those that will be published in 2026. If you wrote one or are publishing one or just know of one, please get in touch. doomsdayer.wordpress.com/contact

Writers! Vol. 2 of 'The Best Weird Fiction of the Year' is open to your submissions. Please adhere to the guidelines. undertowpublications.com/best-weird-f...

We're open for fiction submissions! We publish unsettling bad time stories that straddle the horror, fantasy, and science fiction spectrum. But genre is made up so if you have a dark weird horrible story that could be a fit, send it in and let us worry about it. No closing date, open indefinitely.

Time for a stock take. It's been an odd year for me. Mental health stuff, which I'm thankful to have come out the other side of. Only recently have I been able to not just absorb, but enjoy, writing, film, art. These last couple of months, I've gradually started to feel like myself again (1/5)

James Merril’s poem “Christmas Tree,” written while he was dying of AIDS. 1995.

Happy to share that I’ll have a story in the next volume of the Horror Library anthology series! Coming in February, available for preorder now.

Oh, just saw a nice mention for Weird Horror in Best Horror 17, edited by @datlow.bsky.social and out today!!

Another winner. Great nonfic from Strantzas on juxtaposition and from Peak, disguised as fiction, on ontology. Killer stories by Say, Kuryla, Humphrey and excellent bookends from Demchuk and Klausner (both on identity juxtaposed with ontology, actually)

joe koch isn't just one of the finest writers of weird and transgressive literature working, today, but truly is one of the best to ever do it. if you ain't reading joe koch, are you even really reading?

This one is indeed rather good.

@nmwhitley.bsky.social thank you for the mention! Some love for my story "Jar of Arms" From the free Ligotti tribute anthology We Will Speak Again of the Red Tower buttondown.com/shortstoryre...

I'm up at HAD today and yet my family is still not showing me any respect seems weird

"When it comes to horror, I’m drawn to the paranoid and the pessimistic. Naturally, Ligotti’s work appeals to me." @jackklausner.bsky.social ivygrimes.substack.com/p/interview-...

Coming Spring 2026, issue 12! Art by @marcpotts.bsky.social Design by Vince Haig. Words by @rajivmote.bsky.social @grayhaem.bsky.social @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social @breathinghead.bsky.social @noirbettie.bsky.social @rlsummerling.bsky.social and more. Pre-orders will go up early in the new year.

Resharing this because I feel like I've raised my head above water finally. Got to write a piece for this that was probably the most fun I had, trying to pay homage to Ligotti's story-turned-essay format. I could analyse the AMAZING authors in this AS WELL as ramble about random theories--the DREAM

… not to mention the haunting in The Coalface by @jackklausner.bsky.social Get all these and more at fictionable.world/issues_front...

Looking back through our #archive of more than 50 #exclusive #ShortStories and #comics on this #spooky night, there are 'half-things' hovering just out of view in Daisy Johnson's Conference… Image: Intricate Explorer #Halloween #books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #blog

Check out the cover to BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror (+ More) Vol. 4, out June 2026! 🔥And then go grab a copy of this year's Vol. 3 at 20% off from our webstore through the weekend🔥 store.tenebrouspress.com/products/bra... Art by @mattblairstone.bsky.social

I am once again asking for your support...

Quite a few downloads of this already, from what I understand. Come and explore the Red Tower - it’s free!

Quite a few downloads of this already, from what I understand. Come and explore the Red Tower - it’s free!

Today sees the release of a project I’ve been involved in. WE WILL SPEAK AGAIN OF THE RED TOWER is a gathering of writing in conversation with Thomas Ligotti’s ‘The Red Tower’ - it’s free to download. I hope you’ll check it out, and I hope you enjoy it (1/5) dl.bookfunnel.com/zum1k2dg9b

Tomorrow. Keep your eyes peeled.

My Weird Horror 11 story is now available to read online:

My Weird Horror 11 story is now available to read online:

Hello all, my story "Enselfening" is now live in the new issue of The Dark! I am finding it impossible to come up with a pithy sales pitch for it, apart from saying it's quite weird and I'm proud of it and hope you'll read it 🙏🙏🙏 www.thedarkmagazine.com/enselfening/

In 2020 we published @kaychronister.bsky.social's debut THIN PLACES. Our rights expired in April, but it's being reissued by Counterpoint with 4 additional stories. I urge you to grab a copy. Kay is one of our finest writers. bit.ly/42POI7C

Horror folks, it's the middle of September, and the Stoker Recommended Reading List is looking extremely small. If you're a member of the HWA, go recommend something you've read that you loved! horror.org/awards/curre...

New story day at Weird Horror — @andyhumphrey11.bsky.social's beguiling "Dark Water." www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/dark-water

Dropping November 4!

This is so up my street. Really good.

Very excited to share the official announcement of my first book 'The Veldt Institute'! Official Double--Negative announcement here: www.instagram.com/p/DOIx9MGkWxg Add it on Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/24... Order it on Asterism: asterismbooks.com/product/the-...

New story day at Weird Horror— @acwise.bsky.social's explosive "We Dwell in Its Many-Chambered Heart." A knock-down, drag-out tale of enduring horrors. www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/we-dwell

Off to see Weapons at the cinema. Quietly optimistic.