Shirley Jackson Award Nominee: Best Anthology, Best Short Fiction, 2022

A centaur seeks illicit surgery in an alien bodily modification club.

Two medieval monks react to their transformation and demonic pregnancy in very different ways.

A resourceful trans teen destroys sports bigots through the power of pluckiness...and abundant body horror.

A stellar cathedral crosses galaxies to dump the corpse of God into a star before the mission devolves into a panoply of psychedelic orgies.

A doxxed teen falls victim to violent assault and dishes out some

harrowing retribution of their own.

Over thirty Trans and Gender Nonconforming creators unite to voice their rage, and the rules of conventional Horror go out the f$%&ing window in this collection featuring murderous pleasure-bots; proselytizing zombies; acid-filled alien cops;

science run amok; sorcerers, ghouls, cannibals...and that barely scratches the grave-dirt.

THE WEIRD IS HERE!

Tenebrous Press' quarterly magazine encompassing all corners of the New Weird speculative world makes its nod, just in time for Halloween.

Horror, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and all points in between-as long as its capital-W Weird.

Issue 001 features short stories by Rain Corbyn, Avra Margariti, Wailana Kalama, Tiffany Michelle Brown, Renan Bernardo, Abigail Guerrero, and Jeannie Marschall; art by WolfSkullJack and Samir Sirk Morato; an Exquisite Corpse story assembled by ten writers; an essay by Mo Moshaty exploring female bodily autonomy-nuns in particular!-within the horror realm; and more.

The End is Weird

In the event of cosmic fallout, it is vital that you adhere to the following:

Secure your own persona, and a backup if available. A neighbor's is acceptable.

Your skin may attempt to abscond. This is normal in these situations. Do not panic.

Ignore all notifications from your mobile devices. They are not to be trusted.

Pay no mind to the details of that photograph. Yes, that one.

Should your body accrue any additional limbs, please keep proper inventory; they will need to be accounted for.

Avoid celebrity advice.

Do not feed the bears.

You will feel dizzy.

You will feel nausea.

Do not panic. This will pass.

Do not panic.

This will not pass.

Step bravely.

Do not panic.

The Skull & Laurel returns with its second issue, packed with an abundance of New Weird Literature for you! Featuring stories from Dmitri Akers, Atalanti Evripidou, Cedrick May, Neal Auch, Le Werner, Anne Liberton, Ria Hill, Beau Farrow, and Jonathan Olfert, and non-fiction from Xochilt Avila.

29 Brand-New Sci-Fi Horror Stories. The future is now, and it's not what we were promised. The optimistic science fiction of old was wrong. Progress is not linear, technology creates as many problems as it solves, and the concept of a better tomorrow has become an abstraction that is in no way guaranteed. When looking at the future now, we no longer ask what is possible, we wonder how we'll cope. Contained within this anthology are 29 never-before-published works by supremely talented authors. Brace yourself for the all too real horrors of what could very well be our terribly monstrous futures.

Stories by:

M. H. Ayinde, P. A. Cornell, Yelena Crane, Rodrigo Culagovski, Koji A. Dae, Kevin M. Folliard, Lew Furber, Andrea Goyan, Ivy Grimes, Kay Hanifen, D. A. Jobe, Wailana Kalama, Rae Knowles, Catherine Kuo, Rich Larson, Avra Margariti, J. A. W. McCarthy, Christi Nogle, Ashleigh Shears, D. Roe Shocky, Lisa Short, Hugh A. D. Spencer, Simo Srinivas, Kanishk Tantia, M. Elizabeth Ticknor, S. J. Townend, Kaitlin Tremblay, Emily Ruth Verona, Aigner Loren Wilson

Edited by Alex Woodroe. Introduction by Andrew F. Sullivan, author of THE MARIGOLD. Cover art by Olly Jeavons.

The World is Weird.

You will be discouraged from participating in it.

However, your participation is not optional.

Zip up your human suit and set sail, imbibing every perspective you can

in order to perfect the persona.

Push to the outer edges. Document your travels, and forget to return.

There will be a test.

Learn what it means to be human.

Forget what it means to be human.

Learn what it means to be human.

Forget what it means to be human.

Do not panic.

BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror, Volume Two encompasses the finest Weird speculative fiction published in (roughly) 2023. Edited by Alex Woodroe.

Issue 003 of THE SKULL & LAUREL has manifested itself with an emphasis on eco-horror and cli-fi, featuring Weird Fiction stories and poetry from around the globe. Sometimes these things are not engineered; sometimes they simply burst forth.

Get in on the Weird Floor.

Table of Contents:

This Flesh'll Run Free - Jes Malitoris

Auntie Linda's Farm - Chris Kuriata

Dose of Dread: From the Furrows - Aggie Novak

Mandrake Experiment - Toshiya Kamei

Foxtails - EC Dorgan

An Inordinate Amount of Interest - Ayida Shonibar

Water Bodies - Jangar Tokpa

The Flesh-Eating Gulls of Hanover Park - Mia Xuan

Witches in Cold Mountain Halls - Josh Pearce

Cover art by Mx Morgan G Robles.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING THE ALGORITHM is a collection of Sci-Horror short fiction, comics, poems, and art that celebrates the connection between humanity and creativity in the face of ever-increasing pressure to submit to the inevitability of algorithmic dominion.

THERE BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOTH

Twenty-five women and non-binary creators from the worlds of Horror Fiction and Illustration coalesce into an unholy union and drag the blackened heart of Classic Gothic Horror into modern daylight. In the process, they have sculpted an altogether sleeker, more feral beast.

In the hands of Mary Shelley, Daphne Du Maurier and Shirley Jackson, Gothic Horror explored the bleak shadows of our homes; the darkest corners of the human mind; madness, personal transformation, the occult. IN SOMNIO recasts the legacy of the original Gothmothers in a chilling contemporary light.

Within the walls of an arcane modern art gallery; upon the shores of a hostile but compelling sea; into the blackest burrows of the animal kingdom; tableside at the world's last restaurant on the eve of the apocalypse; from the deep deep South to a Lovecraftian Steampunk theatre, a cornucopia of disturbing vignettes await you.

Fans of twisted takes on the classics such as Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters; Netflix's The Haunting of Hill House/Bly Manor; moody, secretive novels like Night Film and A House at the Bottom of the Lake; and traditional Gothic Horror and ghost stories will all find something to chill their bones in IN SOMNIO.

This collection features eighteen vibrant, unique stories ranging from deeply intimate one-room settings to sprawling fantasy worlds; from the depths of darkness to comedy and adventure. Each story brings a new perspective to our inherent love of Gothic Horror and what those vital elements of terror still have to say today.

Edited by Alex Woodroe.

A Quaint and Curious Volume of Gothic Tales edited by Alex Woodroe.

Deliciously creepy and haunting! These tales had me enraptured and gave me chills. Each story has its own distinct voice, but a common thread of eeriness seamlessly weaves them together in a wonderfully curated collection. Don't read it alone in the dark!

-Kathleen Fox, founder/host of badasswriters podcast

This eerie and haunting anthology of stories about ghosts, curses, pain, madness, murder, and unspoken secrets will thrill fans of dark fiction...and send a cold shiver or two down their spine.

Alex Woodroe has passionately collected a powerful volume of stories, written by an amazing and diverse group of contemporary women writers.