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‘I had not asked the old man to deadhead my roses.’ Become an IZ patron and get the new issue with R.L. Summerling’s ‘Vanitas’; plus back issues, access to the vast archive of Nick Lowe’s Mutant Popcorn film reviews, and more. Pledges keep IZ alive, and always in bloom. interzone.press/patreon

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get swept up with us today into today's square from Ivy Grimes "...he said he had news. He was going to ask our mutual friend to be his girlfriend. It was the first time I'd ever been alone with R. "Why are you telling me this?" I said." https://www.havehashad.com/ud9j6

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Appear to have made a newsletter: visitors.ghost.io/coming-soon/ My plan is to post about reading & writing & other things, on a roughly monthly basis. This may include photography, horror, psychoanalysis, updates on my own publications, & chronic illness. Like & subscribe, guys.

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Every one a gem!

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I've been threatening for a while to start a column on collections of weird fiction, and so: Profane Illuminations, a quarterly series where I'll look at a few in tandem and see what threads I can draw out about their stories and the genre at large. Quick intro here, first full entry next week.

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It's time to learn the names, spore prints, habitat and ranges of many fungi, with "A Widow's Field Guide to Fungi" by @marissavu.bsky.social. Bring a canteen and something to wipe your hands: this may get messy. smallwondersmag.com/...

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And you may have seen their flash fic in NESS #3!

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Author Spotlight! Welcome to one of our returning authors for Old Moon 2025: R.L. Summerling ( @rlsummerling.bsky.social . Appearing in such august tomes as Interzone, and The Dark (and also Old Moon), she's back this year to grace us with weird, unhappy little stories about a world gone to pot.

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My girl needs a CT scan. Please spread the link if you can. ko-fi.com/verityhollow...

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ICYMI, the new IZ is out, with stories by @seanbirnie.bsky.social @carlosnorcia.bsky.social @fluoritewitch.bsky.social @kateorman.bsky.social @rlsummerling.bsky.social @stevetoase.bsky.social & more! ToC: interzone.press/iz-302/ Shop: shop.interzone.press/b/gSNC7 Patreon: interzone.press/patreon

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50% reached...and then some! As promised, some ART! Who is depicted here? Who is she beckoning? How did they even build that castle in the middle of that lake? These are the questions we ask ourselves.

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Join the IZ Patreon for the ace new IZ 302 w/ stories by @seanbirnie.bsky.social Alexandra Grunberg @rlsummerling.bsky.social E F McAdam @stevetoase.bsky.social Rachael Cupp @fluoritewitch.bsky.social Bogdan Domakha @carlosnorcia.bsky.social @kateorman.bsky.social @tamsinnottasmin.bsky.social & more

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The Angry Gable 23 is now live! angrygablepress.com/2025/06/06/t...

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Mega excited to be asked to contribute a story for the campaign! Old Moon Quarterly are putting out some of the best weird dark fantasy and I so hope we get more of it! ⚔🖤⚔

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Very happy to have my story “No Shelter Beneath the Searchlights” in the latest @interzone.press alongside with @rlsummerling.bsky.social @seanbirnie.bsky.social, Aliya Whiteley, @giselleleeb.bsky.social and so many other great writers.

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Very pleased to have a new short story, ‘The Toy’, in the new issue of INTERZONE. In some great company with @rlsummerling.bsky.social & @stevetoase.bsky.social & @giselleleeb.bsky.social, as well as other writers new to me.

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A brilliant anthology concept!

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Look at this gorgeous new issue of Interzone! I have a very weird little story in this, 'Vanitas' about a troublesome garden vandal 🥀 Thanks to everyone who subscribes to the magazine for supporting strange fiction!

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ICYMI my new book is out now. You can order it from filthyloot.com if you're in the US. If you're not in the US, DM me and I'll get a copy to you!

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Vet bills this week have reached 'ouch' territory. If you'd like to support me and my poorly pooch, I sell signed books direct from my ko-fi. No one's going to want my spare kidney, so... ko-fi.com/verityhollow...

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Just snagged myself a copy of Gore! And if you haven't read the glorious Pseudotooth then now if the perfect time to pick one up!

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"Private Notary" by Samuel M. Moss is now free to read! I hesitate to assign genre labels to most stories, but "Private Notary" very much makes me think about the description of the New Weird as subverting cliches of the fantastic in order to put them to discomforting, rather than consoling ends.

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"I laughed aloud at this, I’m not proud to say. It was a terrible sound. Like the wailing of foxes." Momentarily bringing #sfstoryoftheday off its extended sick leave to share this @seanbirnie.bsky.social story in @interzone.digital because oh NO. Oh. No.

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An absolutely brilliant, fever dream of a story!

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This is me! I am it! The poem "Flesh Ghosts" (of which I am) is now live to be read (dead alive?) on The Deadlands!

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Horror isn’t necessarily about being scared, but it also isn’t about empathy; it’s about seeing a weird face, or a guy standing there

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If I can say anything, I've got a story collection coming out next week you might enjoy! It's weird, wiry, adventurous and just a good literary time. If you're interested, you can order Boxcutters from @asterismbooks.bsky.social, @eveninghouse.bsky.social or @malarkeybooks.bsky.social!

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Pledges pay IZ’s artists and authors and keep the mag going. Patrons get all recent issues and can get prints of art by @dntlz.bsky.social, @carlydraws.bsky.social & Emma Howitt. Become IZ’s 181st patron at interzone.press/patreon or get IZ at indies @weightlessbooks.bsky.social & @scarletferret.com

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Weekend reading

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We're happy to announce that the Launch page for our next crowdfunding campaign is live today! Share and follow for updates on our next issues, which include ILLUMINATED pages and a special ARTHURIAN issue! www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

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Great interview with the lovely @nmwhitley.bsky.social here!

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It’s almost #Andor o’clock.

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Art by • Forest Harlan

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OUT TODAY - THE GHOSTS OF BLAUBART MANSION! Thanks to @cemeterygatesmedia.bsky.social and cover artist @lukespoonerartist.bsky.social!

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Happy birthday to this magical, funny and beautifully weird book!! 💖

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Reposting because it only gains more relevance with every passing day www.seizethepress.com/2022/02/07/v...

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Stunned and delighted to say I'm an Aurealis Awards finalist for Best Horror Short Story for "Object of Vision" from Fission #4. Congrats to all, and thanks to everyone who made it possible, especially @genni.bsky.social.

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YO afternooners, don't miss this Avery Gregurich two-piece, up now at your fav lit mag's fav lit mag (@hexliterary.bsky.social)

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