hand holding the paperback book of Then We'll Be Safe by Jes Hart Stone. Cover shows a teenage girl dressed in denim jacket and jeans with her back to us, long dark hair braided down her back, right arm extended with thumb up - hitch-hiking on the highway beneath darkening sky and forest to either side of the road.

I've been mostly reading short fiction lately, but this new novel from @crystallake.bsky.social piqued my interest.
Set in BC along the Highway of Tears in the 70s, teenage girls on the run; a psychological thriller.
Then We'll Be Safe by Jes Hart Stone

#Bookmail

2 copies of Frost Zone Stories paperback book upright showing back and front cover, 2 more copies places flat before them.

Happy Pub Day! TY for being part of FZS3:
Jay McKenzie, @andyhumphrey11.bsky.social Thomas Nicholson, Damir Salkovic, E.F. Ritter, @improbablerex.bsky.social , @mikearhodes.bsky.social , Alistair Rey, Isabelle Nygren, @sjtownend.bsky.social
@collyleonard.bsky.social @melodyemcintyre.bsky.social

Issue 6 Click each title below in the Table of Contents to read in this archive. Table of Contents Blood, Ashes, Wine   Megan M. Davies-Ostrom T...

It is Women in Horror Month, a reminder to read work by women all year 'round - we are always here.
I once put together an issue to celebrate #WiHM and it is still free to read online:
www.frostzonezine.com/p/issue-6.html

hand holding the paperback book of Then We'll Be Safe by Jes Hart Stone. Cover shows a teenage girl dressed in denim jacket and jeans with her back to us, long dark hair braided down her back, right arm extended with thumb up - hitch-hiking on the highway beneath darkening sky and forest to either side of the road.

I've been mostly reading short fiction lately, but this new novel from @crystallake.bsky.social piqued my interest.
Set in BC along the Highway of Tears in the 70s, teenage girls on the run; a psychological thriller.
Then We'll Be Safe by Jes Hart Stone

#Bookmail

yes! I'm 2 episodes in.

true in so many cases

paperback book, Fringes of Grey by Lene MacLeod. The cover features a figure in a long flowing gown with back turned to us, amongst a foggy grey scene of woodland. The back cover shows a short description of the book and a blurb from author Cecilia Kennedy who wrote the foreword, as well as the Darkwinter press logo.

images shows book cover on left, words on right: Fringes of Grey is a collection of stories that explores: Aging, Grief, the supernatural, spaces of liminality on the fringes of the everyday

My short story collection, Fringes of Grey, is now more widely available in paperback:
books2read.com/u/4NVxA9

Dark Stories from the Fringes of the Everyday
published by @darkwinterlitmag.bsky.social

#canlit #hamont #indiebooks

Are you wondering what our authors are up to? Well, we've created a list so that you can follow them.

If we missed you reply or DM and we will add you!

Issues/Books PRICE TEMPORARILY LOWERED ON PAPERBACK on Amazon Canada, UK, and USA, Also on Lulu for most destinations - Happy one year anniversary Frost ...

Book 1, 1 year sale. Paperback price reduced here: www.frostzonestories.com/p/issuesbook...

Authors: Elizabeth Guilt, Katie Marie, Stephen McQuiggan,
@odinmeadows.bsky.social

@micahcastle.com
Lena Ng,
@marcruvolo.bsky.social

@kristalstittle.bsky.social
Amelia Gorman, James Owens
1/2

The paperback reduced in price until end of month: $8.99 AMZ US & CA, 6.99 GBP on Co UK. Also lower on Lulu for most destinations.
Contributors of this first book in the series, if you have anything to share: book, story, blog post...drop a link & we'll give it a boost.2/2

I believe it is make-some-angry-art-&-writing-o'clock.

(will probably end up with something calmer, though 😆)

Frost Zone Stories 3 paperback still showing as reduced on Zon .ca & .co.uk - if you're planning to pick up a copy, hopefully you can grab one before it reverts to regular price

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www.amazon.co.uk/Frost-Zone-S...

Other places: www.frostzonestories.com/p/issuesbook...

🙏

It's a new month. Winter is digging in with its icy talons and a thin blanket of snow here, but soon spring will March in...
and on Tuesday Frost Zone Stories book 3, spring 2026, officially arrives.

www.frostzonestories.com/p/issuesbook...

Image of Frost Zone Stories book 3 on left, on right: Ten tales of the unexpected, the chilling, the dreadful, and the strange. Stories by: Jay McKenzie, Andrew Humphrey, Thomas Nicholson, Damir Salkovic, E.F. Ritter, Rex Burrows, Mike A. Rhodes, Alistair Rey, Isabelle Nygren, SJ Townend. See the link in post for more info on ordering.

Frost Zone Stories book 3 officially arrives on Tuesday, but you can pre-order/order now (currently at reduced price in some places)
The digest-sized paperbacks are the best way to read these short stories by ten talented dark fiction & quiet horror authors.

www.frostzonestories.com/p/issuesbook...

My contributors copies of @frostzonestories.bsky.social upcoming issue arrived today! Very excited to be involved with this, and to read all of the other stories!

💖

Maple flavoured STRESS

Overtime 😐 🏒 🍁

Two copies of Frost Zone Stories Book 3, Spring 2026, edited by M.M. MacLeod

First page of “Path of Totality” by Rex Burrows. Facing page features an image of a total solar eclipse over a hilly landscape.

Today’s bookmail: contributor copies of Frost Zone Stories Book 3, which includes my story “Path of Totality”. Great looking book, and I love the accompanying illustration. Can’t wait to get into the other stories in this volume of @frostzonestories.bsky.social

Many thanks to the lovely people at @frostzonestories.bsky.social for this exciting delivery received today.

Very proud to be a part of this and much love to my fellow contributors

Book cover PIETIES EXPANDED EDITION by Marc Ruvolo. Virgin Mary statue with blacked out eyes standing in a Japanese bamboo shrine

Book cover PIETIES EXPANDED EDITION by Marc Ruvolo. Virgin Mary statue with blacked out eyes standing in a Japanese bamboo shrine. Text: Releases April 15th

💀 COVER REVEAL 💀
PIETIES: EXPANDED EDITION out April 15th from @slashichorrorpress.bsky.social! A queer novella set in suburban Chicago in the 1980s at the dawn of the AIDS epidemic. Orginally released by Off Limits Press, this edition adds 4K. Cover by @grimpoppydesign.bsky.social #booksky #horror

cover of Frost Zone Stories book 3 on left: black cover FROST ZONE in white, below which is a green oval shape with type, S T O R I E S. Image is black and white antique etching of woods and stream into which a troll-like figure has been added in the shadows and a tall, thin man with slouchy top hat, pirate boots, long black coat, and skeleton face and hands. He is scattering stars to the ground atop a tiny hare. On the right: SJ Townend "Going Last" Forgive my rant--please, forgive my rant-- but I think I'm about to inhale a fresh ghost. ... And what's growing in my brain, the iniquitous curse that brought me to this hospice, is also running out of room ... As over-accommodated as I am, loneliness drapes over my sloped shoulders like an oversized coat. This, I suppose, is the burden of being the last to go. Frost Zone Stories Book 3, Spring 2026

The closing story in Frost Zone Stories book 3 is "Going Last" by SJ Townend @sjtownend.bsky.social

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www.frostzonestories.com/p/issuesbook...

cover of Frost Zone Stories book 3 on left: black cover FROST ZONE in white, below which is a green oval shape with type, S T O R I E S. Image is black and white antique etching of woods and stream into which a troll-like figure has been added in the shadows and a tall, thin man with slouchy top hat, pirate boots, long black coat, and skeleton face and hands. He is scattering stars to the ground atop a tiny hare. On the right: Alistair Rey "Never Leave" ... "You'll never leave me," mother said repeatedly as I brought her baked casserole and took her to doctor appointments. I was never certain if this was said with affection or disdain... My inheritance arrived on a Monday morning, neatly packaged in a cardboard shipping container. Frost Zone Stories Book 3, Spring 2026

This we week we spotlight the final three stories in Frost Zone Stories book 3.
Next up: "Never Leave" by Alistair Rey

www.frostzonestories.com/p/issuesbook...

cover of Frost Zone Stories book 3 on left: black cover FROST ZONE in white, below which is a green oval shape with type, S T O R I E S. Image is black and white antique etching of woods and stream into which a troll-like figure has been added in the shadows and a tall, thin man with slouchy top hat, pirate boots, long black coat, and skeleton face and hands. He is scattering stars to the ground atop a tiny hare. On the right: Isabelle Nygren "Minor Adjustments" Decapitation from the inside. My fingers trace over the scans of necks bent at acute angles, over the white continuity of pale bone in gray flesh, abruptly, sharply severed. ... It's harder to explain than the flickering lights. The lights just mean the building has changed, but now I can see in her intermittently illuminated eyes, her searching for a similar fault in my own wiring. Frost Zone Stories Book 3, Spring 2026

Frost Zone Stories book 3: the penultimate story in the TOC is "Minor Adjustments" by Isabelle Nygren

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www.frostzonestories.com/p/issuesbook...

cover of Frost Zone Stories book 3 on left: black cover FROST ZONE in white, below which is a green oval shape with type, S T O R I E S. Image is black and white antique etching of woods and stream into which a troll-like figure has been added in the shadows and a tall, thin man with slouchy top hat, pirate boots, long black coat, and skeleton face and hands. He is scattering stars to the ground atop a tiny hare. On the right, list of contributing authors: Jay McKenzie, Andrew Humphrey, Thomas Nicholson, Damir Salkovic, E.F. Ritter, Rex Burrows, Mike A. Rhodes, Alistair Rey, Isabelle Nygren, and SJ Townend.

Frost Zone Stories book 3 will be here soon 🥶
Ten new tales of the unexpected, the chilling, the dreadful, and the strange.

more options will be added...
books2read.com/u/mvgvoJ

full list on website for all 3 books of Frost Zone Stories:
www.frostzonestories.com/p/issuesbook...

From @BagBonesPress over on X:

Dear Bone Bags,
Greetings.
It's been a while...
Our bones are itching to put out another charity horror story call. Is there anybody out there? Are you still writing?
We're open to call-theme pitches.
Please share your ideas in this thread.
Love and darkness,
BoB.

cover of Frost Zone Stories book 3 on left: black cover FROST ZONE in white, below which is a green oval shape with type, S T O R I E S. Image is black and white antique etching of woods and stream into which a troll-like figure has been added in the shadows and a tall, thin man with slouchy top hat, pirate boots, long black coat, and skeleton face and hands. He is scattering stars to the ground atop a tiny hare. On the right: Damir Salkovic "Missing Places" He drifted. Not into thoughts exactly, but into that numb fog that passed for thinking now. ... Logan studied the man over the rim of his glass. The uniform looked familiar--cut, color, insignia. Close, but wrong somehow, like a half-forgotten memory. Frost Zone Stories Book 3, Spring 2026

The 4th story in Frost Zone Stories book 3 is "Missing Places" by Damir Salkovic.

Release date March 3rd (the paperback may possibly show up a bit earlier in some places).

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cover of Frost Zone Stories book 3 on left: black cover FROST ZONE in white, below which is a green oval shape with type, S T O R I E S. Image is black and white antique etching of woods and stream into which a troll-like figure has been added in the shadows and a tall, thin man with slouchy top hat, pirate boots, long black coat, and skeleton face and hands. He is scattering stars to the ground atop a tiny hare. On the right: E.F. Ritter "A Winter on Poplar Avenue" The people on Poplar Avenue followed patterns. They went about like ants to their cars and their jobs, and never seemed to notice or mind that the clouds were too bright in spots. ...By the time the year's end was nearing, I'd become certain of one reality: something lurked above those clouds. Frost Zone Stories Book 3, Spring 2026

Frost Zone Stories book 3 officially releases March 3rd.
eBook can be pre-ordered, paperback can be pre-ordered/or available early in some places.

Next in TOC: "A Winter on Poplar Avenue" by E.F. Ritter

www.frostzonestories.com/p/issuesbook...

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