Photo of Shortwave Publishing quarterly book box; very cute box that looks like a bookstore!
It's been raining straight for 36+ hours in Austin. I'm thoroughly waterlogged and officially depressed.
However, @shortwavebooks.bsky.social just shot a ray of pure sunshine into my dull day...1st Quarterly book box is HERE! Now, what to read first?? ✌️🖤👹📚 #supportindiepresses
If you haven't read this novella, please do. It's haunting and gorgeous and heartbreaking and wonderful. It was my intro to @laurelhightower.bsky.social, and I am so glad I found her books. She's an immensely talented author.
#booksky
Thanks so much for this, Brian!
It's Day 18 of Women in Horror Year. Let's talk about one of the best novellas of the decade, @laurelhightower.bsky.social's CROSSROADS. www.briankeene.com/algorithmzer...
This was my first Hightower book, but certainly not the last. An absolutely gutting story that left me hollow for days. Congrats on the re-release, @laurelhightower.bsky.social!
Absolutely beautiful book
Also it will crush your heart
Happy rerelease day, @laurelhightower.bsky.social 🎉
This one is FANTASTIC, y'all.
CROSSROADS is out today!
Our edition of @laurelhightower.bsky.social's award-winning novella CROSSROADS is now available in paperback and eBook everywhere books are sold! 🎉
How far would you go to bring back someone you love?
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Crossr...
The Other by Annie Neugebauer is a quick, eerie and unsettling read that sneaks up on you in the best way possible. The story blends psychological tension with shocking twists and turns that you won't see coming.
@annieneugebauer.bsky.social @shortwavebooks.bsky.social
The latest Goodreads review of @annieneugebauer.bsky.social's YOU HAVE TO LET THEM BLEED says, "These are horror stories to get stuck in your brain, where they will linger and fester..."
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
I'm so happy she's back!
CROSSROADS is out next week!
Our new edition of @laurelhightower.bsky.social's award-winning novella features an updated, revised text, and completely new cover art by @alandistro.bsky.social with spot-glossed title and blood!
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Crossr...
I am eager to receive the 1st Shortwave Publishing subscription box, shipping soon. To celebrate, I'm giving away a $25 gift card to @shortwavebooks.bsky.social.
To enter, let me know which book you are most looking forward to this year. For an extra entry, share this post.
Winners chosen 4/30 📚💙
We're packing up our first 2026 Subscription Book Boxes!
Subscribers receive copies of all new books we release each year, and all extras (bookplates, etc) that come with those books.
Our Subscription Book Boxes for this year are sold out, but keep an eye out for 2027 Subscriptions this fall.
book cover image and annotation
Next on our LibraryReads Top 10 for May is I KNOW A PLACE by Nat Cassidy! @shortwavebooks.bsky.social
It's @libraryreads.bsky.social Day! And for May 2026 I spy I KNOW A PLACE by @natcassidy.bsky.social @shortwavebooks.bsky.social with an annotation by @vantine.bsky.social!
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Early readers are *loving* THE OTHER, the second book in @annieneugebauer.bsky.social's Outsiders Sequence.
A couple meet their doppelgangers on a hiking trail while camping and are soon tested on how well they truly know the other...
THE OTHER is out June 9th everywhere books are sold!
They are no longer quarterly, as we stressed on the Kickstarter page. With our new offset printing it's impossible to run off small batches of early copies like we used to. The first box will start shipping over the next week or two.
Thanks for the fantastic review!
“The Other,” by @annieneugebauer.bsky.social is that one Spider-Man pointing meme meets Invasion of The Body Snatchers. A single-sitting, no-messing nightmare that is proficient in eliciting almost every subcategory of horror.
@shortwavebooks.bsky.social - June 9th
A woman with dark hair and light skin wearing a leather jacket over a pinkish plaid shirt holds a paperback of Sleep Alone. She’s proud of this book.
Self promo time! Sorry? Maybe not?Saturday evening crowd, please look at my rock n roll body horror queer succubi novella SLEEP ALONE, with bonus short story “With Animals”. Wherever books are sold or you can order it directly from the publisher: shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/slee...
Your Favorite Author’s Favorite Author: John Langan on Salman Rushdie
Your Favorite Author's Favorite Author is back today with @johnlangan.bsky.social on Salman Rushdie.
Read @patrickbarb.bsky.social's interview with John for free in Shortwave Magazine:
shortwavepublishing.com/magazine/you...
Realised today is HYDOYQ's 3-year-versary! My first wee book, and now I have 5 (two novelettes, two collections and a novella) on my shelves, with hopefully more to come! Grateful as ever to @shortwavebooks.bsky.social for giving this story a perfect home!! ✨️🤖❔️
Spent my evening trapped in an elevator for over 2 hours(!) and I am so grateful that @shortwavebooks.bsky.social approved my Netgalley request for @annieneugebauer.bsky.social's The Other this afternoon.
Fast-paced, tense and nightmarish. The ending horrified me. Definitely recommend
The Other by @annieneugebauer.bsky.social is a carnival house of mirrors in written form. Unsettling and unpredictable, at no point did I trust what was on the page. A superb read.
Pre-order from @shortwavebooks.bsky.social or wherever books are sold 📚💙
shop.shortwavepublishing.com/products/the...
If anyone just heard a loud squeal, it was me after receiving approval for this ARC from Shortwave Publishing and Annie Neugebauer via NetGalley
!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THE OTHER available now on NetGalley
THE OTHER by @annieneugebauer.bsky.social is now available to request on NetGalley!
A couple meet their doppelgangers on a hiking trail while camping and are soon tested on how well they truly know the other. 👀
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
Not gonna lie, this made me tear up. Got a copy of Nat Cassidy’s upcoming story collection I KNOW A PLACE and I spot this right up front. Look at all of those authors, those horror heroes. Look at those names. @natcassidy.bsky.social @shortwavebooks.bsky.social
THE ELEMENTS OF DARK ACADEMIA is now available to preorder from @penguinbooksuk.bsky.social! 🐧
Officially out August 27, this gorgeous anthology includes my story, “Her Finished Wings” (original pub: WILTED PAGES @shortwavebooks.bsky.social)
Preorder ⬇️
www.penguin.co.uk/books/470844...
