image shows green binary text on a black background, Matrix style, with an orange silhouette of an ape; red text reads #APEFEST "Don't look at the ape!" I made the cover image with stock, a bunch of effects, and this public domain artwork: https://artvee.com/dl/gorilla-2/

Do you like found footage horror? With a cosmic bent?? Well. 💀My flash fiction #ApeFest is now live (it's alive... alive!!!!) at @gavagai.com !

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A creature with branch head playing magic banjo string instrument with glowing butterflies, digital art style, illustration painting. By Tithi Luadthong.

New collection: Surreal Sundays on Gavagai — by Gavagai @gavagai

Screenshot of #ApeFest, a story on Gavagai.

In today's Surreal Sunday Editor Pick: A story told in fragments—podcasts, news clips, and interviews—tracing the spread of an image no one should see. The deeper it circulates, the worse it gets. It's #ApeFest by Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social. Read it for free at gavagai.com

Are you a Utah-based #author or #publisher or #agent? The Southern Utah Book Festival ( #southernutahbookfestival ) takes place yearly during the #Utah #BookFestival in #CedarCity and is now open for participant applications.

Send me a note if you want to get the link for the app! HMU w/ questions.

Cork, Ireland's David O'Mohony offers "Goodbyes," a short that finds Carla attending to her father, who's aged out of independent living. Carla tries to coax Fred away from the massive painting his wife—who disappeared years ago—had loved so much. #horror #shortstory #flashfiction

If you’re a Hachette author you should be talking to your editors and teams about this. If they’re using AI to counter AI, it’s still AI. And it may also be giving your work to the machine, serving it up on a contractual platter.

Submission Calls Food systems anthology submission callopen September 1st through 14th OverviewAn anthology of food systems horror and Weird fiction. Food systems include all infrastructure involved in the growth, …

Whoops! Just accidentally posted a call for our food systems horror and Weird fiction anthology, open to submissions this September. 👀
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Cover of issue 10 of Nightmare Abbey featuring luris, pulpy colours and a large spider and dilapidated house, plus list of contributors.

Preview of my story "The Grinning Woman" with black and white art of a woman rising from a lake.

What's this? Another new story just published. "The Grinning Woman" appears in Nightmare Abbey #10 among a stellar ToC.

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Screen grab showing beginning paragraph of the story "Leftbehinds" by Alexander James.

Lovely piece of weird fiction by Alexander James over @gavagai.com

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We Have to Go Back... Or, Why You Should Come See Me at the Rewind Book Fest

Quick newsletter ahead of this weekend's Rewind Book Fair at the MN State Fairground Grandstand where I am tabling (#508) from 11 am to 5 pm Central Saturday and Sunday. Plus a little more on YFAFA with @johnlangan.bsky.social talking Salman Rushdie.

The forest will restore you the forest will restore you the forest will…

“Mother Tree” already got its first review?! Wow! Thanks so much Michael. Check it out!!

For the afternoon folk. I have a new #horror flash out today! ThE fOrEsT hAs PlAnS fOr YoU! 🌳

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Mom guilt, self-care, and a forest with its own plan. My new #horror flash “Mother Tree” is today’s Editor’s Pick on Gavagai and is free to read. Check it out!! 🌳😱👁️

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Screenshot of Mother Tree by Abigail Kemske.

In today's Editor Pick: A mother steals a moment alone in the woods, only to find the forest has its own ideas about what it can take from her. In the gathering dark, her longing for escape twists into something new. It's Mother Tree by Abigail Kemske @abigailkemske.bsky.social Read at gavagai.com

ICYMI, I wrote my story of disability acceptance -- this story took years of processing to write!

Getting #ME/CFS or #LongCovid is a Kafkaesque nightmare, but there's a path forward towards a happy ending. Even if you're turned into a giant invisible sloth.

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Wow! Great story about acceptance. Check it out!!

Y'all need to read this, it's SO GOOD—and so real. Also sloths! And what a fantastic ending! <3

It's a new story day! "The Metamorphosis" is my heart story, about how turning into an invisible sloth is a Kafkaesque metaphor for getting ME/CFS or Long Covid, but you can still find a path to a happy ending.

Read it for free in @gavagai.com

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Screenshot of The Metamorphosis by Effie Seiberg on Gavagai.

In today's Editor Pick: Emma wakes up transformed into something slow and unrecognizable. But no one else can see it. As her life collapses around her, she must learn what it means to live in a body the world refuses to acknowledge. It's The Metamorphosis by Effie Seiberg. Read it at gavagai.com

My story coming out tomorrow at @gavagai.com is the most personal thing I've ever written. It's about turning into an invisible sloth as a metaphor for ME/CFS or Long Covid, and how Kafkaesque it can be. (Still heartwarming though, I promise!)

I'm so excited to share it with you!

Please help support Locus Magazine! They are a pillar of the SFFH community. Any little bit helps. There are some truly spectacular backer rewards on the fundraiser to choose from. Donate, boost, show some love for Locus however you are able.

Screenshot for Alfear by J. M. J. Brewer.

In today's Surreal Sunday: Two boys venture into the swamp chasing a rumor and stumble onto something stranger than either of them expects. An uneasy adventure slips into a feverish encounter with a world that takes surreality to its extreme. It's Alfear by J. M. J. Brewer. Read it at gavagai.com

In case you didn't know, one of my favourite myths is Blodeuwedd! I went on a whole Welsh road trip about it and we found a fancy rock in a field. This is not my first Blodeuwedd poem and it won't be my last but it is particularly rage-filled! Find "Unabashed Appetite" in this issue of Penumbric!

New Story Day!

The end of school approaches and a magical dressmaker helps girls prepare for the leavers' ball in "The Perfect Dress", now available to read @gavagai.com (1200 words).

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Cover for The Perfect Dress by Louise Hughes on Gavagai.

Happy Saturday! In today's Editor Pick: A dressmaker who weaves magic into every gown meets a girl for whom magic isn’t the answer. It's The Perfect Dress by Louise Hughes. Read it for free at gavagai.com

Screen capture of Gavagai. Photo header black and white with a building and trees. Dear/Deer by Abigail Kemske @abigailkemske 15 min read. Comment from Ozzy Hart @oscarhart “This popped up again in my feed - it will now and always become of my favorites!”

Oh myy. A reader said my story is now one of their favorites?! Much happy!🤩 🥹

It means a lot hearing from readers, so thank you Ozzy.

Really enjoying the stories and community over on @gavagai.com . And I’ll have another editor’s pick up in the near future. Check it out!

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3LBE Magazine - Our Darkness to Take by Hailey Piper Giving up hope was the hard part. The uncertainty of what comes after hope is dead? That's been harder. That is when the delusions began. The lies of the mind.

A tense and dark story about a woman held captive, but finding her way to hope in even the most dire circumstances - Our Darkness to Take by @haileypiperfights.bsky.social

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The Moon: oh wow you guys decided to come back

Artemis II crew: earth’s haunted

Hell of a time to get to announce this buuut I have a new Editor’s Pick story out at Gavagai today 🫠 Maybe check out “The City Reecamines Its Regrets” in between calling your reps?

Screenshot for The City Reexamines Its Regrets on Gavagai.

In today's Editor Pick: When a prodigal returns, the city itself takes notice, guiding him through its streets and memories in search of something neither of them can quite name. It's The City Reexamines Its Regrets by Aimee Ogden. Read it for free at gavagai.com