From the Editor’s Desk #58: AI Outside of Creative Application If you're a publisher (self, small, or big time) using AI for back-end purposes, what questions do you have about what AI can do? If you are like me and don't want to use it for any creative aspects of writing and publishing but do see appropriate use-cases for the tools, where are you drawing your lines? Where's the line between "This is acceptable use" and "This is unacceptable use"?

While AI is a strict no-go zone for creative uses, I'm using it for back-end web design. In today's behind-the-scenes post, I work through the ethically thorny stuff. Feedback to these musings welcomed!
#aiethics #ethics #publishing #writing #creativity #humancreativity #whisperhousepress #booksky

Doom Scroll Whisper House Press will open for submissions in February and March 2026. We’re aiming to publish Doom Scroll in late October, 2026. Here are the details you need to know to prepare for the o…

We're a week from closing the call for submissions for DOOM SCROLL, a social media #horror #anthology from #WhisperHousePress slated for a Fall 2026 release. There's still time to send us your story. Check submission requirements carefully, please #writersky

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March Featured Story: Gregg Chamberlain’s “Hors d’oeuvres” "There is nothing better than having fresh ingredients."

"There is nothing better than having fresh ingredients."

This month's featured story comes from Gregg Chamberlain, another Canadian contributor (we love you, Canada!) with a curious take on a mundane situation... a dinner party.
#whisperhousepress #horror #horrorstories #shortfiction #readinghorror

This Saturday we're talkin' LOGLINES and SHORT STORY SUBMISSIONS at the #DVWG online.

Advice, sympathy/empathy, and questions answered.

If you're thinking of submitting a piece to #whisperhousepress 's DOOM SCROLL, you should consider attending. NO payment/membership required.

Stay tuned today.

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“Cubicle Rot” is live at Whisper House Press—an experimental workplace horror told through a PIP form… as the body quietly goes off-policy.
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'member the time @njdarkish.bsky.social read from his and @drspookyer.bsky.social 's short story "cutting room" at a Whisper House Press event? It was cool. And you didn't have to be there. Check it out!

#horrorsky #horrorstories #whisperhousepress #indiepress #horror

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Two things you'll find on #WhisperHousePress dot com right now:

(1) Esser Marrow's "Cubicle Rot," February's featured #shortstory available for free

and

(2) The DOOM SCROLL #callforsubmissions

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February Featured Story: Esser Marrow’s “Cubicle Rot” "This self-evaluation is submitted in response to the Performance Correction Review filed August 12. Per Shadow Track Guidelines, your candid participation is required to assess personal alignment with expectations regarding physical presentation, emotional stability, and professional conduct. All sections must be completed."

Esser Marrow's"Cubicle Rot" imagines with scary precision just how our corporate overlords might use, and then continue after our deaths to use, our bodies and minds. #horror #shorthorror #essermarrow #reading #amreadinghorror #scarystories #corporatehorror #mundanehorror #whisperhousepress

January Featured Story: Mike Rusetsky’s “The Waiting Friends” Despite us moving away weeks later, I knew that, somewhere in Colorado, beneath a foot of playground sand, I had a friend for life. One who would never grow bored with or disparage me. Or call me “…

This is the last day for featuring Mike Rusetsky's "The Waiting Friends" as a #WhisperHousePress feature. It'll remain in our story archive, freely accessible, in perpetuity. Find it, also, in our end-of-year anthology, #YEARTWO, due out in November. #horror whisperhousepress.com/2026/01/01/j...

January Featured Story: Mike Rusetsky’s “The Waiting Friends” Despite us moving away weeks later, I knew that, somewhere in Colorado, beneath a foot of playground sand, I had a friend for life. One who would never grow bored with or disparage me. Or call me “new kid” like so many classmates had done. A friend who silently waited for me to return someday, to collect him from his leaf-marked grave. 

Mike Rusetsky's "The Waiting Friends" finds a military brat who finds a solution to losing friends every few months or years: Choose friends who will wait indefinitely for your return.
#horror #horrorshort #horrorsky #shortfiction #whisperhousepress #mikerusetsky #HWAwriter

From the Editor’s Desk #56: Oops! I’ve underpriced (and/or overpomised) "So what shall I do? The business already loses money, but that's not something I want to commit to..." If you're a small press, have you ever made a mistake like this one?

"What shall I do? The business already loses money, but that's not something I want to commit to..."
Today I write about... let's call it a "rounding error" and how I can be good to my word and avoid the error in the future.
#whisperhousepress #publishing #lessonslearned #business #meaculpa

YEAR ONE is published. It’s available wherever books are sold for the low low price of 9.99. That’s under $1.00 per story! #mundanehorror #whisperhousepress

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Today is a good day for editing. January, Februrary, March, and April's stories for whisperhousepress.com are done or close to done. Next: May and June. Loving these tales! Gonna have half of 2026 set up by the end of today.

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We love it! This is our first anthology, and from enthusiasm expressed by contributors, booksellers, and readers alike, we are grateful.

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Fellow #publishers: I realize there's nothing fool-proof about this, but it's a minimum step we must take to protect our authors' words from being fed through a generative AI tool willy nilly. Switch off Google's default-on smart features.

#publishing #whisperhousepress

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I've been pretty quiet this month because my day job is a bit overwhelming, and boy howdy am I looking forward to two weeks of break so I can turn my full attention to #WhisperHousePress!

Whispers in the Dark With Steve Capone, Jr. | Podcast Episode on RSS.com As far as writers go, Steve Capone, Jr. defies easy description. His 2024 novel Max in the Capital of Spies is a YA Cold War thriller, with a side of time travel, though he’s perhaps best known for hi...

The 2nd podcast I’ve guested on of late is posted today! This one finds me more vulnerable and personal.

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#horror #writing
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December Featured Story: Erin Dawkins’ “First Kiss” Some first-kiss stories are about something given. This one is about something taken. Erin Dawkins' "First Kiss" is the last of 2025's featured stories and the last set for inclusion in YEAR ONE, our anthology of featured stories. #horror #shortstory #fiction #whisperhousepress

Some first-kiss stories are about something given. This one is about something taken. Erin Dawkins' "First Kiss" is the last of 2025's featured stories and the last set for inclusion in YEAR ONE, our anthology of featured stories.

#horror #shortstory #fiction #whisperhousepress

Whisper House Press Mundane horror for the people.

I've created my first ever COUPON CODE for #WhisperHousePress. Use WHISPERHOUSE25OFF to get 25% off your entire order at our square shop. Get there from the link on our website, www.whisperhousepress.com!

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Whisper House Press Updates (and 2026 Publishing Schedule!

Wanna get Whisper House Press newsletters? I send them out once every few months, typically, with basic updates about the press.

Here's the latest:
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It includes our #publishing schedule for 2026!

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Three of #WhisperHousePress ‘s short stories are on the recommended reading list from the #HWA. How neat is that?!
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Prepping these #pushcart prize submissions on behalf of #whisperhousepress and its contributors. I’ll make these available as promos on our website and will post more about them later. These are the 6 of 84 published stories I’ve selected for this round of prize consideration.

A page for independent bookstoress If you’re an indie bookstore and have found our press, this part of the site is for you. Here, you can meet our authors and their work, order books for your store (and check out our sales ter…

I made a page on the website specifically built for #independentbookstores learning about #WhisperHousePress. I'm sending postcards to 50 shops across the country and inviting them to check it out. What do you think? Anything missing? Helpful info?
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From the Editor’s Desk, #54: Diversity in the Face of Algorithmic Ethnocentrism and the Fear of Scam Submissions I don't know how to split the horns of this dilemma. What am I missing here? How can I do better?

I don't know how to split the horns of this dilemma. What am I missing here? How can I do better?

#publishing #ethnocentrism #AIproblems #independentpublisher #whisperhousepress #horrorpublisher #diversevoices

From the Editor’s Desk, #53: Whoa. "I haven't changed my mind. I love what I'm doing." Project updates (and lessons learned) from the editor's desk.

"I haven't changed my mind. I love what I'm doing."
Project updates (and lessons learned) #fromtheeditorsdesk at #whisperhousepress.
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Thanks, #CentralBookExchange in #Sugarhouse #SaltLakeCity #Utah for hosting #whisperhousepress (and all our hashtags) during the art walk tonight! We are grateful for our partnership.
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Submissions at Whisper House Press are CLOSED until we launch our call for the next major anthology. This'll give me time to catch up with everyone who has submitted work in the last 60 to 90 days.

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COVER DROP. Year One: A Whisper House Press Horror Anthology releases 12/25/25 & comprises 12 shorts published on www.whisperhousepress.com in 2025. We are proud of what we've built in our first full year! Thanks @ruthannaevans.bsky.social for your art! #publishing #smallpublisher #whisperhousepress

#WhisperHousePress contributing author @njdarkish.bsky.social reads from his and NJ Gallegos’ “Cutting Room,” the final #horror story in Dread Mondays, a workplace horror anthology. youtu.be/OxaAC_kYmXc?...

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