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"Deathless" by Karina Steffens (@karinasteffens.bsky.social), in Feb's #Penumbric at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/steffensDeathless.html

"Deathless" by Karina Steffens (@karinasteffens.bsky.social), in Feb's #Penumbric at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/steffensDeathless.html

Each night, I took Baba Yaga’s horses out to pasture beyond Smorodina, the fire river.

-from "Deathless" by Karina Steffens (@karinasteffens.bsky.social), in Feb's #Penumbric at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

#shortstory #horror

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"A Bird Is Just One Voice" by Ian Li (@ianli.bsky.social), in Feb's #Penumbric at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/liVoice.html

"A Bird Is Just One Voice" by Ian Li (@ianli.bsky.social), in Feb's #Penumbric at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/liVoice.html

A bluebird whispers
of a ghost’s impending death,

-from "A Bird Is Just One Voice" by Ian Li (@ianli.bsky.social), in Feb's #Penumbric at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

#poem #poetry #poet #horror

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"A Skull in the Wood" by Viviana De Cecco, at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/dececcoWood.html

"A Skull in the Wood" by Viviana De Cecco, at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/dececcoWood.html

Art from Feb's #Penumbric! "A Skull in the Wood" by Viviana De Cecco, at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

#art #artist #horror #horrorart

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"What She Left Behind" by Kai Delmas (@kaidelmas.bsky.social), in Feb's Penumbric at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/delmasLeft.html

"What She Left Behind" by Kai Delmas (@kaidelmas.bsky.social), in Feb's Penumbric at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/delmasLeft.html

I am not this boy’s mother. I’m not who he remembers. I’m a body. That’s all.

- from "What She Left Behind" by Kai Delmas (@kaidelmas.bsky.social), in Feb's #Penumbric at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

#shortstory #horror

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"Encounter" by Carl Scharwath, at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/scharwathEncounter.html

"Encounter" by Carl Scharwath, at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/scharwathEncounter.html

Saturday #art from Feb's #Penumbric: "Encounter" by Carl Scharwath, at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

#artwork #artist #horror

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"Neon Wanderer" by Vekhan Sametyaza, at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/sametyazaNeon.html

"Neon Wanderer" by Vekhan Sametyaza, at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/sametyazaNeon.html

Tuesday #art from Feb's #Penumbric: "Neon Wanderer" by Vekhan Sametyaza, at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

#artist #artwork #horror

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"Arbitration" by Noah Isherwood, in Feb's Penumbric at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/isherwoodArbitration.html

"Arbitration" by Noah Isherwood, in Feb's Penumbric at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/isherwoodArbitration.html

Penitents and Disputees flicker up my nostrils along invisible threads of wasting-away tar and ash, auspices burning my sinuses.

-from "Arbitration" by @nershwood.bsky.social, in Feb's #Penumbric at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... or pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

#shortstory #horror

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"Bones" by Kathryn Ptacek, in Feb's #Penumbric at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/ptacekBones.html

"Bones" by Kathryn Ptacek, in Feb's #Penumbric at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/ptacekBones.html

As the day hours go by, the bones
return to my body until, once more,
at night I am complete.

- from "Bones" by Kathryn Ptacek, in Feb's #Penumbric at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

#poetry #poet #poem #horror

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Penumbric October 2k25, Look in My Eyes Edgy speculative fiction magazine

Two poems by Gerri Leen (@gerrileen.bsky.social) featured in #Penumbric have been nominated for the #Rhysling! "Look in My Eyes" (Oct 2025, www.penumbric.com/archives/Oct...) and "The Separation Was Not Mutual" (Feb 2025, www.penumbric.com/archives/Feb...). So awesome! 🥰

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Table of contents for the February 2026 issue of Penumbric, at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/ToC.html

Table of contents for the February 2026 issue of Penumbric, at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/ToC.html

Thank you to all the contributors in February's #Penumbric! Kathryn Ptacek, Vekhan Sametyaza, @nershwood.bsky.social, Carl Scharwath, @kaidelmas.bsky.social, Viviana De Cecco, @ianli.bsky.social ...

www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

#reading #fiction #poetry #art #scifi #fantasy #horror #magazine

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"Cloaked in Starlight and Doom" by Jennifer Crow (@writerjencrow.bsky.social), in December's Penumbric at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/crowStarlight.html

"Cloaked in Starlight and Doom" by Jennifer Crow (@writerjencrow.bsky.social), in December's Penumbric at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/crowStarlight.html

... Endings
weave from beginnings ...

-from "Cloaked in Starlight and Doom" by Jennifer Crow (@writerjencrow.bsky.social), in December's #Penumbric at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

#poetry #horror #poem #poet

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"Dark Siren" by Irina Tall, at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/tallSiren.html

"Dark Siren" by Irina Tall, at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/tallSiren.html

Saturday art from December's #Penumbric: "Dark Siren" by Irina Tall, at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

#art #artwork #artist #horror #fantasy #HorrorArt

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"The Slide" by E.W.H. Thornton, in Dec's Penumbric at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/thorntonSlide.html

"The Slide" by E.W.H. Thornton, in Dec's Penumbric at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/thorntonSlide.html

Consider this your final warning, and feel free to remove yourself from the classroom if you think it'll be too much for you.

-from "The Slide" by E.W.H. Thornton, in Dec's #Penumbric at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

#ShortStory #horror

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"Remnants" by Annie Tupek, in Dec's Penumbric at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/tupekRemnants.html

"Remnants" by Annie Tupek, in Dec's Penumbric at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/tupekRemnants.html

A dark shadow walks the road, dim lantern in outstretched hand drooping, feet stumbling in exhaustion.

-from "Remnants" by Annie Tupek, in Dec's #Penumbric at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

#shortstories #horror

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"Voyant" by Carl Scharwath, at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/scharwathVoyant.html

"Voyant" by Carl Scharwath, at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/scharwathVoyant.html

Art from December's #Penumbric: "Voyant" by Carl Scharwath, at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

#art #artist #artwork #fantasy #horror

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"Wolf Girl Relishes the Wolf Moonrise" by LindaAnn LoSchiavo (@ghostlyverse.bsky.social), in Dec's Penumbric at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/loschiavoWolf.html

"Wolf Girl Relishes the Wolf Moonrise" by LindaAnn LoSchiavo (@ghostlyverse.bsky.social), in Dec's Penumbric at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/loschiavoWolf.html

In January, howling starts before
The Wolf Moon fattens, rouses appetites.

-from "Wolf Girl Relishes the Wolf Moonrise" by LindaAnn LoSchiavo (@ghostlyverse.bsky.social), in Dec's #Penumbric at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

#poem #poetry #horror

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"I’ve Seen the Movie" by Jennifer Jeanne McArdle (@mcardlejeanne.bsky.social), in Dec's Penumbric at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/mcardleMovie.html

"I’ve Seen the Movie" by Jennifer Jeanne McArdle (@mcardlejeanne.bsky.social), in Dec's Penumbric at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/mcardleMovie.html

“Before I had to watch the movie, I had a cat just like this one.”

-from "I’ve Seen the Movie" by Jennifer Jeanne McArdle (@mcardlejeanne.bsky.social), in Dec's #Penumbric at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

#shortstory #scifi #dystopia

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"Come and Play" by Deborah L. Davitt, in December's Penumbric at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/davittPlay.html

"Come and Play" by Deborah L. Davitt, in December's Penumbric at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/davittPlay.html

They weren't supposed to be nightmare-fuel

-from "Come and Play" by Deborah L. Davitt, in December's #Penumbric at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

#poem #poet #poetry #horror

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"Painted Skin" by Huijia Li, in December's Penumbric at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/liPainted.html

"Painted Skin" by Huijia Li, in December's Penumbric at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/liPainted.html

Skin-stealing is an art.

-from "Painted Skin" by Huijia Li, in December's #Penumbric at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

#horror #poetry #poem #poet

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"Dissolution" by Jade Scardham, at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/scardhamDissolution.html

"Dissolution" by Jade Scardham, at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/scardhamDissolution.html

Sunday #art from December's #Penumbric: "Dissolution" by Jade Scardham, at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

#artist #artwork #horror #HorrorArt

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"impermanence" by Eva Papasoulioti, in December's Penumbric at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/papasouliotiImpermanence.html

"impermanence" by Eva Papasoulioti, in December's Penumbric at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/papasouliotiImpermanence.html

death doesn’t have to be permanent to be
perfect, is what I say after my every death

-from "impermanence" by Eva Papasoulioti (@epapasoulioti.bsky.social), in Dec's #Penumbric at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

#poem #poetry #horror #poet

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"After Leaping 100 Light Years  from Earth" by Aaron Knuckey, in Dec's Penumbric at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/knuckeyLeaping.html

"After Leaping 100 Light Years from Earth" by Aaron Knuckey, in Dec's Penumbric at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/knuckeyLeaping.html

we’ve journeyed beyond Heaven’s jurisdiction.

-from "After Leaping 100 Light Years from Earth" by Aaron Knuckey (@yeahiknowbut.bsky.social), in Dec's #Penumbric at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

#poetry #poem #poet #scifi #horror

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"Quasar Titans" by Flairiart, at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/flairiartTitans.html

"Quasar Titans" by Flairiart, at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/flairiartTitans.html

Art from December's #Penumbric! "Quasar Titans" by Flairiart (@flairiart.bsky.social), at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

#art #artwork #scifi

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Two pages of #art from December's Penumbric: "Untitled (1)" and "Untitled (2)" by Maia Brown-Jackson, at  https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/brown-jacksonUntitled1.html and  https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/brown-jacksonUntitled2.html

Two pages of #art from December's Penumbric: "Untitled (1)" and "Untitled (2)" by Maia Brown-Jackson, at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/brown-jacksonUntitled1.html and https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/brown-jacksonUntitled2.html

Two pages of #art from December's #Penumbric: "Untitled (1)" and "Untitled (2)" by Maia Brown-Jackson, at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and www.penumbric.com/currentissue... (or pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue...)

#artwork #artist #fantasy

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Parts of the recommendations list for Best Horror of the Year vol 17 including authors in Penumbric

Parts of the recommendations list for Best Horror of the Year vol 17 including authors in Penumbric

Congrats to @gormanghast.bsky.social, @antoncancre.bsky.social, and @megcathlinwrites.bsky.social for being on the recommendations list for Best Horror of the Year 17! (And to everyone else as well, of course! But these three were for work in #Penumbric 😁)

ellendatlow.com/category/news/

#horror

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Table of Contents for December 2025 issue of Penumbric

Table of Contents for December 2025 issue of Penumbric

Thank you to the contributors in December's #Penumbric! Elana Gomel, Maia Brown-Jackson, Yuliia Vereta, @flairiart.bsky.social, @yeahiknowbut.bsky.social, @emmiechristie33.bsky.social, @epapasoulioti.bsky.social ...

www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

#fiction #poetry #art #scifi #fantasy #horror

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Cover of the December 2025 issue of Penumbric, found at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/cover.html

Cover of the December 2025 issue of Penumbric, found at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/cover.html

Happy December! The latest issue of #Penumbric is online! You can find it at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and www.penumbric.com/currentissue.... This issue is pseudo-themed around Memory and the reality it creates.

#fiction #poetry #art #scifi #fantasy #horror #magazine

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"Served Cold" by F.J. Bergmann (@fjbergmann.bsky.social), in October's Penumbric at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/bergmannCold.html

"Served Cold" by F.J. Bergmann (@fjbergmann.bsky.social), in October's Penumbric at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/bergmannCold.html

Someplace, they had been expecting you
to come home.

-from "Served Cold" by F.J. Bergmann (@fjbergmann.bsky.social), in October's #Penumbric at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

#poem #poetry #poet #horror #HorrorPoetry

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"Phantom Postman" by LindaAnn LoSchiavo, at  https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/loschiavoPostman.html

"Phantom Postman" by LindaAnn LoSchiavo, at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/loschiavoPostman.html

Before we're too far away from October ... #poetry and #art in #Penumbric from LindaAnn LoSchiavo (@ghostlyverse.bsky.social): "On October 31st" and "Phantom Postman," at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and www.penumbric.com/currentissue..., respectively.

#poem #poet #artist #horror

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"A House with Teeth" by Jennifer Crow (@writerjencrow.bsky.social), in Oct's Penumbric at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/crowTeeth.html

"A House with Teeth" by Jennifer Crow (@writerjencrow.bsky.social), in Oct's Penumbric at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/crowTeeth.html

Fangs drip at the eaves—
winter has bite, cold snapping
on flesh and bone,

-from "A House with Teeth" by Jennifer Crow (@writerjencrow.bsky.social), in Oct's #Penumbric at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

#poetry #poem #horrorpoetry #horror

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