"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
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! 🥰
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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
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
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 😁)
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#horror
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
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
"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
"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
"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
