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Also this gives us all more time to read and appreciate everyone in the three massive and filled with bangers issues on the site hahaha

I’d also like to, if I can afford it, join SFWA and HWA and whatever else I need to do to promote Issue 3 and novelette peeps come award seasons

I will say from what I’ve read, there’s a LOT of good shit here, and way more submissions than I was expecting, so kinda thinking I might do novelette fall and winter and wait to do the next full issue till 2026???

Just as an update to all interested parties, I’ve been extremely busy the past few weeks and as such it’s been slow going through the novelettes. I don’t want to reject anyone just bc I’m not in peak submission reading condition so please don’t be discouraged by radio silence!

A Line of Ink, Stretching Back Like A Shadow – Karlo Yeager Rodriguez A Line of Ink, Stretching Back Like A Shadowby Karlo Yeager Rodriguez Mamán loved words; this, Gre-mamán told me. Mamán had covered her belly with writing, painted words on it in great loops and wh…

If you haven't read it yet, there's never been a better time:
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A Line of Ink, Stretching Back Like A Shadow – Karlo Yeager Rodriguez A Line of Ink, Stretching Back Like A Shadowby Karlo Yeager Rodriguez Mamán loved words; this, Gre-mamán told me. Mamán had covered her belly with writing, painted words on it in great loops and wh…

If you haven't read it yet, there's never been a better time:
cold-signal.com/a-line-of-in...

Extremely, deeply pleased to see Karlo Yeager Rodriguez (@kjy1066.bsky.social) on the Nebula Reading List for his wonderful story "A Line of Ink, Stretching Back Like a Shadow" in the latest issue of Cold Signal. A wonderful testament to Karlo's craft and the quality of the story itself

just an example of something moody and vibey, totally at random, of course:

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Thanks so much for reading and sharing! Spencer wrote a gorgeous one here

Happy to have a story on this year’s @wigleaf.bsky.social longlist. Thank you @laughingyeti.bsky.social and the Wigleaf readers and series editors for selecting it. And thank you, always, @johnchrostek.com for publishing the piece in @cold-signal.com

The Problem of Evil – Spencer Nitkey The Problem of Evilby Spencer Nitkey I am Mother and Father’s final test. The fluorescent moon, that diadem of Heaven Industries, smiles a crooked, asteroid ridden smile. It is so close I feel I co…

FFer Read of the Day: "The Problem of Evil" by @spencerwriting.bsky.social in @cold-signal.com

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Psyched to see @pdforan.bsky.social’s story from Issue 2 of Cold Signal in the @wigleaf.bsky.social 2025 long list alongside so many other wonderful names of friends and talents! Wigleaf has always done a wonderful job championing short fiction + it’s lovely to see Pat’s work + CS make the list

Today’s the last call for novelette submissions! As a reminder, it’s novelettes only at this time :)

Quick note: I've gone in and made a change to the Submissions page to reflect that previous inclusion in a Cold Signal issue is not disqualifying for the novelette calls.

Novelette Summer is a block party and I'd love a mix of new and familiar voices getting funky with the format

SUBMISSIONS SUBMISSIONS NOVELETTE SUBMISSION WINDOW:JUNE 16-20th 2025 7K- 18k WORD COUNTNo ThemeSee Fiction Submission Guidelines Below MAIN ISSUE SUBMISSIONS CLOSEDUNTIL LATER THIS YEAR (Will be a Themed Issu…

Novelette Week is here! Until Friday, I'll be accepting submissions for strange, singular + surreal novelettes between 7k-18k in length. To best understand Cold Signal's house style, reading prior issues is recommended. More info about submitting can be found here:
cold-signal.com/submissions/

Sure! Just preferably only submit one, longer submissions this go round means no wiggle room on submitting multiples (gotta protect my sanity lol)

next time!!!

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ONE WEEK UNTIL NOVELETTE WEEK!!!
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SEND ME SOME WEIRD NOVELETTES!

Novelette Summer is here and it's happening! Love to see it & love Strange Horizons!

As a reminder, Cold Signal will also be open for novelettes from the 16th-20th. CS's tastes skew towards the weird and genre-agnostic. Check out our backlog for a taste of the house style.

Long live the novelette!

The Existential Game of Tarot – Camille Gazoul The Existential Game of Tarotby Camille Gazoul Guidance  We may be reluctant to trust our inner guide when it appears, because we are so used to taking cues from the outside.¹ Should I move? S…

The way this piece in @cold-signal.com had me transfixed.

COLD SiGNAL UPDATES:
Novelette submission window: June 16th-20th. No theme. Aiming to publish a handful throughout the summer, spaced out. 7k-18k length.

Issue Four later this year. Themed. Haven't officially settled on a theme yet, but leaning towards THE CREATURE. Demons, beasts, oddities & us.

Bumping this up! Sharpen them novelettes, people :)

Of course 🫡

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COLD SIGNAL a genre lit mag exploring the existential questions of today & tomorrow.

If this post is your first Cold Signal exposure, I highly recommend perusing the three issues and pilot novelette on the site (cold-signal.com)

CS is a digital literary magazine publishing the Weird, the beautiful, the mad and the free. Each entry is accompanied by an ekphrastic digital collage!

COLD SiGNAL UPDATES:
Novelette submission window: June 16th-20th. No theme. Aiming to publish a handful throughout the summer, spaced out. 7k-18k length.

Issue Four later this year. Themed. Haven't officially settled on a theme yet, but leaning towards THE CREATURE. Demons, beasts, oddities & us.

very dizzying piece of contemporary weird horror, twists structure in some very chewy, evocative ways

National Short Story Month means you should read great short stories, like A Ways Off by @addisonzeller.bsky.social in @cold-signal.com Issue 3: Underworld. A hotel and a house and all kinds of weird happenings. Oh and a brass button. cold-signal.com/a-ways-off-a...

A Line of Ink, Stretching Back Like A Shadow – Karlo Yeager Rodriguez A Line of Ink, Stretching Back Like A Shadowby Karlo Yeager Rodriguez Mamán loved words; this, Gre-mamán told me. Mamán had covered her belly with writing, painted words on it in great loops and wh…

Reminder: my oldest, most recent story's free to read!

Many thanks to @cold-signal.com for giving this oldie (but goodie) a home at last

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cold signal: "literature for the weird, the beautiful, the mad and the free" a figure in a red robe with an old monitor for a head, pierced by a dagger, dripping a red sword lily like blood from his back, with strange white waves in the background over total black

Been thinking about making a direct transfer Cold Signal shirt in the next few months, once Evening House is hopefully secure and I can get a transfer machine. Mainly to have one for myself, but maybe make a few extra too for those interested. Trying out some designs that might look cool on a shirt

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