Frost Zone Stories

Vintage Halloween postcard: a skeleton holding a Jack-O'Lantern in one hand, a walking stick in the other, walks alonside a graveyard filled with slanting grave stones. A church with glowing clock, a bright yellow moon, and a few bare trees loom in the background. The word Halloween is at the top, centre-right of the postcard.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN from the Frost Zone! 🎃

Some tricky sweets & lovely treats have been landing in the inbox, but there's still time to get your story in for consideration, too.
Frost Zone Stories Books 3 & 4 subs open until Nov01 (that's tomorrow!)
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1816 Canada 🥶❄ was a SNOW zone.

paperback book, Ghost to Ghost to Ghost: cover has title in large type (red and white) then smaller, an anthology of Haunting Tales from Canada, a tiny blue-hued translucent maple leaf, then edited by M.M. MacLeod. Behind wording is a dark-toned translucent maple leaf behind which is a winter scene of ice-covered trees. Surrounding the book are small maple and other leaves, and a few small river stones.

Ghost to Ghost to Ghost
an anthology of Haunting Tales form Canada
available in eBook and Paperback.
Nineteen short stories and flash fiction by a wonderful gathering of Canadian authors.

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❄️ Now Taking Submissions!
Frost Zone Stories Books 3 & 4 seek Dark Literary Fiction, Quiet Horror, and Literary Horror.

💰 $15 CAD + copies
🗓️ Deadline: Nov 1, 2025
Send your subtle, chilling, and strange tales.
👉 horrortree.com/taking-submissions-frost-zone-stories-book-3-and-4/

Frost Zone Stories is open to submissions of short horror stories; quiet horror, dark fiction - tales of the unexpected, the chilling, the dreadful, and the strange. Token $ plus print copy, or 2 print copies. OPEN until Nov01.
For books 3&4 which will be published in spring & autumn 2026

It is Ghost to Ghost to Ghost's 2nd day alive (or dead?)
Thanks so much to everyone who gave a boo-out 👻 for its release yesterday - picking up a copy, liking, sharing 🖤
This is a fantastic group of authors, telling short, haunting stories.

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paperback book, Ghost to Ghost to Ghost: cover has title in large type (red and white) then smaller, an anthology of Haunting Tales from Canada, a tiny blue-hued translucent maple leaf, then edited by M.M. MacLeod. Behind wording is a dark-toned translucent maple leaf behind which is a winter scene of ice-covered trees. Surrounding the book are small maple and other leaves, and a few small river stones.

It's October 21... HAPPY RELEASE DAY!
Ghost to Ghost to Ghost - an anthology of 19 Haunting Tales from Canada.
Happy publication day to the authors of these wonderful short stories and flash fiction.
The paperback has been available for a while and today the eBook is here.

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Submissions Submission Guidelines GENERAL SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN  October 18-November 01 for FROST ZONE STORIES Books 3 & 4   FROST ZONE STORIES   Canadi...

Submissions are now open!

Details here: www.frostzonestories.com/p/submission...

Smart Search List of the Day The Smart Search List of the Day is: Mainstream Horror Fiction feat. @interzone.press @scifansat.bsky.social @frostzonestories.bsky.social @veloxbooks.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com/search/smart/fiction/mainstream-horror-fiction-yO1lLx3o

The Smart Search List of the Day is: Mainstream Horror Fiction feat. @interzone.press @scifansat.bsky.social @frostzonestories.bsky.social @veloxbooks.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...

Thank you Duotrope for selecting Frost Zone Stories as the listing of the day!

We are OPEN for submissions until November 01.

Re-opening: Frost Zone Stories Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social (Fiction; General, Horror; pays sometimes) opened to fiction submissions. https://duotrope.com/magazine/frost-zone-stories-37944 #amwriting

Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social (Fiction; General, Horror; pays sometimes) opened to fiction submissions. https://duotrope.com... #amwriting

Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social
Now open for submissions

Submissions Submission Guidelines GENERAL SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN  October 18-November 01 for FROST ZONE STORIES Books 3 & 4   FROST ZONE STORIES   Canadi...

Submissions are now open!

Details here: www.frostzonestories.com/p/submission...

Ghost to Ghost to Ghost cover on left, Right: Landon K. Mar "Unseen Fairytale" She starred out into the empty darkness of the night, the rain splattering across the grey sidewalk and asphalt in discordant staccatos... in that moment of calm, Hilary heard footsteps approach... Ghost to Ghost to Ghost an anthology of haunting tales from Canada Release date: Oct 21, 2025

Next stop is Vancouver in "Unseen Fairytale" by Landon K. Mar. One rainy night, Hilary is waiting for the bus when a mysterious woman appears...

Ghost to Ghost to Ghost
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Red border on white with faint image of bare trees background. Left side: Ghost to Ghost to Ghost cover, title on top of a translucent dark-toned maple leaf, behind which are ice-covered winter trees. On the right: EC Dorgan "Haunted House on the Prairie" We navigate by thickening dragonflies and the hum of crickets. Sometimes a prairie dog runs in front of us, sometimes a coyote. The gravel thins. And the trees... Well, the trees are everything. We stay in dirty motels with bedbugs and broken furniture. Sometimes we're woken by mice... Ghost to Ghost to Ghost an anthology of haunting tales from Canada Release date: Oct 21, 2025

This anthology features such a wonderful group of writers. The final story:
"Haunted House on the Prairie" by EC Dorgan is an atmospheric, haunting tale that truly captures the spirit of the prairie setting - and the theme of this anthology.

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Four more days...submissions open this Saturday 👀

paperback book, Ghost to Ghost to Ghost: cover has title in large type (red and white) then smaller, an anthology of Haunting Tales from Canada,a tiny blue-hued translucent maple leaf, then edited by M.M. MacLeod. Behind wording is a dark-toned translucent maple leaf behind which is a winter scene of ice-covered trees. Surrounding the book are small maple and other leaves, and a few small river stones.

Spooky season is upon us, what better time to read a new anthology of ghost stories? Ghost to Ghost to Ghost features flash fiction and short stories by Canadian authors.
eBook is on pre-order, and paperback is available now on Amz - with more options to follow

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Happy long weekend to Canadians!
The paperback of this anthology of Canadian ghost stories is available at a special price of $9.99 until October19. (only on Amz dot ca currently)
And the eBook is also up for pre-order on Kobo, Amz, & more to come.

image: top FROST ZONE in white, below this S T O R I E S in an oval shape with light green background, below that - Submissions open October 18 - November 01 for 2026 books 3&4. Bottom: four book covers displayed left to right: Frost Zone Stories Book 1, next black cover with words BOOK 3 spring 2026, then Black cover with BOOK 4 autumn 2026, last Frost Zone Stories Book 2.

Submissions open soon! Oct18-Nov01. Stories 1200-4k, read anonymously so please remove identifying info from story and file name. See details in the submission guidelines on website.

#litmag #shortstories #quiethorror #darkfiction

Quiet and filled with creeping dread sounds wonderful...
a new anthology of quiet horror stories from Ghost Willow Press.

image: top FROST ZONE in white, below this S T O R I E S in an oval shape with light green background, below that - Submissions open October 18 - November 01 for 2026 books 3&4. Bottom: four book covers displayed left to right: Frost Zone Stories Book 1, next black cover with words BOOK 3 spring 2026, then Black cover with BOOK 4 autumn 2026, last Frost Zone Stories Book 2.

Submissions open soon! Oct18-Nov01. Stories 1200-4k, read anonymously so please remove identifying info from story and file name. See details in the submission guidelines on website.

#litmag #shortstories #quiethorror #darkfiction

The cover of Ghost to Ghost to Ghost is centred on a Canadian Flag Red banner. The cover has a translucent maple leaf in dark tones over a grey toned background of ice-coated winter trees. Large title text: Top GHOST (in same red), middle: To Ghost To (in white), below that is GHOST in red. Smaller type: an anthology of Haunting Tales from Canada followed by a small maple leaf in icy white and blue tones. Below in smaller type: Edited by M.M. MacLeod. To the left a small logo FZ.

Ghost to Ghost to Ghost will be here Oct 21 🍁
This anthology features 19 stories by authors who live in Canada.
Pre-order link for eBook (more retailers will be added)
Paperback to be available close to the same date.
books2read.com/u/3GkdOL

#Canlit #anthology #ghoststories #shortstories

white background with orange at bottom, design in orange and white is a circle with a winding path, a narwhal, eagle, and flower representing First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people. Line drawing symbols on lower right: three circles and inside an eagle head, narwhal, and flower.

September 30th is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, as well as Orange Shirt Day. Today we honour the survivors of residential schools and remember those who did not survive. Always we listen to the truth from indigenous peoples: First Nations, Métis, Inuit.

Congrats on the upcoming novel, Kristal! Kayak sounds like a fantastic story (& great cover).

Digest-sized paperback books of Frost Zone Stories 1 & 2. Book 1 on the left, pale blue with a distressed purple French door - an author name on each window pane: Elizabeth Guilt, Katie Marie, Stephen McQuiggan, Odin Meadows, Micah Castle, Lena Ng, Marc Ruvolo, Kristal Stittle, Amelia Gorman, James Owens. A skeleton hand reaches from behind the door, a zombie squirrel in lower left looks up at door, vines down each side of cover. BOOK 2: an abstract canopy of purple and green maple leaves with a portal-like B&W section in the centre above a path, a skeletal figure wearing a raggedy black dress points to the path. Each cover has the title at the top, white type in black banner Frost Zone , below this STORIES in an oval shape. The author names for book 2 are on the back of the paperback (down the side of cover on the eBook version): Jenny Hart, Diane Dooley, Malcolm Timperley, Camden Rose, Nick Young, MIchael Penncavage, Kay Hanifen, D.THomas Minton, Ken Foxe, Ann Wuehler, Maureen O'Leary

The 2025 issues: book 1 & book 2 side by side. Twenty-one authors of short stories in total.
Next month submissions will open for books 3&4
#litmag #quiethorror #darkfiction #shortstories #literaryhorror #originalfiction #micropress

Issues/Books Frost Zone Stories Book 2 ORDER eBOOK HERE    PRINT   Paperback: Order through your favourite bookstore or library. Also available to purc...

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Digest-sized paperback books of Frost Zone Stories 1 & 2. Book 1 on the left, pale blue with a distressed purple French door - an author name on each window pane: Elizabeth Guilt, Katie Marie, Stephen McQuiggan, Odin Meadows, Micah Castle, Lena Ng, Marc Ruvolo, Kristal Stittle, Amelia Gorman, James Owens. A skeleton hand reaches from behind the door, a zombie squirrel in lower left looks up at door, vines down each side of cover. BOOK 2: an abstract canopy of purple and green maple leaves with a portal-like B&W section in the centre above a path, a skeletal figure wearing a raggedy black dress points to the path. Each cover has the title at the top, white type in black banner Frost Zone , below this STORIES in an oval shape. The author names for book 2 are on the back of the paperback (down the side of cover on the eBook version): Jenny Hart, Diane Dooley, Malcolm Timperley, Camden Rose, Nick Young, MIchael Penncavage, Kay Hanifen, D.THomas Minton, Ken Foxe, Ann Wuehler, Maureen O'Leary

The 2025 issues: book 1 & book 2 side by side. Twenty-one authors of short stories in total.
Next month submissions will open for books 3&4
#litmag #quiethorror #darkfiction #shortstories #literaryhorror #originalfiction #micropress

Frost Zone cover—purple frost with a drawn person on the front. Background is cardboard, with lavender bouquet on the right side.

Picture of cover of Frost Zone with a black cat blocking the photo

Check out my story “Her Smile” @frostzonestories.bsky.social ! Featuring alternate realities in a shopping mall. Link on my website.
(Also the next photo features my photography helper—I was using his scratcher as a background and not giving pets so clearly things needed to change)

That's a lovely photography helper 🐈

New Short Story: Patience, With All Things Me and my sisters were rough on our dolls when we were kids, and there were a lot of us — sisters, I mean. The dolls had all kinds of inappropriate adventures and ended up dismembered or drag…

One of my very rare blog posts (remember them?) as I have a new short story out with @frostzonestories.bsky.social.
Fans of creepy dolls will enjoy it :)