Rex Burrows

cover of Frost Zone Stories book 3 on left: black cover FROST ZONE in white, below which is a green oval shape with type, S T O R I E S. Image is black and white antique etching of woods and stream into which a troll-like figure has been added in the shadows and a tall, thin man with slouchy top hat, pirate boots, long black coat, and skeleton face and hands. He is scattering stars to the ground atop a tiny hare. On the right: Andrew Humphrey "Good Jeans" The woman waits for me to continue speaking. Her name is Edith Bell. She is a retired psychologist. I don't want her to know that I know this. Her expression sharpens. "You look familiar". ... He was a good dad. Despite ... everything. A great one, actually, from my perspective. To others, he was a monster. Frost Zone Stories Book 3, Spring 2026

Second story in the TOC spotlight:
"Good Jeans" by Andrew Humphrey @andyhumphrey11.bsky.social

Frost Zone Stories 3 eBook may be ordered, releasing March 3.
Paperback will be available around the same time.

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Out today! Includes my story “I Send You a Kiss” alongside a whole slew of exquisitely creepy tales. Full TOC at the link below.

Perpetually working through the kinks of publishing, but today is Publication day for: +HORROR LIBRARY+ VOLUME 9 through @darkmoonbooks.bsky.social !
So absolutely proud of this anthology, perhaps the best one in the series so far!!!
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Text reads - I picked up Little House on the Prairie and read to Mary, who was a nice and inquisitive child. She no longer smelled like sickness. After I read for a little while, I paused for a minute, and Mary asked me what was wrong. This family had such a hard time surviving, I said. And for what? They didn't even belong here. They weren't from here.

Quick quote from The Cellar Below the Cellar, out 3/25!

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This request is genre-agnostic; I just like the format in general.

More anthology films, please.

Screen grab showing order page for our 2026 titles

Friends! Our 2026 titles are up for pre-order. And our 2025 print titles are on sale. Pre-orders help us immensely. Take a look at our site for all the details. I hope you'll consider grabbing something, if you're able. Thank you all so much.

undertowpublications.com/shop

The subterranean rodent says six more weeks of winter. Yeah, no shit.

Graphic shows an android in grey with glowing red eyes. Text reads: "Sci-Fi Horror; flash fiction contest; opens February 1st to 28th; tales to terrify dot com slash flash contest"

Is it déjà vu?
Or are you stuck in a time loop?
...or does someone keep erasing your memories?

Tell us about it in 1,000 words or less.
You could win U.S.$50.

Haven Spec Magazine, Submission Page Fiction and Poetry for the 21st Century!

Our general submission window is now open!

We want stories and poetry with a strong voice and a sense of adventure, stuff that makes us feel things, stuff that lets us use our hearts and our brains and leaves us wanting more!

For our full guidelines and schedule, visit:
www.havenspec.com/submit/

We are currently open to submissions! Send us your rotten ecosystems and haunted biomes

Paperback copy of the anthology Poisoned Soup for rhe Macabre, Depraved, & Insane. Cover image of a boiling cauldron by Alison Flannery.

Just received my contributor’s copy of Poisoned Soup for the Macabre, Depraved, & Insane from @brigidsgatepress.bsky.social. Includes my CNF piece “Creepshow”.

Paperback copy of the anthology Poisoned Soup for rhe Macabre, Depraved, & Insane. Cover image of a boiling cauldron by Alison Flannery.

Just received my contributor’s copy of Poisoned Soup for the Macabre, Depraved, & Insane from @brigidsgatepress.bsky.social. Includes my CNF piece “Creepshow”.

Indie publishers: I am once again looking for ecofiction books to read and possible review in @briefecology.bsky.social. Please get in touch if you have a new or upcoming title that you think would be a good fit!

Image of a Black man sitting in profile in darkened room, staring into the middle distance sadly. A clip of a headline reads: RFK Jr's war on antidepressants is coming — and it will cost lives. A clip of a second headline reads: RFK Jr. finds twisted reason to take away your anti-depression meds. Text reads: Stigmatizing life-saving medication isn't making America healthy. Save Lives, Remove RFK Jr.

SSRIs are life-changing for millions of people. Fighting the stigma around mental illness and medication is hard enough without RFK Jr. using his platform to sow doubt, hesitancy, and shame.

The cost of ripping away antidepressants is steep. If we want to save lives, we have to #RemoveRFKjr.

Happy birthday!

Cover for issue 13 of Weird Horror. Art by James Hutton depicts a red figure with tree limbs sprouting from mouth and chest and yellow moon in background.

I know issue 12 isn't even out yet—soon—but revel in the glory of the cover and contributors of issue 13 (Summer). Art by James Hutton. Design by Vince Haig.

I'll be doing a big pre-order push soon on our 2026 titles to try and secure some much-needed operating funds.

An Instagram post from the Assembly of First Nations reading: Important Travel Advisory The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) has heard reports that some First Nation citizens have been subjected to increased questioning and detainment by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The AFN strongly condemns these actions and reaffirms First Nations’ inherent and Jay Treaty rights to cross-border mobility. The AFN advises any First Nations members traveling to the U.S. to carry valid identification, including a Status Card or a Canadian passport. Anyone requiring assistance with Status Card applications, renewals, replacements, or urgent processing related to travel may contact Indigenous Services Canada’s Secure Certificate of Indian Status (SCIS) Program at 1-800-567-9604 or visit www.canada.ca/indigenous-services-canada. Please note that federal law enforcement may not be familiar with Tribal IDs. If an ICE agent does not accept your Tribal ID as identification, the Native American Rights Fund recommends that you request to speak to their supervisor. In emergency cases, Canadian citizens in the U.S. can contact the Canadian Consulate for assistance through 1-613-996-8885.

I’m not sure how much notice this has received but the Assembly of First Nations in Canada has issued a travel advisory for the United States after reports that Indigenous people are being increasingly questioned and detained by ICE. www.instagram.com/p/DT-_SacDEH...

on left: cover of Frost Zone Stories book 3. Black and white image in centre is part of an antique etching of woods and river with a cave-like area, in which can barely be seen a hunched over troll-like creature. A thin man in black with top hat and skeleton face and hands sprinkles stars above a tiny hare. The text reads on top: Book 3, Spring 2026 Frost Zone in white atop a black banner bordered with green, and S T O R I E S below this in a rounded rectangle of green with black text. Author names are at bottom of cover and also listed to the right of cover with story title: Jay McKenzie - Melt, Andrew Humphrey - Good Jeans, Thomas Nicholson - The last Polling Station, Damir Salkovic -Missing Places, E.F. Ritter - A Winter on Poplar Avenue, Rex Burrows- Path of Totality, Mike A. Rhodes - The Old Graveyard, Alistair Rey - Never Leave, Isabelle Nygren - Minor Adjustments, and SJ Townend - Going Last

Spring's coming early to the Frost Zone, with book 3 tentatively planned to release on March 3rd.

TABLE of CONTENTS and COVER:

Also: Oh no, this kludged together agency that has never performed properly even by the low standards of its notoriously vague mission parameters must be preserved.

…also, sorry for the crap picture. Successfully photographing anything against a bright background exceeds both my skills and interest.

Just reached a passage in which a character reads a story that is clearly "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You My Lad" to a group of kids on Halloween. Man oh man do I just live for that kind of thing as a reader.

But the boys are still wearing shorts, right? Surely the boys are wearing shorts.

The Brackish Pool: Towards a Critical Practice of Reading Weird Fiction The ideal reader of the weird has to embrace a kind of wilful suspension of foreknowledge or generic expectation.

For the @strangehorizons.bsky.social 2026 Criticism Special, I wrote about weird fiction being constituted by weird reading, vis a vis Sederholm and Woofter’s The Weird and @undertow.bsky.social’s The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Vol. 1., in tribute to Maureen Kincaid Speller. It’s a long one.

Whenever I buy a new book, I add it to my TBR pile and allow it to age for a period ranging from months to years. This process increases the complexity and nuance of the prose, evens out any sharp notes, and adds distinctiveness to characterizations.

Solid advice for writing short fiction (and also dining).

Hardcover copy of Ramsey Campbell’s novel Midnight Sun held in front of a snowy window

Snow storm reading selection

Graphic shows an astronaut in a space suit floating in a mechanical tunnel with a light behind them. Text reads: "Sci-Fi Horror Flash Fiction Contest: Opens February 1st, 2026. Tales to terrify dot com slash flash contest"

That plant by the window...it wasn't there before. Was it? And is that...a human face growing out of it?
Set your phasers to horror and don't trust anyone: it's time for Tales to Terrify's annual flash contest!
Winner will receive $50.
Maximum length = 1,000 words.

The time is NOW to speak out about what’s happening. Silence is compliance. If you support 🧊 you support them killing HUMAN BEINGS in our streets. We are stronger together. Speak loud so our voices are heard.

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.