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Shortwave is an indie horror/sci-fi press. Our books are distributed worldwide by Simon & Schuster. Founded and run by @alandistro.bsky.social (active HWA member, full SFWA member). Our full catalog: https://shortwavepublishing.com/
Congrats to @natcassidy.bsky.social, @toddkeisling.com, @pfracassi.bsky.social, and @patrickbarb.bsky.social, whose titles were all named a 2025 Ingram Horror Editorial Selection today!
On a year-end list with only 23 titles, we published 4 of those titles. It's been a good year for indie horror!
Candy Cain Kills and Candy Cain Kills Again by Brian McAuley
Unpacked the Christmas books and have Candy Cain front and center
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That short stories exist in the cracks and interstices of the capitalist system is how you know theyβre the superior form
03.10.2024 15:11 β π 43 π 11 π¬ 4 π 2"THE FUCKING POINT IS, SUPPORT INDIE PUBLISHING."
Great thread here of some fantastic indie presses to support directly with your dollars this holiday season (and all other seasons).
Happy to see @toddkeisling.com's THE SUNDOWNER'S DANCE and @cshumble.bsky.social's TO CARRY A BODY TO ITS RESTING PLACE on the Stoker Award reading list.
There is still time to recommend titles, and it takes a lot of recommendations to make the prelim ballot. Make sure to send in your fav reads!
A fancy-pants well-coiffed skeleton admires our 2026 lineup of titles.
Cover art by Kerisson Wemerson; a lone kayaker traverses the waters into a the mouth of a massive, monstrous skull + Blurbs from Max Booth, Sonora Taylor, Laura Cranehill
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Subscriptions for our 2026 Book Club & preorders for our first title of '26βKAYAK by @kristalstittle.bsky.socialβopen!
'Course, we're not gonna stop you from hitting our webstore before then & helping us close out 2025 w/a bang!
Get your holiday shop on:
store.tenebrouspress.com
We'll leave the subscription link for the print version of THE END TIMES open for a few more weeks. Subscribe now and get both issues 1 & 2 in December. Digital subscriptions will stay open all year. Digital subscribers have access to the complete archive as we go.
badhandbooks.com/preorders/th...
Our next Novella of Utter Speculation is coming out in Early Spring but you can be part of the legend. The kickstarter is live now for this low-fi, queer, weird fiction dive into gamer lore.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/utt...
Posted my four star review of Wilted Pages edited by @aijiang.bsky.social & @christinogle.bsky.social
Scary, atmospheric, and right on the nose. The wide diaspora and clever format made this collection fun, creepy, and provoking. Everything I could have wanted.
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
I've read the first chapter of this, and it's great! Super glad Brie's novel got picked up!
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New book coming summer 2027!
ALLIGATOR BABY, the debut novel from the writer of the WELCOME TO NIGHT VALE podcast, Brie Williams!
This is a novel-in-stories (similar to King's Cycle of the Werewolf) about a monster that has seemingly risen out of legend to terrorize an isolated coastal community.
GUESS WHAT: REST STOP IS COMING FOR YOUR EARS, TOO β¦ and itβs bringing friends ...
So excited for this collection to have found an audiohome with Simon Maverick. The narrator weβve got is an absolute superstar, and there just may be some extraspecial audio delights included, as well.
More big news!
I KNOW A PLACE: Rest Stop and Other Dark Detours, @natcassidy.bsky.social's first collection, will be getting an audiobook from Simon Maverick, an audio imprint of Simon & Schuster!
The audiobook is available for pre-order now everywhere audiobooks are sold!
I read THE EXTRA on Halloween and still mean to post my reader review in the usual places, but for now, in this space, here it is in a nutshell: It rocks. Absolutely gripping delivery on a five-star high concept. Quite eager to read its sequels when they drop.
17.11.2025 20:44 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 02026-2027 is shaping up to be quite a time π₯Ήππ»ββοΈπ€ππ»ββοΈ π
17.11.2025 00:06 β π 57 π 12 π¬ 3 π 0Thanks for including so many Shortwave titles!
16.11.2025 20:57 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Added a stocking stuffer novella list to my staff picks page today!
doylestownbookshop.com/list/perfect...
Only 8 hours left!
16.11.2025 17:17 β π 4 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0I got my physical ARC of Neurotica (Shortwave Publishing) and itβs really a beautiful little poetry book. Alanβs skillful work at layout and the overall presentation is stunning, truly. I canβt wait to share this book with you all soon! π
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This is sort of the plot of my story Hush, Little Sister (except AI dead sister) in OBSOLESCENCE from @shortwavebooks.bsky.social, also in collection Limelight and Other Stories! OBSOLESCENCE also has other haunting and dark tales of tech terror...π
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Our 2026 Book Box campaign closes this Sunday! We're down to the last few days!
16 books automatically delivered to your door throughout the year, at $80 off vs buying each title individually.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ala...
NIGHT OF THE GLASS KNIVES is an updated and revised edition of a novel previously published in a very limited edition as Night of the Long Knives.
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New Deal Announcement!
We're thrilled to be working with Tyler Jones again!
This time with NIGHT OF THE GLASS KNIVES, a novel about a paranormal investigator who is hired by a wealthy man to track down an ancient artifact responsible for some of the darkest days throughout history.
Spring 2027.
Thank YOU, it's always so much fun reading about those who inspire others, the impact their work has had, and all of our work can have.
12.11.2025 17:11 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"There is beauty in our lives. There is hope.
Weβre literally, each and every single one of us, living miracles. There will never be another me again in the history of this world. There will never be another you in the history of this world.
Beckett, I truly believe, recognized that..."
A new entry in our YOUR FAVORITE AUTHOR'S FAVORITE AUTHOR series is now live in our online magazine!
This month @patrickbarb.bsky.social chats with @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social about Samuel Beckett!
Read here for free:
shortwavepublishing.com/magazine/you...
All eleven releases from Tenebrous Press in 2025.
A Very Tenebrous 2025.
The finest stories are being written in the cryptic, concealed corners that no one ever thinks to look into.
It's our mission to find them.
We can safely say we lived up to our promise this year:
NEW WEIRD HORROR + MOREπ€β οΈ
Read something Weird: store.tenebrouspress.com
They are consistently our lowest selling titles, but they are so much fun!
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Always nice when our deals get featured in the Publishers Lunch. Only three horror titles this week... one from Penguin Random House, a second from Penguin Random House, and then Shortwave!
Still feels a little surreal.
If you missed it last week, check out Maisie Culver's OF MONSTERS AND MENSES!
A pile of Shortwave Books On the Little Ghosts black ladder!
Itβs truly a Good Morning when you start the day with a big @shortwavebooks.bsky.social restock at the door!
KILLER VHS series books plus some extra lovely novellas from one of our favourite presses now hot on the shelves.
Donβt miss these delicious horror delicacies!
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