H.V. Patterson

Submission Calls OPEN Zine call (January 28th through February 14th) Zine PromptsFor this zine bundle, I’m looking for written pieces about these five prompts: -Cunty Horrors (cunty horror microfiction and mi…

Submissions for our zine call have been a little slow, so I've extended the call to February 14th. Check out our themes and guidelines here:
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Join us on Tuesday!

Author copies of my Gothic novella in da house!😄
Thanks, @sobelobooks.bsky.social for re-publishing this beauty and for sending them my way!
Link: mybook.to/Immortelle2n... 
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"𝘚𝘩𝘯𝘤𝘩, 𝘴𝘩𝘯𝘤𝘩, 𝘴𝘩𝘯𝘤𝘩.

That’s the song the dermestid makes, tidying up corpses on the banks of spring streams choked with last year’s leaves.

𝘚𝘩𝘯𝘤𝘩, 𝘴𝘩𝘯𝘤𝘩, 𝘴𝘩𝘯𝘤𝘩."

Read @nightmare-magazine.com 161 for "Twelve Facts About the Dermestid Beetle" 🪳

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This was such a fun talk! Check it out!

Open for submissions

For one day only we're taking submissions - anything science fiction and fantasy. Flash to 1,500 words, short stories to 5,000 words and novelllas between 20-40,000 words. Guidelines and pay rates on our submissions page. February 1st. Send us your creative best, Wyldblood 17…

Just FYI there's a bundle deal on both books rn. Incredibly supportive int'l indie publisher of weird fic. I know they (and many others) worked through tariff worries and other things last year because the U.S. is a shitshow and I appreciate it. Lot of cool works this way👇:

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What a gorgeous story! Thanks for sharing!

A big congrats to everyone on the preliminary ballot! It's my first year as a voting member, and it's going to be really tough! SO MUCH good horror is happening

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Glad you enjoyed it! Where was Avra's cicada story? That sounds so cool! I'm a big fan of cicadas (which is fortunate because they are EVERYWHERE here during the summer!)

What We Call Home What We Call Home [McCutchen, Jes] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. What We Call Home

Five homemaker horror poems: "Housewife Haiku", "Crimson Colored Glasses", "HomeUnmaker", "Our Lady of Homemaking" and "To Kanae Minato" in the "What We Call Home" anthology

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Specpoverse Join us in our mission to create a multicultural vision of speculative poetry.

"Bird Beak Warning" and "There is No Safe Haven from Human Desire" in SpecPoVerse

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"Clusters of Crocus" in ETTT

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"Ancient Forest Dreams" in Star*Line

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Cryptid Sister by H.V. Patterson, Haven Spec Magazine Fiction and Poetry for the 21st Century!

Hey y'all! Doing a Rhysling (and other poetry) awards eligibility thread for my spec poems! For the ones not available to read online, feel free to contact me if you'd like to have a copy.

My personal favorite of 2025:

"Cryptid Sister" in @havenspec.bsky.social
www.havenspec.com/cryptid-sister

We all Yearn for the Caves

As always, we encourage you to order from a local bookstore (or through Bookshop.com).

Can't wait to see y'all there!

A black background with spiders and spiderwebs in the corners. Text reads: Horror Book Club Monstrilio by Gerardo Samano Cordova Tuesday, February 10m 7pm Heirloom Rustic Ales, 2113 E. Admiral Blvd, Tulsa, OK 74110

We're meeting on Tuesday, February 10th, 7pm for Horror Book Club!

In February we'll be reading Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova. Join us as we discuss grief, love, and monstrousness!

oh shitttt!!!

Congrats to everyone on the shortlist!!

100 Rejections and Other Resolutions We’re over a week into 2026.

New post up now! See what I'm up to!

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Split Scream features two uncanny novelettes: "So Quiet, So White" by Patrick Barb and "Imago Expulsio" by J.A.W. McCarthy.

Background: black with spiders and spider webs at the corner. The text says: Horror Book Club Split Scream Vol. 3 Patrick Barb & J.A.W. McCarthy Tuesday, January 13th, 7pm. Heirloom Rustic Ales, 2113 E. Admiral Blvd, Tulsa, OK 74110

First Horror Book Club meeting of 2026 is next week!

Join us Tuesday, January 13th at 7pm! We'll meet at Heirloom Rustic Ales to discuss Split Scream Vol. 3 from Tenebrous Press.

Taking a break from the writing to work on an art project related to the story I have in this brand new anthology.
Expect pics once it's finished!😄
Pic 2 hints at the theme of my story, From Earthen Grave to Feathered Wing.
@brigidsgatepress.bsky.social

Sign up for this! It’ll include my bonkers haunted house tale, “Passing Glance,” inspired by an actual museum in DC.

Myths Reborn: Modern Tales of Cryptids & Dark Folklore Amazon.com: Myths Reborn: Modern Tales of Cryptids & Dark Folklore eBook : Hearty, Kelly: Kindle Store

I know a lot of you like my fanfic so maybe you'd enjoy my original stuff. I have a sapphic story coming out in this anthology, set in the Hocking Hills of Ohio and Ohio does love its cryptids www.amazon.com/Myths-Reborn...

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Specpoverse Join us in our mission to create a multicultural vision of speculative poetry.

I have two poems in the latest issue of SpecPoVerse! Check out "Bird Beak Warning," "There is No Safe Haven from Human Desire," and more amazing poetry from around the world!

specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...

she brings me waves, she brings me wind by Angel Leal, Haven Spec Magazine Fiction and Poetry for the 21st Century!

In @havenspec.bsky.social:

"she brings me waves, she brings me wind" by @angelvleal.bsky.social

"Cryptid Sister" by @hvpatterson.bsky.social
www.havenspec.com/cryptid-sister

In @radonjournal.bsky.social:

"GPS Girl" by @angelvleal.bsky.social
www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/gps...

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So glad you liked it! That's one of my favorite publications from 2025