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Katherine "Kat" Silva

@katsilvaauthor.bsky.social

Grief horror author. πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ The Wild Oblivion | The Deadlands 2024 | BOREAL Feb. 25th| VULPINE CURSE Apr. 30th | Where The Soul Goes - 9-9-25 w/ @nwreader.bsky.social. EIC @strangewildspress.bsky.social. she/her https://www.katherinesilvaauthor.com/links

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Did you ever wonder about the other animals Janet used to try and bring back Amos into before the fox? Here's a sneak peek at the first...

Order The Deadlands Omnibus. Only 50 printed. A great gift for you or a fellow lover of horror for the holidays.

www.katherinesilvaauthor.com/shop/the-dea...

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Reminder that books make awesome gifts for all holiday events, and they taste sweeter when they’re from indie bookstores. Don’t know what to get? Indie bookstores have gift cards!

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Happy Anniversary!

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NoSleep Podcast S23E20 - The NoSleep Podcast It's Episode 20 of Season 23. Tune in to WNSP for tales about trying tasks. "The Relic Eater" written by Daniel Ray (Story starts around 00:04:20) Produced by: Jeff Clement Cast: Dylan - Jeff Clement,...

I'm thrilled to make my NoSleep Podcast debut! "Tickborne" is currently available for paid subscribers on S23E20.

www.thenosleeppodcast.com/episodes/s23...

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Have you read The Off-Season yet? Krampus recommends this sinister seaside read so time to grab a copy 😈

www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/books/p/theo...

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New book is horror, dark fantasy, underwater, netherworld, theme park... And it's ace. Guillermo Del Toro's work is fueling my writing hard rn.

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Read our stories! Get haunted by the cold dark woods!

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For awards consideration, please request the anthology or individual stories via strangewildspress@gmail.com.

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There are all kinds of stories to be found inside of BOREAL: An Anthology of Taiga Horror. Browse the story types here and pick up a copy for yourself if you love being haunted by the dark, cold woods.

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Tenebrous Press - The Home of New Weird Horror Independent, award-winning publisher of Horror/Sci-Fi/speculative books, magazines and merchandise. Hail the Tenebrous Cult.

(but mostly usπŸ–€β˜ οΈ)

store.tenebrouspress.com

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@shortwavebooks.bsky.social for books across the speculative genres;
@chmmagazine.bsky.social for the best Weird Horror/Sword & Sorcery magazines;
@malarkeybooks.bsky.social who force us all to be smarter & more literary;
I'll never remember everyone.

THE FUCKING POINT IS, SUPPORT INDIE PUBLISHING.

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Releases SHAKY PICTURES OF VANISHED FACES Budget cuts drive a burned-out humanities professor to master the art of annihilation. A girl on the verge of a transformation seeks out a new member for her isolat…

I'm getting tired, and I'm sure I'm missing a fuck-ton of good folks.

@cursedmorsels.bsky.social is the place to go to get books that are made with care, curated spectacularly and fiercely anti-capitalist. I think they ship directly too, but I'm not sure?

cursedmorsels.com/releases/

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Books A Heavy Metal Acid Trip Via Literature

I can't NOT dig @apocalypseparty.bsky.social, I mean, they publish tons of our favorite people, they have great taste, and they singlehandedly invented using black metal iconography on things that aren't black metal albums:

www.apocalypse-party.com/books.html

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Fuck it how about Tenebrous Press! We're Weird! We rule! We're FIVE FUCKING YEARS DEEP and we're not stopping.

Our 2026 Book Club launches next week, we've got a killer back catalogue, and you should buy everything in our store:

store.tenebrouspress.com

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releases - filthy loot press Filthy Loot Press, Misfit Fictions press, independent horror press Ames IA, existential horror publisher, transgressive literary press, indie press zines, boutique literary press, small press horror p...

Ira at @filthyloot.bsky.social puts out some of the nicest looking books we've seen and follows no muse but his own Weird one:

filthyloot.com

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Uncivilized Books + ODOD Books Uncivilized Books publishes great comics and graphic novels. Odod Books is our imprint for young readers. Some of our artists are: Gabrielle Bell, Craig Thompson, and more.

Speaking of comics, I'm a big fan of what @unciv.bsky.social has put out this year; check them out:
uncivilizedbooks.com

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Little Ghosts

@littleghostsbooks.bsky.social is hands down one of our favorite bookstores, but they're also in the publishing game! Taking risks on unproven names, hell yeah:

www.littleghostsbooks.com/shop/our-pub...

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CLASH Books CLASH Books Storefront

Same goes with Christoph & Leza @clashbooks.bsky.social who have left a big mark but still are in the business of taking risks. Respect, & nice bootsπŸ–€β˜ οΈ

publisher.indiepubs.com/clash-books

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Shop | Dead Sky Publishing Shop with us here at Dead Sky Publishing…

The folk at @deadskypub.bsky.social cast a pretty wide net, but they're giving a lot of newbs a shot too, and they're taking a HELLUVA LOT OF SHOTS on indie comics people lately too, which gets my respect:

deadskypublishing.com/shop/

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PRINT BOOKS β€” Undertow Publications PLEASE NOTE - PRICES ARE IN U.S. FUNDS. SHIPPING AND TAXES INCLUDED.

Probably the modern era's high water mark for where Weird fiction and Literary meet; we love Michael & his crew at @undertow.bsky.social

undertowpublications.com/shop

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CASTAIGNE PUBLISHING Castaigne Publishing is a purveyor of graphic fantasy and nightmare. True independent publishing.

The VoidCon/Castaigne crew are unrepentant chaos gremlins but they sure don't give a fuck for chasing trends or appeasing the mainstream. Support em & their releases:

castaignepublishing.bigcartel.com

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books β€” neon hemlock

@neonhemlock.bsky.social has been blazing Queer speculative for awhile now, & remain top notch integrity in the scene:

www.neonhemlock.com/books

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Shop – GHOULISH

Max & Lori @ghoulish.bsky.social have been doing it a while & they remain a model for not giving a fuck who's toes they step on as long as they remain true to their skewed, goopy vision.
They also have a killer brick & mortar in San Antonio:

ghoulish.rip/shop/

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Home | Weirdpunk Books Weirdpunk Books are a publisher of weird and dark horror fiction and related subgenres.

Sam @weirdpunkbooks.bsky.social who sets the standard in keeping things Weird & Punk, Queer AF & highly anarchic:

weirdpunkbooks.square.site

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(obvs we favor the speculative, Weirder markets, but if you've got favorite indie pubs PLEASE SUPPORT THEM, THEY WON'T SAY NO!)

First up our bud Antonia at @ghostorchidpress.com for your needs that might skew a little more Gothic & dark fantasy/horror

ghostorchidpress.square.site

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2 ongoing convos are dovetailing rn:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.

Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTHπŸ˜€

IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧡 of em you can support directly:

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Out and about in Burlington last night. Had some delicious mango curry, enjoyed a sour, attended a little concert at a cool bar...

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NEXT WEEK:

Chris Panatier (@scribeofhades.bsky.social) joins the show to talk about his new @sobelobooks.bsky.social release SHITSHOW, and we ring in the holiday season with a double dose of GREMLINS movies!

Episode drops 11/26 at Noon Central!

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