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On a different note we figured out the whole ID thing, so the UK ain't keeping us from talking about our books on here for now!

Thanks for all your kind words everyone, and your understanding. This will mean I can't run the yearly LGBT+ writers grant either unless things turn around, but watch this space, I hope to not let all *waves hand* this keep me down for too long.

- Ben

Due to an unforeseen change in my personal circumstances I'm not going to be able to publish SATURDAY MOURNING TV this year.

Once things are back to normal I'll make a further announcement.

The affected authors have been emailed and I'm really, really sorry to have let anyone down.

- Ben

a man with a beard is wearing headphones while reading a book . Alt: a guy clumsily (?) shuffling an oversized deck of cards

Moving submissions back and forth between the MAYBE and ACCEPTED piles for Saturday Mourning Television like

Just over 70 more submissions to go through for SATURDAY MOURNING TV, this is a very long shortlist! Thanks everyone for your patience so far, we will get back to you by the end of the month. 💀📺

Please keep your eyes on our website for updates, as on 25th July the UK is mandating that users of social media provide a face scan, ID verification or a payment card and we might not be able to do that.

People are free to publish on the 'zon if they want, just as we are free not to publish on there any more.

If you ever need help or advice on publishing through other vendors, please reach out.

Many people have said this far more eloquently than me today but fuck the 'zon, if you need to shop online, do it elsewhere on "prime day" and ANY day.

a close up of a lion 's face with its mouth open . Alt: an otter rubbing its eyes, shaking its head as it wiggles its paws against its eyeballs with increasing effort before its paws slide down its face like "uggggghhhh that's enough for one day"

I have read and re-read 46 short stories and 4 poems today - this is me now:

A reminder that Pa(i)ncakes from SLAY AND SLAY AGAIN! is in here alongside tons more brilliant poetry!

@lanna.bsky.social‬ you're the winner of our Pride month giveaway! Please DM us your postal address so we can send you your goodies! 🏳️‍🌈

OK! Subs are now CLOSED for SATURDAY MOURNING TELEVISION.

Anything received up to now will be considered, but anything else... *wags finger* you'll have to wait for the next sub call!

Acknowledgments/rejections this weekend, then we'll get into the meat of the shortlist over the next few weeks. 💀📺

These last minute subs for Saturday Mourning TV are killing me in the best possible way.

I know I always say "we're going to have to make some tough decisions" but - well - we're going to have to make some tough decisions! 💀📺

All I'll say for now is that it's cross-genre - a bit of horror and a bit of something else.

And it won't be happening until next year at the earliest. 👀

*blushes*

Patience is not one of my strong suits however!

i am once again stricken with the stupid urge to start a new anthology project before this one is even wrapped up, someone slap my hands with a ruler please

Submissions SATURDAY MOURNING TELEVISION – SUBS NOW OPEN! cover art TBC Send us your best short horror fiction inspired by early morning kids TV for our next anthology, Saturday Mourning Television. Tune…

Subs for SATURDAY MOURNING TELEVISION close on Monday! This weekend is your last chance to send us your weirdest and best kids-TV based horror story/poetry!

Go go go! 💀📺

sliceduppress.com/submissions

Submissions SATURDAY MOURNING TELEVISION – SUBS NOW OPEN! cover art TBC Send us your best short horror fiction inspired by early morning kids TV for our next anthology, Saturday Mourning Television. Tune…

- many entries that don't involve a cartoon (nobody's used kid-targeted drama shows or comedies etc)

More details here:

sliceduppress.com/submissions

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Subs close for SATURDAY MOURNING TV in just over a week! Things we haven't seen yet:

- entries inspired by those traumatising kids safety adverts from the UK
- much about adverts at all
- much about current kids TV/online shows

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Let's do that Pride giveaway we mentioned before!

Just comment Happy Pride 2025 on this post, and we'll choose one lucky winner who will get a paperback of SLAY AND SLAY AGAIN! plus whatever random queer goodies we decide to throw in as well.

Open worldwide, entries close 30th June 2025!

💀🌈🏳️‍🌈😘

Submissions SATURDAY MOURNING TELEVISION – SUBS NOW OPEN! cover art TBC Send us your best short horror fiction inspired by early morning kids TV for our next anthology, Saturday Mourning Television. Tune…

2 more weeks to send us your kids TV-inspired horror for SATURDAY MOURNING TELEVISION! 💀📺

Details here:

sliceduppress.com/submissions

Submissions SATURDAY MOURNING TELEVISION – SUBS NOW OPEN! cover art TBC Send us your best short horror fiction inspired by early morning kids TV for our next anthology, Saturday Mourning Television. Tune…

By the power of caffeine & sugar, we've just got through the latest batch of subs to SATURDAY MOURNING TV.

You still have until the end of the month to send us your kids TV-inspired horror fiction/poetry.

More details you say? Click on through! 💀📺

sliceduppress.com/submissions

We'll also be doing a paperback giveaway later in the month. 👀

To celebrate Pride month we're giving away the ebook of SLAY AND SLAY AGAIN! for free. 🏳️‍🌈💀

Check the links here to grab yours (some prices may not be updated yet):

books2read.com/u/3yMeyV

Appreciate the mention of SATURDAY MOURNING TV in here! 💀📺

If you were wondering whether we're doing our LGBTQIA+ writers grant this year, the answer is yes! It will just be later than usual, probably last quarter of the year. Earlier if we can!

Submissions SATURDAY MOURNING TELEVISION – SUBS NOW OPEN! cover art TBC Send us your best short horror fiction inspired by early morning kids TV for our next anthology, Saturday Mourning Television. Tune…

You've got just over a month to send us your kids TV-inspired horror for SATURDAY MOURNING TELEVISION!

We've had a lot of "kids are spoken to by an evil entity inside the TV" entries, try going waaaaay outside the box on this one and don't be afraid to make it WEIRD.

sliceduppress.com/submissons

RNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution - Saving Lives at Sea The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. We do this through lifeboat search and rescue, lifeguards, water safety education and flood rescue.

There are a lot of worthy charities out there in need right now, amongst which are the RNLI - we get regular updates from them after putting out Sand, Salt, Blood with Elle Turpitt and May is their main fundraising month.

Please consider donating or sharing their fundraising links - rnli.org

Adding a clause to our contracts stating that we don't condone the use of accepted submissions for training AI/LLM software, because fuck genAI forever.

The same goes for anything you submit to us. We only ever put human eyes on your work, and will never feed it to the slop machine.