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indie publisher of amazing horror

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Art card featuring a dancer wound around a stripper's pole holding a severed leg. Text reads "PINS by Jessica McHugh" with the I in PINS represented by a stylized bowling pin.

Art card featuring a dancer wound around a stripper's pole holding a severed leg. Text reads "PINS by Jessica McHugh" with the I in PINS represented by a stylized bowling pin.

Brand new: PINS by Jessica McHugh! With cash and weed dwindling Birdie does what any 21-year-old woman would: gets a job dancing at a strip club / bowling alley called PINS and, as murders occur, begins to question her sexuality. #Horror #WritingCommunity a.co/d/2b0zkgJ

08.03.2026 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Art card featuring a goblin looking worriedly at a smartphone while two other goblins wrestle a gigantic kitchen mixer in the background. Text reads "ODD GOBS"

Art card featuring a goblin looking worriedly at a smartphone while two other goblins wrestle a gigantic kitchen mixer in the background. Text reads "ODD GOBS"

Available now! ODD GOBS from @kaijupoet.bsky.social and @rollinkunz.itch.io is a standalone #TTRPG about anticapitalist goblins making ends meet in a #cyberpunk, dystopian metropolis! #TTRPGs #IndieGames #IndieGameDev #Geek tinyurl.com/MHGOddGobs

07.03.2026 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 1, Part 1 with Kat Hughes & Lindsay Drysdale Podcast Episode Β· Vampire Videos Β· 9 February · Bonus Β· 2h 42m

It's International Women's Day, so let's celebrate some feminine vampire TV and films:

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/v...

CARMILLA: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/v...

TWINS OF EVIL: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/v...

BLOOD RED SKY: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/v...

08.03.2026 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Art card in the style of a scuffed 1980s paperback: a priest wearing a cross and Roman collar extends hands filled with wriggling worms. Text reads "Squirming All The Way Up by Joey Powell"

Art card in the style of a scuffed 1980s paperback: a priest wearing a cross and Roman collar extends hands filled with wriggling worms. Text reads "Squirming All The Way Up by Joey Powell"

Brand new: Squirming All The Way Up by Joey Powell! Two brothers reunite in rural Virginia to reconcile after their split years ago. For one, it's a chance to indoctrinate his brother into the Fellowship of the First Divine. #Horror #Books madnessheart.press/product/squi...

07.03.2026 23:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We are busy behind the scenes prepping for our next Queer Your eReader event, but in the meantime we're open to Pride in Horror submissions! Why not check out what we're looking for and see if you have something that fits?

divinationhollow.com/pride-in-hor...

07.03.2026 11:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Re-opening: TWB Press TWB Press (Fiction; Fantasy, Horror, Romance, SF, Thriller; pays) opened to fiction submissions. https://duotrope.com/publisher/twb-press-5836 #amwriting

TWB Press (Fiction; Fantasy, Horror, Romance, SF, Thriller; pays) opened to fiction submissions. https://duotrope.com... #amwriting

07.03.2026 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Art card featuring a twilit scene in which children with dead, glowing eyes stare from the shadows. Text reads "Everyone Dies Famous In A Small Town by Wrath James White"

Art card featuring a twilit scene in which children with dead, glowing eyes stare from the shadows. Text reads "Everyone Dies Famous In A Small Town by Wrath James White"

Grab Everyone Dies Famous in a Small Town by #splatterpunk legend Wrath James White! Beset by hallucinations, reality and nightmares mix in Mika’s mind, intertwined with one another. Malign spirits can look like dead friends, and Mika has seen them. #Horror #Books tinyurl.com/WJWEveryone

06.03.2026 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Art card featuring a faceoff between two monstrous, fire-breathing kaiju, one winged and one more leech-like. A city crumbles into flames in the background. Text reads "Its Shadow Means Death: A BADASS roleplaying game of brutal kaiju battles and MASS DESTRUCTION"

Art card featuring a faceoff between two monstrous, fire-breathing kaiju, one winged and one more leech-like. A city crumbles into flames in the background. Text reads "Its Shadow Means Death: A BADASS roleplaying game of brutal kaiju battles and MASS DESTRUCTION"

The preview page for our next game, ITS SHADOW MEANS DEATH, is live on Kickstarter!

Become city-destroying #kaiju and duke it out! Level cities! Crush humans as they gaze up at you and realize: ITS SHADOW MEANS DEATH! #ttrpg #indiegames #Godzilla #Gamera www.kickstarter.com/projects/ran...

06.03.2026 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Art card featuring the silhouette of a human figure facing a gigantic, colorful rat. Text reads β€œCurse of the Ratman by Jay Wilburn”

Art card featuring the silhouette of a human figure facing a gigantic, colorful rat. Text reads β€œCurse of the Ratman by Jay Wilburn”

Available now! "Curse of the Ratman" is a tale of revenge, broken promises, and giant monsters by #horror master Jay Wilburn! Something terrible feeds in the Carolina woods. The Render family is going to pay for not keeping their promises to it. #Books getbook.at/ratman

05.03.2026 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Re-opening: Killer Shorts Horror Short Story Competition Killer Shorts Horror Short Story Competition @killershorts.bsky.social (Fiction; Horror; non-paying) opened to fee-based fiction submissions. https://duotrope.com/contest/killer-shorts-horror-story-competition-37845 #amwriting

Killer Shorts Horror Short Story Competition @killershorts.bsky.social (Fiction; Horror; non-paying) opened to fee-based fiction submissions. https://duotrope.com... #amwriting

04.03.2026 23:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“šπŸ’™ πŸ˜€ Hurray! Pre-order Strange Vibes Anthology Vol 1 today. Tales of the bizarre, macabre, absurd & darkly comedic πŸ‘€ TBR Mar 31. Amazon & Print coming soon πŸ’€πŸ©ΈπŸ“š

✨PRE-ORDER HERE
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#readingcommunity #readsky #weirdfiction #anthologies #horror #eldritch #darkhumor #strangefiction

05.03.2026 04:20 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Art card: a leash and chain lie atop an unmade, blood-dappled bed with white sheets. Text reads "KENNEL by Garrett Cook"

Art card: a leash and chain lie atop an unmade, blood-dappled bed with white sheets. Text reads "KENNEL by Garrett Cook"

WONDERLAND AWARD NOMINEE! Kennel by Garrett Cook: the kink world whispers of a man known as Daddy. Pup is a homeless femboy with only dreams to comfort them. When they meet, Pup is led into a strange world of drugs, eroticism, and degradation. #Books tinyurl.com/gckennel

04.03.2026 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Art card featuring an annoyed-looking TTRPG player watching as their mother breaks through the game table in the form of a horned, scaled serpent. Text reads "YOUR MOM by John Baltisberger and Garrett Cook"

Art card featuring an annoyed-looking TTRPG player watching as their mother breaks through the game table in the form of a horned, scaled serpent. Text reads "YOUR MOM by John Baltisberger and Garrett Cook"

Fantasy #TTRPGs allow us to embody mighty barbarians and wizards who get laid all the time - but with this supplement from Garrett Cook and John Baltisberger, fantasy TTRPGs can also be about making fun of your friend's (or enemy's!) mom! Have fun with it! madnessheart.press/product/your...

04.03.2026 19:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Art card featuring four armored figures traversing a strange, concave environment with reaching tendrils. Text reads "A Psalm Sung in Spores: Citadel by John Baltisberger"

Art card featuring four armored figures traversing a strange, concave environment with reaching tendrils. Text reads "A Psalm Sung in Spores: Citadel by John Baltisberger"

Available now! A new science fiction epic from John Baltisberger, A Psalm Sung in Spores: Citadel "combines thrilling action with profound intellectual musings" (Daniel Fox) A galaxy-spanning crusade against the gods begins. #Books tinyurl.com/MHPSSIS

03.03.2026 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Event graphic with white and lavender text on starry purple background with author photos. Text reads: Strong Women Strange Worlds presents First Friday QuickReads of Sci Fi, Fantasy, and Horror by Rachel Rodman, Kristina Ten, Mina Ikemoto Ghosh, Jane Mondrup, Mercedes M. Yardley. March 6, 12 noon EST. Free on Zoom. Preregister now at StrongWomenStrangeWorlds.Weebly.Com.

Event graphic with white and lavender text on starry purple background with author photos. Text reads: Strong Women Strange Worlds presents First Friday QuickReads of Sci Fi, Fantasy, and Horror by Rachel Rodman, Kristina Ten, Mina Ikemoto Ghosh, Jane Mondrup, Mercedes M. Yardley. March 6, 12 noon EST. Free on Zoom. Preregister now at StrongWomenStrangeWorlds.Weebly.Com.

Updated lineup for the Strong Women, Strange Worlds event March 6! Readings, giveaways & good times on a Friday. Wherever you are in the world, you can swing through πŸ–€

W/ @missmurdermercedes.bsky.social, @janemondrup.bsky.social, Rachel Rodman, Mina Ikemoto Ghosh, me! #swswqr @swsworlds.bsky.social

26.02.2026 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
Art card featuring a black-eyed, green-skinned pregnant humanoid caressed by shadowy tentacles. Text reads "The Wet Dreams of Old Gods by Edward Lee: Dunwish Romance * Innswich Horror * Trolley 1852"

Art card featuring a black-eyed, green-skinned pregnant humanoid caressed by shadowy tentacles. Text reads "The Wet Dreams of Old Gods by Edward Lee: Dunwish Romance * Innswich Horror * Trolley 1852"

Available now! THE WET DREAMS OF DEAD GODS is the quintessential collection of #splatterpunk legend Edward Lee’s erotic and disturbing Lovecraftian #horror novels! #Books #WritingCommunity #Erotica madnessheart.press/product/the-...

02.03.2026 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Art card featuring a faceoff between two monstrous, fire-breathing kaiju, one winged and one more leech-like. A city crumbles into flames in the background. Text reads "Its Shadow Means Death: A BADASS roleplaying game of brutal kaiju battles and MASS DESTRUCTION"

Art card featuring a faceoff between two monstrous, fire-breathing kaiju, one winged and one more leech-like. A city crumbles into flames in the background. Text reads "Its Shadow Means Death: A BADASS roleplaying game of brutal kaiju battles and MASS DESTRUCTION"

The preview page for our next game, ITS SHADOW MEANS DEATH, is live on Kickstarter!

Become city-destroying #kaiju and duke it out! Level cities! Crush humans as they gaze up at you and realize: ITS SHADOW MEANS DEATH! #ttrpg #indiegames #Godzilla #Gamera www.kickstarter.com/projects/ran...

02.03.2026 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Art card featuring a bearded king staring at the stars. Text reads "The Book of Brilliance: Selections from the Sefr ha-Bahir translated, annotated, & interpreted by Rabbi Geoffrey W. Dennis"

Art card featuring a bearded king staring at the stars. Text reads "The Book of Brilliance: Selections from the Sefr ha-Bahir translated, annotated, & interpreted by Rabbi Geoffrey W. Dennis"

PREORDER NOW! Aggadah Try It, our Jewish fiction, religion, and mysticism imprint, presents THE BOOK OF BRILLIANCE: Selections from the Sefer ha-Bahir, one of the earliest texts of #Jewish #mysticism interpreted by renowned scholar Rabbi Geoffrey Dennis. madnessheart.press/product/the-...

28.02.2026 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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3 years of Dark Holme. πŸ–€

A proper home for indie horror. We’ve got magazines, writing comps, workshops, and our own social hub, Shadowsphere (join or start your own groups!). 🏚️

Whether you're a reader or a writer, you’ve finally found your people.

πŸ–€ Join the community: Link in bio πŸ”—
#horror

28.02.2026 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Art card showing a television-headed person in a tuxedo holding a microphone. The television displays another television-headed person, this one holding a gun to its television head.

Art card showing a television-headed person in a tuxedo holding a microphone. The television displays another television-headed person, this one holding a gun to its television head.

Available now: Inappropriate Toasts for All Occasions! Become the perfect orator with a little help from Wonderland Award-winning author and Showdown-winning performer Michael Allen Rose! Hearse to all of you, friends! #Books madnessheart.press/product/inap...

27.02.2026 18:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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27.02.2026 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Art card: A network of branches and lightning intertwine over a Solomonic seal. Text reads "Thrust Into Battle" with the logo for Maddeningly Erotic Books (bound wrists holding a heart) in one corner.

Art card: A network of branches and lightning intertwine over a Solomonic seal. Text reads "Thrust Into Battle" with the logo for Maddeningly Erotic Books (bound wrists holding a heart) in one corner.

PREORDER NOW: our debut title from Maddeningly Erotic Books, Thrust Into Battle by Dez Zuri! In the midst of a war against a horrifying cult Dhalius must learn to navigate the relationships, desires, and passions of his new mercenary company. madnessheart.press/product/thru...

26.02.2026 23:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Art card: a face with dead, staring white eyes and long black hair framing it peers out from darkness and shadow. Text reads "Unsettling Horror in Anti-Bigotry Splatterpunk Environments by John Baltisberger"

Art card: a face with dead, staring white eyes and long black hair framing it peers out from darkness and shadow. Text reads "Unsettling Horror in Anti-Bigotry Splatterpunk Environments by John Baltisberger"

Unsettling Horror in Anti-Bigotry Splatterpunk Environments is an essay and Big Bad generator resource for GMs by John Baltisberger. How do we use villains drawn from real-life horrors in a way that engages and unsettles players? Rage. #TTRPGs #IndieGames madnessheart.press/product/unse...

26.02.2026 23:19 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 6
Art card featuring title character Zeev wearing a suit coat and yarmulke as a demonic entity materializes behind him. Text reads "Book of Ze'ev: Sheyd of Gray by John Baltisberger"

Art card featuring title character Zeev wearing a suit coat and yarmulke as a demonic entity materializes behind him. Text reads "Book of Ze'ev: Sheyd of Gray by John Baltisberger"

Grab "Sheyd of Grey!" Hunted by vampires, demons, ghouls, and cultists, Ze’ev - monster hunter for the Texas #Jewish community - finds himself in debt to one of the deadly Sheydim, who holds Ze’ev responsible for his brother’s disappearance. #Horror #Books tinyurl.com/BoZeev3

25.02.2026 17:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🌹 Taking Submissions 🌹

Tales of Blood and Roses
Theme: Dangerous Games

Seeking short horror fiction, poetry, art, and cartoons

πŸ’€ Payment: 2 contributor copies

Deadline: June 30, 2026

Details:
horrortree.com/taking-submi...

#TakingSubmissions #IndieHorror #HorrorWriters

25.02.2026 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Art card featuring a city street overrun by gigantic mushrooms. Text reads "City of Spores by Austin Shirey"

Art card featuring a city street overrun by gigantic mushrooms. Text reads "City of Spores by Austin Shirey"

Available now: CITY OF SPORES, a bizarro novel from Austin Shirey! Welcome to Madripol, city of artists and madmen; Madripol, city of mushrooms. #Books #WritingCommunity madnessheart.press/product/city...

24.02.2026 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Image: a woman with long hair and vampiric fangs stands before a shadowy backdrop of black and gray. Text reads "Magen Chain, Designed For Use With Old School Essentials"

Image: a woman with long hair and vampiric fangs stands before a shadowy backdrop of black and gray. Text reads "Magen Chain, Designed For Use With Old School Essentials"

Magen Chain by John Batlisberger & Jack Zaientz is an Old School Essentials supplement! This #TTRPG zine includes:
*How to create your own Jewish monster hunting kit!
*Monsters and inhuman creatures of Jewish Myth
*3 Jewish Class Variants for OSE #TTRPGs madnessheart.press/product/mage...

24.02.2026 17:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Art card featuring a trio of nude women atop a gigantic shark surfing atop a sea of blood. Text reads "Nympho Shark Fuck Frenzy by Christine Morgan & Susan Snyder"

Art card featuring a trio of nude women atop a gigantic shark surfing atop a sea of blood. Text reads "Nympho Shark Fuck Frenzy by Christine Morgan & Susan Snyder"

WONDERLAND AWARD WINNER FOR BEST NOVEL! Nympho Shark Fuck Frenzy by Susan Snyder and Christine Morgan! All the guts you can handle, all the glory the Wonderlands bestow, and a plot packed to the gills with unusual sex acts! GET IT NOW! madnessheart.press/product/nymp...

23.02.2026 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Art card featuring a goblin looking worriedly at a smartphone while two other goblins wrestle a gigantic kitchen mixer in the background. Text reads "ODD GOBS"

Art card featuring a goblin looking worriedly at a smartphone while two other goblins wrestle a gigantic kitchen mixer in the background. Text reads "ODD GOBS"

Available now! ODD GOBS from @kaijupoet.bsky.social and @rollinkunz.itch.io is a standalone #TTRPG about anticapitalist goblins making ends meet in a #cyberpunk, dystopian metropolis! #TTRPGs #IndieGames #IndieGameDev #Geek tinyurl.com/MHGOddGobs

23.02.2026 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Art card featuring five armored figures exploring a pink-purple, cave-like environment with reaching tendrils extending from the walls

Art card featuring five armored figures exploring a pink-purple, cave-like environment with reaching tendrils extending from the walls

Now on Audible, a new science fiction epic from John Baltisberger! A Psalm Sung in Spores: Citadel "combines thrilling action with profound intellectual musings" (Daniel Fox)! A galaxy-spanning crusade against the gods begins. #Books #Audiobooks tinyurl.com/mr393494

22.02.2026 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0