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deepcuts.blog Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein @deepcuts.blog · Dec 31
Meditation of the day: H. P. Lovecraft and Monsterfucking
Comic with a crying Lovecraft and a dude making out with a gillman.
December 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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#ReadWeird
tenebrouspress.bsky.social Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · Jun 30
Volume Four of BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror (+ More) is out July 14th, 2 weeks from today!
Preorders begin shipping out this week🖤☠️

store.tenebrouspress.com
Red and black graphic box featuring cover art by Matt Blairstone; a human form seated, one hand on a book emblazoned with the Tenebrous skull & laurel. Where the screen cuts from red to black, the flesh is stripped from the human, exposing its skeleton. It thrusts its harm into the air, transforming into a death's head moth. It looks pretty cool.
June 30, 2026 at 4:27 PM
marywyrd.bsky.social
WOMEN EDITORS OF HORROR 📚

Read about the women behind some amazing horror & Weird fiction collections in @deepcuts.bsky.social thread

Featuring
@datlow.bsky.social
@silviamg.bsky.social
@carriecuinn.bsky.social
@lisamorton.bsky.social
@wnwagner.bsky.social
& more

#WiHM #HorrorSky #ReadWeird
deepcuts.blog Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein @deepcuts.blog · Mar 13
It is Women in Horror Month. Let's take a minute to talk about the women editors of horror fiction.
March 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
marywyrd.bsky.social
Weird fiction writers.

Do you have any short stories published online?

I’m looking for new free stories to share in my weekly #ReadWeird series and I’d love to get more eyeballs on the delights you write.

Interested? Get in touch! 🖤

#amwriting #WeirdFiction #HorrorWriters
January 31, 2025 at 1:19 AM
marywyrd.bsky.social
"It was not till after the adventurer had been interred that we learned that the man had been married."

THE ADVENTURER'S WIFE
by @premeemohamed.com

Welcome to #ReadWeird
Read it: www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/the-...

Pub'd by @nightmare-magazine.com
Art by @marywyrd.bsky.social
Photographic illustration by Mary Wyrd. In a room full of strange shadows, a young Black woman stands in the center. She is wearing a white top and has her back turned to the camera, her curly hair is free and blocks her profile. Her arms are reaching up to the right, palms open, as if to protect herself from bright lights or the tentacles that reach out toward her. -
January 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
marywyrd.bsky.social
Wednesday was made for horror. Weird horror 🖤

#HorrorWritersChat if you love Weird Fiction, please check out my hashtag #ReadWeird for free Weird short stories by a variety of authors.

Many are horror, all are Weird.

And if you need an Assistant to take on your to-do list, you know where I am.
May 14, 2025 at 8:04 PM
marywyrd.bsky.social
A haunted, gifted violinist plays for an unseen benefactor

WHILE THE BLACK STARS BURN
by @lucyasnyder.bsky.social

Welcome to #ReadWeird

Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...

Story pub'd @apexmag.bsky.social
Cover art @danieleserra.bsky.social
Book pub'd @rdspress.bsky.social
Book cover. While the Black Stars Burn. collected fiction. Lucy A. Snyder. Illustration by Daniele Serra of a pale figure in blue, holding a violin to their chin. They are ready to play but are prevented from doing so by the many orange tentacles wrapping around them. Behind them, an orange landscape stands out against a white sky. Faded buildings are dotted around but nature is reclaiming the foreground..
May 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
marywyrd.bsky.social
A British expat moves to a remote castle-like structure in Germany to care for a young orphan in

A HUMAN STAIN
by @kellyrobson.com

Welcome to #ReadWeird
Read it: reactormag.com/a-human-stain/

Editor @datlow.bsky.social
Art @deadthicket.bsky.social
Pub'd @reactorsff.bsky.social

#HorrorSky
A Human Stain - Reactor
"A Human Stain" by Kelly Robson is a disturbing horror novelette about a British expatriate at loose ends who is hired by her friend to temporarily care for his young, orphaned nephew in a remote cast...
reactormag.com
March 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
marywyrd.bsky.social
"There’s big magic at the mountain's top, she hears. Big enough to coax the ferns from Papa's skin before they grow through his tongue, their wet leaves a dark clog in his throat."

THE FERNS AND THE FIDDLEHEADS
by @leahning.bsky.social

#ReadWeird @apexmag.bsky.social

#ReaderSky
The Ferns and the Fiddleheads
She is at the bottom of the trail, and she is going to save her father. The dirt beneath her soft summer shoes is more like dust...
www.apexbookcompany.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:07 PM
marywyrd.bsky.social
In an apocalyptic, depopulated city, how far is Bhu willing to go to save his dog, Lucy?

COSMIC CRUST
by Alex Sherman

Welcome to #ReadWeird

Read it here: reactormag.com/cosmic-crust...

Pub'd by @reactorsff.bsky.social
Edited by @annvandermeer.bsky.social
Art by @arayaart.bsky.social

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Illustration by Samuel Araya of a smiling, black dog-like figure with red eyes and a red halo standing against a gray background. A plate of what looks like red broccoli floats before them. She is a good girl, just hungry.
July 30, 2025 at 10:58 AM
marywyrd.bsky.social
Promoting your work online can be difficult without a visual that captures the attention of your ideal reader.

If you need eye-grabbing graphics for your
> author events
> books
> short stories
that have no gen-AI involvement, get in touch!

Here's some I made earlier...

#AuthorSky #IndieAuthor
Short Story Illustrations — Mary Wyrd
Promoting short stories online can be tricky without a visual. These illustrations by Mary Wyrd are designed to stop the ideal audience from scrolling and get them to #ReadWeird
www.marywyrd.com
September 21, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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As the black cloud approaches Mari's apartment block, she hopes it won't reveal

THE GLITTER OF BILE
by @amandamblake.bsky.social

Welcome to #ReadWeird

Read it here: cosmichorrormonthly.com/fiction/the-...

Pub'd by @chmmagazine.bsky.social
Art by @marywyrd.bsky.social

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Digital illustration by Mary Wyrd. Looking up at the corner of a neon pink apartment building with ice blue balconies. The sky is orange and reflects off the door and window of one apartment. The whole image is being slowly pixilated in black from the right side, as if an endless, devouring storm approaches.
August 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
marywyrd.bsky.social
A contemporary tale of artistic obsession, creativity, Elder gods, and

CRISPIN’S MODEL
by @maxgladstone.bsky.social

Welcome to #ReadWeird
Read it now: reactormag.com/crispins-mod...
Edited by @mxpalmieri.bsky.social
Published by @reactorsff.bsky.social
Art by Samuel Araya

#HorrorSky
Art by Samuel Araya. Against a yellow background stands a figure in black holding an artist's palette dripping with color. Their other hand is pointing to the palette with a red finger. In the background, a feminine silhouette with tentacle hair surrounds a pale moon.
December 5, 2024 at 2:10 AM
marywyrd.bsky.social
Forbidden work of any kind by her physician husband, a woman finds her wandering mind increasingly obsessed with

THE YELLOW WALLPAPER
by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Welcome to #ReadWeird

Repub'd by @chmmagazine.bsky.social
Art by Luke Spooner/Carrion House

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The Yellow Wallpaper (1892) - Cosmic Horror Monthly
By Charlotte Perkins Gilman It is very seldom that mere ordinary people like John and myself secure ancestral halls for […]
cosmichorrormonthly.com
June 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
marywyrd.bsky.social
The Government took everything from Aphra. Now, the Government has an offer Aphra can't refuse

THE LITANY OF EARTH
by @r-emrys.bsky.social

Welcome to #ReadWeird
Read it: reactormag.com/the-litany-o...
Edited by: @englelaird.bsky.social
Illustration by: Allen Williams @ijustdraw.bsky.social
Illustration. Aphra stands in profile. She is wearing a long, sleeveless dress. In her hands she holds a book open, its pages glow, illuminating her face and the gills of her neck. A fish-like face with a black eye looks down at her as another fish-like head glides by beneath.
January 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
marywyrd.bsky.social
Top Tip: If you’ve created your own hashtag, add it to your profile so folks can check it out.

Mine are

#ReadWeird a free Weird fiction story on Wednesdays

#325ReadingChallenge the 2025 reading challenge I host

#HauteCover my haute couture fashion and book cover threads

What are yours?
December 29, 2024 at 7:03 PM
marywyrd.bsky.social
Armageddon is looking for a wife.
It’s a nice day for a Weird Wedding with

ARMAGEDDON BRIDE
by @lindzmcleod.bsky.social

Welcome to #ReadWeird

Read it now: kaleidotrope.net/archives/sum...

Published by @kaleidotrope.bsky.social
Art by Marcela Bolívar @tropicalgloom.bsky.social

#ShortStory
Art by Marcela Bolívar. Two figures stand face to face in an embrace against a dark, desolate and eerie scene. The figure in a green suit is facing the audience. Their head is a bleached skull in a glass bubble sitting within a large lily. Their arms and their lily stems wrap around their partner who wears a backless white dress which, along with their long dark hair, writhes in the wind.
December 11, 2024 at 12:00 PM
marywyrd.bsky.social
When you fall in love with a man made of glass, things will eventually

FRACTURE
by Mercedes M. Yardley
@missmurdermercedes.bsky.social

Welcome to #ReadWeird

Read it: weirdlittleworlds.com/fracture-by-...
Published by Weird Little Words Press

#ReadingRecommendation #shortstory
Fracture, by Mercedes M. Yardley – Full Text - Weird Little Worlds Press
This story is featured on the preliminary ballot for the Bram Stoker Awards® for 2022 in the category of Best Short Fiction. If you are a voting HWA member, please consider and vote for it! Layla fell...
weirdlittleworlds.com
March 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
marywyrd.bsky.social
"The Want has me wrapped tightly in its ardor, burning away all my human qualms."

MAGDALA AMYGDALA
by @lucyasnyder.bsky.social

Welcome to #ReadWeird
Read it: www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/magd...

Pub'd by @nightmare-magazine.com
Art by Marco Mazzoni
Illustration by Marco Mazzoni. A pale human face tilts to the side, eyes closed. Out of their left eye, a wave of pinkish gray petals or stretched muscles fall. These strange tears join the bouquet of similar shapes that cover their entire front.
February 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
marywyrd.bsky.social
Time is running out for a team of sapiologists seeking the secrets of giant mantas in

THE DEEPEST RIFT
by @r-emrys.bsky.social

Welcome to #ReadWeird

Read it here: reactormag.com/the-deepest-...

Pub'd by @reactorsff.bsky.social
Edited by @englelaird.bsky.social
Art by Victor Mosquera

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The Deepest Rift - Reactor
In the deepest canyon in the inhabited worlds, giant mantas soar through the air and leave patterned structures behind. A team of sapiologists seek to prove that these delicate filaments are true lang...
reactormag.com
August 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
marywyrd.bsky.social
A young woman decides to embrace her

BEAUTIFUL CURSE
by Kristine Ong Muslim

Welcome to #ReadWeird

Read it: weirdfictionreview.com/2016/09/beau...
Published by Weird Fiction Review
Art by @marywyrd.bsky.social

#HorrorSky #WeirdFiction #shortstory
Illustration by Mary Wyrd. A blurred photograph captures the motion of a ghostly figure in a dress, spinning their arms wide. They look to have more than two upper appendages.
March 26, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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There is a woman, and she is a man’s wife...

AND SHE HAD BEEN SO REASONABLE
by @raebolt.bsky.social

Welcome to #ReadWeird

Pub'd by @apexmag.bsky.social

Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...

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And She Had Been So Reasonable
Pay attention. I’m going to share a story. I heard it first, and you will hear it second. Here in this telling, you get to make...
www.apexbookcompany.com
June 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
marywyrd.bsky.social
If your looking to #ReadWeird but specifically #WeirdWest check out the work of @kcgrifant.bsky.social and her recommendations ⬇️

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kcgrifant.bsky.social KC Grifant, Author @kcgrifant.bsky.social · Sep 5
There are so many!

If you are looking for more graphic horror westerns, @cmmorgan.bsky.social's western stories & splatter westerns from Death's Head Press publishing are worth checking out.

Here are a few other recent authors/weird west books I enjoyed... 👇

#SciFiChat #weirdwest
davidrozansky.bsky.social David A. Rozansky @davidrozansky.bsky.social · Sep 5
@kcgrifant.bsky.social Who are thew new big names to watch out for in #WeirdWest?

#SciFiChat #Books
September 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
marywyrd.bsky.social
Some of us who #ReadWeird also write Weird fiction.

Some of us who write Weird fiction enjoy thinking "what if...?"

e.g. "what if pop rock but Weirder..."

Find out:

ETERNAL FLAME (Wyrd Parody Version)
by @marywyrd.bsky.social

Sing along if you know the tune 🎵
Eternal Flame (parody) - The Bangles / Mary Wyrd Version — Mary Wyrd
What do you get when you mix American Pop Rock with Weird fiction? The Bangles ‘Eternal Flame’ gets a Wyrd makeover.
www.marywyrd.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
marywyrd.bsky.social
A small enclave of people living on the shrunken east coast of the US survive - and evolve - as Earth’s seas rise.

SWEETLINGS
by Lucy Taylor

Welcome to #ReadWeird

Read it here: reactormag.com/sweetlings/
Edited by @datlow.bsky.social
Art by Miranda Meeks

#HorrorSky #ShortStory
Illustration by Miranda Meeks. Close-up of a pale young woman lying on the edge of the shore in jeans and a long vest top. Her eyes are hidden but she could be asleep. Her long hair is mixed up in seaweed. Her legs are fully in the rising wave. Small trilobites crawl on and around her. There is one on her neck.
January 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM