Dim Shores
@dimshores.bsky.social
Micropress publisher of weird horror, strange science fiction, and dark fantasy. Cat enthusiast. Abyss gazer, void screamer. No ICE, no KKK, no fascist USA. Also no AI. He/him. dimshores.com
Here is the beautiful front cover for SUFFERING THE OTHER, art and design by RewX. See the loaded TOC here: bit.ly/4i03e3h (TOC is also in the alt-text here). Coming February 2026, pre-order open in December. Reminder, this is a benefit for @raicestexas.bsky.social and Transgender Law Center!
November 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Here is the beautiful front cover for SUFFERING THE OTHER, art and design by RewX. See the loaded TOC here: bit.ly/4i03e3h (TOC is also in the alt-text here). Coming February 2026, pre-order open in December. Reminder, this is a benefit for @raicestexas.bsky.social and Transgender Law Center!
November 4, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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"My Grandma would want me to fight them." I have loved Lynda Barry cartoons for 40 years. Gift link:
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November 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
"My Grandma would want me to fight them." I have loved Lynda Barry cartoons for 40 years. Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...
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🎸Open Call
Cursed Morsels wants your weirdest work for its Dec 1–7 window
💋 Cunty Horrors
🎤 Cursed Concerts
💘 Monstrous Dating Profiles
💼 Batshit LinkedIn Posts
💰 Nightmare Grifters
10¢/word+5 copies
@cursedmorsels.bsky.social
🔗 horrortree.com/taking-submissions-cursed-morsels-december-2025-window/
Cursed Morsels wants your weirdest work for its Dec 1–7 window
💋 Cunty Horrors
🎤 Cursed Concerts
💘 Monstrous Dating Profiles
💼 Batshit LinkedIn Posts
💰 Nightmare Grifters
10¢/word+5 copies
@cursedmorsels.bsky.social
🔗 horrortree.com/taking-submissions-cursed-morsels-december-2025-window/
October 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
🎸Open Call
Cursed Morsels wants your weirdest work for its Dec 1–7 window
💋 Cunty Horrors
🎤 Cursed Concerts
💘 Monstrous Dating Profiles
💼 Batshit LinkedIn Posts
💰 Nightmare Grifters
10¢/word+5 copies
@cursedmorsels.bsky.social
🔗 horrortree.com/taking-submissions-cursed-morsels-december-2025-window/
Cursed Morsels wants your weirdest work for its Dec 1–7 window
💋 Cunty Horrors
🎤 Cursed Concerts
💘 Monstrous Dating Profiles
💼 Batshit LinkedIn Posts
💰 Nightmare Grifters
10¢/word+5 copies
@cursedmorsels.bsky.social
🔗 horrortree.com/taking-submissions-cursed-morsels-december-2025-window/
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Do i even have any Portland readers? I need a few hours of help each day of Oddities this weekend providing you can handle being around taxidermy. Compensation for both or either days will be a badge, souvenir lanyard, fare if you need it; much more if you can actually help sell
October 25, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Do i even have any Portland readers? I need a few hours of help each day of Oddities this weekend providing you can handle being around taxidermy. Compensation for both or either days will be a badge, souvenir lanyard, fare if you need it; much more if you can actually help sell
Perhaps surprisingly, I don’t watch a lot of horror movies. Lately, though, I have been enjoying some indie/offbeat films including: Weapons and Barbarian from Zach Cregger; We’re All Going to the World’s Fair and I Saw the TV Glow from Jane Schoenbrun; and Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made.
October 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Perhaps surprisingly, I don’t watch a lot of horror movies. Lately, though, I have been enjoying some indie/offbeat films including: Weapons and Barbarian from Zach Cregger; We’re All Going to the World’s Fair and I Saw the TV Glow from Jane Schoenbrun; and Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made.
h/t to @paultremblay.bsky.social for posting something from Neighborhood Brats years ago on another site and turning me on to the excellent punkrock. This song popped into my head today - released in 2018 and more relevant than ever.
Late Stage Capitalism, by Neighborhood Brats
from the album Claw Marks
neighborhoodbrats.bandcamp.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
h/t to @paultremblay.bsky.social for posting something from Neighborhood Brats years ago on another site and turning me on to the excellent punkrock. This song popped into my head today - released in 2018 and more relevant than ever.
Another large, incredibly detailed, and incredibly powerful piece from @laurielipton.bsky.social. Follow her, you won't be disappointed.
#NoKingsDay One thing we should never do is bow down to an administration fueled by hate, racism & fascism. I would rather stand alone with integrity than join a crowd built on ignorance & cruelty‼️ ("LAND OF THE FREE 2025", 26.25"x46.25", charcoal & graphite on paper, ©LaurieLipton) 🇺🇸
October 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Another large, incredibly detailed, and incredibly powerful piece from @laurielipton.bsky.social. Follow her, you won't be disappointed.
Limited to 200 copies, ONE COPY LEFT. Gaspar by Matthew M. Bartlett, featuring cover and interior art by Aeron Alfrey and cover design by @dansauer.bsky.social. An excellent Halloween-season horror, includes cover art print and a sticker. Once this one is gone, that's it.
October 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Limited to 200 copies, ONE COPY LEFT. Gaspar by Matthew M. Bartlett, featuring cover and interior art by Aeron Alfrey and cover design by @dansauer.bsky.social. An excellent Halloween-season horror, includes cover art print and a sticker. Once this one is gone, that's it.
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Just got an email telling me it's the last day for 'prime deals.' Fug that crap. Want a real deal? Check out our selection of $2 eBooks for October. Any sale helps keep our indie spirit going. Thank you!
undertowpublications.com/ebooks
undertowpublications.com/ebooks
October 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Just got an email telling me it's the last day for 'prime deals.' Fug that crap. Want a real deal? Check out our selection of $2 eBooks for October. Any sale helps keep our indie spirit going. Thank you!
undertowpublications.com/ebooks
undertowpublications.com/ebooks
Attention horror authors - only a couple of days left to submit yer work to FLESH zine. Pro rates and a great venue. @cursedmorsels.bsky.social is good folks in general. Looking forward to reading FLESH.
Looking to submit to a zine that welcomes horror for all its nastiness and also pays 10 cents per word? Look no further.
Open for subs through October 7th: cursedmorsels.com/submission-c...
Open for subs through October 7th: cursedmorsels.com/submission-c...
October 6, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Attention horror authors - only a couple of days left to submit yer work to FLESH zine. Pro rates and a great venue. @cursedmorsels.bsky.social is good folks in general. Looking forward to reading FLESH.
What a great feeling! Congrats to the whole @salonsinister.com crew. I’m ordering a print copy right now.
So @wolfemac.bsky.social shared this amazing pic of the mag in an ACTUAL BOOKSTORE
And I started crying when I saw the titles around it.
It's right next to Chuck Tingle for fuck's sake.
And @haileypiperfights.bsky.social 😭😭
And I started crying when I saw the titles around it.
It's right next to Chuck Tingle for fuck's sake.
And @haileypiperfights.bsky.social 😭😭
October 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
What a great feeling! Congrats to the whole @salonsinister.com crew. I’m ordering a print copy right now.
Ending today - NEVER WHISTLE AT NIGHT audiobook is suuuper cheap on @libro.fm - less than $5 for 13+ hours of Indigenous dark fiction. Edited by Shane Hawk and @tvayyyy.bsky.social, introduction by @sgj.bsky.social. Instabuy for me.
Never Whistle at Night Audiobook on Libro.fm
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST EDITED ANTHOLOGY • BRAM STOKER AWARD NOMINEE FOR SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN AN ANTHOLOGY • LOCUS AWARD FINALISTA bold, clever, and sublimely s...
libro.fm
September 29, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Ending today - NEVER WHISTLE AT NIGHT audiobook is suuuper cheap on @libro.fm - less than $5 for 13+ hours of Indigenous dark fiction. Edited by Shane Hawk and @tvayyyy.bsky.social, introduction by @sgj.bsky.social. Instabuy for me.
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My new baby kittens have a pricy vet follow-up in a few weeks, my old-man cat still needs his various prescriptions, AND my rent is going up in November, so book revenue is increasingly important nowadays! Please consider ordering a copy or leaving a review somewhere online 🤞
R E M I N D E R that my debut horror/dark SFF/weird fiction collection Spiritus Ex Machina is available in ebook and paperback versions via Grimscribe Press (there was also a sold-out hardcover). Proceeds are mostly going towards my elderly cat's medical needs
September 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
My new baby kittens have a pricy vet follow-up in a few weeks, my old-man cat still needs his various prescriptions, AND my rent is going up in November, so book revenue is increasingly important nowadays! Please consider ordering a copy or leaving a review somewhere online 🤞
If you missed out on @nadiabulkin.bsky.social's "Red Skies in the Morning" when I published it in 2024, you can finally read it in her outstanding new collection, ISSUES WITH AUTHORITY, along with two other novellas, one exclusive to this book. A must-read.
September 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
If you missed out on @nadiabulkin.bsky.social's "Red Skies in the Morning" when I published it in 2024, you can finally read it in her outstanding new collection, ISSUES WITH AUTHORITY, along with two other novellas, one exclusive to this book. A must-read.
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Portland, this is where to be tonight, tomorrow and Sunday!
Come see some Weird films!
Come see us! We'll be holding down the fort all weekend long🖤☠️
hplfilmfestival.com
Come see some Weird films!
Come see us! We'll be holding down the fort all weekend long🖤☠️
hplfilmfestival.com
H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival & CthulhuCon | The only convention that understands
hplfilmfestival.com
September 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Portland, this is where to be tonight, tomorrow and Sunday!
Come see some Weird films!
Come see us! We'll be holding down the fort all weekend long🖤☠️
hplfilmfestival.com
Come see some Weird films!
Come see us! We'll be holding down the fort all weekend long🖤☠️
hplfilmfestival.com
Rolling into Portland around 8:00 tonight. I’m staying near the Hollywood Theater, up for shenanigans and/or hijinks. Any of you fine folks in the area?
H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival - Portland, OR
hplfilmfestival.com
September 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Rolling into Portland around 8:00 tonight. I’m staying near the Hollywood Theater, up for shenanigans and/or hijinks. Any of you fine folks in the area?
OK, first proof/ARCs have been printed for The Maidens of Midnight, the first collection by @charibdys.bsky.social. Fantastic art seen here by @luciaretamales.bsky.social. And look how chonky it is - 170 pages, by far the thickest single-author book I’ve published. Pre-order coming soon.
September 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
OK, first proof/ARCs have been printed for The Maidens of Midnight, the first collection by @charibdys.bsky.social. Fantastic art seen here by @luciaretamales.bsky.social. And look how chonky it is - 170 pages, by far the thickest single-author book I’ve published. Pre-order coming soon.
I just finished this weird little novella by @hazelzorn.bsky.social, published by the good folks at @tenebrouspress.bsky.social. Bizarre eco horror, I really dig it. And Becca Snow’s cover art is a perfect fit. Interior art by Echo Echo too. All in all a great presentation of a dark trippy story.
September 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I just finished this weird little novella by @hazelzorn.bsky.social, published by the good folks at @tenebrouspress.bsky.social. Bizarre eco horror, I really dig it. And Becca Snow’s cover art is a perfect fit. Interior art by Echo Echo too. All in all a great presentation of a dark trippy story.
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It’s going to be tight but I think we can do it. If you like weird spec fiction, please consider backing Three-Lobed Burning Eye so it can continue publishing and paying authors PRO RATES for the upcoming year.
the @3lobedmag.com kickstarter is up to $7106 out of a $10,000 base goal! They have until NOON THURSDAY (edt) to get all or nothing!
Donate if you can, share share share!
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Donate if you can, share share share!
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Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine 2026
A digital literary magazine of horror, dark fantasy, and science fiction.
www.kickstarter.com
September 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
It’s going to be tight but I think we can do it. If you like weird spec fiction, please consider backing Three-Lobed Burning Eye so it can continue publishing and paying authors PRO RATES for the upcoming year.
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Help keep an eye burning!
Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine 2026
A digital literary magazine of horror, dark fantasy, and science fiction.
www.kickstarter.com
September 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Help keep an eye burning!
@deadneanderthals.bsky.social never fails to impress me but this one really hit the spot. I have played it dozens of times in the 8 months it has out. Spaced-out droning synths and sax mesh with live rock drums for hypnotic krauty action. I would give my left pinkie to see this live. #NWDHJ
Other Worlds, by Dead Neanderthals
7 track album
deadneanderthals.bandcamp.com
September 6, 2025 at 2:23 AM
@deadneanderthals.bsky.social never fails to impress me but this one really hit the spot. I have played it dozens of times in the 8 months it has out. Spaced-out droning synths and sax mesh with live rock drums for hypnotic krauty action. I would give my left pinkie to see this live. #NWDHJ
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Please share this far and wide! We need your support this week to continue publishing a pro paying magazine of horror fantasy dark science weird speculative fiction. With six days left, join our parade of 96 backers so far! kck.st/4mIkEm1
September 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Please share this far and wide! We need your support this week to continue publishing a pro paying magazine of horror fantasy dark science weird speculative fiction. With six days left, join our parade of 96 backers so far! kck.st/4mIkEm1
Tomorrow night at @bloodstonebookshop.bsky.social in Sacramento. Includes art by Margaret Brundage, Frank Frazetta, and @mrj81.bsky.social's original painting for Scott Nicolay’s DS book caterpillars. Special edition (26 lettered copies) of caterpillars signed by Matt and Scott will be available.
Amygdala Art of the Cover
Opens 9/6/2025 from 6:00 – 8:00 PM. An eclectic mix of books and their cover art from an array of independent, specialty, and major publishers.
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September 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Tomorrow night at @bloodstonebookshop.bsky.social in Sacramento. Includes art by Margaret Brundage, Frank Frazetta, and @mrj81.bsky.social's original painting for Scott Nicolay’s DS book caterpillars. Special edition (26 lettered copies) of caterpillars signed by Matt and Scott will be available.