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Fraidy Cat Press @fraidycatpress.bsky.social · Sep 17
If you've submitted anything to us this year you should have a response in your inbox. Please email us if you haven't received a response to your submission.
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breathinghead.bsky.social
Psyched to be back in FCQ with "Pages Found Under a Child's Bed," a grisly Richard Matheson homage in which various things gnaw: hunger, remorse, the folks who live under the lake...
fraidycatpress.bsky.social Fraidy Cat Press @fraidycatpress.bsky.social · 8d
FCQ8 is our gnaw-themed issue and features excellent writing from:

@jacobstevenmohr.bsky.social (with an original novelette)
Art by Valerie Marshall
Jasmine Harrell
@therrien.bsky.social
Tremain Xenos
@abastedo-writing.bsky.social
@breathinghead.bsky.social
@jfennellauthor.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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kayv.bsky.social
New story in Fraidy Cat Quarterly issue 7! ☀️🐕🚀
November 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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jfennellauthor.bsky.social
This includes my very accurate and totally true slice of 19th-century Australian bushranger life, the aftermath of the 'squatter-versus-selector' war, and the worst legends about Dan Morgan. The volume's subtitle gives a hint of what's involved.
fraidycatpress.bsky.social Fraidy Cat Press @fraidycatpress.bsky.social · 8d
FCQ8 is our gnaw-themed issue and features excellent writing from:

@jacobstevenmohr.bsky.social (with an original novelette)
Art by Valerie Marshall
Jasmine Harrell
@therrien.bsky.social
Tremain Xenos
@abastedo-writing.bsky.social
@breathinghead.bsky.social
@jfennellauthor.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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abastedo-writing.bsky.social
Howdy folks!

Just as a little heads up, my story Devouring a Perfect Circle will be appearing in volume 8, and the folks at Fraidy Cat have been amazing to work with!

Just think of it! A part of me to stick somewhere in your house to haunt you.
💙📚🪐
#horrorlit #horror #writingcommunity
November 2, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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abastedo-writing.bsky.social
Ahhh! This is the one!
#writingcommunity #horrorlit
fraidycatpress.bsky.social Fraidy Cat Press @fraidycatpress.bsky.social · 8d
FCQ8 is our gnaw-themed issue and features excellent writing from:

@jacobstevenmohr.bsky.social (with an original novelette)
Art by Valerie Marshall
Jasmine Harrell
@therrien.bsky.social
Tremain Xenos
@abastedo-writing.bsky.social
@breathinghead.bsky.social
@jfennellauthor.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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abigailkemske.bsky.social
Check out this great deal! FCQ #7 will include a new horror story by me titled "The Beast of Boma Road." A young woman’s encounters with a strange creature and wandering eyes will have you asking, who is the real best of this story? COMING SOON! 🖤🐈‍⬛🖤
November 2, 2025 at 7:43 PM
fraidycatpress.bsky.social
Good news! We have FCQ Volume 7 and 8 available for preorder now! There's even a discounted bundle!

FCQ 7&8 Bundle: fraidycatpress.com/product/fcq-...

FCQ 7: fraidycatpress.com/product/frai...

FCQ 8: fraidycatpress.com/product/frai...

#indiehorror #newrelease #cosmichorror #rage #gnaw
FCQ 7 & 8 Bundle - Fraidy Cat Press
Bundle and save! Get FCQ 7 & FCQ8 at a fraction of the list price. eBook will be emailed to you once available.
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November 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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hoovybaby.bsky.social
Wake up, babe, the least subtle visual metaphor in history just dropped
October 21, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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sygnin.com
Heyo #PortfolioDay! I'm Sygnin, I illustrate in an ink & color style.

Interested in working on book/game/card art. I like making art featuring folklore, fantasy, romantic horror.

Portfolio - sygnin.com
Vgen (commissions) - vgen.co/sygnin
Email - sygnin[@]gmail[.]com
art of a female vampire's head looking at the viewer. flowers cover one of her eyes. her dark hair flows upwards and she wears a lace victorian type outfit art of a silhouetted hooded rider on a horse with horns and red glowing eyes. behind them is a red moon art of a hunter fighting with a large flying monster that looks like a dragon. based off Monster Hunter game. art of a vampire head in profile, dead flowers cover most of the head.
October 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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abigailkemske.bsky.social
2 proofs in my inbox means 2 new horror stories coming from me later this month IN PRINT!

“The Beast of Boma Road” in @fraidycatpress.bsky.social ‘s Rage issue.

“The Darkness Inside Her” in Harvest the Night: an Anthology of Folk Horror. chthonicmatter.wordpress.com/2025/03/14/t...

Pre-order now!
Harvest the Night
An Anthology of Folk Horror Coming October 2025! > Preorder Paperback or Hardcover via Publisher> FREE if you purchase a 2025 Subscription to Chthonic Matter Quarterly Table of Contents:&#822…
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October 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
fraidycatpress.bsky.social
If you've submitted anything to us this year you should have a response in your inbox. Please email us if you haven't received a response to your submission.
September 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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roberthelfst.bsky.social
I know I'm behind on stuff for @fraidycatpress.bsky.social and for that I'm very sorry. Had some health issues recently and lost my grandfather last week. Promise I'll get back to everyone with responses, contracts, and everything else I owe you all as soon as I can!
August 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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michaelboulerice.bsky.social
Pub day is here! My debut cosmic horror novella FEEDING THE WHEEL is officially out on store shelves and digital marketplaces all over the world. Instead of droning on about how proud I am of this work and how fulfilled I feel as a writer, I'd like to take a sec to thank everybody who made this real
My giant puppy Chad posing with a stack of copies of FEEDING THE WHEEL because he knows every copy sold means more money in the kibble fund
July 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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July 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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dielaughingmag.bsky.social
Come on in! Take a seat! Can we interest you in a slice of pie?

No?

Fair enough. How about the shiny new cover for Die Laughing Issue 4, with art by the inimitable @galusaurus.bsky.social? Seems like a sweet deal to us.

The full PDF of the issue will be available 7/15, $5 for a download! Yum!
The cover for Die Laughing Magazine Issue 4! The image is of a room with pale, yellow walls, with a framed photo on the wall of a vase of flowers in the back. On a table in the foreground, a slice of furry looking fruit pie with stubby paws and a tail (appearing to be somehow both pie and also a star-nosed mole) sits on a light blue plate. Many of their distinctive noses are visible amongst the pinkish berries. To the left of the plate is a fork, also slightly furry and with tines that look like the claws of the mole. Cover text follows. Issue No. 4, July 2025. Die Laughing Magazine. A.C. Bauer Lillie E. Franks Joelle Killian Randall Madden SJ Townend Rob Walker Edited by Theodore Hill and Cassandra Daucus Cover art by Theresa Galusaurus Interior art by Iseult Murphy.
July 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
fraidycatpress.bsky.social
Last day for FCQ general subs for our Rage themed volume. BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and Palestinian authors are able to submit 7/8-7/14.

Send us your weird, cosmic, and literary horror stories of unbridled wrath and ruin!

fraidycatpress.com/submission-g...

#horrorlit #cosmic #shortstories #indieauthor
July 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
fraidycatpress.bsky.social
Fraidy Cat Quarterly is open to submissions of flash, short stories, and art for our rage themed issue today! Full guidelines at the link: fraidycatpress.com/submission-g...

#horror #rage #cosmic #weird #shortstories #horrorlit #flashfiction #art #indie
July 1, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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apexamigo.bsky.social
you are not on my level youre still doing jungle stuff and im underwater and it sucks ass here but theres really cool music
June 30, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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roberthelfst.bsky.social
Need some horror goodness to wind down your weekend? My story "Momentary Brightness" was produced as a podcast segment on @creepypod.bsky.social ! Very proud of this story and stoked to hear it produced so well here! www.creepypod.com/episodes/202...

#horror #podcast #cosmic
Born of Waste — Creepy
Born of Waste *** Written by: Some Unholy Obscenity *** Momentary Brightness *** Written by: Robert Helfst and Narrated by: Nate DuFort *** Keep Them Fed *** Written by: Tim Brown and N...
www.creepypod.com
June 30, 2025 at 1:36 AM
fraidycatpress.bsky.social
POLL: Which deal do you prefer when it comes to indie mags?

A: Buy one copy, get one half off

2: Buy two copies, get one free

III: Other (let us know)

We've got some backstock we'd like to move, trying to decide what kind of deal to run.

#indie #smallpress #horrorlit #cosmic #weirdhorror
June 21, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Open call for horror novellas coming soon!

#horrorlit
May 9, 2025 at 2:29 PM
fraidycatpress.bsky.social
We've sent out responses to everyone who's submitted to us prior to today. If you haven't heard from us, please check your spam folder for both of your email accounts (some people included 2 in their submissions) and then query us if you're still not finding it!
June 19, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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kaleidotrope.bsky.social
I didn’t know this was controversial. Even if reading every submission beginning to end was feasible—without ballooning response times on every one to several months, at least—it wouldn’t be useful. You can tell within a few pages, paragraphs, sometimes even sentences if a story is working for you.
mishellbaker.bsky.social Mishell Baker thankfully @mishellbaker.bsky.social · Jun 11
Controversial opinion:

Editors/agents/studios do not have to read your whole story/script to know they don't want it.

You want your thing read. But *they* want to be blown away. It does not take that long to know you aren't blown away.

(My goal in writing is to FORCE people to keep reading. 😈)
June 12, 2025 at 12:46 AM
fraidycatpress.bsky.social
Reminder: simultaneous submissions are 100% encouraged when you're working with us.

No simsub rules should only be used by publishers that make their decision swiftly within a couple of days. To do otherwise reduces author's opportunities.

If you haven't read it yet, why care so much?
June 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
fraidycatpress.bsky.social
We LOVE this piece so much! Thank you for trusting us with your work @marigoldrowell.com !

#art #spooky #horrorlit #indie #artist #horror
marigoldrowell.com marigold 💙🇺🇸💙 @marigoldrowell.com · May 15
👻 Check out my artwork in Volume Five of Fraidy Cat Quarterly, available from @fraidycatpress.bsky.social! 🐈‍⬛ #artistsonbluesky #spookyart #indiepresses
Black and white illustration of creepy birch trees.
May 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM