Today from Hell Itself: "Playing Vegas Odds with Doc, Sammy, and Bob" by Gregory Nicoll, a weird time-travel western fantasy.

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Two more pieces of scary news from Hell Itself:

1) The October digest is now available for download, for everyone who prefers to read our stories as a .PDF. hellitself.com/downloads/

2) Hell Itself is now a token-paying market.

Happy Halloween from Hell Itself!

In honor of the day, we've got "The Great Old One Myrowl-Shu" by @deborahldavitt.com!

I currently have a question mark in my schedule for what I'm going to publish on Dec. 26. If you've got a boxing day story that fits our guidelines, send it my way.

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TELL ME YOUR 🏳️‍🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️‍🌈 OUT IN SEPTEMBER 2025!!! Originals only pls, up to novella in length, indie okay. Just reply with the author, title, and a link to read and/or buy and I'll get them on the list. Here's August's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/posts/some-q...

Genre-blending stories can be very hard for writers to sell, so we're seeing a lot of them in the Hell Itself slush. Expect more of them from us!

Today from Hell Itself, Nicholas De Marino brings us a weird science fiction tale about a luchadora, a ghost child, and the patriarchy. Where else would you find such a story?

hellitself.com/on-the-ropes/

Today from Hell Itself: "Matt's Baby" by Toshiya Kamei, a weird horror story of tables getting turned.

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Today from Hell Itself: A fabulist science fiction ghost story by @lrb.bsky.social!

We're pleased to announce that you can now download each month's stories in a handy .pdf digest, available on our website at the beginning of the following month. September's is out now, featuring stories by @rachiea.bsky.social @crboltz.bsky.social @deborahldavitt.com and @ktwagner.bsky.social

I have another short story out today!

Witches and werewolves and vampires, oh my!

@hellitself.bsky.social posted another fantastic story today: "On the Rainy Sid of the Mountain..." by @ktwagner.bsky.social. I really really loved the story. (And the person I most want to recommend it to is not on bsky so I'll have to send an email.) hellitself.com/on-the-rainy...

Today from Hell Itself, @ktwagner.bsky.social brings us a bittersweet tale about the language of flowers:

hellitself.com/on-the-rainy...

Today from Hell Itself, the very last of James Ipse's Colm Ramirez mysteries!

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Watch for our next story on October 3!

Today's Hell Itself story is a haunting flash piece by Rachel Ashcraft, "Float."

hellitself.com/float/

Look for our next story on September 26.

Today from Hell Itself, @crboltz.bsky.social's weird Poe riff, "The Tell-Tale Pump"!

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Watch for our next story on September 19!

We've had to re-build the Bluesky account because we lost control of the e-mail address associated with the previous one, and Bluesky does not let you update your email address without access to the previous address. If you're confused why you're no longer following us, that's what's going on.

Hell Itself opened on Friday, September 5, and released a darkly beautiful story by @deborahldavitt.com, "Reaping Whirlwinds."

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Look for our second story on Friday, September 12!