Margo Pecha
@notmargopecha.bsky.social
PNW | Copy editor & writer of strange tales
hEDS-haver, gardener, enthusiast of old things, loves horror rock
Stories in/forthcoming from: Even Cozier Cosmic, Fraidy Cat Quarterly, Graveside Press, CHM, Demagogue Press
https://linktr.ee/margo.pecha
hEDS-haver, gardener, enthusiast of old things, loves horror rock
Stories in/forthcoming from: Even Cozier Cosmic, Fraidy Cat Quarterly, Graveside Press, CHM, Demagogue Press
https://linktr.ee/margo.pecha
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Humbly offering up the six short stories I had published this year. If any of them have made an impression on you, please consider them for your 2025 awards nominations! 🥰
Coming Feb. 14, 2026! I am so excited to be included in this alongside many other amazing authors.
Here's some news @slimyswampghost.bsky.social and I have been dying to share! ENCOUNTERS WITH CRYPTIDS will be out 02/14/26! Featuring stories by @xavilawrites.bsky.social, @calebbethea.bsky.social, @cavaterra.bsky.social, @authorlevai.bsky.social, @ttmaddenwrites.bsky.social and many more!
November 16, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Coming Feb. 14, 2026! I am so excited to be included in this alongside many other amazing authors.
Humbly offering up the six short stories I had published this year. If any of them have made an impression on you, please consider them for your 2025 awards nominations! 🥰
November 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Humbly offering up the six short stories I had published this year. If any of them have made an impression on you, please consider them for your 2025 awards nominations! 🥰
Reposted by Margo Pecha
Convincing you to read my short story with the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
"Robert first noticed the head in the pantry on a Tuesday morning."
The Head in the Pantry published at @chmmagazine.bsky.social
cosmichorrormonthly.com/fiction/the-...
"Robert first noticed the head in the pantry on a Tuesday morning."
The Head in the Pantry published at @chmmagazine.bsky.social
cosmichorrormonthly.com/fiction/the-...
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Convincing you to read my short story with the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
"Robert first noticed the head in the pantry on a Tuesday morning."
The Head in the Pantry published at @chmmagazine.bsky.social
cosmichorrormonthly.com/fiction/the-...
"Robert first noticed the head in the pantry on a Tuesday morning."
The Head in the Pantry published at @chmmagazine.bsky.social
cosmichorrormonthly.com/fiction/the-...
Reposted by Margo Pecha
If you wrote an SF/F/H story that was published in 2025 (or read a story that you thought was great), tell me about it in this thread!
Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)
Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
If you wrote an SF/F/H story that was published in 2025 (or read a story that you thought was great), tell me about it in this thread!
Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)
Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)
So stoked to share that my story "The Beast of Old Blodgett Road" will appear in ENCOUNTERS with Cryptids, edited by @andrewcull.bsky.social and @slimyswampghost.bsky.social. It's a story about grief, and goats, and a creature that lurks in an old homestead. I can't wait for y'all to read it!
November 4, 2025 at 4:44 AM
So stoked to share that my story "The Beast of Old Blodgett Road" will appear in ENCOUNTERS with Cryptids, edited by @andrewcull.bsky.social and @slimyswampghost.bsky.social. It's a story about grief, and goats, and a creature that lurks in an old homestead. I can't wait for y'all to read it!
Happy Halloween! Need something spooky to read today? Check out my story "Attractions Next Exit" over at @cateyepress.bsky.social for a little dose of dread. 🕯️
October Oddities Presents: Attractions Next Exit — Cat Eye Press LLC
Read "Attractions Next Exit" by Margo Pecha. The story was selected as the 2nd place winner for the 2025 October Oddities Horror Microfiction Contest hosted by Cat Eye Press
www.cateyepress.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Happy Halloween! Need something spooky to read today? Check out my story "Attractions Next Exit" over at @cateyepress.bsky.social for a little dose of dread. 🕯️
Reposted by Margo Pecha
this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread
October 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread
Reposted by Margo Pecha
Using AI in your work makes you stupider and lazier. That's it. That's the post.
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Using AI in your work makes you stupider and lazier. That's it. That's the post.
New story day! My micro Halloween story is available to read at Cat Eye Press' website. I had so much fun writing this one!
Happy Friday! We're back with more October Oddities! This week, we're sharing our second place story "Attractions Next Exit" by @notmargopecha.bsky.social. This story features a colossally creepy candle that you simply won't want to miss.
Stay odd, horror fans!
www.cateyepress.com/blog/october...
Stay odd, horror fans!
www.cateyepress.com/blog/october...
October Oddities Presents: Attractions Next Exit — Cat Eye Press LLC
Read "Attractions Next Exit" by Margo Pecha. The story was selected as the 2nd place winner for the 2025 October Oddities Horror Microfiction Contest hosted by Cat Eye Press
www.cateyepress.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
New story day! My micro Halloween story is available to read at Cat Eye Press' website. I had so much fun writing this one!
My contributor's copy of Fraidy Cat Quarterly arrived, and since it includes my niche dahlia horror story "Seymour's Sensation," I figured I had to do a dahlia photoshoot while they're still in bloom. 😄 Many thanks to Robert and Lillian @fraidycatpress.bsky.social for believing in this story!
October 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
My contributor's copy of Fraidy Cat Quarterly arrived, and since it includes my niche dahlia horror story "Seymour's Sensation," I figured I had to do a dahlia photoshoot while they're still in bloom. 😄 Many thanks to Robert and Lillian @fraidycatpress.bsky.social for believing in this story!
Working from the garage while giving yet another hen a bath. This one had flystrike (my first time dealing with it), but she seems to be recovering remarkably well. Lucky I caught it early, and I can tell she's feeling better because she fought me on the soak today!
September 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Working from the garage while giving yet another hen a bath. This one had flystrike (my first time dealing with it), but she seems to be recovering remarkably well. Lucky I caught it early, and I can tell she's feeling better because she fought me on the soak today!
Includes a story of mine about an ancient fruitcake that mysteriously appears on your doorstep...
It's pub day for the latest @underlandpress.bsky.social book, Kozy Krampus, a feast of holiday-themed cosmic horror. The third in a fantastic trilogy of anthologies exploring the cozy, the cosmic, the horror!
Grab your copy below.
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September 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Includes a story of mine about an ancient fruitcake that mysteriously appears on your doorstep...
My story "Articulation" is now available to read for free on CHM's website!
Read "Articulation" by Margo Pecha on the CHM website, for FREE: cosmichorrormonthly.com/fiction/articulation/
September 17, 2025 at 11:31 PM
My story "Articulation" is now available to read for free on CHM's website!
A couple of my favorite dahlias blooming at the moment: Brown Owl and Bubbling Over.
August 31, 2025 at 1:47 AM
A couple of my favorite dahlias blooming at the moment: Brown Owl and Bubbling Over.
Applesauce simmering in the Crockpot, house smells divine. Must be late summer.
August 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Applesauce simmering in the Crockpot, house smells divine. Must be late summer.
My teeth story "Articulation" is included in this issue. Many thanks to the folks at @chmmagazine.bsky.social for giving it a home! 😄
The new issue is out now!
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Subscribe to CHM to get the best weird fiction and cosmic horror every month: https://bit.ly/3WmVbRP
July 1, 2025 at 10:04 PM
My teeth story "Articulation" is included in this issue. Many thanks to the folks at @chmmagazine.bsky.social for giving it a home! 😄
My story "Articulation" is out today in the July issue of Cosmic Horror Monthly. It's about teeth, paranoia, and obsession, and it's one of my favorite pieces I've written. I'm so pleased it's found a home here!
CHM #61 July 2025 - Cosmic Horror Monthly
This month's collection of cosmic horror and weird fiction features stories by Íde Hennessy, Scott J. Couturier, Pauline Chow, and many more!
cosmichorrormonthly.com
July 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
My story "Articulation" is out today in the July issue of Cosmic Horror Monthly. It's about teeth, paranoia, and obsession, and it's one of my favorite pieces I've written. I'm so pleased it's found a home here!
I have new story out in Kosmos Obscura: A Cosmic Horror Anthology from Graveside Press!
Kosmos Obscura | Graveside Press
A Cosmic Horror Anthology Fear of the great unknown, fear of that which is far beyond human comprehension … This is the core of cosmic horror. Traverse twenty-nine stories exploring deep-sea eldritc...
graveside-press.com
June 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I have new story out in Kosmos Obscura: A Cosmic Horror Anthology from Graveside Press!
Portland friends, this Saturday night my husband's band Dying in Salem is playing their EP release show at Dante's. (I'm told they're playing The Lepidopterists in full, among others.) It's gonna be a lot of fun—if you like metal, come hang out!
June 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Portland friends, this Saturday night my husband's band Dying in Salem is playing their EP release show at Dante's. (I'm told they're playing The Lepidopterists in full, among others.) It's gonna be a lot of fun—if you like metal, come hang out!
Reposted by Margo Pecha
the secret to writing is writing, follow for more tips
June 18, 2025 at 5:13 AM
the secret to writing is writing, follow for more tips
Getting an email that no changes were needed to my manuscript makes my copy editor heart sing. ❤️
June 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Getting an email that no changes were needed to my manuscript makes my copy editor heart sing. ❤️
My husband's metal band released their new EP "The Lepidopterists" this week, a cosmic concept album about a cult summoning a giant moth to destroy the earth. I've been listening to them practice these songs in our garage for two years now, so it's really cool to finally hear it all recorded!
The Lepidopterists
Dying in Salem · EP · 2025 · 5 songs
open.spotify.com
June 9, 2025 at 11:13 PM
My husband's metal band released their new EP "The Lepidopterists" this week, a cosmic concept album about a cult summoning a giant moth to destroy the earth. I've been listening to them practice these songs in our garage for two years now, so it's really cool to finally hear it all recorded!
Unsuccessfully trying to convince my husband we should get another corgi. One is not enough, I must have a whole horde of little guys.
June 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Unsuccessfully trying to convince my husband we should get another corgi. One is not enough, I must have a whole horde of little guys.
Currently shifting my focus between three short stories and a novella-thing. Variety is the spice of life, eh?
May 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Currently shifting my focus between three short stories and a novella-thing. Variety is the spice of life, eh?