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Naomi Simone Borwein
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Horror and Gothic scholar, poet/writer, PhD, HWA, CSFFA. Global Indigenous Horror (UPM, 2025). co-eic @angrygablepress.bsky.social eic @katabaticcircus.bsky.social Words in The Future Fire, Utopia SF, Space & Time, Lovecraftiana, and more.
Congratulations to everyone in Global Indigenous Horror:

Shane Hawk
June Scudeler
Krista Collier-Jarvis
Katrin Althans
Persephone Braham
Jade Jenkinson
Sabrina Zacharias
Jayson Althofer
Dan Rabarts
Stephen Graham Jones
Gregory C. Loui
Gina Cole

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The 2025 Bram Stoker Awards® Preliminary Ballot Announced – The Bram Stoker Awards
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January 27, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Congratulations to everyone on the Bram Stoker Preliminary Ballot!

Honoured to see Global Indigenous Horror (UPM) included!

@lnuonhorror.bsky.social
@shanehawk.com
@junescudeler.bsky.social
@upmississippi.bsky.social
@drkatrina.bsky.social

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January 26, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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Contemporary Indigenous Horror (2027) is now seeking creative pieces. Check out the attached CFP and send us your scary stuff. @nsborwein.bsky.social
January 26, 2026 at 1:58 PM
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January 26, 2026 at 11:50 AM
“The Void Is in a Playful Mood Tonight” futurefire.net/2025.74/fict...

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The Void Is in a Playful Mood Tonight, Naomi Simone Borwein
This is your fault, witch.
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January 20, 2026 at 1:56 PM
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Katabatic Circus

an anthology of speculative poetics
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January 20, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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We know you’ve been waiting for #NightTideMag’s Monthly Macabre: Pre-Code Horror since December BUT, it’s dropping mañana! To get your gears turning, January’s theme is: OBSESSION/FIXATION HORROR! Deadline to pitches is Jan 23rd at NightTideMag.com/pitch 👻 📽️
January 15, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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The imagineNATIVE Institute, the StoryBoard Collective, and the Indigenous Screen Office are proud to announce a new collaborative Screenwriting Series Lab.

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imagineNATIVE Institute, Storyboard Collective and the Indigenous Screen Office announce Screenwriting Series Lab
The imagineNATIVE Institute, the StoryBoard Collective, and the Indigenous Screen Office are proud to announce a new collaborative Screenwriting Series Lab. The Indigenous Series Lab is a six-month, m...
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January 17, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Global Indigenous Horror! Read more:

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January 17, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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Katabatic Circus is open to speculative poetry submissions!

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January 16, 2026 at 10:32 PM
“In the war against Reality man has but one weapon—Imagination.”

—Jules de Gaultier
January 15, 2026 at 12:29 PM
I have a piece in this awesome Lovecraftiana Weird Poetry anthology!
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January 14, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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Katabatic Circus (Volume 3) is open to poetry submissions!

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January 12, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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“A poet makes himself a visionary through a long, boundless, and systematized disorganization of all the senses.”

—Arthur Rimbaud
January 10, 2026 at 11:51 AM
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“[K]atabatic Circus Volume 1: An Anthology of Speculative Poetics edited by Naomi Simone Borwein ( Angry Gable Press ) is an excellent inaugural issue of a new poetry series.”

—Ellen Datlow, The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Seventeen

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Katabatic Circus (Volume 1)
Katabatic Circus (Volume 1) [Borwein, Naomi Simone, Wytovich, Stephanie M, Flynn, Geneve, Newton, Kurt, West, Dianthe, Patterson, H.V., Grech, Amy, Sylvaine, Angela, Lena, Özge, Hellen, Kathleen] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Katabatic Circus (Volume 1)
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January 8, 2026 at 1:20 PM
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Delighted to join the folks celebrating their inclusion in Ellen Datlow's (@datlow.bsky.social) recommendation list for the Best Horror of the Year, #17! Thank you to @nsborwein.bsky.social and Jamal Hodge for giving my poems such wonderful homes.
January 5, 2026 at 2:27 AM
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Naomi Reads a Poem features
"Alarm Fatigue Hell" by Michael A. Arnzen!

@mikearnzen.bsky.social

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“Alarm Fatigue Hell” by Michael A. Arnzen
Katabatic Circus Volume 2
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January 6, 2026 at 10:19 PM
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Stephanie M. Wytovich’s
“On the Edge of Worlds,”
Dianthe West’s “Gorgoneion,”
Alan Magee’s “’Blood Thursday’” and
Kurt Newton’s “We All Went to the River,” from Katabatic Circus Volume 1 made Ellen Datlow’s Full list of BH #17 recommendations part 2

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Full list of BH #17 recommendations part 2
Hogan, Sean “Wassail,” Unquiet Slumbers. Holder, Nancy “The Captain’s Wife,” Where the Silent Ones Watch.Holi, Emily “Buttons,” Mother Knows Best.Hollingsworth, Matt “Zagreb,” Winter in the City.Ho…
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January 4, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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Geneve Flynn’s “How to Write an Elegy,” West Ambrose’s “Ursillo,” Amy Grech’s “Red Balloon,” and Kathleen Hellen’s “Genitive Carnis”
from Katabatic Circus Volume 1 made Ellen Datlow’s full list of BH #17 recommendations part 1!

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full list of BH #17 recommendations part 1
Aaron, Camara “Inheritance,” The Black Girl Survives in This One.Abbott, Marc L. “The Reclaiming of New York City,” The Chaos Clock.Abian, Mars “Manila,” Winter in the City.Acadia, L. “Unsolved Ele…
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January 4, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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Ellen Datlow’s Full list of BH #17 recommendations part 2 includes several pieces from Extrasensory Overload!
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Full list of BH #17 recommendations part 2
Hogan, Sean “Wassail,” Unquiet Slumbers. Holder, Nancy “The Captain’s Wife,” Where the Silent Ones Watch.Holi, Emily “Buttons,” Mother Knows Best.Hollingsworth, Matt “Zagreb,” Winter in the City.Ho…
ellendatlow.com
January 4, 2026 at 1:52 PM
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Naomi reads a poem returns with “I Just Want Marinate” by Ariya Bandy from Katabatic Circus Vol 2

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“I Just Want to Marinate” by Ariya Bandy
Katabatic Circus Volume 2
angrygablepress.com
December 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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For those who prefer scares to snowmen, we’ve got some truly chilling winter reads for you—or someone on your list! #ReadUP
December 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM