Shortwave Publishing
@shortwavebooks.bsky.social
Shortwave is an indie horror/sci-fi press. Our books are distributed worldwide by Simon & Schuster. Founded and run by @alandistro.bsky.social (active HWA member, full SFWA member).
Our full catalog: https://shortwavepublishing.com/
Our full catalog: https://shortwavepublishing.com/
Congrats to @toddkeisling.com! THE SUNDOWNER'S DANCE, which we published last April, made Ingram's Top Picks of 2025!
Their editors only selected 75 books from the thousands and thousands of new titles they distribute every year.
Available now in hardcover and eBook. Paperback coming this summer!
Their editors only selected 75 books from the thousands and thousands of new titles they distribute every year.
Available now in hardcover and eBook. Paperback coming this summer!
January 5, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Congrats to @toddkeisling.com! THE SUNDOWNER'S DANCE, which we published last April, made Ingram's Top Picks of 2025!
Their editors only selected 75 books from the thousands and thousands of new titles they distribute every year.
Available now in hardcover and eBook. Paperback coming this summer!
Their editors only selected 75 books from the thousands and thousands of new titles they distribute every year.
Available now in hardcover and eBook. Paperback coming this summer!
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Stoked to make Ellen Datlow's recommendation list for Best Horror #17 with Limelight from my @shortwavebooks.bsky.social collection! As it was pubbed as an original in the collection it's not had as wide a readership so this is extra lovely! Some great stories here! ✨️ ellendatlow.com/category/news/
January 4, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Stoked to make Ellen Datlow's recommendation list for Best Horror #17 with Limelight from my @shortwavebooks.bsky.social collection! As it was pubbed as an original in the collection it's not had as wide a readership so this is extra lovely! Some great stories here! ✨️ ellendatlow.com/category/news/
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So immensely grateful to our beneficent Horror Queen, @rachelharrison.bsky.social, for this incredibly kind blurb.
And I’m so excited for YOU 🫵 to read this collection, available wherever books are sold, May 5th …
And I’m so excited for YOU 🫵 to read this collection, available wherever books are sold, May 5th …
"Extraordinary. A must-read, all time great collection by an all time great writer. With I KNOW A PLACE, @natcassidy.bsky.social plants both feet not just as a force in horror, but as a force in all of literature."
Thank you, @rachelharrison.bsky.social!
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Thank you, @rachelharrison.bsky.social!
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January 2, 2026 at 12:26 AM
So immensely grateful to our beneficent Horror Queen, @rachelharrison.bsky.social, for this incredibly kind blurb.
And I’m so excited for YOU 🫵 to read this collection, available wherever books are sold, May 5th …
And I’m so excited for YOU 🫵 to read this collection, available wherever books are sold, May 5th …
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Go read Nebula Award finalist "Give Me English" by @aijiang.bsky.social, re-published by @shortwavebooks.bsky.social. Go, do it, read. Support indie SF. End your year right.
#read #SF #indiepublishing
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#read #SF #indiepublishing
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"Give Me English" - A Short Story by Ai Jiang - Shortwave Publishing
I traded my last coffee for a coffee. How ironic. My finger jabbed at the ordering machine. The Langbase implanted in my brain popped up in front of my eyes, and I watched as the word disappeared. A h...
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December 31, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Go read Nebula Award finalist "Give Me English" by @aijiang.bsky.social, re-published by @shortwavebooks.bsky.social. Go, do it, read. Support indie SF. End your year right.
#read #SF #indiepublishing
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#read #SF #indiepublishing
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Hey hey hey, look what’s 25% off at the Barnes & Noble sale! Preorder your most anticipated books of 2026 (including @shortwavebooks.bsky.social titles) and maybe SLEEP ALONE wanders into your cart too…
December 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Hey hey hey, look what’s 25% off at the Barnes & Noble sale! Preorder your most anticipated books of 2026 (including @shortwavebooks.bsky.social titles) and maybe SLEEP ALONE wanders into your cart too…
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It’s the biannual Horror Preview episode! in 90 minutes, we talk about 36 horror books coming out in the first half of 2026. As always I’m joined by the esteemed @raforall.bsky.social and @emilyhughes.bsky.social
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2026 Horror Preview pt 1
featuring Emily Hughes nad Becky Spratford
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December 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
It’s the biannual Horror Preview episode! in 90 minutes, we talk about 36 horror books coming out in the first half of 2026. As always I’m joined by the esteemed @raforall.bsky.social and @emilyhughes.bsky.social
preorder through my bookshop affiliate page!
www.thearcparty.com/p/2026-horro...
preorder through my bookshop affiliate page!
www.thearcparty.com/p/2026-horro...
"Extraordinary. A must-read, all time great collection by an all time great writer. With I KNOW A PLACE, @natcassidy.bsky.social plants both feet not just as a force in horror, but as a force in all of literature."
Thank you, @rachelharrison.bsky.social!
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Thank you, @rachelharrison.bsky.social!
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December 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"Extraordinary. A must-read, all time great collection by an all time great writer. With I KNOW A PLACE, @natcassidy.bsky.social plants both feet not just as a force in horror, but as a force in all of literature."
Thank you, @rachelharrison.bsky.social!
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Thank you, @rachelharrison.bsky.social!
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A look at what’s to come! With a collection from @badhandbooks.bsky.social and a rerelease + 2 new novellas from @shortwavebooks.bsky.social 🖤🖤🖤🖤
December 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
A look at what’s to come! With a collection from @badhandbooks.bsky.social and a rerelease + 2 new novellas from @shortwavebooks.bsky.social 🖤🖤🖤🖤
Have you read any of our top-selling books this year? Did you have a favorite?
We've had the honor of publishing over a dozen great new books this year, but a few past titles are still finding their readers too, including 2023's CANDY CAIN KILLS and 2022's FACE THE NIGHT.
We've had the honor of publishing over a dozen great new books this year, but a few past titles are still finding their readers too, including 2023's CANDY CAIN KILLS and 2022's FACE THE NIGHT.
December 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Have you read any of our top-selling books this year? Did you have a favorite?
We've had the honor of publishing over a dozen great new books this year, but a few past titles are still finding their readers too, including 2023's CANDY CAIN KILLS and 2022's FACE THE NIGHT.
We've had the honor of publishing over a dozen great new books this year, but a few past titles are still finding their readers too, including 2023's CANDY CAIN KILLS and 2022's FACE THE NIGHT.
Nice to see @natcassidy.bsky.social's I KNOW A PLACE listed on CinemaChords' Most Anticipated Horror Titles for 2026! 😍
December 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Nice to see @natcassidy.bsky.social's I KNOW A PLACE listed on CinemaChords' Most Anticipated Horror Titles for 2026! 😍
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#buymybooks More from 2025…NIGHT OF THE WITCH-HUNTER. It’s The Craft vs. The Crucible in 1999 with Y2K looming.
Getting to have this novella out through @shortwavebooks.bsky.social’s KILLER VHS line was a highlight & door opener for the year for me!
Getting to have this novella out through @shortwavebooks.bsky.social’s KILLER VHS line was a highlight & door opener for the year for me!
Night of the Witch-Hunter - Killer VHS Series #6 (Paperback)
Release Date: March 18, 2025 Paperback Edition Comes in a cardboard "video rental" shipping box 192 Pages 5.5" x 8.25" Full color cover “The modern day Goosebumps for adults.”—Horror Obsessive t’s 199...
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December 24, 2025 at 10:39 PM
#buymybooks More from 2025…NIGHT OF THE WITCH-HUNTER. It’s The Craft vs. The Crucible in 1999 with Y2K looming.
Getting to have this novella out through @shortwavebooks.bsky.social’s KILLER VHS line was a highlight & door opener for the year for me!
Getting to have this novella out through @shortwavebooks.bsky.social’s KILLER VHS line was a highlight & door opener for the year for me!
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Heard great things about this one by @annieneugebauer.bsky.social from @shortwavebooks.bsky.social and super excited to read! Thanks to @thearcparty.com for the recommendation.
December 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Heard great things about this one by @annieneugebauer.bsky.social from @shortwavebooks.bsky.social and super excited to read! Thanks to @thearcparty.com for the recommendation.
Order #4000 was just placed in our direct shop! 🎉
Thanks so much to all of those who support our books directly.
We know shipping costs more to order from us than from Amazon but just know authors (and us) earn multiple times more royalties on direct orders vs anywhere else.
Thank you.
Thanks so much to all of those who support our books directly.
We know shipping costs more to order from us than from Amazon but just know authors (and us) earn multiple times more royalties on direct orders vs anywhere else.
Thank you.
December 23, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Order #4000 was just placed in our direct shop! 🎉
Thanks so much to all of those who support our books directly.
We know shipping costs more to order from us than from Amazon but just know authors (and us) earn multiple times more royalties on direct orders vs anywhere else.
Thank you.
Thanks so much to all of those who support our books directly.
We know shipping costs more to order from us than from Amazon but just know authors (and us) earn multiple times more royalties on direct orders vs anywhere else.
Thank you.
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IT’S HERE!! Lookit this gorgeous ARC for my upcoming collection, I KNOW A PLACE, featuring 13 wild & terrifying rides (including the Stoker Award-nominated novella REST STOP). This looks even better than I imagined—all thanks to the genius of @shortwavebooks.bsky.social. Getcher preorders in now!
December 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
IT’S HERE!! Lookit this gorgeous ARC for my upcoming collection, I KNOW A PLACE, featuring 13 wild & terrifying rides (including the Stoker Award-nominated novella REST STOP). This looks even better than I imagined—all thanks to the genius of @shortwavebooks.bsky.social. Getcher preorders in now!
Huge thanks to @capesandtights.com for including both @pfracassi.bsky.social's D7 and @laurelhightower.bsky.social's THE LONG LOW WHISTLE in their top 25 Best Books of 2025!
Both books are available now in Paperback and eBook, everywhere books are sold!
Both books are available now in Paperback and eBook, everywhere books are sold!
December 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Huge thanks to @capesandtights.com for including both @pfracassi.bsky.social's D7 and @laurelhightower.bsky.social's THE LONG LOW WHISTLE in their top 25 Best Books of 2025!
Both books are available now in Paperback and eBook, everywhere books are sold!
Both books are available now in Paperback and eBook, everywhere books are sold!
Need a last-minute gift? Books won't arrive on time? Just a reminder, we have instant eGift Cards available! Good for any purchase on our site, including pre-orders, sale items, and everything else. Includes a printable QR code for putting in cards.
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December 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Need a last-minute gift? Books won't arrive on time? Just a reminder, we have instant eGift Cards available! Good for any purchase on our site, including pre-orders, sale items, and everything else. Includes a printable QR code for putting in cards.
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Support indie horror this holiday season, please. We need you. We're waiting for you to find us. Click on any of the presses to find rad horror titles now.
@nwreader.bsky.social
@clashbooks.bsky.social
@tenebrouspress.bsky.social
@shortwavebooks.bsky.social
@thirdestatebooks.bsky.social
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@clashbooks.bsky.social
@tenebrouspress.bsky.social
@shortwavebooks.bsky.social
@thirdestatebooks.bsky.social
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December 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Support indie horror this holiday season, please. We need you. We're waiting for you to find us. Click on any of the presses to find rad horror titles now.
@nwreader.bsky.social
@clashbooks.bsky.social
@tenebrouspress.bsky.social
@shortwavebooks.bsky.social
@thirdestatebooks.bsky.social
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@nwreader.bsky.social
@clashbooks.bsky.social
@tenebrouspress.bsky.social
@shortwavebooks.bsky.social
@thirdestatebooks.bsky.social
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Check out my latest episode of Unstable Table Talks ™️ 🎤 my guest? The one & only @alandistro.bsky.social, owner and acquisitions editor of our beloved @shortwavebooks.bsky.social
You don’t want to miss this one!
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You don’t want to miss this one!
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Unstable Table Talks ™️ Episode 11 with Alan Lastufka
The owner of Shortwave Books is here! Everybody BE COOL!!
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December 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Check out my latest episode of Unstable Table Talks ™️ 🎤 my guest? The one & only @alandistro.bsky.social, owner and acquisitions editor of our beloved @shortwavebooks.bsky.social
You don’t want to miss this one!
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You don’t want to miss this one!
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Man, this is very kind of you. Thank you!
My latest novel, THE SUNDOWNER'S DANCE, is a mix of grief and cosmic horror about an over-55 retirement community. It was named one of the best horror novels of 2025 by @libraryjournal.bsky.social. Published by @shortwavebooks.bsky.social.
My latest novel, THE SUNDOWNER'S DANCE, is a mix of grief and cosmic horror about an over-55 retirement community. It was named one of the best horror novels of 2025 by @libraryjournal.bsky.social. Published by @shortwavebooks.bsky.social.
December 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Man, this is very kind of you. Thank you!
My latest novel, THE SUNDOWNER'S DANCE, is a mix of grief and cosmic horror about an over-55 retirement community. It was named one of the best horror novels of 2025 by @libraryjournal.bsky.social. Published by @shortwavebooks.bsky.social.
My latest novel, THE SUNDOWNER'S DANCE, is a mix of grief and cosmic horror about an over-55 retirement community. It was named one of the best horror novels of 2025 by @libraryjournal.bsky.social. Published by @shortwavebooks.bsky.social.
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The Extra by @annieneugebauer.bsky.social from @shortwavebooks.bsky.social
INCREDIBLY tense and suspenseful doppleganger tale of 10 who go camping... but now there’s 11... but everyone remembers everyone else.
INCREDIBLY tense and suspenseful doppleganger tale of 10 who go camping... but now there’s 11... but everyone remembers everyone else.
December 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The Extra by @annieneugebauer.bsky.social from @shortwavebooks.bsky.social
INCREDIBLY tense and suspenseful doppleganger tale of 10 who go camping... but now there’s 11... but everyone remembers everyone else.
INCREDIBLY tense and suspenseful doppleganger tale of 10 who go camping... but now there’s 11... but everyone remembers everyone else.
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Our Own Unique Affliction by Scott J. Moses from @shortwavebooks.bsky.social
A search for meaning in a meaningless life, vampire style. Brutal and thoughtful and beautiful. (not so) Mildly obsessed with this book.
A search for meaning in a meaningless life, vampire style. Brutal and thoughtful and beautiful. (not so) Mildly obsessed with this book.
December 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Our Own Unique Affliction by Scott J. Moses from @shortwavebooks.bsky.social
A search for meaning in a meaningless life, vampire style. Brutal and thoughtful and beautiful. (not so) Mildly obsessed with this book.
A search for meaning in a meaningless life, vampire style. Brutal and thoughtful and beautiful. (not so) Mildly obsessed with this book.
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Here is my TOP READS of 2025!
Featuring @adrianmgibson.bsky.social @elfordalley.bsky.social @kermichele.bsky.social @stejhoward.bsky.social @mikemollman.bsky.social @toddkeisling.com @shortwavebooks.bsky.social @jamesldulin.bsky.social
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Featuring @adrianmgibson.bsky.social @elfordalley.bsky.social @kermichele.bsky.social @stejhoward.bsky.social @mikemollman.bsky.social @toddkeisling.com @shortwavebooks.bsky.social @jamesldulin.bsky.social
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C. J. Daley’s Top Reads of 2025 | FanFiAddict
Another year is coming to a close if you can believe it…and I have once again read some books! As always, it’s a trial narrowing it down for me. All of them ...
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December 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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The order of the TOC has changed like three times since these were printed, and will likely change again, because I am a monster to work with, but that also makes these even more collectible, right? (Also, @alandistro.bsky.social is a goddamn design genius.)
ARCs are here! I mean… (A very limited, mostly already claimed, number of) ARCs are here!
I KNOW A PLACE, the debut collection from @natcassidy.bsky.social, is coming May 2026!
This is our longest book to date at nearly 500 pages. Overflowing with short fiction, new and old. Pre-orders open now!
I KNOW A PLACE, the debut collection from @natcassidy.bsky.social, is coming May 2026!
This is our longest book to date at nearly 500 pages. Overflowing with short fiction, new and old. Pre-orders open now!
December 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The order of the TOC has changed like three times since these were printed, and will likely change again, because I am a monster to work with, but that also makes these even more collectible, right? (Also, @alandistro.bsky.social is a goddamn design genius.)
ARCs are here! I mean… (A very limited, mostly already claimed, number of) ARCs are here!
I KNOW A PLACE, the debut collection from @natcassidy.bsky.social, is coming May 2026!
This is our longest book to date at nearly 500 pages. Overflowing with short fiction, new and old. Pre-orders open now!
I KNOW A PLACE, the debut collection from @natcassidy.bsky.social, is coming May 2026!
This is our longest book to date at nearly 500 pages. Overflowing with short fiction, new and old. Pre-orders open now!
December 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
ARCs are here! I mean… (A very limited, mostly already claimed, number of) ARCs are here!
I KNOW A PLACE, the debut collection from @natcassidy.bsky.social, is coming May 2026!
This is our longest book to date at nearly 500 pages. Overflowing with short fiction, new and old. Pre-orders open now!
I KNOW A PLACE, the debut collection from @natcassidy.bsky.social, is coming May 2026!
This is our longest book to date at nearly 500 pages. Overflowing with short fiction, new and old. Pre-orders open now!
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2025 Book Wrap-Up 💙📚
Each day for the rest of December, I want to post a few books I enjoyed this year by new-to-me authors.
Today's list:
The Extra by @annieneugebauer.bsky.social
Daddy's Boy by @thisishorror.bsky.social
Epiphany by @jvgachs.bsky.social
Each day for the rest of December, I want to post a few books I enjoyed this year by new-to-me authors.
Today's list:
The Extra by @annieneugebauer.bsky.social
Daddy's Boy by @thisishorror.bsky.social
Epiphany by @jvgachs.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
2025 Book Wrap-Up 💙📚
Each day for the rest of December, I want to post a few books I enjoyed this year by new-to-me authors.
Today's list:
The Extra by @annieneugebauer.bsky.social
Daddy's Boy by @thisishorror.bsky.social
Epiphany by @jvgachs.bsky.social
Each day for the rest of December, I want to post a few books I enjoyed this year by new-to-me authors.
Today's list:
The Extra by @annieneugebauer.bsky.social
Daddy's Boy by @thisishorror.bsky.social
Epiphany by @jvgachs.bsky.social