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Steve Rasnic Tem
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Out in the wild, DREAM MACHINE: Selected Poems. 115 poems dating back to the beginnings of my career, including several previously unpublished works. From a variety of sources including Asimov's, Amazing, Star*Line, Bennington Review, Portland Review, etc. www.amazon.com/Dream-Machin...
January 15, 2026 at 2:29 AM
DREAM MACHINE: Selected Poems collects 115 of Steve Rasnic Tem’s poems covering the same themes he explores in his fiction. These poems originally appeared in a variety of small mags and genre outlets incl Asimov's, Amazing, The Portland Review, Bennington Review, etc. www.amazon.com/dp/1637893973?
Dream Machine: Selected Poems
Dream Machine: Selected Poems [Tem, Steve Rasnic] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Dream Machine: Selected Poems
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January 12, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Coming Soon ...
January 11, 2026 at 3:44 AM
David Agranoff includes Ubo in his column on underrated SF:
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‘When you mix the “I want to shoot myself” grim tone of McCarthy’s The Road, with the political concepts and sheer “what the fuck is real?” of Philip K Dick, you earn the word masterpiece.’
25th Century Five and Dime #17: 23 of the Best underrated Science Fiction/ Speculative/ Weird of the first quarter of the 21st Century - Amazing Stories
With my last column written in 2025, I wanted to highlight some works of excellent speculative fiction that might normally get overlooked. If I were going
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January 8, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Gordon Bourjaily reviews the Charlie Grant anthology Doom City, including my story "Fogwell." cgbourjaily.blogspot.com/2026/01/here...
Here Waits Thy Doom: Doom City (ed. Charles L. Grant.)
Happy New Year! Let's start things off...
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January 5, 2026 at 6:22 PM
All of Melanie's books are now available as ebooks from the usual online retailers. www.amazon.com/s?i=digital-...
January 1, 2026 at 10:45 PM
It's a brand new year and I have a brand new story, "Rehearsals for the End," online in the January issue of The Dark. I encourage you to subscribe to support this fine magazine. www.thedarkmagazine.com/rehearsals-f...
Rehearsals for the End - The Dark Magazine
Two days into Fosters’ Woods they found the skeleton. Ralph, Aaron’s pit bull, pulled it out of a tangled deadfall and rhododendron hell. The poor dog struggled, making groaning and scuffing noises, d...
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January 1, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Reposted by Steve Rasnic Tem
“The Shadow on the Nest” by Alaya Dawn Johnson from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social, “Gehenna” by @stevetem.bsky.social from @remainsmagazine.bsky.social, and more short fic recs from @paulaguran here -
Remains and Uncanny: Review by Paula Guran
Remains 3 Uncanny 9-10/25 With its third issue, Remains continues to publish top-rate fiction. This time out the stories tend toward the depressive but, considering our times, that is most appropri…
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December 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Scarecrows: Appalachian Tales collects the best of Tem’s writings about his native Appalachia: fantasy, horror, crime, humor, and realistic local color fiction of the region. Available in both paperback and ebook formats.

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Scarecrows: Appalachian Tales
Scarecrows: Appalachian Tales [Tem, Steve Rasnic] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Scarecrows: Appalachian Tales
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December 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Xmas--a perfect time to read ghost stories. Here with the Shadows contains some of my best. Hardcover, pb, & ebook formats. “A volume of supernatural impressions and quiet vacancies, and in each story Tem reminds us that sometimes only a whisper separates us from the eternal.” tinyurl.com/bdvn7phx
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December 17, 2025 at 12:38 AM
From 2017, some of the materials used to promote my novel Ubo, a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award. Still available in paperback and ebook. rebellionpublishing.com/tag/ubo/
ubo Archives | Rebellion Publishing
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December 17, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Still available, ROUGH JUSTICE: Tales of Crime & Deception
Collecting the bulk of my crime stories and the one act play “Hideous Idea.” 43 stories. 444 pages. Available in both ebook and paperback forms from Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0DJGCBJMQ/
Rough Justice: Tales of Crime and Deception
Rough Justice: Tales of Crime and Deception - Kindle edition by Tem, Steve Rasnic. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Rough Justice: Tales of Crime and Deception.
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December 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This beauty, New Writings in Horror & the Supernatural Vol 3, edited by Stephen Jones, just arrived from PS Publishing in England, containing my new short story "Falling."
December 4, 2025 at 11:49 PM
For a dark vision of Santa Claus, read "I Saw Santa" on my website (along with links to other free online fiction). stevetem.com/free-fiction/
Free Fiction | Steve Rasnic Tem
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December 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
In Joseph Freeman's Winter Tales, December 2022, I read my Xmas tale "Whatever You Want," along with readings by Lionel Fanthorpe, Joseph Freeman, Stephen Laws, & Lynda E. Rucker. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvYV...
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December 2, 2025 at 12:32 AM
My two collections for Valancourt--Figures Unseen Selected Stories and Thanatrauma--are still available in paperback and ebook formats. "“Steve Rasnic Tem is a school of writing unto himself.” – Joe R. Lansdale
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December 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Gordon Bourjaily gives a thoughtful review of the Olson & Silva anthology Dead End" City Limits, including my story "At the End of the Day." cgbourjaily.blogspot.com/2025/11/city...
City Blocks, City Shocks: Dead End: City Limits (ed. Paul F. Olson & David B. Silva)
Here was a treat I stumbled upon the other day: A horror anthology I'd never hea...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Gordon Bourjaily takes a look at Charlie Grant’s first Greystone Bay anthology, including my story “In a Guest House” (included in my collections The Far Side of the Lake & Absent Company). cgbourjaily.blogspot.com/2025/11/take...
Take Me Down to Charlie Grant's City Where The Stones Are Grey And The Ghouls Are Pretty: The First Chronicles of Greystone Bay Part II
We're back for Part II of our first trip to Greystone Bay . This is mostly a quick wrap-up, since I'm working against a deadline (see belo...
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November 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The Fire Is Out
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November 6, 2025 at 1:56 AM
We need a new moonshot. youtube.com/shorts/RTrXw...
We Need A New Moonshot
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November 6, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Earth has a fever. youtube.com/shorts/Illpd...
Earth Has A Fever v2
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November 6, 2025 at 1:51 AM
In the new Locus Paula Guran recommends my story "Gehenna" from Remains #3. "A telling tale all too fitting for today."
November 4, 2025 at 7:14 AM
This list of recommended Halloween reading includes 3 anthologies containing my short stories. fanfiaddict.com/31-halloween...
31 Halloween Reads for Spooky Season | FanFiAddict
Below you will find a list of 31 Halloween themed books to sink your fangs into each spooky season. From short story collections to novellas and novels, the ...
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October 31, 2025 at 5:45 AM