Weird Lit Mag
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A platform for the weird and boundless. We support freedom of expression, community engagement, and the open exchange of ideas.
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Chill Subs is hosting their 3rd annual Community Favorites Best Lit Mag Awards, and we'd love if you voted for Weird Lit! Vote at www.chillsubs.com/be...! Voting closes Dec. 7. P.S. Voters are entered to win a year of Chill Subs Best or $500 too.
November 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Chill Subs is hosting their 3rd annual Community Favorites Best Lit Mag Awards, and we'd love if you voted for Weird Lit! Vote at www.chillsubs.com/be...! Voting closes Dec. 7. P.S. Voters are entered to win a year of Chill Subs Best or $500 too.
We're excited to announce our nomination for the 2026 PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers: "Transmission" by Gene Wang! This prize recognizes twelve emerging writers/year for their debut short story. Read Gene's outstanding debut story at www.weirdlitmag.com/.... Best of luck!
November 20, 2025 at 10:52 PM
We're excited to announce our nomination for the 2026 PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers: "Transmission" by Gene Wang! This prize recognizes twelve emerging writers/year for their debut short story. Read Gene's outstanding debut story at www.weirdlitmag.com/.... Best of luck!
"... dear lord that eyeball’s back ..."
We loved the breathlessness and absurdity amidst a real human story about loss and grief in Nancy S. Koven's story "Five Hours to Wilmington." Read our interview with the author on the WLM blog at www.weirdlitmag.com/...!
We loved the breathlessness and absurdity amidst a real human story about loss and grief in Nancy S. Koven's story "Five Hours to Wilmington." Read our interview with the author on the WLM blog at www.weirdlitmag.com/...!
November 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
"... dear lord that eyeball’s back ..."
We loved the breathlessness and absurdity amidst a real human story about loss and grief in Nancy S. Koven's story "Five Hours to Wilmington." Read our interview with the author on the WLM blog at www.weirdlitmag.com/...!
We loved the breathlessness and absurdity amidst a real human story about loss and grief in Nancy S. Koven's story "Five Hours to Wilmington." Read our interview with the author on the WLM blog at www.weirdlitmag.com/...!
It's hard to believe, but we're midway through the submission period for our Winter 2025 Issue. If you were waiting for a sign that you should submit your ready-for-the-world weird work, this is it! We'd love to read it. Send to weirdlitmag.com/submit through December 1 for consideration.
November 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
It's hard to believe, but we're midway through the submission period for our Winter 2025 Issue. If you were waiting for a sign that you should submit your ready-for-the-world weird work, this is it! We'd love to read it. Send to weirdlitmag.com/submit through December 1 for consideration.
Congratulations to WLM author Chris Scott (@iamchrisscott.bsky.social)! We're so happy to see that "Teddy Bear Pancake" made its way into Best Small Fictions Spotlighted Selections, which will kick off the 2025 anthology. thecoilmag.com/announcement...
Announcement of the 2025 ‘Best Small Fictions’ Spotlighted Selections
Spotlighted selections have been made by guest judge Robert Shapard for the 2025 ‘Best Small Fictions’ anthology.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Congratulations to WLM author Chris Scott (@iamchrisscott.bsky.social)! We're so happy to see that "Teddy Bear Pancake" made its way into Best Small Fictions Spotlighted Selections, which will kick off the 2025 anthology. thecoilmag.com/announcement...
"I can make straight characters accidentally queer halfway through a draft."
Catch up with WLM contributor Justin Taroli (author of "The Harvester") for some writing advice and to hear what he thinks the real reason is behind men's violence in our world. Read more at
Catch up with WLM contributor Justin Taroli (author of "The Harvester") for some writing advice and to hear what he thinks the real reason is behind men's violence in our world. Read more at
Interview with Author Justin Taroli
I do hope readers are left with just a bit more audacity to lean into the weird in their own lives.
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November 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"I can make straight characters accidentally queer halfway through a draft."
Catch up with WLM contributor Justin Taroli (author of "The Harvester") for some writing advice and to hear what he thinks the real reason is behind men's violence in our world. Read more at
Catch up with WLM contributor Justin Taroli (author of "The Harvester") for some writing advice and to hear what he thinks the real reason is behind men's violence in our world. Read more at
We've quietly unveiled a behind-the-scenes achievement this week: a new, custom-built submission form! We also wanted to note a key change to our guidelines for those submitting flash work—as the form guides you, please now upload each flash piece in a separate file at weirdlitmag.com/submit.
October 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
We've quietly unveiled a behind-the-scenes achievement this week: a new, custom-built submission form! We also wanted to note a key change to our guidelines for those submitting flash work—as the form guides you, please now upload each flash piece in a separate file at weirdlitmag.com/submit.
"It takes her an hour before she sees it, the small shape looming in her rearview mirror."
Courtney Welu's story "Visitation" gives us a glimpse into the internal pain of grief in a context of extraordinary external events. Read our interview with the author at
Courtney Welu's story "Visitation" gives us a glimpse into the internal pain of grief in a context of extraordinary external events. Read our interview with the author at
Interview with Author Courtney Welu
We all lose control, at some point or another, of the shape and momentum of our lives.
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October 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"It takes her an hour before she sees it, the small shape looming in her rearview mirror."
Courtney Welu's story "Visitation" gives us a glimpse into the internal pain of grief in a context of extraordinary external events. Read our interview with the author at
Courtney Welu's story "Visitation" gives us a glimpse into the internal pain of grief in a context of extraordinary external events. Read our interview with the author at
“'Place'” is at the heart of most human experiences."
We're excited to share a feature-length interview with Sarah Oechsle, author of "The Front Range," from our Fall Issue, where Senior Editor Dina and the author chat about maps, mountains, and writing success. Read more at
We're excited to share a feature-length interview with Sarah Oechsle, author of "The Front Range," from our Fall Issue, where Senior Editor Dina and the author chat about maps, mountains, and writing success. Read more at
A Conversation with Featured Author Sarah Oechsle
I think it’s in our nature as people, or maybe as writers, to be self-critical. You have to be able to be self-critical to get better, but I think you also have to be a bit delusional.
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October 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
“'Place'” is at the heart of most human experiences."
We're excited to share a feature-length interview with Sarah Oechsle, author of "The Front Range," from our Fall Issue, where Senior Editor Dina and the author chat about maps, mountains, and writing success. Read more at
We're excited to share a feature-length interview with Sarah Oechsle, author of "The Front Range," from our Fall Issue, where Senior Editor Dina and the author chat about maps, mountains, and writing success. Read more at
We've arrived at the opening of winter—at least, the opening of the submission window for our Winter 2025 Issue. Send us your best, polished and weird work through Dec. 1 for consideration. We're so ready to read it! See our full guidelines at weirdlitmag.com/submit.
October 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
We've arrived at the opening of winter—at least, the opening of the submission window for our Winter 2025 Issue. Send us your best, polished and weird work through Dec. 1 for consideration. We're so ready to read it! See our full guidelines at weirdlitmag.com/submit.
"He ran fast and screamed like a banshee, chasing down and biting a couple of our townsfolk before running away."
Jim Wright takes a popular trope and gives it a fresh spin in "Last Night at the Dollar Store." Read more about the author in our interview on the WLM blog at www.weirdlitmag.com/....
Jim Wright takes a popular trope and gives it a fresh spin in "Last Night at the Dollar Store." Read more about the author in our interview on the WLM blog at www.weirdlitmag.com/....
Interview with Author Jim Wright
My closet is intentionally organized according to the Second Law of Thermodynamics, and all the objects contained within it are ruled by entropy. Nonetheless, an uninformed observer viewing my closet may overlook the science and call me a slob.
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October 14, 2025 at 8:55 PM
"He ran fast and screamed like a banshee, chasing down and biting a couple of our townsfolk before running away."
Jim Wright takes a popular trope and gives it a fresh spin in "Last Night at the Dollar Store." Read more about the author in our interview on the WLM blog at www.weirdlitmag.com/....
Jim Wright takes a popular trope and gives it a fresh spin in "Last Night at the Dollar Store." Read more about the author in our interview on the WLM blog at www.weirdlitmag.com/....
“As a writer, you can take any path you want." We don't usually fall for stories about writing, but weegbree made us feel a lot of things we don't always feel when reading: delight, shock, and a new appreciation for the weird. Read more in our interview with the author at
Interview with Author weegbree
Many believe that weeds exist because of the cracks in the pavement, when in reality we are the ones who cause them. Here's how you slowly crack the system:
take care of your roots,
train your resilience,
grow inconspicuously,
be with many.
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October 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
“As a writer, you can take any path you want." We don't usually fall for stories about writing, but weegbree made us feel a lot of things we don't always feel when reading: delight, shock, and a new appreciation for the weird. Read more in our interview with the author at
WLM Editor Amanda takes on some intriguing parallels between the weirder side of metal and nonsense lit in our latest blog. If you're looking for inspiration for your next story (or just want to hear about pianos being played by excavators), head over to www.weirdlitmag.com/... to read more.
Metal Music and the Absurd
While basking in Igorrr's melodic screaming, I thought about music as a method of storytelling and realized there are parallels between what I love the most about this band and what we enjoy finding in our submissions at Weird Lit.
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October 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
WLM Editor Amanda takes on some intriguing parallels between the weirder side of metal and nonsense lit in our latest blog. If you're looking for inspiration for your next story (or just want to hear about pianos being played by excavators), head over to www.weirdlitmag.com/... to read more.
"But real robots do not need sexy legs to dance."
Joe Johnson tackles the human quandary of robots in our daily lives with humor and suspiciously simple stylistic prose in his story "Robot." Read more about the author in a short interview we did earlier this month at www.weirdlitmag.com/...!
Joe Johnson tackles the human quandary of robots in our daily lives with humor and suspiciously simple stylistic prose in his story "Robot." Read more about the author in a short interview we did earlier this month at www.weirdlitmag.com/...!
September 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"But real robots do not need sexy legs to dance."
Joe Johnson tackles the human quandary of robots in our daily lives with humor and suspiciously simple stylistic prose in his story "Robot." Read more about the author in a short interview we did earlier this month at www.weirdlitmag.com/...!
Joe Johnson tackles the human quandary of robots in our daily lives with humor and suspiciously simple stylistic prose in his story "Robot." Read more about the author in a short interview we did earlier this month at www.weirdlitmag.com/...!
Today we're sharing our sixth issue, featuring seven authors and one visual artist who have contributed their weird and wonderful work. Read more at www.weirdlitmag.com/.
P.S. We once again received a record number of submissions. Thanks again to all who shared their stories with us!
P.S. We once again received a record number of submissions. Thanks again to all who shared their stories with us!
September 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Today we're sharing our sixth issue, featuring seven authors and one visual artist who have contributed their weird and wonderful work. Read more at www.weirdlitmag.com/.
P.S. We once again received a record number of submissions. Thanks again to all who shared their stories with us!
P.S. We once again received a record number of submissions. Thanks again to all who shared their stories with us!
As we say our farewells to summer, we're excited to share a sneak peek of the contributor list for our Fall 2025 Issue, arriving to weirdlitmag.com this coming Monday on the autumn equinox.
We hope you come by to enjoy our selected weird stories and art!
We hope you come by to enjoy our selected weird stories and art!
September 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
As we say our farewells to summer, we're excited to share a sneak peek of the contributor list for our Fall 2025 Issue, arriving to weirdlitmag.com this coming Monday on the autumn equinox.
We hope you come by to enjoy our selected weird stories and art!
We hope you come by to enjoy our selected weird stories and art!
As we come up to the release of our 6th issue, I’ve been thinking about some of the recurring themes we encounter in the hundreds of stories we receive every submission period and musing about what's up with our interest in certain types of story elements.
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Recurring Themes: Perspectives on Submissions
We want the type of writing that channels social anxieties, human philosophical concerns, and big-picture questions.
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September 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
As we come up to the release of our 6th issue, I’ve been thinking about some of the recurring themes we encounter in the hundreds of stories we receive every submission period and musing about what's up with our interest in certain types of story elements.
Read more at
Nomi McLeod's story "30/30 Rule" captivated us with its uniqueness of its conceit and its layers of ambiguity and human complexity, which make the somewhat absurd thought processes of its characters seem very real. We hope you enjoy this short interview with the author!
Interview with Author Nomi McLeod
I go walking and muttering to myself through the trees.
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September 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Nomi McLeod's story "30/30 Rule" captivated us with its uniqueness of its conceit and its layers of ambiguity and human complexity, which make the somewhat absurd thought processes of its characters seem very real. We hope you enjoy this short interview with the author!
Andrew Mondry's story "Smile for the Camera" gripped us immediately with its hauntingly believable take on what AI, capitalism, and surveillance could turn our reality into. Check out his short interview to learn about his writing advice and book and author recommendations at
Interview with Author Andrew Mondry
Like a beaver building a dam, I return to the page. It’s just part of my nature.
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September 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Andrew Mondry's story "Smile for the Camera" gripped us immediately with its hauntingly believable take on what AI, capitalism, and surveillance could turn our reality into. Check out his short interview to learn about his writing advice and book and author recommendations at
D.D. Campbell's "That Which Binds Us" gripped us when it read it. It struck us with its quiet, compelling voice, and we were doubly excited to find that we'd be publishing a second piece from D.D. Read more about D.D. at www.weirdlitmag.com/... on the WLM blog.
(A New!) Interview With Author D.D. Campbell
It’s a beautiful thing to create something new, and the process is sometimes as important, if not more important, than the final product.
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August 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
D.D. Campbell's "That Which Binds Us" gripped us when it read it. It struck us with its quiet, compelling voice, and we were doubly excited to find that we'd be publishing a second piece from D.D. Read more about D.D. at www.weirdlitmag.com/... on the WLM blog.
We were delighted by how Olivier Breuleux conveyed the tragedy of the human condition in his absurd piece "Mary's Blood." Olivier discusses his immunity to existential dread (and joy) and how both ravens and writing desks play a mean sax solo in our interview at
Interview with Author Olivier Breuleux
Reality is whatever it is, it doesn’t care to satisfy us or to even be intelligible, it doesn’t owe us anything.
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August 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We were delighted by how Olivier Breuleux conveyed the tragedy of the human condition in his absurd piece "Mary's Blood." Olivier discusses his immunity to existential dread (and joy) and how both ravens and writing desks play a mean sax solo in our interview at
We submitted our 2026 Best of the Net Anthology nominations this week and wish the best of luck to authors Gene Wang, Mish Gajewski-Zambataro, and artist Laurie Hogin.
Read their stories and view Laurie's art at links below!
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Read their stories and view Laurie's art at links below!
www.weirdlitmag.com/...
www.weirdlitmag.com/...
www.weirdlitmag.com/...
August 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
We submitted our 2026 Best of the Net Anthology nominations this week and wish the best of luck to authors Gene Wang, Mish Gajewski-Zambataro, and artist Laurie Hogin.
Read their stories and view Laurie's art at links below!
www.weirdlitmag.com/...
www.weirdlitmag.com/...
www.weirdlitmag.com/...
Read their stories and view Laurie's art at links below!
www.weirdlitmag.com/...
www.weirdlitmag.com/...
www.weirdlitmag.com/...
We're midway through our submission window for our Fall 2025 Issue and we've had an amazing number of stories come through but we want more! If you haven't already submitted this round, we'd love to read your (best) weird work. Send us your polished stories under 3K words at www.weirdlitmag.com/...!
August 18, 2025 at 1:45 AM
We're midway through our submission window for our Fall 2025 Issue and we've had an amazing number of stories come through but we want more! If you haven't already submitted this round, we'd love to read your (best) weird work. Send us your polished stories under 3K words at www.weirdlitmag.com/...!
Got a short story in the works to submit to us at Weird Lit? We’ve got a few suggestions for how to harness your weird friends or family as beta readers to help you kick off your revision process, including five questions you can prime your readers with! Read more at
Getting the Best Out of Beta Readers (When They’re Friends or Family)
We’ve got a few suggestions for how to harness your weird friends or family as beta readers to help you kick off your revision process.
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August 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Got a short story in the works to submit to us at Weird Lit? We’ve got a few suggestions for how to harness your weird friends or family as beta readers to help you kick off your revision process, including five questions you can prime your readers with! Read more at
Jarick Weldon's compelling micro-fic "Reminiscent of Drogbel Babies" presents a brief moment inside the field notes of a mysterious archaeologist on a mission to discover and understand the culture they're unearthing. Read more about the author on the WLM blog at www.weirdlitmag.com/...
Interview with Author Jarick Weldon
I sometimes google people by chance on the day they die.
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August 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Jarick Weldon's compelling micro-fic "Reminiscent of Drogbel Babies" presents a brief moment inside the field notes of a mysterious archaeologist on a mission to discover and understand the culture they're unearthing. Read more about the author on the WLM blog at www.weirdlitmag.com/...