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Dim Shores
@dimshores.bsky.social
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Micropress publisher of weird horror, strange science fiction, and dark fantasy. Cat enthusiast. Abyss gazer, void screamer. No ICE, no KKK, no fascist USA. Also no AI. He/him. dimshores.com
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Some advance praise for @charibdys.bsky.social THE MAIDENS OF MIDNIGHT from the brilliant @brianevenson.bsky.social. Featuring cover and interior art by @luciaretamales.bsky.social, and cover design by @grossandcolorful.bsky.social. Limited to 150 copies, with 90 sold in pre-order already.
A graphic that shows THE MAIDENS OF MIDNIGHT on the left with a blurb from Brian Evenson on the right. The blurb says: "From a recounting of what could be a Jean Rollin film shoot--if Rollin had been way more hip, female, and about sixty years younger, and if things had gone beautifully, bloodily awry--to meditations about ruined bodies (and body substitutes) infected by alien presences, to the outré pleasures of photographing a murdered body as it decays, these are fierce stories that experiment in and around genre in precise and shocking ways.” —Brian Evenson, author of GOOD NIGHT, SLEEP TIGHT
November 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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COLLECTOR ALERT: Remember the novella _caterpillars_ by World Fantasy Award-winning author Scott Nicolay, with a beautiful cover painted by @mrj81.bsky.social? I published it in January and it quickly sold out. There is now a signed and lettered special edition available, details below...
November 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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THE MAIDENS OF MIDNIGHT AND OTHER LOST MEDIA explores visual art as vivisection, slasher films, corpse photography, and other dark oddities.

Written by @charibdys.bsky.social
Art by @luciaretamales.bsky.social
Cover design by @grossandcolorful.bsky.social

Preorder open now: bit.ly/3XyScs6
An ad for THE MAIDENS OF MIDNIGHT AND OTHER LOST MEDIA. On the left side it says “written by Rhiannon Rasmussen” and “art by Lucia Retamales,” with stylized hybrid photo/illustrations of the two creators. On the right side is a photo of the book showing the cover. Under the cover it says “cover layout by Shi Briggs” and has a logo for their company Gross and Colorful. At the bottom of the ad it says “published by DIM SHORES."
November 20, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Dim Shores is proud to present THE MAIDENS OF MIDNIGHT AND OTHER LOST MEDIA, a short story collection by Rhiannon Rasmussen, hauntingly illustrated by Lucia Retamales.

12 dark tales and 13 illustrations. 168 pages. Limited to 150 copies.

Coming December 2025, Pre-order now! bit.ly/3XyScs6
A graphic advertising the new book THE MAIDENS OF MIDNIGHT AND OTHER LOST MEDIA. The book is displayed on the left, with the following text on the right: Dim Shores presents: One novella and eleven short stories of lo-fi horror in an illustrated collection. Snapshots of life through distorted lenses. PREORDER NOW, December 8 2025.
November 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Here is the beautiful front cover for SUFFERING THE OTHER, art and design by RewX. See the loaded TOC here: bit.ly/4i03e3h (TOC is also in the alt-text here). Coming February 2026, pre-order open in December. Reminder, this is a benefit for @raicestexas.bsky.social and Transgender Law Center!
Cover of the book SUFFERING THE OTHER - a dark but colorful illustration showing a winged creature with a human face, wings, and long trailing tails, in vibrant gold and orange tones, flying upwards towards the top right corner, while dozens of dark serpents with glowing eyes and forked tongues travel in the opposite direction. The book contains 16 original stories and 8 reprints (indicated with **), arranged here alphabetically by author name. Table of contents: Nadia Bulkin -- Infested ** Lisa Cai -- The Eighth Cigarette ** Matthew Cheney -- Queer Horror, and Other Stories Jennifer DeLeskie -- You Shall Love Your Crooked Neighbor with Your Crooked Heart Kurt Fawver -- The KnowQuest AI Chatbot Answers All Your Questions About Britemol C Robin Rose Graves -- Her True Face Alexander Hay -- LEAD ** Bitter Karella -- The Divine Feminine Gwendolyn Kiste -- My Sister, the Abyss Jonathan Lees -- To Those That Have Lost Hope Laura Mauro -- Ptichka ** David Peak -- Crawling Out of Black Sun Marigold Rowell -- Salt Blossoms Erica Ruppert -- Nor Stone, Nor Earth, Nor Boundless Sea Cheyenne Shaffer -- Ursula the Powerful ** A. J. Sharpe -- Sore Thumb Clint Smith -- “January Sick” J. J. Steinfeld -- The Suicide Inspector ** Bogi Takács -- A Technical Term, Like Privilege ** Jeffrey Thomas -- Song of the Loved Lee Thomas -- Kisses from the Pain Chamber Pamela Weis -- An Abomination A.C. Wise -- Sea-Wives Wen Wen Yang -- Ghost Festival in the Desert ** Cover art and design by RewX Edited by Justin Steele and Sam Cowan
November 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Limited to 200 copies, ONE COPY LEFT. Gaspar by Matthew M. Bartlett, featuring cover and interior art by Aeron Alfrey and cover design by @dansauer.bsky.social. An excellent Halloween-season horror, includes cover art print and a sticker. Once this one is gone, that's it.
Screenshot of the Dim Shores web store page for Gaspar, a Rangel Bantam Story, by Matthew M. Bartlett. There is a large picture of the cover, which features a bipedal goat with a cloak, and a little girl (Rangel) riding on his back and peering over his left shoulder. They appear to be standing in a field with clouds behind them. The art starts as grayscale at the top and becomes increasingly red the lower down the cover you look. Below that is a smaller picture of a stack of cover art prints - these are grayscale only, no red. Alongside the photos is the description from the web store, as follows: **1 COPY LEFT** Gaspar, a Rangel Bantam Story by Matthew M. Bartlett, with art by Aeron Alfrey and cover design by Dan Sauer Return to devil-haunted Leeds, Massachusetts with Gaspar Bantam as he seeks to come to terms with the disappearance of his little sister Rangel 30 years earlier. This story is a sequel to Rangel, Matt’s 2015 Dim Shores chapbook. Rangel was the second Dim Shores chapbook and the first solo publication by Matt that was not self-published. It holds a special place in my little black heart and I’m thrilled to publish the next chapter in the Bantam family saga. Once again, the one and only Aeron Alfrey will be providing art for the cover plus two full-page interior illustrations. Cover design by the inimitable Dan Sauer of Jackanapes Press. 52 pages, includes high-quality cover art print and vinyl sticker with some of Aeron's interior art. Limited edition of 200 copies. ATTENTION INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS: I can ship to you but we need to figure out exact shipping costs based on where you live. Please message me - sam at dimshores dot com - and we’ll work it out!
October 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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If you missed out on @nadiabulkin.bsky.social's "Red Skies in the Morning" when I published it in 2024, you can finally read it in her outstanding new collection, ISSUES WITH AUTHORITY, along with two other novellas, one exclusive to this book. A must-read.
Two books by Nadia Bulkin laid flat on a kitchen table: on the left, ISSUES WITH AUTHORITY (Ghoulish Books, 2025), and on the right, RED SKIES IN THE MORNING (Dim Shores, 2024). If you have already read Nadia’s first collection SHE SAID DESTROY (Word Horde, 2017), you know you need ISSUES WITH AUTHORITY. If you haven’t read SHE SAID DESTROY, please do. Nadia is one of the best at what she does, please support her and the indie presses that make work like this available.
September 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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OK, first proof/ARCs have been printed for The Maidens of Midnight, the first collection by @charibdys.bsky.social. Fantastic art seen here by @luciaretamales.bsky.social. And look how chonky it is - 170 pages, by far the thickest single-author book I’ve published. Pre-order coming soon.
A fanned-out stack of six copies of The Maidens of Midnight and Other Lost Media by Rhiannon Rasmussen. The cover art shows a large red face with open mouth and fangs that seems to hang in the sky as a woman in a sheer white gown looks toward it. The setting looks to be a wooded path in the forest at night. There is a box near the upper right corner that says “UNCORRECTED PROOF — ADVANCE REVIEW COPY." Interior art by Lucia Retamales of something that looks like a cursed Tamagotchi hanging in front of a glitching video screen. Six copies of The Maidens of Midnight and Other Lost Media, stacked and photographed so the spines are visible. This counts as a long book for Dim Shores.
September 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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I just finished this weird little novella by @hazelzorn.bsky.social, published by the good folks at @tenebrouspress.bsky.social. Bizarre eco horror, I really dig it. And Becca Snow’s cover art is a perfect fit. Interior art by Echo Echo too. All in all a great presentation of a dark trippy story.
September 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Batman as a vampire from RED RAIN, art by Kelley Jones.
September 7, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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I am very pleased to announce the table of contents for SUFFERING THE OTHER, a benefit anthology for @raicestexas.bsky.social and Transgender Law Center. For plain text version see the ALT text. Coming late 2025 or early 2026.
Suffering the Other – table of contents 16 original stories and 8 reprints (indicated with **), arranged here alphabetically by author name. Nadia Bulkin -- Infested ** Lisa Cai -- The Eighth Cigarette ** Matthew Cheney -- Queer Horror, and Other Stories Jennifer DeLeskie -- You Shall Love Your Crooked Neighbor with Your Crooked Heart Kurt Fawver -- The KnowQuest AI Chatbot Answers All Your Questions About Britemol C Robin Rose Graves -- Her True Face Alexander Hay -- LEAD ** Bitter Karella -- The Divine Feminine Gwendolyn Kiste -- My Sister, the Abyss Jonathan Lees -- To Those That Have Lost Hope Laura Mauro -- Ptichka ** David Peak -- Crawling Out of Black Sun Marigold Rowell -- Salt Blossoms Erica Ruppert -- Nor Stone, Nor Earth, Nor Boundless Sea Cheyenne Shaffer -- Ursula the Powerful ** A. J. Sharpe -- Sore Thumb Clint Smith -- “January Sick” J. J. Steinfeld -- The Suicide Inspector ** Bogi Takács -- A Technical Term, Like Privilege ** Jeffrey Thomas -- Song of the Loved Lee Thomas -- Kisses from the Pain Chamber Pamela Weis -- An Abomination A.C. Wise -- Sea-Wives Wen Wen Yang -- Ghost Festival in the Desert ** Cover art and design by RewX Edited by Justin Steele and Sam Cowan
August 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Looking for an artist for Suffering the Other. Note, book is a benefit for @raicestexas.bsky.social and Transgender Law Center, so pay is only $50 and 5 copies of the book. Artists, to get a feel for the book you can check the submissions guidelines for authors here: bit.ly/4o30kgu (subs closed!)
SEEKING ARTIST FOR BENEFIT BOOK COVER (No AI) The benefit anthology Suffering the Other is currently in the works and will be published late 2025 or early 2026. All proceeds from this book will be split between RAICES and Transgender Law Center, and authors are taking token payments of $10 and a copy of the book as compensation. One thing we still need is eye-catching cover art, and I’m hoping to find an artist (no AI) who will do it for $50 plus 5 copies of the book. This is much lower than I usually pay for cover art but since this is a benefit I’m trying to reduce production costs as much as possible. (Lead editor Justin Steele and I are taking copies of the book only, no money.) I loathe the idea of “for exposure” — all creatives should be paid for their work, period. I know $50 and 5 copies of the book is not much, but the goal of this book is to get as much money as possible to two worthy organizations, not the publisher. Both RAICES and TLC are doing crucial work, helping the two groups most scape-goated and attacked by the T---p regime and their acolytes. If you are interested, please get in touch via DM or the Dim Shores website.
July 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Very large turnout for the Sacramento #nokings protest. A very short clip with some of my favorite signs. Other great ones I saw: "Chinga tu MAGA" "You put the dick in dick-tator" "Orange lies matter". So many more. And I didn't see a single counter-protestor anywhere. Great day. #fuckice #resist
June 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Congrats to all nominees for the 2024 Shirley Jackson Awards. Special congrats to @nadiabulkin.bsky.social and @kfawver.bsky.social, whose Dim Shores chapbooks were nominated in the Novella (Nadia) and Novelette (Kurt) categories.
Graphic with Shirley Jackson Awards logo, the text "2024 NOMINEES", and Dim Shores logo stacked in the center. On the left is the cover of Nadia Bulkin's Dim Shores chapbook Red Skies in the Morning, and on the right is the cover of Kurt Fawver's Dim Shores chapbook The Thirteen Ways We Turned Darryl Dawson into a Monster.
June 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Eight days left to get submissions, uh, submitted. We've received over 100 stories so far, ranging from authors who haven't been published yet to genre veterans. US and world news has been kicking my ass, and doing something to try to help is one of the only things that lets me feel OK right now. ✊
Black square with green, yellow, and white text that reads "CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS -- Suffering the Other -- A weird fiction anthology to benefit Transgender Law Center and RAICES -- Edited by Justin Steele and Sam Cowan -- SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MAY 30, 2025 -- See DimShores.com for full submission guidelines." The Dim Shores logo in white appears after the txt at the bottom of the graphic.
May 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Everything is horrible always but here is silly Minx. She lays like that a lot, sleeps like that too. #caturday
May 18, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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We went to the #HandsOff protest/rally here in Sacramento. HUGE turnout, seemed to go very well, even the cops were chill. I hate being in large crowds but this was necessary. Feeling revitalized today. #RESIST (Video of silly Minx, Ripley, and Sia is unrelated.)
April 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Please share: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. Really excited to be doing another book with @mrsteeleyogirl.bsky.social, especially one that feels so very necessary right now. Send us your on-topic speculative fiction stories and let's raise some money for transgenderlawcenter.org and raicestexas.org!
Black square with green, yellow, and white text that reads "CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS -- Suffering the Other -- A weird fiction anthology to benefit Transgender Law Center and RAICES -- Edited by Justin Steele and Sam Cowan -- Seeking original and reprint dark speculative fiction about out-groups and the effects of prejudice and persecution -- Submission window: March 30 - May 30, 2025 -- See DimShores.com for full submission guidelines." The Dim Shores logo in white appears after the txt at the bottom of the graphic.
March 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Some synchronized grooming from Sia and Minx for #caturday. Book news coming, including a new anthology and open submissions. Sign up for the newsletter to hear about it first, contact me here or via dimshores.com.
March 23, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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A graphic mimicking video game Skyrim shows the player has achieved level 100 in OOF.
February 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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More book stuff soon. Looking at doing a couple of things as benefits for orgs helping folks targeted by MAGA. As an emotional break from **points at everything** for #caturday here is sweet tripod girl Ripley playing. She doesn’t have teeth but carries her mouse no problem.
February 23, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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With some assistance from Sia, I am finally caught up on _caterpillars_ shipping. If you paid for a copy, it is packed and waiting to go to the post office tomorrow. Holding a few for international folks, other than that there are 13 copies left.
February 3, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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I have received the second and final box of Scott Nicolay’s novella _caterpillars_ , and I start fulfilling orders today.

The winner of Scott’s rare 2015 novella _after_, including color prints by @illustro-obscurum.bsky.social, is Oliver McCormick. Congrats Oliver!

(This is new intern Minx.)
January 18, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Well, I received one box of Scott Nicolay's new novella _caterpillars_, but the second box is somewhere in the bowels of the USPS, last seen in Phoenix AZ. *sigh* So if you order now you still have a chance to win a copy of Scott's rare 2015 novella _after_. Only 23 copies of _caterpillars_ left!
A copy of Scott Nicolay's 2015 novella _after_ and accompanying Michael Bukowski art prints sits on top of 6 small stacks of Scott's new novella _caterpillars_.
January 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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33 copies of Scott Nicolay's brand new novella caterpillars left. Hope to have books in-house and ready to ship in about two weeks.

Reminder: pre-orders will have a shot at winning a copy of Scott's 2015 novella, after, plus a set of the four Michael Bukowski prints that came with the 1st edition.
Copy of Scott Nicolay's upcoming novella caterpillars on a kitchen table, near a copy of Scott's 2015 novella after and accompanying art prints. A striped and spotted cat (Sia) is walking into the upper-right of the picture.
January 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM