Dust & Dark
@dustanddark.com
A new magazine of chilling horror fiction. Launching 2025. https://dustanddark.com/
Editor: @owenduffy.co.uk
Banner image: Mikel Martinez De Osaba
Editor: @owenduffy.co.uk
Banner image: Mikel Martinez De Osaba
Feeling pretty correct about our decision to get off Facebook… arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
”Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn’t feel right”: Meta emails unsealed
Meta’s alleged torrenting and seeding of pirated books complicates copyright case.
arstechnica.com
February 7, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Feeling pretty correct about our decision to get off Facebook… arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
We're sending submission responses over the weekend. To those who haven't been selected, please know that the process of choosing has been *incredibly* hard. We have had more great submissions than we could possibly run, and we hope you'll submit more work to us in the future!
February 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
We're sending submission responses over the weekend. To those who haven't been selected, please know that the process of choosing has been *incredibly* hard. We have had more great submissions than we could possibly run, and we hope you'll submit more work to us in the future!
Hi folks. Editor Owen here with a quick update. In December I started suffering dizzy spells and blackouts. I’m going to be undergoing some tests for a heart condition which I’m told is more inconvenient than dangerous and can hopefully be managed with some lifestyle changes (if I have it!). (1/2)
January 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Hi folks. Editor Owen here with a quick update. In December I started suffering dizzy spells and blackouts. I’m going to be undergoing some tests for a heart condition which I’m told is more inconvenient than dangerous and can hopefully be managed with some lifestyle changes (if I have it!). (1/2)
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✨ Scottish writers! Send us your delicious words! ✨
I'm delighted to be judging the Cymera Prize alongside the wonderful @shoreinf.bsky.social & @simonguy.bsky.social. Can't wait to read your stories.
I'm delighted to be judging the Cymera Prize alongside the wonderful @shoreinf.bsky.social & @simonguy.bsky.social. Can't wait to read your stories.
Cymera and @shoreinf.bsky.social are teaming up again to discover the best new stories by Scottish writers! Submissions for the Cymera Prize for Speculative Short Fiction will open on Monday, 13th January 2025.
Find out more on our website: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-cymera-...
Find out more on our website: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-cymera-...
January 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
✨ Scottish writers! Send us your delicious words! ✨
I'm delighted to be judging the Cymera Prize alongside the wonderful @shoreinf.bsky.social & @simonguy.bsky.social. Can't wait to read your stories.
I'm delighted to be judging the Cymera Prize alongside the wonderful @shoreinf.bsky.social & @simonguy.bsky.social. Can't wait to read your stories.
We have deleted our Facebook account as we do not feel our values align with those of Meta. For now, Bluesky is our only social media platform.
January 8, 2025 at 8:22 AM
We have deleted our Facebook account as we do not feel our values align with those of Meta. For now, Bluesky is our only social media platform.
Our editor had a bit of a health scare, but we’re still hard at work on submissions. Hope to have some news for authors by the end of the year. Thank you so much for your patience.
December 21, 2024 at 8:31 AM
Our editor had a bit of a health scare, but we’re still hard at work on submissions. Hope to have some news for authors by the end of the year. Thank you so much for your patience.
It's a strange kind of sadness reading a wonderful story submission that deserves to be published but just doesn't fit our brief.
December 5, 2024 at 9:12 PM
It's a strange kind of sadness reading a wonderful story submission that deserves to be published but just doesn't fit our brief.
Just under half way through our submissions pile, and not only have I seen some excellent horror stories that I want in the magazine, I’ve seen some of the best stories I’ve ever read, full stop. So excited to bring them to you.
November 26, 2024 at 11:20 PM
Just under half way through our submissions pile, and not only have I seen some excellent horror stories that I want in the magazine, I’ve seen some of the best stories I’ve ever read, full stop. So excited to bring them to you.
The energy we are bringing to 2025.
November 22, 2024 at 9:06 AM
The energy we are bringing to 2025.
Our heroic team of volunteer submissions readers is working through our hefty pile of stories. We already have so many strong candidates for our debut issue. We have room for six or seven from over 1,000 submitted works. Thank you, writers, for your patience during the process.
November 21, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Our heroic team of volunteer submissions readers is working through our hefty pile of stories. We already have so many strong candidates for our debut issue. We have room for six or seven from over 1,000 submitted works. Thank you, writers, for your patience during the process.
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My last collection of M.R. James illustrations from a few years ago, Im getting my new set ready to share next week
November 18, 2024 at 8:08 PM
My last collection of M.R. James illustrations from a few years ago, Im getting my new set ready to share next week
Delighted to have more Bluesky followers than the Daily Mail.
November 14, 2024 at 10:18 AM
Delighted to have more Bluesky followers than the Daily Mail.
Closing in on 1,000 followers. Welcome! We think you’re going to love what we have in store for you.
We’re a new horror fiction magazine with a focus on chilling, atmospheric stories with something to say. We are committed to fair pay for authors.
We’d love your support on Kickstarter next year.
We’re a new horror fiction magazine with a focus on chilling, atmospheric stories with something to say. We are committed to fair pay for authors.
We’d love your support on Kickstarter next year.
November 8, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Closing in on 1,000 followers. Welcome! We think you’re going to love what we have in store for you.
We’re a new horror fiction magazine with a focus on chilling, atmospheric stories with something to say. We are committed to fair pay for authors.
We’d love your support on Kickstarter next year.
We’re a new horror fiction magazine with a focus on chilling, atmospheric stories with something to say. We are committed to fair pay for authors.
We’d love your support on Kickstarter next year.
Our submissions window closes on 31 October (which seems appropriate), and we are very close to our submissions quota, so may have to close before then. If you’re thinking of sending us your work, please be quick!
October 30, 2024 at 1:05 PM
Our submissions window closes on 31 October (which seems appropriate), and we are very close to our submissions quota, so may have to close before then. If you’re thinking of sending us your work, please be quick!
Thank you so much to the kind folks who responded to our plea for submissions readers. Our editor has limited internet access this week, but will be getting back to you individually asap.
October 30, 2024 at 8:09 AM
Thank you so much to the kind folks who responded to our plea for submissions readers. Our editor has limited internet access this week, but will be getting back to you individually asap.
We've had a much stronger response to our calls for submissions than we were prepared for. Our small team is pretty much overwhelmed. If you would be interested in helping with submissions reading, please email editor@dustanddark.com
October 25, 2024 at 3:37 PM
We've had a much stronger response to our calls for submissions than we were prepared for. Our small team is pretty much overwhelmed. If you would be interested in helping with submissions reading, please email editor@dustanddark.com
Thank you so much for your submissions. Our editor works for a humanitarian organisation and has been seconded to work on the current Middle East conflict emergency. This is likely to cause a delay in our reading process. We thank you for understanding.
October 22, 2024 at 10:24 AM
Thank you so much for your submissions. Our editor works for a humanitarian organisation and has been seconded to work on the current Middle East conflict emergency. This is likely to cause a delay in our reading process. We thank you for understanding.
Greetings, new followers.
We're building a new home for horror. Chilling stories and fair pay for authors. If that's something you want to support, we hope you'll consider backing our Kickstarter in the new year.
We're building a new home for horror. Chilling stories and fair pay for authors. If that's something you want to support, we hope you'll consider backing our Kickstarter in the new year.
October 19, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Greetings, new followers.
We're building a new home for horror. Chilling stories and fair pay for authors. If that's something you want to support, we hope you'll consider backing our Kickstarter in the new year.
We're building a new home for horror. Chilling stories and fair pay for authors. If that's something you want to support, we hope you'll consider backing our Kickstarter in the new year.
We're more than half way towards our submissions quota. We've been blown away by the quality of many of the stories we've received. It's going to be very tough to pick the lineup for our debut issue.
There's still time to send your work for consideration: duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...
There's still time to send your work for consideration: duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...
Dust & Dark Submission Manager
Submit to Dust & Dark. Powered by Duosuma: Duotrope's Submission Manager.
duotrope.com
October 14, 2024 at 7:15 PM
We're more than half way towards our submissions quota. We've been blown away by the quality of many of the stories we've received. It's going to be very tough to pick the lineup for our debut issue.
There's still time to send your work for consideration: duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...
There's still time to send your work for consideration: duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...
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And the winner is… Shoreline of Infinity
October 12, 2024 at 8:19 PM
And the winner is… Shoreline of Infinity
There may never be another film as terrifying as Threads. It's on the iPlayer now. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Threads
Grim drama telling the story of a nuclear strike on Britain through the eyes of two families, tracing the events leading up to the war and the decade of devastation that follows.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 11, 2024 at 9:39 AM
There may never be another film as terrifying as Threads. It's on the iPlayer now. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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This is why weird fiction works better in shorter forms; it thrives in the blank and echoing spaces, and the less that’s filled in within the text the more void there is to interpret
My favorite part of writing (or reading) short stories is that they don't need to be whole. They can be fragments of stories, characters, settings and ideas, all of which may allude to something larger that must forever exist within the mind of the reader, incomplete but full of possibility.
October 3, 2024 at 6:01 PM
This is why weird fiction works better in shorter forms; it thrives in the blank and echoing spaces, and the less that’s filled in within the text the more void there is to interpret
Wow, we were not expecting this volume of submissions! Thank you for your enthusiasm. It's going to take us a while to read these.
We do have a quota for submissions, and if we reach it by the end of the month, we'll have to close early as there's no way we can handle more with our small team.
We do have a quota for submissions, and if we reach it by the end of the month, we'll have to close early as there's no way we can handle more with our small team.
October 2, 2024 at 11:05 AM
Wow, we were not expecting this volume of submissions! Thank you for your enthusiasm. It's going to take us a while to read these.
We do have a quota for submissions, and if we reach it by the end of the month, we'll have to close early as there's no way we can handle more with our small team.
We do have a quota for submissions, and if we reach it by the end of the month, we'll have to close early as there's no way we can handle more with our small team.