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Jack Klausner
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Writer. Fiction in The Dark, ergot., Weird Horror, Fictionable, and elsewhere.
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Coming Spring 2026, issue 12! Art by @marcpotts.bsky.social Design by Vince Haig. Words by @rajivmote.bsky.social @grayhaem.bsky.social @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social @breathinghead.bsky.social @noirbettie.bsky.social @rlsummerling.bsky.social and more.

Pre-orders will go up early in the new year.
Cover for issue 12 of Weird Horror. Cover shows art by Marc Potts called "Frost Witch". Blue/Grey color scheme of witch floating or moving above the grounds as their harir and garments trail
November 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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valkyriekaren.bsky.social Karen @valkyriekaren.bsky.social · 5d
But what if we kissed inside the giant taxidermy cetacean?
An image of a taxidermy blue whale displayed in a museum. Text says "The world's only taxidermied blue whale, dating back to 1865CE, is housed at the Natural History Museum in Sweden. However, due an an incident involving a couple having sex inside it, the whale's jaws are now only opened on special occasions"
November 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Resharing this because I feel like I've raised my head above water finally. Got to write a piece for this that was probably the most fun I had, trying to pay homage to Ligotti's story-turned-essay format. I could analyse the AMAZING authors in this AS WELL as ramble about random theories--the DREAM
carsonwinter.bsky.social Carson Winter @carsonwinter.bsky.social · Oct 16
COVER REVEAL AND RELEASE

WE WILL SPEAK AGAIN OF THE RED TOWER is a tribute anthology of stories inspired by Thomas Ligotti’s “The Red Tower” and it’s out NOW: dl.bookfunnel.com/zum1k2dg9b
October 22, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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… not to mention the haunting in The Coalface by @jackklausner.bsky.social

Get all these and more at fictionable.world/issues_front...
Fictionable: issues
Check out the Fictionable archive
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October 31, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Looking back through our #archive of more than 50 #exclusive #ShortStories and #comics on this #spooky night, there are 'half-things' hovering just out of view in Daisy Johnson's Conference…

Image: Intricate Explorer

#Halloween #books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #blog
A carved pumpkin shines out in the darkness, with blurry lights behind
October 31, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Check out the cover to BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror (+ More) Vol. 4, out June 2026!

🔥And then go grab a copy of this year's Vol. 3 at 20% off from our webstore through the weekend🔥

store.tenebrouspress.com/products/bra...

Art by @mattblairstone.bsky.social
Cover art by Matt Blairstone. Stark red on black art, the flesh is dissolved from the upper body of a male figure, revealing the skeleton beneath. His right fleshy hand is on a book bearing the Tenebrous logo; his left skeleton arm is thrust into the air and transforms into a death's head moth. In the background is a cityscape of tall skyscrapers and a behemoth pyramid dwarfing them. Text: BRAVE NEW WEIRD: THE BEST NEW WEIRD HORROR + MORE VOL. 4, EDITED BY ALEX WOODROE It's just like that episode of Seinfeld that they don't air anymore. You know the one.
October 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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I am once again asking for your support...
apexmag.bsky.social Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 25d
We're thrilled to announce that preorders for Violet Lichen's first novella are LIVE! Welcome to the world of @ivygrimes.bsky.social folk horror, THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR 🔮🪆🌌

Full Announcement HERE: www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/frontp...

Preorder HERE: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/the...
The ARC cover of THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR: A Folk Horror Novella by Ivy Grimes: a forest of dark pines, silhouetted against a sky full of auroras. "A playfully dark, coming-of-age folk horror inspired by the Russian fairy tale "Vasilisa the Beautiful," set beneath a blazing sky of endless auroras." FOR FANS OF: Olga Tokarczuk, Kelly Link, Karen Russell, Barbara Comyns, Ottessa Moshfegh, Leonora Carrington
October 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Quite a few downloads of this already, from what I understand. Come and explore the Red Tower - it’s free!
jackklausner.bsky.social Jack Klausner @jackklausner.bsky.social · Oct 16
Today sees the release of a project I’ve been involved in. WE WILL SPEAK AGAIN OF THE RED TOWER is a gathering of writing in conversation with Thomas Ligotti’s ‘The Red Tower’ - it’s free to download. I hope you’ll check it out, and I hope you enjoy it (1/5)

dl.bookfunnel.com/zum1k2dg9b
Get your FREE copy of We Will Speak Again of the Red Tower
“The ruined factory stood three stories high in an otherwise featureless landscape…” With these words, Thomas Ligotti begins one of the most influential short stories in the canon of horror and weird ...
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October 18, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Quite a few downloads of this already, from what I understand. Come and explore the Red Tower - it’s free!
jackklausner.bsky.social Jack Klausner @jackklausner.bsky.social · Oct 16
Today sees the release of a project I’ve been involved in. WE WILL SPEAK AGAIN OF THE RED TOWER is a gathering of writing in conversation with Thomas Ligotti’s ‘The Red Tower’ - it’s free to download. I hope you’ll check it out, and I hope you enjoy it (1/5)

dl.bookfunnel.com/zum1k2dg9b
Get your FREE copy of We Will Speak Again of the Red Tower
“The ruined factory stood three stories high in an otherwise featureless landscape…” With these words, Thomas Ligotti begins one of the most influential short stories in the canon of horror and weird ...
dl.bookfunnel.com
October 18, 2025 at 12:49 PM
jackklausner.bsky.social
Today sees the release of a project I’ve been involved in. WE WILL SPEAK AGAIN OF THE RED TOWER is a gathering of writing in conversation with Thomas Ligotti’s ‘The Red Tower’ - it’s free to download. I hope you’ll check it out, and I hope you enjoy it (1/5)

dl.bookfunnel.com/zum1k2dg9b
Get your FREE copy of We Will Speak Again of the Red Tower
“The ruined factory stood three stories high in an otherwise featureless landscape…” With these words, Thomas Ligotti begins one of the most influential short stories in the canon of horror and weird ...
dl.bookfunnel.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Tomorrow. Keep your eyes peeled.
horrorsong.blog Joe Koch @horrorsong.blog · Oct 15
If I told you there might be a sudden *free* new release out tomorrow, would you be excited? Would you try to deduce the nature of it from a hint?
ELKNFEDR beside scribbles of red, grey, black
October 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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My Weird Horror 11 story is now available to read online:
undertow.bsky.social Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · Oct 6
New story up at Weird Horror. @jackklausner.bsky.social's chilling "We Didn't Used to Be Like This." It's sublime.

www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/we-didnt-use...
Screen grab of page from weirdhorrormagazine.com showing the story, title and front cover. Black text on ochre nackgrounb
October 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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My Weird Horror 11 story is now available to read online:
undertow.bsky.social Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · Oct 6
New story up at Weird Horror. @jackklausner.bsky.social's chilling "We Didn't Used to Be Like This." It's sublime.

www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/we-didnt-use...
Screen grab of page from weirdhorrormagazine.com showing the story, title and front cover. Black text on ochre nackgrounb
October 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Hello all, my story "Enselfening" is now live in the new issue of The Dark!
I am finding it impossible to come up with a pithy sales pitch for it, apart from saying it's quite weird and I'm proud of it and hope you'll read it 🙏🙏🙏
www.thedarkmagazine.com/enselfening/
Enselfening - The Dark Magazine
For several years, Winnie had been living on the north side of a town where nobody oriented themselves in terms of north, south, east, or west but rather in relation to the sea, the hills, and two riv...
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October 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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In 2020 we published @kaychronister.bsky.social's debut THIN PLACES. Our rights expired in April, but it's being reissued by Counterpoint with 4 additional stories. I urge you to grab a copy. Kay is one of our finest writers.

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September 27, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Horror folks, it's the middle of September, and the Stoker Recommended Reading List is looking extremely small. If you're a member of the HWA, go recommend something you've read that you loved!
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HWA Bram Stoker Award Recommendations
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September 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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New story day at Weird Horror — @andyhumphrey11.bsky.social's beguiling "Dark Water."

www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/dark-water
Screen grab of weirdhorrormagazine.com page for Andrew Humphrey's DARK WATER. Black text on ochre background.
September 15, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Dropping November 4!
A paperback copy of THE BEST WEIRD FICTION OF THE YEAR propped up against copies of the book.
September 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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This is so up my street. Really good.
ergot.bsky.social ergot. @ergot.bsky.social · Sep 5
"Itching with a sudden and overwhelming emptiness the man went to the store to buy some Things. He flipped through aisles of Things until discovering, on the uppermost shelf, a Thing most beautiful."

Today on ergot.: 'Things' by Jon Doughboy linktr.ee/doughboywrites

www.ergot.press/authors/Jon_...
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innovative + experimental horror
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September 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Very excited to share the official announcement of my first book 'The Veldt Institute'!

Official Double--Negative announcement here: www.instagram.com/p/DOIx9MGkWxg

Add it on Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...

Order it on Asterism: asterismbooks.com/product/the-...
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September 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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New story day at Weird Horror— @acwise.bsky.social's explosive "We Dwell in Its Many-Chambered Heart." A knock-down, drag-out tale of enduring horrors.

www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/we-dwell
Screen grab from weirdhorrormagazine.com showing page that has A.C. Wise's story WE DWELL IN ITS MANY-CHAMBERED HEART.
August 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Off to see Weapons at the cinema. Quietly optimistic.
August 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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@jackklausner.bsky.social's 'We Didn't Used to Be Like This' in @undertow.bsky.social's Weird Horror #11 is a cold, controlled blast of bleak psychological horror. The despair runs deep. I'm a sucker for horror stories about photographs and this has to be one of the best.
August 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Friends, new story day at Weird Horror! It's @junewhitewrites.bsky.social 's divine "Wine-Dark Eyes." The ocean calls. Will you answer?

www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/winedark-eyes
Screen shot of webpage from weirdhorrormagazine.com showing Juniper White's story "Wine-Dark Eyes".
August 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Hey, ho, we've just posted "Another Mother Again" by @cyankatz.bsky.social, a fantastic Finnish folk horror to mess with your day. Their second ever published story. Please give it a read.

www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/another-moth...
Screen grab from weirdhorrormagazine.com showing page with ANOTHER MOTHER AGAIN by Cyan Katz.
August 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM