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Neon Hemlock
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World Fantasy, Nebula, Ignyte & Shirley Jackson Award-winning speculative publisher. Baffling & novellas & anthos & queer 📚. Managing Editor: dave ring.
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Check out the latest issue of @bafflingmag.bsky.social!

Stories from Claire Jia-Wen, Michael M. Jones, Raja’a Khalid, Madi Haab, Gina Thayer, Rose Maxwell and Bastian Hart.

And thank you to @anoteinpink.bsky.social for illustrating the cover!

www.bafflingmag.com/issue-twenty...
A teaser image for Issue 21 of Baffling, October 2025. A feathery background. Names: Claire Jia-Wen, Michael M. Jones, Raja’a Khalid, Madi Haab, Gina Thayer, Rose Maxwell and Bastian Hart.
November 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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CALL AND RESPONSE: STORIES OF THE FANTASTIC by Christopher Caldwell is out in the world!

If you haven’t pre-ordered already, you can get it directly from us here:

PAPERBACK: www.neonhemlock.com/books/call-a...
EBOOK: www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks/call-...
CALL AND RESPONSE STORIES OF THE FANTASTIC by Christopher Caldwell
October 15, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Check out former intern Maddie Erb's rave review of THE MIMICKING OF KNOWN SUCCESSES (Tor, 2023) by Malka Older.

www.neonhemlock.com/reviews/mimi...
The cover of THE MIMICKING OF KNOWN SUCCESSES against a bg from the illustration; two silhouettes against an orange Jovian scene.
October 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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peep also the sprayed edges
CALL AND RESPONSE book cover has a mostly orange marble-y texture; the sprayed edges are mostly teal with orange marble-y accents.
October 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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well @seraph76.bsky.social’s books got here and they look pretty sweet
October 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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🔮 www.neonhemlock.com/books ✨
Ten book covers at Neon Hemlock! Ona psychedelic background. Stone and Steel The Dead Withheld And This Is How to Stay Alive Empire of the Feast A Necessary Chaos Loving Safoa Call & Response The Cosmic Color Off-Time Jive Redundancies and Potentials
September 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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whoa october is around the corner!

reminder that we'll be open again for novellas soon.

more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions
neon hemlock logo novellas open for subissions october 15-30 most interested in queer speculative work all welcome to submit b&w staticy bg image
September 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Lovely time at the SFWA Stage, hosted by Peabody Heights Brewing, at the Baltimore Book Festival on Saturday.
Dominique Dickey, Sharang Biswas, Joan Tierney and TT Madden with moderator M’Shai Dash on stage at Peabody Heights Brewing for the Baltimore Book Festival. Dom looks confident, M'Shai looks intrigued and pleased....and everyone else looks faintly concerned?
September 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Tomorrow at @astoriabookshop.bsky.social, catch three Neon Hemlock authors:

@larazontally.bsky.social
@whatsmacksaid.bsky.social
& @sharangbiswas.bsky.social

7pm!

Please buy their books 📚 so Sharang doesn’t have to bring them back to DC on the train.

www.astoriabookshop.com/events/33868...
Image repeats info above with pictures of their faces alongside books (NO SUCH THING AS DUTY, DEATH VALLEY BLOOMS and THE IRON BELOW REMEMBERS) and a perhaps try-hard watercolor background with classy aspirations.
August 20, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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Hang out with us at @flamecon.bsky.social this weekend!

panels and sundry with @whatsmacksaid.bsky.social @brentclambert.bsky.social @domsdickey.bsky.social @sharangbiswas.bsky.social + Maya Deane + Cass Khaw.
Vampires, Werewolves, and Frank-N-Furter's, Oh My! Saturday, 1:30 Main Stage (New York East) Endless Worlds: Designing Genre Forward RPGS Saturday, 1:30 | Panel B (Riverside Ballroom) Neon Hemlock Reading Showcase Saturday, 3:30 | Panel A (New York West) Micro-Mentorship: Small Group Q&A - SFF Fiction & Games Writing, Publishing, & Anthologies Saturday, 5:15 | Mentorship Room (Murray Hill) Burn It All Down: Revolution in Media Sunday, 2:45 | Panel A (New York West) Exhibit Hall: C25, 26 Brent Lambert, dave ring, Dominique Dickey, & Sharang Biswas WHERE YOU CAN FIND NEON HEMLOCK BOOK COVERS: Redundancies and Potentials, A Necessary Chaos, The Iron Below Remembers and The Crawling Moon
August 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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i mean on one hand, it's mythology!

on the other....
a vintage cover of edith hamilton's MYTHOLOGY. has a naked perseus on the cover, perhaps based on a sculture, where his dick is covered by a very suggestive sword. also he's holding aloft medusa's severed head, which annoys me feministly.
August 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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I have found myself on the virtual faculty at the 2026 Sandia Starforgers Writers Retreat for SFFH writers! Come hang out?

The event includes 5,000-word critiques, classes, pitching sessions, 1:1 office hours, and plenty of time for writing. Learn more at starforgers.com.
Sandia Starforgers Writers Retreat and Workshop - April 2026 Fri Apr 24, 2026 6:00 PM - Mon Apr 27, 2026 Albequerque! With MRK, CJA, Geoff Habiger and Marie Parks. (The graphic has our faces in cute circles.....I am the only one not smiling and I look quite dour in a respectable way.)
August 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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DEATH VALLEY BLOOMS by @whatsmacksaid.bsky.social arrives August 12th.

Pre-order wherever books are sold or directly with us: www.neonhemlock.com/books/death-...
August 2, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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thank you!!

i am here and they gave me my rock in person 🪨
a rock engraved “shirley jackson awards 2024” on top of THE CRAWLING MOON on a table
July 19, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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I have arrived at Readercon!

All my programming is on Friday. Come say hi?
Friday, 18 July 2025 11:00 The Works of Charles R. Saunders Salon I/J, Duration: 60 mins 13:00 Reading: dave ring Empower / Embrace, Duration: 30 mins 17:00 Kaffeeklatsch: dave ring Suite 830, Duration: 60 mins
July 17, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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what are y’all reading lately?
slices of covers: THE RIVER HAS ROOTS by amal el-mohtar ROSE/HOUSE by arkady martine THE CHOSEN AND THE BEAUTIFUL by nghi vo SIREN QUEEN by nghi vo
July 16, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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most of mine aren’t especially spooky but these skull flower guys count i think!

accidentally/subconsciously commemorating a d&d game.
purple and black filler plant tattoo with skulls instead of flowers
July 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Oh look!
An eerie, anxious read, crawling with tentacles of loss, regret, and uncanny coincidence. Nikoline Kaiser's voice recalls the timbre of a rotting, bygone place and time while remaining fresh and crisp. A true joy for lovers of the weird!” —A.Z. Louise, author of Off-Time Jive
July 8, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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THE DREAMING OF MAN by @nikolinekaiser.bsky.social is out tomorrow! Initially on our site and eventually more widely in Europe and abroad. Rad cover by J.J. Epping.

www.neonhemlock.com/books/dreami...
“Rich with shadows both ominous and melancholy, The Dreaming of Man mixes Innsmouth with Dunsinane, and sends a reluctant investigator to lift a curse and—perhaps—avert a tragedy. Moody, claustrophobic, and strangely hopeful about our ability to transform ourselves and transcend the uses that others find for our identities.” —Ruthanna Emrys, author of Winter Tide and Deep Roots
July 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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what is wrong with me
kombucha girl meme stank face: sticking adjectives in front of “-punk” hmm maybe face: sticking adjectives in front of “gothic”
July 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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✨ THE DEAD WITHHELD by L.D. Lewis ✨

www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks/the-d...
"The Dead Within by LD Lewis will leave you breathless, exhilarated, and as dizzy as our so-named heroine as she haunts the streets of San Guin, searching for the soul of her dead lover. At turns terrifying, explosive, joyous, and bittersweet, Lewis's novella of ghosts, demons, and the damned truly has a beating heart of humanity at its core." —Martin Cahill, author of Audition For The Fox
July 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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And lo, a new issue of @bafflingmag.bsky.social has fallen from the heavens, shiny with gristle & afterbirth.

Monstrosities from Joe Koch, Divya Kernan, Morgan Wilson, Nigel Faustino, Avra Margariti, Megan Baffoe, Caro Jansen & Gillian Knox.

Cover by @cdsart.bsky.social!

www.bafflingmag.com
July 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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We have two new reviews over on our website:

LIMELIGHT AND OTHER STORIES by Lyndsey Croal
Reviewed by intern Maddie Erb (Shortwave)

RED LINE: CHICAGO HORROR STORIES
Reviewed by former intern Logan Lynch (From Beyond)

www.neonhemlock.com/reviews
A screenshot of our website (https://www.neonhemlock.com/reviews) with two book covers: LIMELIGHT AND OTHER STORIES and RED LINE: CHICAGO HORROR STORIES.
June 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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✨ THE DEAD WITHHELD by @ldlewiswrites.com is here ✨

Order it wherever books are sold or directly from us:

PAPERBACK: www.neonhemlock.com/books/the-de...
EBOOK: www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks/the-d...
"“Filled with hot succubi girlfriends, adorably damned henchmen, and soul sucking demons, this is a must read for fans of wounded, badass, lesbian investigators.” —Suzan Palumbo"
June 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Further riches: an initial table of contents for SHATTER THE SUN: QUEER TALES OF UNTOLD ADVENTURE (expected spring 2026). Hype to work with all these writers (and see the illos soon to come from @mspencerdraws.bsky.social).

www.neonhemlock.com/shatter-the-...
The cover for SHATTER THE SUN, edited by dave ring. A red and blue tinted palette centered round a toned beefcake warrior surrounded by weathered bluessteel wielding muscular hotties.
June 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM