Rebecca Summerling (she/her)
@rlsummerling.bsky.social
Writer and reader of the strange.
Assistant editor at Seize the Press. Associate editor at Violet Lichen Books
My stories can be found in The Dark, Nightjar Press, Interzone, ergot.
www.rlsummerling.com
Banner art by John Chrostek
Assistant editor at Seize the Press. Associate editor at Violet Lichen Books
My stories can be found in The Dark, Nightjar Press, Interzone, ergot.
www.rlsummerling.com
Banner art by John Chrostek
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I made an awards eligibility post! I always feel a bit embarrassed doing these, but I'm really proud of these stories and extremely grateful to the editors who've published them
I was lucky enough to read an early copy of @ivygrimes.bsky.social's The Cellar Below the Cellar, which I absolutely loved! Link to my review here!
R.L. Summerling's review of The Cellar Below the Cellar
5/5: The Cellar Below the Cellar is about Jane and her story of self discovery. Stranded during an unprecedented weather event, she finds herself with the unappealing prospect of living with her domin...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I was lucky enough to read an early copy of @ivygrimes.bsky.social's The Cellar Below the Cellar, which I absolutely loved! Link to my review here!
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A little preview of how fucking cool Gore Poetics is going to be. Can't wait to publish this one next year.
November 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
A little preview of how fucking cool Gore Poetics is going to be. Can't wait to publish this one next year.
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Thanks to Rex for spotting this one! Necropolis contains 5 stories about strange, decaying cities and is now available for purchase at Hexagon's patreon!
@alexfox.bsky.social @omersarae.bsky.social @nightgleaming.bsky.social @improbablerex.bsky.social and Victoria!
cover art by @warls.bsky.social
@alexfox.bsky.social @omersarae.bsky.social @nightgleaming.bsky.social @improbablerex.bsky.social and Victoria!
cover art by @warls.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Thanks to Rex for spotting this one! Necropolis contains 5 stories about strange, decaying cities and is now available for purchase at Hexagon's patreon!
@alexfox.bsky.social @omersarae.bsky.social @nightgleaming.bsky.social @improbablerex.bsky.social and Victoria!
cover art by @warls.bsky.social
@alexfox.bsky.social @omersarae.bsky.social @nightgleaming.bsky.social @improbablerex.bsky.social and Victoria!
cover art by @warls.bsky.social
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Obviously you should buy Necropolis from @hexagonmagazine.bsky.social but while you're there have you considered getting Duel edited by @thisisguan.bsky.social with stories from @faithallington.bsky.social @carlc75.bsky.social Huijia Li, @livstrom.bsky.social and also me.
Thanks to Rex for spotting this one! Necropolis contains 5 stories about strange, decaying cities and is now available for purchase at Hexagon's patreon!
@alexfox.bsky.social @omersarae.bsky.social @nightgleaming.bsky.social @improbablerex.bsky.social and Victoria!
cover art by @warls.bsky.social
@alexfox.bsky.social @omersarae.bsky.social @nightgleaming.bsky.social @improbablerex.bsky.social and Victoria!
cover art by @warls.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Obviously you should buy Necropolis from @hexagonmagazine.bsky.social but while you're there have you considered getting Duel edited by @thisisguan.bsky.social with stories from @faithallington.bsky.social @carlc75.bsky.social Huijia Li, @livstrom.bsky.social and also me.
Thanks to Rex for spotting this one! Necropolis contains 5 stories about strange, decaying cities and is now available for purchase at Hexagon's patreon!
@alexfox.bsky.social @omersarae.bsky.social @nightgleaming.bsky.social @improbablerex.bsky.social and Victoria!
cover art by @warls.bsky.social
@alexfox.bsky.social @omersarae.bsky.social @nightgleaming.bsky.social @improbablerex.bsky.social and Victoria!
cover art by @warls.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Thanks to Rex for spotting this one! Necropolis contains 5 stories about strange, decaying cities and is now available for purchase at Hexagon's patreon!
@alexfox.bsky.social @omersarae.bsky.social @nightgleaming.bsky.social @improbablerex.bsky.social and Victoria!
cover art by @warls.bsky.social
@alexfox.bsky.social @omersarae.bsky.social @nightgleaming.bsky.social @improbablerex.bsky.social and Victoria!
cover art by @warls.bsky.social
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I made an awards eligibility post! I always feel a bit embarrassed doing these, but I'm really proud of these stories and extremely grateful to the editors who've published them
November 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I made an awards eligibility post! I always feel a bit embarrassed doing these, but I'm really proud of these stories and extremely grateful to the editors who've published them
Reposted by Rebecca Summerling (she/her)
Chris Packham on the political shift on climate change: “It’s no secret that the fossil fuel companies are funding Reform and The Conservatives - that’s a fact. These people are either denying something extremely dangerous or they’re puppet-ing it for their paymasters”
#bbclaurak
#bbclaurak
November 9, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Chris Packham on the political shift on climate change: “It’s no secret that the fossil fuel companies are funding Reform and The Conservatives - that’s a fact. These people are either denying something extremely dangerous or they’re puppet-ing it for their paymasters”
#bbclaurak
#bbclaurak
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As a debut indie author, I’m really grateful to have found the readers I have with these two books. Would be honored to have them considered alongside 2025’s other great new releases!
November 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
As a debut indie author, I’m really grateful to have found the readers I have with these two books. Would be honored to have them considered alongside 2025’s other great new releases!
Really enjoyed the first couple of episodes of Pluribus and am very intrigued to see where they go with it. Rhea Seehorn is amazing as always
November 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Really enjoyed the first couple of episodes of Pluribus and am very intrigued to see where they go with it. Rhea Seehorn is amazing as always
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I was interviewed by the wonderful @mynachang.bsky.social about Violet Lichen Books and ECO: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION anthologies. Check it out here, along with Myna's lovely words about ECO24 (releasing soon - Nov 18!) 💚🌿🦋💚🦋🌿💚
New editor interview with @marissavu.bsky.social about Violet Lichen Books and the upcoming anthology ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION!
Editor Interview * Marissa van Uden
I was ridiculously excited to get a sneak peek at ECO24: The Year’s Best Speculative Ecofiction, edited by Marissa van Uden and published by Violet Lichen Books. The TOC features some of my f…
mynachang.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I was interviewed by the wonderful @mynachang.bsky.social about Violet Lichen Books and ECO: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION anthologies. Check it out here, along with Myna's lovely words about ECO24 (releasing soon - Nov 18!) 💚🌿🦋💚🦋🌿💚
I made an awards eligibility post! I always feel a bit embarrassed doing these, but I'm really proud of these stories and extremely grateful to the editors who've published them
November 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I made an awards eligibility post! I always feel a bit embarrassed doing these, but I'm really proud of these stories and extremely grateful to the editors who've published them
Reposted by Rebecca Summerling (she/her)
New 🩸📚 out in March from Nictitating Books!
“Carnalis is a poetic feast, a lean yet satisfying contribution to the cannibal subgenre. This addictive novella hums with a primal energy that reminds you how animalistic and predatory society can be.”
-Grant Wamack, author of God’s Leftovers
“Carnalis is a poetic feast, a lean yet satisfying contribution to the cannibal subgenre. This addictive novella hums with a primal energy that reminds you how animalistic and predatory society can be.”
-Grant Wamack, author of God’s Leftovers
November 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
New 🩸📚 out in March from Nictitating Books!
“Carnalis is a poetic feast, a lean yet satisfying contribution to the cannibal subgenre. This addictive novella hums with a primal energy that reminds you how animalistic and predatory society can be.”
-Grant Wamack, author of God’s Leftovers
“Carnalis is a poetic feast, a lean yet satisfying contribution to the cannibal subgenre. This addictive novella hums with a primal energy that reminds you how animalistic and predatory society can be.”
-Grant Wamack, author of God’s Leftovers
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Cheers to JP for bumping my bad-tempered dead Medusa story and many more Trash Family wins! www.bulbculturecollective.com/read/under-a...
November 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Cheers to JP for bumping my bad-tempered dead Medusa story and many more Trash Family wins! www.bulbculturecollective.com/read/under-a...
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Big day for eels in horror! @andrewcull.bsky.social and @slimyswampghost.bsky.social selected my story for the cryptid horror anthology, ENCOUNTERS.
More eels coming soon. Til then, here’s the opening line.
More eels coming soon. Til then, here’s the opening line.
November 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Big day for eels in horror! @andrewcull.bsky.social and @slimyswampghost.bsky.social selected my story for the cryptid horror anthology, ENCOUNTERS.
More eels coming soon. Til then, here’s the opening line.
More eels coming soon. Til then, here’s the opening line.
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surprise! i'm in this issue of The Dark with a reprint of my coastal new weird story "Twilight Tide," which features undead marine creatures, love letters, neurodivergency, and estranged hornysad monsterfucking 🐠💍🦷 i am delighted this was the story they liked
Twilight Tide - The Dark Magazine
The redfish is remarkable because despite the fact it’s dead, it is still moving. Opal, straw flip-flops in hand, watches it arrive. The dimmed, bloated body (once golden, once maroon) pushes itself o...
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November 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
surprise! i'm in this issue of The Dark with a reprint of my coastal new weird story "Twilight Tide," which features undead marine creatures, love letters, neurodivergency, and estranged hornysad monsterfucking 🐠💍🦷 i am delighted this was the story they liked
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Remember guys, @pcsunion.bsky.social staff at the BL are on strike for the next two weeks. Please don't cross the picket line to go to reading rooms, attend exhibitions or anything else. They've endured so much on low pay since the cyberattack in 2023 and the least we can do is have their backs now.
Secret Maps opens today! 🤫 🗺️
From medieval manuscripts to Cold War espionage, our new exhibition explores how maps have hidden as much as they revealed for over 600 years.
Book now: bit.ly/BLSecretMaps
From medieval manuscripts to Cold War espionage, our new exhibition explores how maps have hidden as much as they revealed for over 600 years.
Book now: bit.ly/BLSecretMaps
October 26, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Remember guys, @pcsunion.bsky.social staff at the BL are on strike for the next two weeks. Please don't cross the picket line to go to reading rooms, attend exhibitions or anything else. They've endured so much on low pay since the cyberattack in 2023 and the least we can do is have their backs now.
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My story 'We Were Never Afraid of the Spider' won 1st place in the @molotovlitzine.bsky.social Flash Monsters Contest. Read it here!
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Flash Monster 2025
This is Halloween. I We Were Never Afraid of the Spider by Timothy Fox II In Darkness by Eoin Nordman III Toxoplasma Odocoileus by Colin Alexander IV Son of Seanfhocail by Joseph Gilbride V…
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October 31, 2025 at 10:55 AM
My story 'We Were Never Afraid of the Spider' won 1st place in the @molotovlitzine.bsky.social Flash Monsters Contest. Read it here!
themolotovcocktail.com/2025/10/31/f...
themolotovcocktail.com/2025/10/31/f...
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Who doesn't want to sip hot gin punch in a Georgian hospital chapel while Dr Rory MacLellan tells you all about enchanted jumping bread? Me and @rlsummerling.bsky.social got to go down into the crypt and see the graves of eminent surgeons. Obsessed with this jolly little skelly lad and his mad hat.
November 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Who doesn't want to sip hot gin punch in a Georgian hospital chapel while Dr Rory MacLellan tells you all about enchanted jumping bread? Me and @rlsummerling.bsky.social got to go down into the crypt and see the graves of eminent surgeons. Obsessed with this jolly little skelly lad and his mad hat.
Closed out Halloween season with a talk on magic in medieval manuscripts. Bye ghosts, I love you
November 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Closed out Halloween season with a talk on magic in medieval manuscripts. Bye ghosts, I love you
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imagine finding a dead borrower
February 3, 2025 at 3:18 AM
imagine finding a dead borrower
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Many thanks for including Glass Stories on this list!! 🖤
we have a list of 11 books for Halloween, by Matthew Kinlin @matthewkinlin.bsky.social !
check it out !! & buy a book to read tonight while teenagers in hockey masks piss on yr front door
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check it out !! & buy a book to read tonight while teenagers in hockey masks piss on yr front door
xraylitmag.com/nightmares-c...
NIGHTMARES COME AT NIGHT: ELEVEN BOOKS FOR HALLOWEEN by Matthew Kinlin
Nightmares come at night. The poster for Halloween III: Season of the Witch shows the silhouettes of three children walking in Halloween costumes against a red night. A ghoulish apparition evaporates ...
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October 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Many thanks for including Glass Stories on this list!! 🖤
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"It took me a long time to acclimate to my bog eye. If you are not a mutant like me, what you see and hear and feel is what you are...Mutants like me are the inverse."
Today on ergot.: 'Bog Eye' by RSL @rsljnr.bsky.social
www.ergot.press/authors/RSL/...
Today on ergot.: 'Bog Eye' by RSL @rsljnr.bsky.social
www.ergot.press/authors/RSL/...
ergot.
innovative + experimental horror
www.ergot.press
October 31, 2025 at 3:58 PM
"It took me a long time to acclimate to my bog eye. If you are not a mutant like me, what you see and hear and feel is what you are...Mutants like me are the inverse."
Today on ergot.: 'Bog Eye' by RSL @rsljnr.bsky.social
www.ergot.press/authors/RSL/...
Today on ergot.: 'Bog Eye' by RSL @rsljnr.bsky.social
www.ergot.press/authors/RSL/...
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From 1973, Ed Emberley’s Little Drawing Book of Weirdos. www.presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/e...
October 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
From 1973, Ed Emberley’s Little Drawing Book of Weirdos. www.presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/e...
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A happy All Hallows' Eve to all who celebrate! This month SSR's got (among other stuff) Samanta Schweblin(again?), Howard Waldrop, @thomasha.bsky.social @horrorsong.blog @kjy1066.bsky.social and a sweet story of unrequited love 🤨😯😱 by @probablyharmless.bsky.social
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SHORT STORY REX Oct 2025
SOME PODCAST RECS: 1. “Towards Happy Civilization”, Samanta Schweblin I must confess I slept on Levar Burton Reads kind of hard, because looking back they...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:31 PM
A happy All Hallows' Eve to all who celebrate! This month SSR's got (among other stuff) Samanta Schweblin(again?), Howard Waldrop, @thomasha.bsky.social @horrorsong.blog @kjy1066.bsky.social and a sweet story of unrequited love 🤨😯😱 by @probablyharmless.bsky.social
buttondown.com/shortstoryre...
buttondown.com/shortstoryre...
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🎃 ThE hArVeSt BeGiNs! 🎃 It's release day for HARVEST THE NIGHT: AN ANTHOLOGY OF FOLK HORROR edited by C.M. Muller. My story "The Darkness Inside Her" features strange moss, a forest nap, and too many mouths. Check it out! chthonicmatter.wordpress.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:43 PM
🎃 ThE hArVeSt BeGiNs! 🎃 It's release day for HARVEST THE NIGHT: AN ANTHOLOGY OF FOLK HORROR edited by C.M. Muller. My story "The Darkness Inside Her" features strange moss, a forest nap, and too many mouths. Check it out! chthonicmatter.wordpress.com