Shortwave Publishing
@shortwavebooks.bsky.social
We're a small press publishing genre fiction. We offer a selection of original books, zines, and magazine articles. Founded and run by @alandistro.bsky.social (active HWA member, full SFWA member).
Our full catalog: https://shortwavepublishing.com/
Our full catalog: https://shortwavepublishing.com/
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"There is beauty in our lives. There is hope.
We’re literally, each and every single one of us, living miracles. There will never be another me again in the history of this world. There will never be another you in the history of this world.
Beckett, I truly believe, recognized that..."
We’re literally, each and every single one of us, living miracles. There will never be another me again in the history of this world. There will never be another you in the history of this world.
Beckett, I truly believe, recognized that..."
A new entry in our YOUR FAVORITE AUTHOR'S FAVORITE AUTHOR series is now live in our online magazine!
This month @patrickbarb.bsky.social chats with @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social about Samuel Beckett!
Read here for free:
shortwavepublishing.com/magazine/you...
This month @patrickbarb.bsky.social chats with @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social about Samuel Beckett!
Read here for free:
shortwavepublishing.com/magazine/you...
November 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
"There is beauty in our lives. There is hope.
We’re literally, each and every single one of us, living miracles. There will never be another me again in the history of this world. There will never be another you in the history of this world.
Beckett, I truly believe, recognized that..."
We’re literally, each and every single one of us, living miracles. There will never be another me again in the history of this world. There will never be another you in the history of this world.
Beckett, I truly believe, recognized that..."
A new entry in our YOUR FAVORITE AUTHOR'S FAVORITE AUTHOR series is now live in our online magazine!
This month @patrickbarb.bsky.social chats with @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social about Samuel Beckett!
Read here for free:
shortwavepublishing.com/magazine/you...
This month @patrickbarb.bsky.social chats with @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social about Samuel Beckett!
Read here for free:
shortwavepublishing.com/magazine/you...
November 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A new entry in our YOUR FAVORITE AUTHOR'S FAVORITE AUTHOR series is now live in our online magazine!
This month @patrickbarb.bsky.social chats with @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social about Samuel Beckett!
Read here for free:
shortwavepublishing.com/magazine/you...
This month @patrickbarb.bsky.social chats with @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social about Samuel Beckett!
Read here for free:
shortwavepublishing.com/magazine/you...
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A Very Tenebrous 2025.
The finest stories are being written in the cryptic, concealed corners that no one ever thinks to look into.
It's our mission to find them.
We can safely say we lived up to our promise this year:
NEW WEIRD HORROR + MORE🖤☠️
Read something Weird: store.tenebrouspress.com
The finest stories are being written in the cryptic, concealed corners that no one ever thinks to look into.
It's our mission to find them.
We can safely say we lived up to our promise this year:
NEW WEIRD HORROR + MORE🖤☠️
Read something Weird: store.tenebrouspress.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:18 AM
A Very Tenebrous 2025.
The finest stories are being written in the cryptic, concealed corners that no one ever thinks to look into.
It's our mission to find them.
We can safely say we lived up to our promise this year:
NEW WEIRD HORROR + MORE🖤☠️
Read something Weird: store.tenebrouspress.com
The finest stories are being written in the cryptic, concealed corners that no one ever thinks to look into.
It's our mission to find them.
We can safely say we lived up to our promise this year:
NEW WEIRD HORROR + MORE🖤☠️
Read something Weird: store.tenebrouspress.com
Always nice when our deals get featured in the Publishers Lunch. Only three horror titles this week... one from Penguin Random House, a second from Penguin Random House, and then Shortwave!
Still feels a little surreal.
If you missed it last week, check out Maisie Culver's OF MONSTERS AND MENSES!
Still feels a little surreal.
If you missed it last week, check out Maisie Culver's OF MONSTERS AND MENSES!
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Always nice when our deals get featured in the Publishers Lunch. Only three horror titles this week... one from Penguin Random House, a second from Penguin Random House, and then Shortwave!
Still feels a little surreal.
If you missed it last week, check out Maisie Culver's OF MONSTERS AND MENSES!
Still feels a little surreal.
If you missed it last week, check out Maisie Culver's OF MONSTERS AND MENSES!
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It’s truly a Good Morning when you start the day with a big @shortwavebooks.bsky.social restock at the door!
KILLER VHS series books plus some extra lovely novellas from one of our favourite presses now hot on the shelves.
Don’t miss these delicious horror delicacies!
🖤👻📚📼
KILLER VHS series books plus some extra lovely novellas from one of our favourite presses now hot on the shelves.
Don’t miss these delicious horror delicacies!
🖤👻📚📼
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
It’s truly a Good Morning when you start the day with a big @shortwavebooks.bsky.social restock at the door!
KILLER VHS series books plus some extra lovely novellas from one of our favourite presses now hot on the shelves.
Don’t miss these delicious horror delicacies!
🖤👻📚📼
KILLER VHS series books plus some extra lovely novellas from one of our favourite presses now hot on the shelves.
Don’t miss these delicious horror delicacies!
🖤👻📚📼
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A year ago, Shortwave published by essay "I'm Just a (Freddy) Girl" to celebrate the 40th anniversary of A Nightmare on Elm Street, covering the whole series.
But this year is the 40th anniversary of the underrated A Nightmare on Elm Street 2, so once more with the claw 😄
But this year is the 40th anniversary of the underrated A Nightmare on Elm Street 2, so once more with the claw 😄
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
A year ago, Shortwave published by essay "I'm Just a (Freddy) Girl" to celebrate the 40th anniversary of A Nightmare on Elm Street, covering the whole series.
But this year is the 40th anniversary of the underrated A Nightmare on Elm Street 2, so once more with the claw 😄
But this year is the 40th anniversary of the underrated A Nightmare on Elm Street 2, so once more with the claw 😄
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EPISODE 157– THE LONG LOW WHISTLE with Laurel Hightower
We chat with Laurel Hightower about crafting novellas, emotional writing, sharing epiphanies and her new book THE LONG LOW WHISTLE!
@laurelhightower.bsky.social
@shortwavebooks.bsky.social
We chat with Laurel Hightower about crafting novellas, emotional writing, sharing epiphanies and her new book THE LONG LOW WHISTLE!
@laurelhightower.bsky.social
@shortwavebooks.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
EPISODE 157– THE LONG LOW WHISTLE with Laurel Hightower
We chat with Laurel Hightower about crafting novellas, emotional writing, sharing epiphanies and her new book THE LONG LOW WHISTLE!
@laurelhightower.bsky.social
@shortwavebooks.bsky.social
We chat with Laurel Hightower about crafting novellas, emotional writing, sharing epiphanies and her new book THE LONG LOW WHISTLE!
@laurelhightower.bsky.social
@shortwavebooks.bsky.social
New Deal Announcement! 🎉
OF MONSTERS AND MENSES is a collection of short stories that are comedic, feminist, batsh*t takes on classic horror monsters by MAISE CULVER, screenwriter of '80s Satanic Panic TV show HYSTERIA!
Includes an introduction by @jamieflanagan.com
Coming fall 2026!
OF MONSTERS AND MENSES is a collection of short stories that are comedic, feminist, batsh*t takes on classic horror monsters by MAISE CULVER, screenwriter of '80s Satanic Panic TV show HYSTERIA!
Includes an introduction by @jamieflanagan.com
Coming fall 2026!
November 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
New Deal Announcement! 🎉
OF MONSTERS AND MENSES is a collection of short stories that are comedic, feminist, batsh*t takes on classic horror monsters by MAISE CULVER, screenwriter of '80s Satanic Panic TV show HYSTERIA!
Includes an introduction by @jamieflanagan.com
Coming fall 2026!
OF MONSTERS AND MENSES is a collection of short stories that are comedic, feminist, batsh*t takes on classic horror monsters by MAISE CULVER, screenwriter of '80s Satanic Panic TV show HYSTERIA!
Includes an introduction by @jamieflanagan.com
Coming fall 2026!
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I hope you have an appetite for horror… 🩸 📚 @laurelhightower.bsky.social @shortwavebooks.bsky.social @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social @rascalhartley.bsky.social @tenebrouspress.bsky.social @riengray.bsky.social @slashichorrorpress.bsky.social
4 Terrifying New Releases from Indie and Small Presses in November 2025
Looking for your next horror read? Here are four November 2025 indie and small press releases you won't want to miss.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I hope you have an appetite for horror… 🩸 📚 @laurelhightower.bsky.social @shortwavebooks.bsky.social @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social @rascalhartley.bsky.social @tenebrouspress.bsky.social @riengray.bsky.social @slashichorrorpress.bsky.social
We have a number of exciting upcoming releases from authors who also have new titles coming soon with other publishers...
Here's a thread of some great new books you should pick up from other presses while waiting for these authors' new Shortwave titles!
Here's a thread of some great new books you should pick up from other presses while waiting for these authors' new Shortwave titles!
November 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
We have a number of exciting upcoming releases from authors who also have new titles coming soon with other publishers...
Here's a thread of some great new books you should pick up from other presses while waiting for these authors' new Shortwave titles!
Here's a thread of some great new books you should pick up from other presses while waiting for these authors' new Shortwave titles!
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I’m so psyched for this! Right now I’m frantically trying to finish up a few new additions—and there’s also one proposed feature to this release that means so much to me I actually can’t allow myself to think about it until it’s done—but in the meantime, getcher preordering fingers a-whirling!
Cover reveal time! I KNOW A PLACE: Rest Stop and Other Dark Detours is a new collection by @natcassidy.bsky.social featuring over a dozen stories, novelettes, and a novella!
The cover was designed by @alandistro.bsky.social
I KNOW A PLACE is out everywhere on May 5, 2026!
The cover was designed by @alandistro.bsky.social
I KNOW A PLACE is out everywhere on May 5, 2026!
November 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I’m so psyched for this! Right now I’m frantically trying to finish up a few new additions—and there’s also one proposed feature to this release that means so much to me I actually can’t allow myself to think about it until it’s done—but in the meantime, getcher preordering fingers a-whirling!
Just a reminder, @natcassidy.bsky.social's I KNOW A PLACE will be included in our 2026 Book Box subscriptions!
The subscription campaign ends in **10 DAYS**, so if you want to get in on that, you can sign up here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ala...
The subscription campaign ends in **10 DAYS**, so if you want to get in on that, you can sign up here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ala...
November 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Just a reminder, @natcassidy.bsky.social's I KNOW A PLACE will be included in our 2026 Book Box subscriptions!
The subscription campaign ends in **10 DAYS**, so if you want to get in on that, you can sign up here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ala...
The subscription campaign ends in **10 DAYS**, so if you want to get in on that, you can sign up here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ala...
Cover reveal time! I KNOW A PLACE: Rest Stop and Other Dark Detours is a new collection by @natcassidy.bsky.social featuring over a dozen stories, novelettes, and a novella!
The cover was designed by @alandistro.bsky.social
I KNOW A PLACE is out everywhere on May 5, 2026!
The cover was designed by @alandistro.bsky.social
I KNOW A PLACE is out everywhere on May 5, 2026!
November 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Cover reveal time! I KNOW A PLACE: Rest Stop and Other Dark Detours is a new collection by @natcassidy.bsky.social featuring over a dozen stories, novelettes, and a novella!
The cover was designed by @alandistro.bsky.social
I KNOW A PLACE is out everywhere on May 5, 2026!
The cover was designed by @alandistro.bsky.social
I KNOW A PLACE is out everywhere on May 5, 2026!
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This felt like The Descent mixed with Anaconda and notes of The Chamber of Secrets in this very claustrophobic caving story. Trauma bonding, cryptid chasing, and hard fought answers. @laurelhightower.bsky.social @shortwavebooks.bsky.social #FanFiAddict
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Review: The Long Low Whistle by Laurel Hightower | FanFiAddict
Synopsis The sound of the whistle that split Patricia’s life in two still haunts her two decades later, its echoes leaving their indelible stamp on everythi ...
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November 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This felt like The Descent mixed with Anaconda and notes of The Chamber of Secrets in this very claustrophobic caving story. Trauma bonding, cryptid chasing, and hard fought answers. @laurelhightower.bsky.social @shortwavebooks.bsky.social #FanFiAddict
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"A survey…found that 61% of writing professionals use AI in their work." —Publishers Weekly
…um, not here at Shortwave. Our contracts guarantee writers are the sole author of their work. And that we won't use genAI at all (cover art, layout, etc).
61% is a wild number of "writing professionals".
…um, not here at Shortwave. Our contracts guarantee writers are the sole author of their work. And that we won't use genAI at all (cover art, layout, etc).
61% is a wild number of "writing professionals".
November 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"A survey…found that 61% of writing professionals use AI in their work." —Publishers Weekly
…um, not here at Shortwave. Our contracts guarantee writers are the sole author of their work. And that we won't use genAI at all (cover art, layout, etc).
61% is a wild number of "writing professionals".
…um, not here at Shortwave. Our contracts guarantee writers are the sole author of their work. And that we won't use genAI at all (cover art, layout, etc).
61% is a wild number of "writing professionals".
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If you enjoyed @annieneugebauer.bsky.social's @shortwavebooks.bsky.social novella, THE EXTRA, you'll love her debut collection, YOU HAVE TO LET THEM BLEED. Coming in February from Bad Hand Books.
Pre-order it now.
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Pre-order it now.
badhandbooks.com/preorders/yo...
You Have to Let Them Bleed by Annie Neugebauer (Paperback with Signed Bookplate) — Bad Hand Books
The collector hunts the darkness for terrible beauty: macabre and marvelous stories worth displaying in their shadow boxes. Tour these horrors with them, but beware: if you’re not careful, you might f...
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November 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
If you enjoyed @annieneugebauer.bsky.social's @shortwavebooks.bsky.social novella, THE EXTRA, you'll love her debut collection, YOU HAVE TO LET THEM BLEED. Coming in February from Bad Hand Books.
Pre-order it now.
badhandbooks.com/preorders/yo...
Pre-order it now.
badhandbooks.com/preorders/yo...
Anyone want to co-sign? 🤑
You know those first print runs for next year are getting serious when the printer offers you a Line of Credit directly with them. 😅
November 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Anyone want to co-sign? 🤑
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Happy release day to THE LONG LOW WHISTLE!!! Congrats @laurelhightower.bsky.social and @shortwavebooks.bsky.social !!!
Can’t wait to read!
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Can’t wait to read!
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A ★starred★ review for THE LONG LOW WHISTLE! This is the seventh book in our Killer VHS Series, and Laurel Hightower knocked it out of the park with her entry in the series!
THE LONG LOW WHISTLE is out everywhere November 4th!
shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/the-...
THE LONG LOW WHISTLE is out everywhere November 4th!
shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/the-...
November 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Happy release day to THE LONG LOW WHISTLE!!! Congrats @laurelhightower.bsky.social and @shortwavebooks.bsky.social !!!
Can’t wait to read!
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Can’t wait to read!
📚🩸
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Happy release day to @laurelhightower.bsky.social and @shortwavebooks.bsky.social on this beauty!
November 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Happy release day to @laurelhightower.bsky.social and @shortwavebooks.bsky.social on this beauty!
THE LONG LOW WHISTLE by @laurelhightower.bsky.social, the seventh installment in our Killer VHS Series, is out today!
The Long Low Whistle received a starred Library Journal review and was called "the best in the series so far" by Capes and Tights.
Available in paperback and eBook everywhere!
The Long Low Whistle received a starred Library Journal review and was called "the best in the series so far" by Capes and Tights.
Available in paperback and eBook everywhere!
November 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
THE LONG LOW WHISTLE by @laurelhightower.bsky.social, the seventh installment in our Killer VHS Series, is out today!
The Long Low Whistle received a starred Library Journal review and was called "the best in the series so far" by Capes and Tights.
Available in paperback and eBook everywhere!
The Long Low Whistle received a starred Library Journal review and was called "the best in the series so far" by Capes and Tights.
Available in paperback and eBook everywhere!
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Did someone say Novellavember?!
We love the novella format and have a ton of variety in our novella catalog. From body horror, demons, and vampires, to weird literary, westerns, and sci-fi titles. Not to mention our KVHS titles!
Happy Novellavember to those who celebrate!
We love the novella format and have a ton of variety in our novella catalog. From body horror, demons, and vampires, to weird literary, westerns, and sci-fi titles. Not to mention our KVHS titles!
Happy Novellavember to those who celebrate!
November 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Did someone say Novellavember?!
We love the novella format and have a ton of variety in our novella catalog. From body horror, demons, and vampires, to weird literary, westerns, and sci-fi titles. Not to mention our KVHS titles!
Happy Novellavember to those who celebrate!
We love the novella format and have a ton of variety in our novella catalog. From body horror, demons, and vampires, to weird literary, westerns, and sci-fi titles. Not to mention our KVHS titles!
Happy Novellavember to those who celebrate!
Did someone say Novellavember?!
We love the novella format and have a ton of variety in our novella catalog. From body horror, demons, and vampires, to weird literary, westerns, and sci-fi titles. Not to mention our KVHS titles!
Happy Novellavember to those who celebrate!
We love the novella format and have a ton of variety in our novella catalog. From body horror, demons, and vampires, to weird literary, westerns, and sci-fi titles. Not to mention our KVHS titles!
Happy Novellavember to those who celebrate!
November 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Did someone say Novellavember?!
We love the novella format and have a ton of variety in our novella catalog. From body horror, demons, and vampires, to weird literary, westerns, and sci-fi titles. Not to mention our KVHS titles!
Happy Novellavember to those who celebrate!
We love the novella format and have a ton of variety in our novella catalog. From body horror, demons, and vampires, to weird literary, westerns, and sci-fi titles. Not to mention our KVHS titles!
Happy Novellavember to those who celebrate!
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I spent a lovely afternoon at @vortexbooksncomics.bsky.social today to see the wonderful @laurelhightower.bsky.social and it was fun to see the whole gang @briankeene.bsky.social @marysangiovanni.bsky.social @toddkeisling.com @amandaheadlee.bsky.social @catdelani.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I spent a lovely afternoon at @vortexbooksncomics.bsky.social today to see the wonderful @laurelhightower.bsky.social and it was fun to see the whole gang @briankeene.bsky.social @marysangiovanni.bsky.social @toddkeisling.com @amandaheadlee.bsky.social @catdelani.bsky.social
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I love book boxes, and I've been reading more, so I'm adding Shortwave's 2026 Subscription Book Boxes with this great lineup of authors, and a couple more books recently added to sweeten the deal.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ala...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ala...
Shortwave's 2026 Subscription Book Boxes
Shortwave will publish fifteen new titles in 2026. Get them all, discounted in our new Subscription Book Boxes!
www.kickstarter.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I love book boxes, and I've been reading more, so I'm adding Shortwave's 2026 Subscription Book Boxes with this great lineup of authors, and a couple more books recently added to sweeten the deal.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ala...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ala...