#weirdfiction — Public Fediverse posts

Time for another Writing the Occult: Time & Place session debrief, and this time it's our own Chief Ink Slinger and the event series host and curator, aka MEEE.

Rooting your writing in time and place isn’t just for the SF authors: all of us, no matter what genre, need to think about how these things impact our work and our characters. That said... boy, there is SO MUCH that writers of the weird can pull on as inspiration. 🧵⬇️

#horror #weird #weirdfiction #fantasy #scifi #sciencefiction

Every Friday, I meet a member of the British Fantasy Society and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they filled out). Let's head to Northumberland for a weirdly cosmic cuppa with Steven Patchett, who names the writers of the "new renaissance of British folk horror" as his genre heroes.

https://britishfantasysociety.org/meet-steven-patchett/

#horror #weirdfiction #fantasy #sciencefiction #writers #writing #writingcommunity

Much gratitude to Cynthia Gómez, author of MUÑECA and THE NIGHTMARE BOX AND OTHER STORIES, for this blurb for Caleb Sierra's THE WETWORKS MIRACLE. If you're looking to get your hands on one of the strangest books you'll ever read, WETWORKS is available from us and your favorite indie bookstore. "The tree-cattle are lowing to be milked." 😱

#TheWetworksMiracle #CalebSierra #CynthiaGomez #EcoHorror #BodyHorror #WeirdFiction #SurrealHorror #SmallPressBooks #LatinxHorror

Catherine Lucille Moore was an important writer in science fiction, fantasy, and weird fiction. This retrospective of her early career covers her entire output at WEIRD TALES and correspondence with Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, and other writers who helped shape her as a writer, right until her marriage with Henry Kuttner.

https://deepcuts.blog/2025/11/15/deeper-cut-c-l-moore-early-career-retrospective/

#weirdtales #clmoore #weirdfiction #weirdlit #scifi #sciencefiction #swordandsorcery #fantasy #fantasylit #pulpfiction #pulp

The early career retrospective of C. L. Moore continues with "Fruit of Knowledge," a new take on the Biblical story of the garden of Eden, and one of the few stories published under Moore's own name after her marriage.

https://deepcuts.blog/2025/11/05/fruit-of-knowledge-1940-by-c-l-moore/

#clmoore #fantasy #bible #weirdfiction #weirdlit

Continuing the early career retrospective of C. L. Moore with "Song in a Minor Key" (1940), the last work to feature Northwest Smith.

https://deepcuts.blog/2025/10/29/song-in-a-minor-key-1940-by-c-l-moore/

#sci #sciencefiction #CLMoore #weird #weirdfiction

The early career retrospective of C. L. Moore continues with "Greater Glories" (1935), an obscure and seldom-reprinted story - links to where you can read it online.

https://deepcuts.blog/2025/08/20/greater-glories-1935-by-c-l-moore/

#sciencefiction #sciencefantasy #CLMoore #weirdfiction

We're pleased to share the full cover by Robert H. Knox for the upcoming "King in Yellow" issue, dropping soon!

https://weirdfictionquarterly.com/the-king-in-yellow-cover-reveal/

#WeirdFictionQuarterly #WFQ #RobertHKnox #KingInYellow #Carcosa #FlashFiction #WeirdFiction

The Table of Contents for our imminent King in Yellow issue is now available. 60 500-word flash fiction pieces and poems about Chambers, Carcosa, and everyone's favorite ocher liege.

We're joined by some new voices this time, and are honored to be able to share two unpublished poems by Joe Pulver.

https://weirdfictionquarterly.com/table-of-contents-the-king-in-yellow/

#KingInYellow #WeirdFictionQuarterly #FlashFiction #WeirdFiction #RobertWChambers #Carcosa #YellowSign

This week we continue our survey of the early fiction of C. L. Moore with "Black God's Shadow" (1934), the second Sword & Sorcery adventure of Jirel of Joiry.

https://deepcuts.blog/2025/07/30/black-gods-shadow-1934-by-c-l-moore/

#horror #weirdlit #weirdfiction #swordandsorcery #clmoore #review

Adam and Pooka discuss Robert W. Chambers’ The King in Yellow mythos and other stories. Can they inspire Mage stories? Can these two stick to the subject? Listen: https://magethepodcast.com/reality-deviants-book-club-king-in-yellow/ #magetheascension #kinginyellow #cthulhumythos #weirdfiction #horror

Adam and Pooka discuss Robert W. Chambers’ The King in Yellow mythos and other stories. Can they inspire Mage stories? Can these two stick to the subject? Listen: https://magethepodcast.com/reality-deviants-book-club-king-in-yellow/ #magetheascension #kinginyellow #cthulhumythos #weirdfiction #horror

Adam and Pooka discuss Robert W. Chambers’ The King in Yellow mythos and other stories. Can they inspire Mage stories? Can these two stick to the subject? Listen: https://magethepodcast.com/reality-deviants-book-club-king-in-yellow/ #magetheascension #kinginyellow #cthulhumythos #weirdfiction #horror

Adam and Pooka discuss Robert W. Chambers’ The King in Yellow mythos & other stories. Can they inspire Mage stories? Can these two stick to the subject? Listen: https://magethepodcast.com/reality-deviants-book-club-king-in-yellow/ #magetheascension #kinginyellow #cthulhumythos #weirdfiction #horror

Adam and Pooka discuss Robert W. Chambers’ The King in Yellow mythos and other stories. Can they inspire Mage stories? Can these two stick to the subject? Listen here: https://magethepodcast.com/reality-deviants-book-club-king-in-yellow/ #magetheascension #kinginyellow #cthulhumythos #weirdfiction #horror

🎧 Adam and Pooka discuss Robert W. Chambers’ The King in Yellow mythos and other stories. Can they inspire Mage stories? Can these two stick to the subject? Listen: https://magethepodcast.com/reality-deviants-book-club-king-in-yellow/ #magetheascension #kinginyellow #cthulhumythos #weirdfiction #horror

Adam and Pooka discuss Robert W. Chambers’ The King in Yellow mythos and other stories. Can they inspire Mage stories? Can these two stick to the subject? Listen: https://magethepodcast.com/reality-deviants-book-club-king-in-yellow/ #magetheascension #kinginyellow #cthulhumythos #weirdfiction #horror

Cutting a little deeper than usual on Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein as we look at C. L. Moore Before the Pulps - what she wrote and what she published before her pulp career started.

https://deepcuts.blog/2025/04/23/deeper-cut-c-l-moore-before-the-pulps/

#weirdfiction #poetry #review #clmoore #pulpfiction #fantasy #fantasylit

It's a mid-week special on Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein as we look at THE WINGSPAN OF SEVERED HANDS (2020) by Joe Koch, a short Yellow Mythos novel that defies easy categorization.

https://deepcuts.blog/2024/08/07/the-wingspan-of-severed-hands-2020-by-joe-koch/

#weirdlit #weirdfiction #bodyhorror #cosmichorror #kinginyellow

It's a midweek special on Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein as we look at C. L. Moore's collaborations with Forrest J Ackerman on "Nymph of Darkness" (1935) and "Yvala" (1936).

https://deepcuts.blog/2024/03/27/nymph-of-darkness-1935-yvala-1936-by-c-l-moore-forrest-j-ackerman/

#scifi #weirdfiction #clmoore #sciencefiction #womeninhistory #weirdtales

This week on Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein we ask the question: why isn't there a full C. L. Moore biography?

http://deepcuts.blog/2024/03/20/unfinished-autobiography-fragment-1982-by-c-l-moore/

#clmoore #scifi #fantasy #sciencefiction #weirdfiction #weirdtales #womeninhistory

It's a midweek special on Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein as we look at the French translation of "Shambleau" by C. L. Moore - with illustrations by Jean-Claude Forest of BARBARELLA fame.

https://deepcuts.blog/2024/03/13/shambleau-1955-by-c-l-moore-jean-claude-forest/

#clmoore #weirdfiction #weirdtales