#weirdfiction — Public Fediverse posts

The Lost Tales stories continues with "Medusa" (1928) by Royal W. Jimserson - a story some contend may have inspired Lovecraft.

https://deepcuts.blog/2026/09/05/lost-tale-medusa-1928-by-royal-w-jimerson/

#lovecraft #weirdtales #weirdlit #weirdfiction #medusa

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

🎧 Adam and Pooka discuss Blackwood’s fiction, his occult interests, his fascination with nature, and what his stories can teach Mage: The Ascension Storytellers about the sublime, supernatural uncertainty, spirits, Correspondence, Awakening, and psychological horror. Listen https://magethepodcast.com/reality-deviants-book-club-algernon-blackwood/ #magetheascension #weirdfiction #horror #algernonblackwood

This week's lost tale is "Hell in the Village" (1942) by Hugh Raymond - a rare appearance of von Junzt outside of the writings of Robert E. Howard and Lovecraft.

https://deepcuts.blog/2026/08/22/hell-in-the-village-1942-by-hugh-raymond/

#weirdfiction #weirdlit #weird #fantasy #fantasylit

Wtem! Nowa notka na blogu, choć tak naprawdę to nie taka nowa, bo była praktycznie gotowa już w marcu i nie pamiętam, czemu jej wtedy nie wrzuciłem (a potem Działy Się Rzeczy).

W każdym razie, piszę o zbiorze opowiadań "The Other Shore" Rebekki Campbell (wyd. @StelliformPress ) o którym dowiedziałem się z Mastodona (choć autorkę znam z "Nowej Fantastyki"). Ogólnie bardzo dobra rzecz, nie tylko dla tych zainteresowanych ekologią i klimatem (bo też nie wszystkie opowiadania skupiają się na tych tematach) - to po prostu dobra fantastyka (SF, weird fiction, odrobina horroru, może nawet i fantasy czy rzeczy które ciężko zaklasyfikować).

https://wordsmith.social/ekofikcje/jak-to-jest-byc-ekosystemem

#fantastyka #ClimateFiction #CliFi #ScienceFiction #SciFi #WeirdFiction #książki #ekofikcje @ksiazki

ICYMI: an exclusive interview with author of THE WETWORKS MIRACLE, Caleb Sierra. Find out more about Sierra's truly wild worldbuilding in this weird horror novella and what the author is working on next.

Read the full interview here: paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-the-wetworks-miracle-author-caleb-sierra

#TheWetworksMiracle #CalebSierra #EcoHorror #WeirdFiction #ClimateFiction #Biopunk #SpeculativeFiction #HorrorBooks #Novella #AuthorInterview #SmallPress #IndiePublishing #Bookstodon

A supernatural short story by Algernon Blackwood about doomscrolling during WWI (1915).
#AlgernonBlackwood #literature #ShortStory #WeirdFiction #newspaper #WWI
https://kingrpaul.github.io/algernon-blackwood_the-paper-man.html

J. Scott Coatsworth interviewed me for his "Author Spotlight." I talk about dreampunk, #Somniscope, my writing process, and a bit about my personal life.

#writing #writingCommunity #books #bookstodon #dreampunk #cyberpunk #authors #writers #writersLife #sf #sff #sffh #scifi #fiction #scienceFiction #speculativeFiction #weirdFiction

https://www.jscottcoatsworth.com/author-spotlight-cliff-jones-jr/

Have you experienced this yet? It's waiting for you! #SOMNISCOPE: A multi-author collection/novel unlike anything you've read.

#book #books #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #fiction #shortFiction #shortStories #dreampunk #cyberpunk #weirdFiction #litFic #litFiction #literaryFiction #sf #sff #sffh #scifi #scienceFiction #speculativeFiction #horror #paranormal #supernatural #visionaryFiction #absurdistFiction #surreal #surrealist #dream #dreams #dreaming #trippy #trippyFiction #trippyBooks

At long last, the ebook versions of #Somniscope are now out (in addition to print)!

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CW1LM5HC/

#dreampunk #books #fiction #cyberpunk #ebooks #sf #sff #sffh #scifi #scienceFiction #speculativeFiction #horror #weirdFiction #trippy #trippyFiction #trippyBooks #indieBooks #indiePub

Reminds me of Courtney LoCicero's story "A Long-Awaited Interview" to appear in the #dreampunk collection #SOMNISCOPE next month!

"You trap us behind glass for the sake of communication, but your toys—he gestured to the tech attached to the tank—will not provide clarity."

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-contact-whales-in-world-first-communication-experiment

#fiction #books #shortStories #shortFiction #whales #dolphins #cyberpunk #sf #sff #sffh #scifi #scienceFictiom #weirdFiction #language #linguistics #animalCommunication

Ihr wolltet schon immer wissen, was Karl Marx mit Außerirdischen zu tun hat und wie es sich anfühlt, die Deutsche Kulturgeschichte als Trip durch Raum und Zeit zu erleben? Dann steigt ein und begleitet Emma Braslavskys "Erdling" auf seiner/ihrer phantastischen Reise, bei der nichts ist wie es scheint - nur eines ist sicher: es wird weird!

@suhrkampverlag @emmabraslavsky #erdling #phantastik #fantastischeFRAUEN #weihnachtsgeschenk #weird #weirdfiction #weirdfictionbooks

The Night Show is an urban legend about an other-worldly TV show that is broadcast only under the most bizarre of circumstances. Like similar myths, a ritual, of sorts, is required to attain the desired effect. In the Night Show's case, one must acquire a vintage TV and place it in the basement of a haunted house. At exactly 3:21 a.m., the TV is said to spontaneously turn on and display a ghastly variety show from a darker dimension of reality. The program is said to be so disturbing as to drive the watcher (or watchers) mad. There have been various reports, some substantiated, of people supposedly viewing the fabled Night Show and subsequently being admitted into local mental wards. In some cases, the people are never seen again.

#horror #HorrorFam #horrorpg #HorrorCommunity #audiodrama #fictionpodcast #AudioFiction #darkfantasy #fantasy #scifi #fiction #writing #VoiceActing #Comics #weirdfiction

For those of you who've been paying attention, yes, #Somniscope is still coming soon. 😁 All the stories have been edited, and I'm currently moving through the frame story that ties everything together.

https://whatisdreampunk.com/somniscope

#dreampunk #dreampunkFiction #sf #sff #sffh #scifi #scienceFiction #cyberpunk #speculativeFiction #fantasy #scienceFantasy #horror #trippy #trippySF #weirdFiction #books #reads #indieAuthors #indieAuthorsOfMastodon #amWriting #amEditing #bookstodon @bookstodon