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Haunted Words Press @hauntedwordspress.bsky.social · Aug 4

Finally! Finally, the Voice from the Void has granted mercy, and the copies of Our Dearest Devotions have arrived! Behold the gorgeous cover art from Lucas Hill, and snippets of the stunning work of our contributors for this, our 2025 Pride collection - OUT NOW!

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Haunted Words Press @hauntedwordspress.bsky.social · 10h

Our Contributor Spotlight today is the fantastic Wesley R Bishop, with his short story Her Skin Was Beautiful, Strong as Leather! Read the opening here, and then in all its glory in Issue Eleven: Forbidden Folktales 💙

Haunted Words Press @hauntedwordspress.bsky.social · 1d

Today's Contributor Spotlight is on the excellent Jamison Mouratova, with their new poem Riddle Me. Fall in love with it in full in Issue Eleven: Forbidden Folktales! 💙

Haunted Words Press @hauntedwordspress.bsky.social · 2d

Our Contributor Spotlight today is the fantastic Ajax Bhaskar, with their new poem The Lycanthrope! Fall in love with the opening here, and read it in full in Issue Eleven: Forbidden Folktales now! 💙

Haunted Words Press @hauntedwordspress.bsky.social · 6d

Today's Contributor Spotlight is on the fantastic Cassiopeia Gatmaitan, with their stunning tale Living Memory! Read the opening here, and fall in love with it in full in Issue Eleven: Forbidden Folktales! 💙

Haunted Words Press @hauntedwordspress.bsky.social · 7d

Our Spotlighted Contributor today is the wonderful Alba Sarria, back with their gorgeous poem Oil & Ashes! Take a sneak peek here and read it in full in Issue Eleven: Forbidden Folktales 💙

Haunted Words Press @hauntedwordspress.bsky.social · 9d

Kicking off our YA Contributor Spotlights is the wonderful Andrew Searle, back with moon drunk, a stunning new poem! Read it in full in Issue Eleven: Forbidden Folktales now! 💙

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Haunted Words Press @hauntedwordspress.bsky.social · 14d

Our Contributor Spotlight for today falls on the wonderful Tasha Eggleton, with her incredible work: Jenny Greenteeth. Find it in Issue Eleven: Forbidden Folktales now 💙

Haunted Words Press @hauntedwordspress.bsky.social · 16d

Our final middle grade contributor for this issue, today's Contributor Spotlight is the brilliant Shane Bradley, with his witchy tale The Hag of Silkwood! Read it in full in Issue Eleven: Forbidden Folktales 💙

Haunted Words Press @hauntedwordspress.bsky.social · 18d

Today's Contributor Spotlight is on the excellent Catrin Lawrence, with her deathly tale Bones of Saint Dyfrig, How Shall I Die? Read it in full in Issue Eleven: Forbidden Folktales for free, available on our website! 💙

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The B'K Magazine @thebkmagazine.bsky.social · 19d

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Haunted Words Press @hauntedwordspress.bsky.social · 19d

Our second Contributor Spotlight, we bring you the amazing Angela Patera with her short winter story, The Benevolent Kallikantzaros! Read the opening here, and fall in love with it in full in Issue Eleven: Forbidden Folktales 💙

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Haunted Words Press @hauntedwordspress.bsky.social · 20d

Issue Eleven: Forbidden Folktales has been out for a week, so it's time for our first Contributor Spotlight! First up we have our wonderful cover artist for this issue, Artemis Moss. Swipe for a sneak peek, and view it in full on the cover of Issue Eleven now! 💚

Haunted Words Press @hauntedwordspress.bsky.social · 27d

What a wonderful Friday it is! Issue Eleven: Forbidden Folktales is officially live and available for you to devour for free from our website - go and check it out now, we have a feeling you'll like it 🖤

Haunted Words Press @hauntedwordspress.bsky.social · Sep 11

Issue Eleven: Forbidden Folktales releases next Friday 19th September at midday, with gorgeous cover art from Artemis Moss that we're beyond delighted to display! 💙

Haunted Words Press @hauntedwordspress.bsky.social · Sep 5

Our cover reveal will be coming soon along with our publication date, and we can't wait for you to get stuck into this one! See you soon 💚

Haunted Words Press @hauntedwordspress.bsky.social · Sep 5

There's poetry from Andrew Searle, Alba Sarria, Ajax Bhaskar, Jamison Mouratova, Mary Binninger, Yuu Ikeda, Jamila Toussaint, and Svetlana Rostova, and art from Tasha Eggleton!

Haunted Words Press @hauntedwordspress.bsky.social · Sep 5

We've got short stories and flash fiction from Angela Patera, Catrin Lawrence, Shane Bradley, Cassiopeia Gatmaitan, Wesley Bishop, Briar Hyssop, and C Sarah Strafford!

Haunted Words Press @hauntedwordspress.bsky.social · Sep 5

Behold! The contents of Issue Eleven: Forbidden Folktales!

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Haunted Words Press @hauntedwordspress.bsky.social · Sep 3

Our final Contributor Spotlight for this collection is on the fantastic Lily Lovelle, with her gorgeous poem Dressing Room! Fall in love with it, and everything else nestled amongst it, in Our Dearest Devotions, available on our shop now! 💜

Haunted Words Press @hauntedwordspress.bsky.social · Sep 2

For today's Contributor Spotlight we bring you the excellent Cagalli Lim, back again with their new story Bum Deals and Bad Decisions! Check it out in all its glory in Our Dearest Devotions now! 💜

Haunted Words Press @hauntedwordspress.bsky.social · Sep 1

Our Spotlighted Contributor today is the amazing Marisca Pichette, back once more with a new gorgeous poem, What the Unicorn's Horn Feels! Fall in love with it in full in Our Dearest Devotions now 💜

Haunted Words Press @hauntedwordspress.bsky.social · Aug 30

Our Contributor Spotlight today is on the wonderful Halle Merrick, with their new short story The Willowwood! Read the full piece in Our Dearest Devotions now! 💜

Haunted Words Press @hauntedwordspress.bsky.social · Aug 29

You've got three days left to submit your cover art to us for Issue Eleven: Forbidden Folktales! Have you submitted yet artists?? 👀

Haunted Words Press @hauntedwordspress.bsky.social · Aug 24

Submissions are officially closed for the contents of Issue Eleven: Forbidden Folktales, but we're keeping our cover art submissions open for another week! You've got until the 31st August to give us your art - go go go!!! 🖤

Haunted Words Press @hauntedwordspress.bsky.social · Aug 29

For today's Contributor Spotlight we bring you the amazing Vivienna LV, with her stunning poem Bared. You can take a sneak peak at the opening here, and read it in full in Our Dearest Devotions! 💜

Haunted Words Press @hauntedwordspress.bsky.social · Aug 28

Our Contributor Spotlight today is on the amazing S. Janmar, with their stunning new story Plena Nocturnal! Fall in love with it in full in Our Dearest Devotions 💜