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Greg Greene @igreggreene.bsky.social · 19h

Happy book birthday to @gemmafiles.bsky.social for her new collection, LITTLE HORN, out today from @shortwavebooks.bsky.social! Gemma even illustrated it with her macabre & mesmerizing style! Don’t walk, RUN, to get this horror tale treasury! shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/litt...

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The ARC Party @thearcparty.com · 23h

This interview with Alan from @shortwavebooks.bsky.social is a must-listen. Hear about the origins, ups and downs, and future of Shortwave. it’s a good look at the nuts and bolts of indie publishing too!

www.thearcparty.com/p/alan-lastu...

Alan Lastufka - SHORTWAVE PUBLISHING

The driving force behind one of horror's rising indie publishers

www.thearcparty.com

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Shortwave Publishing @shortwavebooks.bsky.social · 21h

Correct. But those pre-orders are shipping out this week and next, so both will be on their way soon!

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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · 22h

NEW BOOKS! October 14th, 2025
@haleynewlin.bsky.social @shortwavebooks.bsky.social @caitlinstarling.com @wordhorde.bsky.social

I’ll Quit When I’m Dead
The Film You Are About to See
My Lips Her Voice
The Unveiling
When We Talk to the Dead
The Works of Vermin
The Bleeding Woods
Our Gifted Hearts
The Haunting of Paynes Hollow
Notes From the Underground
Little Horn
The Graceview Patient
The Scald Crow
Veal
The Last Witch
Senseless

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Shortwave Publishing @shortwavebooks.bsky.social · 21h

Pre-orders went out a week or two ago. If you didn't receive a notification, email contact-at-shortwavepublishing-dot-com and we can look into it!

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Shortwave Publishing @shortwavebooks.bsky.social · 23h

Happy release day to @gemmafiles.bsky.social and LITTLE HORN, a new collection of 14 stories and novelettes!

Each story features an accompanying full-page illustration by the author.

Out today in hardcover, paperback, and ebook!
shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/litt...

The cover of Little Horn (title spelling out in bound sticks and twigs), flanked by the words "Out Today!" on both sides.

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April Wolfe @aprilwolfe.bsky.social · 1d

Short story collections should be way more popular and marketed better for the short-attention present.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Marshall Ryan Maresca @mrmaresca.com · 1d

Publishers should be invested in promoting the books they publish.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Shortwave Publishing @shortwavebooks.bsky.social · 1d

It's been a good year for genre fiction!

Here are our top-selling print books and ebooks so far this year, for those of you looking for something new to read this October!

@natcassidy.bsky.social @toddkeisling.com @pfracassi.bsky.social @annieneugebauer.bsky.social @patrickbarb.bsky.social

A graphic showing our top five print books year-to-date: 1. Rest Stop by Nat Cassidy, 2. The Sundowner's Dance by Todd Keisling, 3. D7 by Philip Fracassi, 4. The Extra by Annie Neugebauer, 5. Night of the Witch-Hunter by Patrick Barb... And our top five ebooks year-to-date: 1. Rest Stop by Nat Cassidy, 2. D7 by Philip Fracassi, 3. Face the Night by Alan Lastufka, 4. The Sundowner's Dance by Todd Keisling, 5. The Extra by Annie Neugebauer

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Dana @thatdana.bsky.social · 4d

Tonight's bedtime story is one of my most anticipated reads of the year. @laurelhightower.bsky.social is a horror treasure. 🩸📚💙

The Long Low Whistle by Laurel Hightower

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Shortwave Publishing @shortwavebooks.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you!

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Corey Farrenkopf @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social · 4d

It’s a great day for Horror/Weird Fiction short stories in Libraries!

The Best Weird Fiction of the Year ( @undertow.bsky.social ) and Little Horn ( @gemmafiles.bsky.social ) just arrived!

Pumped to have them hanging out on our shelves :)

A photo of the two books sitting on a library shelf.

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Shortwave Publishing @shortwavebooks.bsky.social · 4d

Out next week! @gemmafiles.bsky.social's LITTLE HORN includes 14 dark short stories and novelettes, each with an accompanying original full-page illustration by the author.

Available in hardcover, paperback, and eBook!
shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/litt...

Cover art for LITTLE HORN shows the title spelled out in bound sticks on a dark dirt background. Natural bits of earth and nature are mixed in to the dirt. Gemma's author name appears in pumpkin orange with little horns incorporated into the serif typography.

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Shortwave Publishing @shortwavebooks.bsky.social · 5d

Printing and assembling a couple hundred chapbooks today!

WHATEVER KILLS YOU MAKES YOU STRONGER, a new short story from Victor LaValle, is the first chapbook in the Tales from the Twisted Spine series.

We're publishing this series exclusively for The Twisted Spine bookstore.

A photo of a table with assembled and unassembled copies of the Whatever Kills You Makes You Stronger chapbook, plus a long-arm stapler and a bag of rubber bands for bundling stacks of the completed chapbooks.

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Shortwave Publishing @shortwavebooks.bsky.social · 7d

Out today! The next two installments in @natcassidy.bsky.social's From the Cassidy Catacombs chapbook series!

"Jubilee Juncture" and "Laughlines" are available exclusively from our shop:
shop.shortwavepublishing.com/collections/...

The chapbook covers of "Jubilee Juncture" and "Laughlines", featuring a broken doll with her eyes X'ed out, and a portrait of a nobleman with his face scratched out and replaced with a laughing jester emoji.

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Shortwave Publishing @shortwavebooks.bsky.social · 8d

👀

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ala...

Coming soon: Shortwave's 2026 Subscription Book Boxes

Shortwave will publish 16 new horror and dark sci-fi titles in 2026. Get them all, discounted in our new Subscription Book Boxes!

www.kickstarter.com

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Martha Saffronhouse @not-in-the-story.bsky.social · 10d

Such a wonderful way to spend October! I am allowing myself one story a day. @shortwavebooks.bsky.social @gemmafiles.bsky.social

Cover of the fabulous Gemma Files' newest anthology LITTLE HORN STORIES

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Todd Keisling @toddkeisling.com · 11d

Nice to see The Sundowner's Dance on this Halloween list from @bookshop.org (and nice representation for @shortwavebooks.bsky.social overall)!

bookshop.org/lists/hallow...

Halloween Chills and Thrills

Sink your teeth into some of our favorite suspenseful, bone-chilling, and horrifying stories!

bookshop.org

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Shortwave Publishing @shortwavebooks.bsky.social · 12d

Peppermint Candy Cain Kills? @brianmcwriter.bsky.social

Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 12d

no no the publishing industry is doing fine, why do you ask

A screenshot from Publisher's Lunch:
Jennifer L. Armentrout and Hellmann's
In a promotion designed for BookTok enjoyment, Jennifer L. Armentrout’s just-published THE PRIMAL OF BLOOD AND BONE is available in a special, limited-edition "garlic-scented copy, infused with Hellmann’s Garlic Aioli to create a one-of-a-kind, Craven-proof book." They explain: "This exclusive edition is printed with garlic-infused ink, designed to ward off Armentrout’s bloodthirsty monsters, the Craven. While humans may dread garlic breath, Hellmann’s has cleverly transformed this social faux pas into an unexpected – and delicious – form of supernatural protection."

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Shortwave Publishing @shortwavebooks.bsky.social · 13d

Another quarter, another day of paying out royalties to all of our fantastic authors 💰, and another donation of all funds raised from sales of our Shadows in the Stacks anthology to the Library Foundation SD!

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Todd Keisling @toddkeisling.com · 13d

"Between this and Devil’s Creek, Todd Keisling is carving out a spot for himself as an absolute master of cosmic/cosmic-cult horror."

I'm humbled. Thank you. 🖤

@shortwavebooks.bsky.social @beckylejeune.bsky.social

Rob "Cheddar Goblin" Bedford 📚🍺 @robhb.bsky.social · 13d

Kicking off both my annual #31HorrorBooksforHalloween and @sffworld.com's annual Countdown is THE SUNDOWNER'S DANCE by @toddkeisling.com @shortwavebooks.bsky.social www.sffworld.com/2025/10/sffw...

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 13d

Can’t think of abetter way to kick off October than w/ one of the ascendant greats like @pedroiniguez.bsky.social chatting w/me about MR. HALLOWEEN Ray Bradbury for Your Favorite Author’s Favorite Author. Like I told @alandistro.bsky.social over at @shortwavebooks.bsky.social: this is a special one!

Your Favorite Author's Favorite Author: Pedro Iniguez on Ray Bradbury - Shortwave Publishing

This month, I had the chance to chat with the incredibly talented Pedro Iniguez about a favorite author that’s shared between the two of us: Ray Bradbury. Throughout this conversation, I found myself ...

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Rob "Cheddar Goblin" Bedford 📚🍺 @robhb.bsky.social · 13d

Kicking off both my annual #31HorrorBooksforHalloween and @sffworld.com's annual Countdown is THE SUNDOWNER'S DANCE by @toddkeisling.com @shortwavebooks.bsky.social www.sffworld.com/2025/10/sffw...

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Scifi Reader @scifireader.bsky.social · 13d

Bradbury's blend of sci-fi and horror is unmatched! "We are an impossibility in an impossible universe." What’s your favorite Bradbury tale? 🪐📚 #RayBradbury #SciFi

Shortwave Publishing @shortwavebooks.bsky.social · 13d

New YOUR FAVORITE AUTHOR'S FAVORITE AUTHOR: Pedro Iniguez on Ray Bradbury!

"I straddle science-fiction and horror prose along with speculative poetry, and no one did that better than Ray."

Read @patrickbarb.bsky.social's interview with @pedroiniguez.bsky.social in our magazine:

bit.ly/4pNWk4n

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Shortwave Publishing @shortwavebooks.bsky.social · 13d

New YOUR FAVORITE AUTHOR'S FAVORITE AUTHOR: Pedro Iniguez on Ray Bradbury!

"I straddle science-fiction and horror prose along with speculative poetry, and no one did that better than Ray."

Read @patrickbarb.bsky.social's interview with @pedroiniguez.bsky.social in our magazine:

bit.ly/4pNWk4n

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