Victoria Nations
@victorianations.bsky.social
Florida horror writer & biologist. Gothic horror & monsters with emotional baggage. 📚🩸📚🏳️🌈 💙@Mdnight_Society & #Netherworld 4ever. HWA/SFPA/SFWA. She/her.
https://linktr.ee/VictoriaNations
https://linktr.ee/VictoriaNations
Love bookstores and want to deplatform corporate monoliths?
Both @bookshop.org and @libro.fm support indie bookstores, and they'll get your books, ebooks, and audiobooks to you just as fast.
Both @bookshop.org and @libro.fm support indie bookstores, and they'll get your books, ebooks, and audiobooks to you just as fast.
November 26, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Love bookstores and want to deplatform corporate monoliths?
Both @bookshop.org and @libro.fm support indie bookstores, and they'll get your books, ebooks, and audiobooks to you just as fast.
Both @bookshop.org and @libro.fm support indie bookstores, and they'll get your books, ebooks, and audiobooks to you just as fast.
Incredible list of indie publishers and booksellers from @tenebrouspress.bsky.social!
Love weird fic that takes risks? Love cutting edge spec fic and horror? Buying direct is the best way to get money in the pockets of authors and pubs.
Love weird fic that takes risks? Love cutting edge spec fic and horror? Buying direct is the best way to get money in the pockets of authors and pubs.
2 ongoing convos are dovetailing rn:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
November 26, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Incredible list of indie publishers and booksellers from @tenebrouspress.bsky.social!
Love weird fic that takes risks? Love cutting edge spec fic and horror? Buying direct is the best way to get money in the pockets of authors and pubs.
Love weird fic that takes risks? Love cutting edge spec fic and horror? Buying direct is the best way to get money in the pockets of authors and pubs.
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@shortwavebooks.bsky.social for books across the speculative genres;
@chmmagazine.bsky.social for the best Weird Horror/Sword & Sorcery magazines;
@malarkeybooks.bsky.social who force us all to be smarter & more literary;
I'll never remember everyone.
THE FUCKING POINT IS, SUPPORT INDIE PUBLISHING.
@chmmagazine.bsky.social for the best Weird Horror/Sword & Sorcery magazines;
@malarkeybooks.bsky.social who force us all to be smarter & more literary;
I'll never remember everyone.
THE FUCKING POINT IS, SUPPORT INDIE PUBLISHING.
November 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
@shortwavebooks.bsky.social for books across the speculative genres;
@chmmagazine.bsky.social for the best Weird Horror/Sword & Sorcery magazines;
@malarkeybooks.bsky.social who force us all to be smarter & more literary;
I'll never remember everyone.
THE FUCKING POINT IS, SUPPORT INDIE PUBLISHING.
@chmmagazine.bsky.social for the best Weird Horror/Sword & Sorcery magazines;
@malarkeybooks.bsky.social who force us all to be smarter & more literary;
I'll never remember everyone.
THE FUCKING POINT IS, SUPPORT INDIE PUBLISHING.
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I'm getting tired, and I'm sure I'm missing a fuck-ton of good folks.
@cursedmorsels.bsky.social is the place to go to get books that are made with care, curated spectacularly and fiercely anti-capitalist. I think they ship directly too, but I'm not sure?
cursedmorsels.com/releases/
@cursedmorsels.bsky.social is the place to go to get books that are made with care, curated spectacularly and fiercely anti-capitalist. I think they ship directly too, but I'm not sure?
cursedmorsels.com/releases/
Releases
SHAKY PICTURES OF VANISHED FACES Budget cuts drive a burned-out humanities professor to master the art of annihilation. A girl on the verge of a transformation seeks out a new member for her isolat…
cursedmorsels.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I'm getting tired, and I'm sure I'm missing a fuck-ton of good folks.
@cursedmorsels.bsky.social is the place to go to get books that are made with care, curated spectacularly and fiercely anti-capitalist. I think they ship directly too, but I'm not sure?
cursedmorsels.com/releases/
@cursedmorsels.bsky.social is the place to go to get books that are made with care, curated spectacularly and fiercely anti-capitalist. I think they ship directly too, but I'm not sure?
cursedmorsels.com/releases/
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I can't NOT dig @apocalypseparty.bsky.social, I mean, they publish tons of our favorite people, they have great taste, and they singlehandedly invented using black metal iconography on things that aren't black metal albums:
www.apocalypse-party.com/books.html
www.apocalypse-party.com/books.html
Books
A Heavy Metal Acid Trip Via Literature
www.apocalypse-party.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I can't NOT dig @apocalypseparty.bsky.social, I mean, they publish tons of our favorite people, they have great taste, and they singlehandedly invented using black metal iconography on things that aren't black metal albums:
www.apocalypse-party.com/books.html
www.apocalypse-party.com/books.html
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Fuck it how about Tenebrous Press! We're Weird! We rule! We're FIVE FUCKING YEARS DEEP and we're not stopping.
Our 2026 Book Club launches next week, we've got a killer back catalogue, and you should buy everything in our store:
store.tenebrouspress.com
Our 2026 Book Club launches next week, we've got a killer back catalogue, and you should buy everything in our store:
store.tenebrouspress.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Fuck it how about Tenebrous Press! We're Weird! We rule! We're FIVE FUCKING YEARS DEEP and we're not stopping.
Our 2026 Book Club launches next week, we've got a killer back catalogue, and you should buy everything in our store:
store.tenebrouspress.com
Our 2026 Book Club launches next week, we've got a killer back catalogue, and you should buy everything in our store:
store.tenebrouspress.com
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Ira at @filthyloot.bsky.social puts out some of the nicest looking books we've seen and follows no muse but his own Weird one:
filthyloot.com
filthyloot.com
releases - filthy loot press
Filthy Loot Press, Misfit Fictions press, independent horror press Ames IA, existential horror publisher, transgressive literary press, indie press zines, boutique literary press, small press horror p...
filthyloot.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Ira at @filthyloot.bsky.social puts out some of the nicest looking books we've seen and follows no muse but his own Weird one:
filthyloot.com
filthyloot.com
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Speaking of comics, I'm a big fan of what @unciv.bsky.social has put out this year; check them out:
uncivilizedbooks.com
uncivilizedbooks.com
Uncivilized Books + ODOD Books
Uncivilized Books publishes great comics and graphic novels. Odod Books is our imprint for young readers. Some of our artists are: Gabrielle Bell, Craig Thompson, and more.
uncivilizedbooks.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Speaking of comics, I'm a big fan of what @unciv.bsky.social has put out this year; check them out:
uncivilizedbooks.com
uncivilizedbooks.com
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@littleghostsbooks.bsky.social is hands down one of our favorite bookstores, but they're also in the publishing game! Taking risks on unproven names, hell yeah:
www.littleghostsbooks.com/shop/our-pub...
www.littleghostsbooks.com/shop/our-pub...
Little Ghosts
www.littleghostsbooks.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:40 PM
@littleghostsbooks.bsky.social is hands down one of our favorite bookstores, but they're also in the publishing game! Taking risks on unproven names, hell yeah:
www.littleghostsbooks.com/shop/our-pub...
www.littleghostsbooks.com/shop/our-pub...
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Same goes with Christoph & Leza @clashbooks.bsky.social who have left a big mark but still are in the business of taking risks. Respect, & nice boots🖤☠️
publisher.indiepubs.com/clash-books
publisher.indiepubs.com/clash-books
CLASH Books
CLASH Books Storefront
publisher.indiepubs.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Same goes with Christoph & Leza @clashbooks.bsky.social who have left a big mark but still are in the business of taking risks. Respect, & nice boots🖤☠️
publisher.indiepubs.com/clash-books
publisher.indiepubs.com/clash-books
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The folk at @deadskypub.bsky.social cast a pretty wide net, but they're giving a lot of newbs a shot too, and they're taking a HELLUVA LOT OF SHOTS on indie comics people lately too, which gets my respect:
deadskypublishing.com/shop/
deadskypublishing.com/shop/
Shop | Dead Sky Publishing
Shop with us here at Dead Sky Publishing…
deadskypublishing.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The folk at @deadskypub.bsky.social cast a pretty wide net, but they're giving a lot of newbs a shot too, and they're taking a HELLUVA LOT OF SHOTS on indie comics people lately too, which gets my respect:
deadskypublishing.com/shop/
deadskypublishing.com/shop/
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Now's a great time to say: I WON'T/CAN'T REMEMBER EVERY PRESS. IF I MISS SOMEONE IT'S NOT A KNOCK ON THEM.
I'm chaos-gremlin-ing a bit myself rn.
Even if we don't personally sync with every indie's vibes, if they're in the business of opening doors for new writers, then they've got our love.
I'm chaos-gremlin-ing a bit myself rn.
Even if we don't personally sync with every indie's vibes, if they're in the business of opening doors for new writers, then they've got our love.
November 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Now's a great time to say: I WON'T/CAN'T REMEMBER EVERY PRESS. IF I MISS SOMEONE IT'S NOT A KNOCK ON THEM.
I'm chaos-gremlin-ing a bit myself rn.
Even if we don't personally sync with every indie's vibes, if they're in the business of opening doors for new writers, then they've got our love.
I'm chaos-gremlin-ing a bit myself rn.
Even if we don't personally sync with every indie's vibes, if they're in the business of opening doors for new writers, then they've got our love.
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Probably the modern era's high water mark for where Weird fiction and Literary meet; we love Michael & his crew at @undertow.bsky.social
undertowpublications.com/shop
undertowpublications.com/shop
PRINT BOOKS — Undertow Publications
PLEASE NOTE - PRICES ARE IN U.S. FUNDS. SHIPPING AND TAXES INCLUDED.
undertowpublications.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Probably the modern era's high water mark for where Weird fiction and Literary meet; we love Michael & his crew at @undertow.bsky.social
undertowpublications.com/shop
undertowpublications.com/shop
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The VoidCon/Castaigne crew are unrepentant chaos gremlins but they sure don't give a fuck for chasing trends or appeasing the mainstream. Support em & their releases:
castaignepublishing.bigcartel.com
castaignepublishing.bigcartel.com
CASTAIGNE PUBLISHING
Castaigne Publishing is a purveyor of graphic fantasy and nightmare. True independent publishing.
castaignepublishing.bigcartel.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The VoidCon/Castaigne crew are unrepentant chaos gremlins but they sure don't give a fuck for chasing trends or appeasing the mainstream. Support em & their releases:
castaignepublishing.bigcartel.com
castaignepublishing.bigcartel.com
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Max & Lori @ghoulish.bsky.social have been doing it a while & they remain a model for not giving a fuck who's toes they step on as long as they remain true to their skewed, goopy vision.
They also have a killer brick & mortar in San Antonio:
ghoulish.rip/shop/
They also have a killer brick & mortar in San Antonio:
ghoulish.rip/shop/
Shop – GHOULISH
ghoulish.rip
November 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Max & Lori @ghoulish.bsky.social have been doing it a while & they remain a model for not giving a fuck who's toes they step on as long as they remain true to their skewed, goopy vision.
They also have a killer brick & mortar in San Antonio:
ghoulish.rip/shop/
They also have a killer brick & mortar in San Antonio:
ghoulish.rip/shop/
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@neonhemlock.bsky.social has been blazing Queer speculative for awhile now, & remain top notch integrity in the scene:
www.neonhemlock.com/books
www.neonhemlock.com/books
books — neon hemlock
www.neonhemlock.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM
@neonhemlock.bsky.social has been blazing Queer speculative for awhile now, & remain top notch integrity in the scene:
www.neonhemlock.com/books
www.neonhemlock.com/books
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Sam @weirdpunkbooks.bsky.social who sets the standard in keeping things Weird & Punk, Queer AF & highly anarchic:
weirdpunkbooks.square.site
weirdpunkbooks.square.site
Home | Weirdpunk Books
Weirdpunk Books are a publisher of weird and dark horror fiction and related subgenres.
weirdpunkbooks.square.site
November 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Sam @weirdpunkbooks.bsky.social who sets the standard in keeping things Weird & Punk, Queer AF & highly anarchic:
weirdpunkbooks.square.site
weirdpunkbooks.square.site
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(obvs we favor the speculative, Weirder markets, but if you've got favorite indie pubs PLEASE SUPPORT THEM, THEY WON'T SAY NO!)
First up our bud Antonia at @ghostorchidpress.com for your needs that might skew a little more Gothic & dark fantasy/horror
ghostorchidpress.square.site
First up our bud Antonia at @ghostorchidpress.com for your needs that might skew a little more Gothic & dark fantasy/horror
ghostorchidpress.square.site
ghostorchidpress.square.site
November 22, 2025 at 9:23 PM
(obvs we favor the speculative, Weirder markets, but if you've got favorite indie pubs PLEASE SUPPORT THEM, THEY WON'T SAY NO!)
First up our bud Antonia at @ghostorchidpress.com for your needs that might skew a little more Gothic & dark fantasy/horror
ghostorchidpress.square.site
First up our bud Antonia at @ghostorchidpress.com for your needs that might skew a little more Gothic & dark fantasy/horror
ghostorchidpress.square.site
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2 ongoing convos are dovetailing rn:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
November 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
2 ongoing convos are dovetailing rn:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
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I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...
Acquired Tastes: A Call for Submissions
For younger writers, ages 15-21
audacity.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...
If you miss the vibrant, insightful, occasionally deranged writing community of Twitter, this bracket and @literaryhub.bsky.social articles are a hilarious balm.
November 19, 2025 at 12:06 PM
If you miss the vibrant, insightful, occasionally deranged writing community of Twitter, this bracket and @literaryhub.bsky.social articles are a hilarious balm.
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IT IS HERE
Spooky middle grade
The Nowhere Series book 2
BEWARE THE BLACK
📚🩸
Spooky middle grade
The Nowhere Series book 2
BEWARE THE BLACK
📚🩸
HAPPY RELEASE DAY, @kathleenpalm.bsky.social!
WITHIN THE BLACK, the second book in the Nowhere series, is out now! Heartfelt middle grade horror for the introspective kid in all of us.
GO GRAB A COPY: www.amazon.com/gp/product/1...
CONGRATS, PEPPERS!!!!! 🌶️ #booksky
WITHIN THE BLACK, the second book in the Nowhere series, is out now! Heartfelt middle grade horror for the introspective kid in all of us.
GO GRAB A COPY: www.amazon.com/gp/product/1...
CONGRATS, PEPPERS!!!!! 🌶️ #booksky
November 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
IT IS HERE
Spooky middle grade
The Nowhere Series book 2
BEWARE THE BLACK
📚🩸
Spooky middle grade
The Nowhere Series book 2
BEWARE THE BLACK
📚🩸
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If you want to survive the blight, you're going to need to walk softly & carry a big axe. Or find a mysterious warrior to do it for you.
THREADS OF ASH: SOUTH
A dark fantasy horror novel. #booksky
Yaveta: Emeline Maridani
Wulfren: Paul Warren
Music: Dan Zappulla
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B... 🪓
THREADS OF ASH: SOUTH
A dark fantasy horror novel. #booksky
Yaveta: Emeline Maridani
Wulfren: Paul Warren
Music: Dan Zappulla
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B... 🪓
November 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
If you want to survive the blight, you're going to need to walk softly & carry a big axe. Or find a mysterious warrior to do it for you.
THREADS OF ASH: SOUTH
A dark fantasy horror novel. #booksky
Yaveta: Emeline Maridani
Wulfren: Paul Warren
Music: Dan Zappulla
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B... 🪓
THREADS OF ASH: SOUTH
A dark fantasy horror novel. #booksky
Yaveta: Emeline Maridani
Wulfren: Paul Warren
Music: Dan Zappulla
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B... 🪓
1 week!
7 days!!!!!!
“Palm’s series captures the excitement of adventure with the eeriness of the unknown. Nowhere is every reader’s fantasy and nightmare and Within the Black expands the world further.”
-Robert P. Ottone, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of There’s Something Sinister in Centerfield
📚🩸
“Palm’s series captures the excitement of adventure with the eeriness of the unknown. Nowhere is every reader’s fantasy and nightmare and Within the Black expands the world further.”
-Robert P. Ottone, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of There’s Something Sinister in Centerfield
📚🩸
November 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
1 week!