Dear Friends of Undertow,

Happy New Year! I hope that you are all coping keeping as well as you can. Given the state of current world affairs, I believe that all our small cultural contributions to society—writing, publishing, reading; making art and music and books—are significant. We persevere and we persist. Thank you all for everything you do. And thank you all for supporting us last year!

Just a couple bits of news this time around.

The eBooks of our 2025 titles are on sale til the end of the month for just $3 each. The titles are:

"Uncertain Sons and Other Stories," by Thomas Ha. —"You need this book!!" (Kelly Link)

"The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Vol. 1" curated by me. —"The Best Weird Fiction of the Year delivers!" (Rue Morgue)

"Weird Horror #10"

"Weird Horror #11"

Note - If you prefer a mobi file, purchase the ePub first, then let us know you'd like the mobi file and we'll send it along.

EBOOK SALE!

The last bit of news is that I am accepting submissions for volume 2 of "The Best Weird Fiction of the Year," publishing this November. Submissions close on Feb. 28. I expect a large number of submissions. The last call received 2200 subs, I'm already at 1500 for this call. Please adhere to the guidelines. A number of submissions haven't. Specifically:

—stories must have been FIRST published in English in 2025

—stories under or over the word count will be discarded

—do not send more than 3 stories

—do not email your story

—you will only receive a response if I select your story. Do not query about its status

I don't mean to be pedantic about it, but it's very frustrating when submitters clearly haven't read the guidelines. I look at every submission. I read fast—I only need a bite or two of the apple to know if it's to my taste—and I want you to have an opportunity to submit successfully.

You can find the guidelines and submission form below. Thank you. Happy submitting.

BEST WEIRD FICTION SUBMISSIONS

Warm Wishes,

Michael (and the Undertow team)

Undertow Publications