Dear Friends,Happy Pride! I hope that you are all well. Please take care of yourselves. It's important. It's finally nice enough here that I can sit out and have a coffee. And a think. Or, as is often the case, a moment of grace and contemplation.Wit...

Dear Friends,Happy Pride! I hope that you are all well. Please take care of yourselves. It's important. It's finally nice enough here that I can sit out and have a coffee. And a think. Or, as is often the case, a moment of grace and contemplation.Wit...

Dear Friends,I hope that you are all keeping well. That you are maintaining some balance on this madly spinning planet.Before I get to the meat of this newsletter, some breaking news. Just as I was composing this I learned that 2 pieces we published...

Dear Friends of Undertow,I usually begin these newsletters wishing you well. And I do, sincerely, wish you all well. More than a curt 'Hope you are well' can convey. And I end these newsletters with a word of thanks. Again, with more genuine sincerit...

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...

Dear Friends,The solstice has passed, and the days grow brighter. It's the 'holiday' season, whatever that might or might not mean to you. Whether you celebrate specific holidays, or traditions, or rituals, I want to wish you glad tidings and good ch...

Dear Friends,As always, I hope that you are all keeping well.Today we're revisiting our back catalogue and the ONLY original novel we've published—M. Rickert's "The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie." This exquisite mystery is an amalgam of Frankenstein, and...

Dear Friends,I hope that you are all keeping well.This is a call for submissions from editors and publishers only — for now — of original 2025 short fiction for consideration in The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Vol. 2. This is a reprint fiction an...

Dear Friends,It's October! Hurrah! I am hopeful the turning of the season will bring us all some peace.For October I've specially curated 5 of our spookier titles, and discounted the eBooks to just $2. Grab a couple, or all 5 for $10. It's your choic...

Dear Undertow Friends,Given these fraught times, it's hard to concentrate on anything but survival. And resistance. Part of resisting is to keep doing what we're doing. Persisting. So we persist.Undertow Publications will be at a few upcoming events....