Chaos Reading discussion

Hi. I'm wondering where people go online to find new, dark, weird indie writing.

Whether it's a short story zine, a blog, a review site, or anything else.

Places that would be publishing/talking about/reviewing favourably people such as Franz Kafka, William Burroughs, and Chuck Palahniuk, if they were indie writers today.

A few that I know of are 3am Magazine, The Nervous Breakdown, Degenerate Literature, Miscreant Magazine, and Cafe Irreal.

Joseph, are you asking for the sake of publishing or promoting your own stuff? If so, I know there are a lot of groups dedicated to that sort of things that would probably have much better suggestions.

The sites that you mention are the kind I think of as the equivalent of the cheaply xeroxed punk zines that used to occupy hole in the wall coffee bars and clubs in the 80's. Certainly some very cool stuff, but probably not a lot that ever gained any sort of wide-spread recognition.

Personally, I just don't have the patience to wade through the amateur stuff anymore (but all power to those who do). I like to have more quality control at work prior to me spending my time, usually that means sites or magazines that actually pay their writers and have quality editing. Some that come to mind are Black Static, Strange Horizons, Nightmare, and Gamut.

Not sure if this is the kind of answer you were after. If you can expand on your intent in asking the question, maybe people will be better able to provide more useful responses.

I'm asking for several reasons; to find new stuff to read, new places to go, and for promotion of my stuff in the near future.

Also I thought it might be good to have a decent list of places to find this kind of writing. I've found it difficult to find anything on Google, and a few other people have said the same.

So not for any reason in particular, but for a lot of reasons, all under the umbrella of liking and wanting to be more involved in 'dark, weird' literature.

Some friends writing horror have recently been reading and submitting to Psychedelic Horror Press, Deadman's Tome, and Unnerving Magazine. The quality seems pretty decent from the handful of stories I've read. Disclosure: I've done a couple cover designs for some of these pubs and for every copy you purchase I will receive nothing. :o

Hi. I thought I ought to update this post with a list of recommendations I've got so far.


https://bizarrocentral.com/

As its name implies, Bizarro Central focuses on the Bizarro genre. What that is, though, is fairly fluid, so there's all types of weird darkness and dark weirdness going on here.


http://weirdfictionreview.com/

Fiction, non-fiction, interviews and reviews of all things weird fiction, from established authors, cult authors, and underground/unknown authors alike.


https://conquerorweird.wordpress.com/

Slightly bleaker and leaning towards more misanthropic or nihilistic tastes than some of the other blogs. Features reviews, excerpts, and guest posts.


http://www.fluland.com/archive/

Fluland is an active archive of weird, sometimes dark literature (short stories and poetry). It has a great punk ethos and a simple yet strange aesthetic indicative of its cause.


http://ttapress.com/blackstatic/

A long running monthly magazine, focusing primarily on horror but without too stringent a definition. Includes short stories, poems and illustrations, as well as reviews of both literature and film.


http://strangehorizons.com/

A weekly magazine focusing on speculative fiction, but with a fairly loose definition of what that means, including horror, slipstream and 'fantastika'. Includes fiction, poetry, reviews, non-fiction, and art. Plus a weekly podcast.


http://www.nightmare-magazine.com/

Monthly horror and dark fantasy magazine, including fiction, poetry, non-fiction, reviews, Q&A's, etc. Also features author spotlights, artist showcases, and a podcast on the website.

https://deadmanstome.net/

Themed monthly collections of unapologetically dark fiction.


http://www.unnervingmagazine.com/

Reviews and interviews focusing on challenging, provocative dark fiction.


I'll try to update this list as I find more sites and zines, and as more are recommended. Please feel free to recommend any more in the comments or in a message or something.

[Also, please note that I have no affiliation with the sites listed above]

Good stuff. Thanks for sharing these, Joseph. I'm looking forward to checking them out.

You can surely pick up some good tips here:

http://www.ligotti.net/

In fact, recently there was a thread on a similar question:

http://www.ligotti.net/showthread.php...