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Introducing DARKNESS MOST FOWL anthology and readings!
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Sometimes birdsong is dangerous.
If you love 34 Orchard and you want a volume full of tales that carry our vibe, don’t miss Darkness Most Fowl from The Godmother of Horror Press!

This anthology was invitation only, and so writers we’ve recommended and several 34 Orchard alums build terrifying nests in this bird horror anthology! Edited by #7 “The Last Days”’s Elaine Pascale and featuring stunning art by Michael Takeda (#11, “Kintsugi”), others are Zachary Kellian (#6, “Shrike Song”), Die Booth (#1, “A Murder”), Ernest Ògúnyẹmí (#7, “The Flute”), Leen Raats (#8, “The Solitary Man”), Nicola Kapron (#3, “The Bodies We Should Forget”), Selah Janel (#5, “Mister Skinandbones”), Rob Frances (#4, “Everything Fits If You Push Hard Enough”), Robert Mayette (#8, “The Milestones on That Path”), L.E. Daniels (#8/“Weird Witness”), and ten other popular voices. From grackles and creepers to magpies and nightjars, these flights of dark fancy will claw your heart every time you hear beating wings.
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Tags: #34OrchardContributors, #34OrchardStories, #darkliterature, #DarknessMostFowl, #GothicLiterature, #literaryfiction, #LiteraryMagazine, #macabrelit, #shortfiction, #StoriesThatHaunt, #supportindielit, #TheGodmotherofHorror, #UnsettlingFiction, #WritersCommunity, #WritersOf34Orchard, C.O. Davidson, dark fiction, Die Booth, Elaine Pascale, Ernest Ògúnyẹmí, Geneve Flynn, Hideki Nakazono, Holley Cornetto, Kiyomi Appleton Gaines, Kristy Park Kulski, L.E. Daniels, Lee Andrew Forman, Leen Raats, Michael Takeda, Nicola Kapron, Nikki Kallio, Rob Francis, Robert Mayette, Selah Janel, The Godmother of Horror Press, V. Castro, Zachary Kellian
HAPPY RELEASE DAY! 34 ORCHARD ISSUE 11 HAS ARRIVED!
Posted by kristipetersenschoonover
Thrilled to announce that 34 Orchard Issue 11 is now available!

In Issue 11, a frustrated Frito-Lay worker indulges the alternate reality he’s spent years avoiding, and an Alaskan detective’s fresh beginning in the City of Angels might have more to do with endings than he’d expected. A retiring Christmas elf forced to break tradition discovers that no sacrifice he makes will avoid disaster. A crooked prospector refuses an honest life out of fear, a paramedic must accept that she cannot change people’s fates, and a soon-to-be park ranger in a South American forest finds her employment aspirations require giving up more than she may be willing. Read the rest of this entry →
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Tags: 34 Orchard Spring 2025 issue, Amanda Bintz, Andrea Ferrari Kristeller, Attar Topobroto, C.R. Langille, Dana Wall, dark fiction, dark poetry, international horror magazines, J.J. House, Kai R. Hastur, Keira Reynolds, Kristina Hals, literary magazine that publishes dark pieces, LM Fontanes, Marcelo Medone, Michael Takeda, Orca Lit, Preston Lang, Richard Brush, Sarah Cannavo, Sarah Jackson, Sr., Stetson Ray, Temidayo Temiloluwa, Teresa Sanchez-Reyes, The Sirens Call, turning over a new leaf, Victoria Nordlund, Walter H. Von Egidy, Yong Takahashi
Announcing 34 ORCHARD’s Spring 2025 ToC!
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The ToC for 34 Orchard Issue #11, Spring 2025, has arrived! The issue will be released on Friday, April 25, 2025.

In Issue 11, twenty-two artists tackle the challenges of “turning over a new leaf.” While the phrase may refer to flipping to a book’s blank page, it makes the work of taking a new direction sound too easy. It’s much more like the leaves of trees in an approaching storm: you’re going to get jostled around, twisted, and beaten up. In this issue, we not only have work from the US, Canada, and the UK, but from Read the rest of this entry →
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Posted in 34 Orchard, horror short stories
Tags: 34 Orchard Spring 2025 issue, Amanda Bintz, Andrea Ferrari Kristeller, Attar Topobroto, C.R. Langille, Dana Wall, dark fiction, dark poetry, international horror magazines, J.J. House, Kai R. Hastur, Keira Reynolds, Kristina Hals, literary magazine that publishes dark pieces, LM Fontanes, Marcelo Medone, Michael Takeda, Preston Lang, Richard Brush, Sarah Cannavo, Sarah Jackson, Sr., Stetson Ray, Temidayo Temiloluwa, Teresa Sanchez-Reyes, turning over a new leaf, Victoria Nordlund, Walter H. Von Egidy, Yong Takahashi




