a free e-zine of horror art, poetry and microfiction
What’s going on with tiny frights?
I’ve decided to turn it into my personal horror blog. Posts will probably be infrequent, and I expect they’ll mostly be about what I’m reading, viewing, or listening to in the horror genre (or horror-adjacent material). I might occasionally post original writings or art. Zine issues and podcast episodes will remain available.
On Saturday, January 18th, I will be shutting down the tiny frights Facebook and Instagram accounts.
tiny frights is ceasing publication, and there will be no new podcast episodes.
Much gratitude to everyone who’s been a part of tiny frights. As much as possible, be safe and be well.
(I plan to keep past issues and podcast episodes online.)
tiny frights vol. 3 no. 2, Halloween 2024, is live! Read or download it from one of the following links:
tiny frights vol. 3 no. 1, Walpurgis 2024, is live! Read or download it from one of the following links:
tiny frights is leaving Substack, for reasons explained in this article on Business Insider.
As a replacement, we’ll be managing subscriptions in-house with phpList.
If you’re one of our Substack subscribers, you’ll receive an email soon explaining how to continue to get our content.
If you’re not yet one of our subscribers, you can subscribe to the new system at https://tinyfrights.com/mlist/?p=subscribe&id=1, where you’ll have a choice of three “newsletters” to subscribe to:
We won’t sell or give your information to anyone, unless we’re compelled to do so by law, which seems unlikely.
For now, the tiny frights content that’s on Substack will stay up, but it won’t be there permanently.
I hope for a pleasant and pleasantly spooky 2024 for you all!
Sincerely,
Carl Bettis, editor
tiny frights will be leaving the Substack platform soon. (If you don’t know what Substack is, this change won’t affect you.)
More details to come once I work out the logistics.
tiny frights submissions are closed until November 1st, 2023. Look for the next issue on Halloween day!
tiny frights now has a weekly podcast! The first episode has been released, and the next three are in the works. Find it wherever you get your podcasts, or at https://redcircle.com/shows/bd120807-a3c4-49a2-b380-80cc1a2c7442.
Many thanks to Anne for helping make this a reality.
Today begins Banned Book Week. You might want to check out the American Library Association’s 13 Scary Banned Books to Read for Halloween.
In other calendar-related news, the deadline for the Halloween 2022 issue of tiny frights is September 30th, less than 2 weeks away! If you have little scary poems or microfictions or spooky works of visual art, now is the time to send them! (Please read our submission guidelines first.)
Horror reads since the last update:
Probably at least one of these will be reviewed in the upcoming issue.
With only two issues of tiny frights a year, I figured I should put out the occasional interim update.
One or more of these might be reviewed in the upcoming issue.
My wife and I spent a couple of nights at The Elms Hotel & Resort, and I went on the paranormal tour. There were a few tales of apparitions, but most unexplained occurrences seemed to fall under the heading of poltergeist phenomena, or maybe just mischievous spirits moving things. We experienced nothing eerie during our stay.
The next issue is starting to take shape, with art, poetry and fiction by the likes of Kathy Allen, Jerome Berglund, Alex Bestwick, Linda M. Crate, Mort Duffy, Nolcha Fox, Madison McSweeney, Jennifer Rodrigues, and your humble editor. If you’d like to join this illustrious roster, the deadline for submissions is September 30th. See the submission guidelines for details.
