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Initiation by G.G. Silverman
In this Italian-gothic retelling of Red Riding Hood, a young girl in the Old Country is subjected to a terrifying initiation ritual. Later, as an immigrant, she learns to accept her monstrous heritage as a means of survival.
MOTHER Earns Place of Honor on The 2022 Bram Stoker Awards® Final Ballot
It is a day for celebrating! We’re bursting with excitement and ready to shout the good news from the rooftops. The 2022 Bram Stoker Awards® Final Ballot has placed our anthology among the top five in the world! We can’t think of a better honor.
Novel and Novella Submission Call Ends on February 28, 2023
We strongly suggest you finish that novel before February 28th.
Mercedes M. Yardley Named On Bram Stoker Awards® Preliminary Ballot 2022
“Fracture,” appears in the 2022 anthology Mother: Tales of Love and Terror published by Weird Little Worlds Press. It is a story about the vulnerable fragility and the sense of protection that mothers have over their children. Because let’s face it, motherhood is scary no matter how you look at it.
How to Make Your Mother Proud: Bram Stoker Awards® Preliminary Ballot 2022
Our mothers thought we wouldn’t amount to much, but despite their loving advice to get a real job and quit making up stories, Mother: Tales of Love and Terror has been short-listed for inclusion on the preliminary Best Horror Anthology ballot of the Bram Stoker Awards® 2022.
MOTHER Gets Big TikTok Love with 615k Views
Mother: Tales of Love and Terror is one of the most compelling anthologies of 2022, being lauded by both critics and readers as a favorite for short story readers. Last week, TikTok took this positive feedback to a new level, with @ScaryBookRecs sharing an unsolicited...
WLW Press Open for Novel and Novella Submissions Starting January 31 – February 28
Weird Little Worlds Press is pleased to announce that we will be opening to unsolicited submissions starting January 31, 2023. Our press is focused on speculative genre fiction that includes fantasy, science fiction, horror, and adventure. We are also looking to...
Weird Little Worlds CEO, Willow Becker, Joins the Ranks of Dungeon Crawlers Radio Podcast
Earlier this month, Weird Little Worlds Press CEO, Willow Becker, joined Dungeon Crawlers Radio as an official podcast host. She brings her unique personality and love of all things dark, creepy, and marvelous the to already talented cast of the popular podcast. The...
New Art for MOTHER Anthology Released
While the MOTHER anthology is cast and the stories are in (and amazing), the artwork has just started being slow-released ahead of the worldwide publication date of Mother's Day, 2023. The artists on board are phenomenal, and have been creating some of the most...