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New Authors Revealed for the “Humans are the Problem: A Monster’s Anthology”
New authors for the Humans are the Problem: A Monster’s Anthology include Christi Nogle, Gordon Linzner, Leah Claire Kaminski, and more!
WLW Press Welcomes Author T.J. Tranchell as Blog Editor
Weird Little Worlds Press is proud to welcome T.J. Tranchell to our ranks of the strange and wonderful as the Editor of The Weird Word, our weekly blog. As an author and editor of dark and fantastical fiction, T.J. brings an awesome skill set and a great eye for...
Strange Weather: 7 Times Weather Was Stranger Than Fiction
Firebolt lightning. Holes in the sky. Dueling tornadoes. Sure, the world we live in is privvy to some weird and very random weather that includes all of these and more. But it's very rare to see weather that is so unusual even science has a hard time explaining it....
The Weird Word wants your strangest nonfiction blogs!
The Weird Word has been fallow for a couple of months due to our focus on reading for the "Humans are the Problem: A Monster's Anthology." Now that our heads are out of the slush pile, we realize that our blog is in need of some incredibly fun and evocative posts. And...
“Humans are the Problem: A Monster’s Anthology” Finalizes Horror Anthology Author Lineup
Weird Little Worlds Press' dream team (including Editor-in-Chief Mike Cluff, CEO Willow Becker, and many others) have finalized the roster for the Humans are the Problem: A Monster's Anthology—the first horror anthology from the Salt Lake City, UT-based publishing...
Twitter for Writers: 10 Tricks For Getting Twitter Followers That ROCK
People who are on Twitter are readers (and writers) by nature. The text-rich medium is perfect for those who don't want to be annoyed with overwhelming numbers of images and videos and who want access to new information constantly. In addition, the average Twitter...
90 Scary Movies That Aren’t Rated R
I like scary movies. But I have a special fondness for movies that I can actually watch with my 13-year-old. This means I can relish the creepy while also corrupting her brain with good horror fare. Because of this internal drive towards the creepy, I have amassed a...
MonsterClass LIVE Horror Author Roundtable Events: April 29-May 1
Weird Little Worlds Press is excited to announce MonsterClass, an after-hours LIVE author event featuring the illustrious authors from "Humans are the Problem: A Monster's Anthology" beginning Thursday, April 29 through Saturday, May 1. This series of after-hours...
Top 10 Things You ACTUALLY Need To Survive the Zombie Apocalypse
As we can all probably attest to, a normal, boring apocalypse is not nearly as cool as The Zombie Apocalypse (or the Zombocalypse, if you will). Instead of hanging out in our houses, Twittering and Netflixing until we forget the last time we showered (you can't hide,...