GossamerWight Literary Magazine is a UK-based independent online literary magazine launched in May 2025. Its purpose is to showcase dark and unconventional stories that twist the familiar into the uncanny.
In particular...
* Tales of horror, both mainstream and folk.
* Visitations to the world of the weird and 'New Weird'.
* Supernatural fiction (spectral narratives).
* Speculative and dystopian excursions.
* Flights of fantasy.
* And, as you might expect, tales of the unexpected.
Submissions open for the Q1, 2026 #GossamerWight #LitMag #Anthology on January 1st. 👀 🔥
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The #GossamerWight #LitMag #Anthology theme for Q1, 2026 will be announced here soon.
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'Christmas is usually seen as a time of light, warmth, and happiness. However, in Europe there is a long tradition of people embracing the darker side by telling ghost stories during the festive season...'
Think you know Hans Christian Andersen? Four experts pick his weirdest fairy tales to read this Christmas...
The #GossamerWight #LiMag #Bookshop.
Find us at https://www.gossamerwight.com/the-gossamerwight-bookshop
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The Q1, 2026 anthology submissions window opens on 1 January. Details to follow.
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Why we need weird stories for a warming world. 'The roots of the “weird” go back to the late 19th and early 20th century, to writers like H. P. Lovecraft, Arthur Machen and M. R. James. Their unsettling tales explored incomprehensible forces and cosmic horror.'
The Conversation: https://bit.ly/4pshYuv
SUBMISSIONS CLOSING SOON! (Sunday, 30 November).
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@gossamerwight.com is on Chill Subs at:
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First Minister of Wales, Eluned Morgan: “Congratulations to #Aberystwyth for becoming Wales’ first UNESCO Creative City and City of Literature. Wales is a land of creativity, made up of great authors, poets, singers and actors."
Aberystwyth is also home to https://www.gossamerwight.com, of which James Paxton Priestley is the Editor-in-Chief.
https://nation.cymru/culture/aberystwyth-becomes-wales-first-unesco-city-of-literature/
