The Alien Buddha Gets Isolated and Weird is Out Now!
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This behemoth of unhinged madness clocks in at just over 400 pages and features 29 fiendish works of fiction and poetry from 20 stark-raving wordsmiths.
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Inside the preview: “Only Horrible Things I Promise” by Lemmy Winegardner. Follow Tommy Salami as he becomes the greatest sandwich artist the world has ever known after he and his polyglot roommates get wrapped up in a cannibal Instagram witchcraft cult that grants them strange powers after devouring Small Shaun, a painter whose legs shrink and arms grow with every new masterpiece. Also featured: poetry from Scott C. Holstad and Steph Patterson.
Also in this collection:
•A full reprint of A Comet Passing by Vanessa Napolitano. Set during the approach of comet Hale-Bopp in 1997, it peels back layers of longing and desperation in a world where faith is a hoax and salvation is death.
•Last Sunrise on Titan by Clarabelle Miray Fields. A doomed starman dies in his failing ship, haunted by memories of the wife who was always right about his fatal fuckery.
•James Schwartz’s The Oil Eaters: A Queer Dystopian Clifi Story. A drifter hustles, seduces, and survives across truck stops, swamps, and late-stage capitalism.
•The Unicorn Murders by Kathryn Lee Hamilton. A woman confronting her imprisoned father about his abuse uncovers a chilling family secret.
•Dana Knott’s Appeasing the Alligator Gods. A coked-up Florida man haunted by gators.
•Severed by Steff Sirois. A girl obsessed with her dad’s preserved severed finger spirals after cutting off her own. From her new collection Mary’s Hand is Ants.
•Jack Preston King’s Or Memories Draped by the Tyrannical Spider. Memory reimagined as a parasitic, malevolent force.
•Kay Hanifen’s 48 Hours. A woman trapped in a shifting cave fights to survive against the dark unknown.
And that’s just scratching the surface. Get your copy now and dive into the madness.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
The Alien Buddha Gets Isolated and Weird
THEME:
Isolation & Madness
Stranded in the woods
Lost in space
Shipwrecked
Trapped in strange places
Cults, Cannibalism, Cabin Fever
Losing your fucking mind/ paranoia
WHAT WE WANT:
• Fiction: up to 5,000 words
• Poetry: up to 10 pages (Word doc)
Genres:
Bizarro, Horror, Sci-Fi, Dark Comedy, Offbeat Drama, Surreal Adventure
— anything weird and on-theme.
HOW TO SUBMIT:
Send a Word doc attachment to:
[email protected]
Include:
• A third-person bio
• A link to your socials
• A short synopsis (for fiction only)
• A footnote if previously published (when/where)
• No submission fees
• Deadline: September 9, 2025
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