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Poe Girl Publishing
All About us:
Poe Girl Publishing started publishing in 2023 as the brainchild of Carole Bulewski, D.A. Schneider and G.S. Parker, three parts of the same twisted strange minds.
Poe Girl Publishing is open and welcoming to all but wish to specialise by signing female, and people who identify as female writers of horror. People who love writing horror, and show great talent and desire for that genre.
Be it horror novels, short stories, poetry, and art.
We want Poe Girl Publishing to be a flagship publisher to give a voice to the female of the species, who have always been more deadly and scarier than the male.
BREAKING NEWS
We are delighted to announce that writer submissions are now open for our third horror collection, Tales of the Raven, to be published in 2026.
The theme for this year’s collection is “LOVE!” what is love to you in a horror way of thinking.
It can be anything from ghost stories to cereal killers to the mundane., like a love of chocolate. that can have horrific consequences.
Send us short stories, a maximum word count of five thousand words, poems, monologues.
Closing date for submissions is the 1st of December 2025
As we plan to publish on the 14th of February 2026
Yes, it might be one scary Valentine love note to horror.
E-mail us your submission via the e-mail poegirlpublishing@gmail.com and a line about yourselves.
This is open to all writers, any age, gender or writing experience.
Correspondence will only be entered into submissions that are chosen to go into the collection, those writers hold the copyright, but they are agreeing to give Poe Girl the Publishing rights for this collection and not publish any story a year after the publication of this collection - the publisher’s say is final.
TOBY CRABBE'S SECOND SHORT STORY COLLECTION IS ON PRESALE NOW
Foul things lurk in the forgotten regions of life. They take strange forms and utter wicked secrets. They are always there, waiting, watching. In gas-lit train stations, reptile churches, floorboard theatres. In witch woods, raven rookeries, rat-infested tunnels. They are the things thoughts fear.
They are fright incarnate.
THE THINGS THOUGHTS FEAR: VOLUME TWO, by Toby Crabbe, his second anthology, is a collection of his most frightening horror stories all in one horrifying tome. Ranging from quiet folk horror to gut-wrenching thrills, it begs the question.
What do you fear?
Toby Crabbe navigates the horror genre’s finest terrors with an eye for the unsettling, the mysterious, and the frighteningly beautiful. The stories within will stay with you beyond the final page and reside in your deepest darkest thoughts.
TOBY CRABBE'S FIRST SHORT STORY COLLECTION IS OUT NOW
Foul things lurk in the forgotten regions of life. They take strange forms and utter wicked secrets. They are always there, waiting, watching. In fly-infested churches, witch woods, fog-veiled marshes, and goblyn labyrinths. They are the things thoughts fear.
They are fright incarnate.
THE THINGS THOUGHTS FEAR, by Toby Crabbe, his debut anthology, is a collection of his most frightening horror stories all in one horrifying tome. Ranging from quiet folk horror to gut-wrenching thrills, it begs the question.
What do you fear?
Toby Crabbe navigates the horror genre’s finest terrors with an eye for the unsettling, the mysterious, and the frighteningly beautiful. The stories within will stay with you beyond the final page and reside in your deepest darkest thoughts.
ANN WUEHLER'S BRAND BEW NOVEL
MALHEUR BABY OUT NOW
Candle Santiago and her best friend, Tiff, find a newborn baby on the banks of the Malheur River. Not knowing what else to do, the two middle schoolers take the child to Candle’s house, where her grandmother, Esme, decides the baby is hers.
This sets off a comical, tragical and somewhat absurd chain of events.
There are the cops’ asking questions and Child Protective Services on the warpath against a potential kidnapper.
There’s the mystery of who gave birth to that baby girl and left it on the banks of a river just outside Vale, Oregon.
Why is Candle’s flighty mom, Criss, visiting and why does her dad seem glad and sad about it?
As Candle’s friendship with Tiff crumbles, she starts a sort of uneasy friendship with the middle school bully, Jed the Shed. Jed just might have some answers but can Candle trust him at all?
She also takes a road trip with her dad to retrieve Esme, but do things ever go right for her family? Candle Santiago must find her way through very choppy waters, in an interesting time to be alive.
Ann Wuehler has written five novels-- Aftermath: Boise, Idaho, Remarkable Women of Brokenheart Lane, House on Clark Boulevard, Oregon Gothic, The Adventures of Grumpy Odin and Sexy Jesus. Her short tale, Roxie and Ericka--Well, This is Tense, from Bag of Bones Press. Sefi and Des-- Brigid Gate’s Musings of the Muses. Her short story, Jimmy’s Jar Collection, appeared in the Ghastling’s 13. The Cherry of Her Lips appeared in the War anthology by Black Hare Press. The Blackburne Lighthouse will be in a gothic horror romance collection by Brigid’s Gate. Pig Bait was included in the Gore anthology, by Poe Boy Publishing, and Pliers appeared in Gore II. Prince Charming Finds His Sleeping Beauty was selected for That Is All Wrong, Vol. III. Annie Helps made its way into the anthology, Are You A Robot? The Tale of Grenadine shows up in the Horror Zine’s Magazine, Spring of 2023. Invisible Greta appears in the Whistle Pig, Volume 15. Sunday Morning was selected for Gore III. The Snake River Tale was included in Along Harrowed Trails, out in 2023. The Caesar’s Ghost Quest appears in World of Myth Magazine, October 2023. The Ghost of John Burnberry will be in Penumbric online magazine.
AUTHOR ANN WUEHLER'S NOVEL OWYHEE DAYS
Flower Sheffield coasts into her hometown, Jordan Valley, Oregon, on fumes and hope. She needs a fresh start, again, after life in North Hollywood has soured. She threw her best friend out with the trash, as he requested in his suicide note. She’s facing legal woes over debts she can’t pay, and she’s got no one left, really, to turn to. Flower, however, gets a crappy job, a spot in a barn she shares with a goat and a reminder that home is never what you remember. Is the best of her life in front of her? Will Flower grow even against the odds? Will all she’s gone through add up to something wonderful in the end?
Owyhee Days is the sixth novel by acclaimed Oregon writer Anne Wuehler.
NOVEL OWYHEE DAYS OUT NOW
CAROLE BULEWSKI'S NOVEL TEN DAYS IN JUNE - ON SALE NOW
Eve was many things at once. A thief, a con artist, an amateur medievalist. An avid reader of popular fiction, a medical doctor and an empath with a supernatural gift that allowed her to visualise people’s innermost feelings. The best lies are always the ones that have some truth at their core, had been her motto for as long as she could remember.
Eve also lived in fear of the Bogeyman, a figure from her past who regularly came back to haunt her, and who she had been hiding from for many years.
In the spring of 1940, as the German army was progressing through northern Europe, refugees were fleeing the Nazis, and the exodus of Paris had turned the French capital into a ghost town.
And then came those Ten Days in June that forever transformed her, and made her discover who she truly was.
CAROLE BULEWSKI'S HORROR NOVEL THE HAUNTING OF WEXLEY HEIGHTS - ON SALE NOW
When Meg Wyatt inherits a manor house in Cornwall from the grandmother she didn’t even know she had, she seizes the opportunity to start her life afresh, embarking on a new adventure with her husband and twin daughters.
Of her birth family, all she’s ever known was that her parents died in mysterious circumstances during the Second World War, when was she was just four years old – did her mother kill her father or was there more to the story?
As soon as she arrives in the ancestral home of Wexley Heights, which has belonged to the Barrett family since Elizabethan times, Meg starts having visions and aural hallucinations, at the same time that she discovers her formerly hidden talent as a painter – just like her birth father before her. Antipsychotic medication brings things back under control, until a few years later, her four-year-old son starts displaying signs of being possessed by the spirit of Wexley Heights. Once again, Meg feels she is losing her mind. Is Wexley Heights haunted, or is she cursed like the rest of the Barretts?
This dark supernatural horror by author Carole Bulewski is a must read for horror and literary fans.
HORROR NOVEL THE RHODODENDRON SOCIETY BY JESSICA NUCKLES IS OUT NOW
Welcome to Glen Fork...
Nestled deep within the hills of West Virginia is a mysterious community that honors tradition, family and most important of all secrets.
Unexpectedly bequeathed a home, Kate Thomas leaves her ordinary unfulfilling life behind to seek adventure and answers.
Kate gets more than she bargained for when she is thrown into a secret society of witches that have been hiding in plain sight for centuries.
The debut novel by Jessica Nuckles The Rhododendron Society is an exploration of Appalachian folklore and the Granny Witch traditions that are still practiced by some to this very day.
We are delighted to announce that American authour Jessica Nuckles, has signed for us.
Jessica was born and raised in Appalachia and has always had a fascination with the rich history and traditions of the hills and hollers of her youth. When she isn’t writing Jessica enjoys sharing her light with the world through her other passions, teaching yoga, practicing guided meditation and energy work with her clients and exploring her “granny witch roots” through tarot and oracle card readings.
Jessica still lives in WV, the Mountain State in the USA where she was born and raised, with her husband and two children.
We are excited to reveal her debut novel The Rhododendron Society was published on the 8th August 2024.
SIMON'S GHOST BY KATHLEEN ALYS HURLEY
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All at Poe Girl Publishing are delighted to announce we have signed Kathleen Alys Hurley to our ever growing stable of quality writers.
Kathleen lives in Los Angeles, California, and shows great promise. Her debut novel Simon’s Ghost, publishing in 2024 blew us away and we have a felling she will do great things.
At the age of seventeen, Simon watched the love of his life, Dominic, die in a tragic accident.
Now, some five years later, Dominic’s ghost is still hanging around, equal parts eternal companion and haunting reminder of the night that ended their childhoods.
But Dominic is not the only spirit Simon has to deal with. Ever since the accident, Simon has been seeing strange supernatural visions.
From the cold beaches of Maine to the white-hot sunny skies of California, the United States of America is all Ghost Country. And Simon will have to cross all of it in his dangerous journey to get back home.
Simon’s Ghost is the debut novel by Kathleen Alys Hurley published by Poe Girl Publishing
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TALES OF THE RAVEN IS OUT NOW
Tales Of The Raven - Volume One - Written and compiled by Carole Bulewski & Graeme Parker:
A frighteningly good short story collection all about fear.
Fear and phobias of the strangest kind, from fear of the dark to serious phobias like claustrophobia, agoraphobia to fear of the "Tooth Demon" and a certain number of baked beans!
Great short stories dripping in fear, and poetry too to make your spine tingle.
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WINTER OF THE RAVEN IS OUT NOW
We are delighted to announce – our very first short story collection is out now. Winter of The Raven is packed with exciting horror stories and poems from talented horror writers from all over the world.
We hope this is a big success and to do many more in the future.
The Raven will find the true horror.
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HORROR WRITER LAUIREN CARTER SIGNS FOR POE GIRL PUBLISHING
Lauren Carter (she/they) is a library assistant by day and writer by night. She is the author of WHEN THE DEMONS TAKE HOLD and YOUR DARLING DEATH. She has published several short stories including: ALIVE, JUST with The Horror Tree, THE CHILDREN OF OWL WILDS with Haunted Words Press, and THE SACRIFICES WE MAKE with Rooster Republic Press.
She signed with Poe Girl winter of 2024/25 and her first novella is due to be published in 2026.
HORROR WRITER FRANCIS H. POWELL UNFORGIVABLE OUT NOW
In realms where hearts entwine,A tapestry of love divine.Two souls, like stars aligned,In this ethereal dance confined.Love, a flame that gently gleams,Ignites the passion within our dreams.With every touch, a spark is born,A symphony of emotion reborn.Like petals kissed by morning dew,Our love unfolds, forever true.In whispers soft, our secrets shared,A bond unbreakable, forever bared.Through trials faced and storms endured,Our love prevails, forever cured.A beacon in the darkest night,Guiding us towards love's radiant light.With every beat, our hearts align,A melody of love, so sweet and fine.In each embrace, a world complete,Our souls united, in love's retreat.So let us dance, in love's embrace,A timeless journey, filled with grace.For in this love, we find our way,A sanctuary where we forever stay.
R.M. FRANCIS' HORROR SHORT STORY COLLECTION AMELES / CURRENTS OF UNMINDFULNESS
This fantastic horror short story collection by esteemed writer R.M. Francis will blow your mind.
AMELES / CURRENTS OF UNMINDFULNESS
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R.M. Francis, another fantastic horror writer and poet. We know R.M. Francis’ dark twisted tales will scare and chill you to the bone when his debut short story collection with us, Ameles: Currents of Unmindfulnesswill was published in 2023.
R. M. Francis is a lecturer in Creative and Professional Writing at the University of Wolverhampton. His novels, Bella and The Wrenna were published with Wild Pressed Books and his poetry collection, Subsidence, came out with Smokestack Books. His book of poems, essays and fieldnotes, The Chain Coral Chorus, is out with Play Dead Press in March 2023 and tracks his time as Poet in Residence for the Black Country Geological Society. His academic work has appeared in journals and edited collections, including his co-edited book, Smell, Memory and Literature in the Black Country (Palgrave Macmillan). He is reviews editor for the Journal of Class and Culture.
Ameles: Currents of Unmindfulness is his first short story collection and consolidates much of his previous creative focus firmly into the horror genre.
WRITER SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR:
THE SECOND POE GIRL HORROR COLLECTION - TALES FROM THE RAVEN
We are delighted to announce that writer submissions are now open for our second horror collection, Tales of the Raven, to be published in 2025.
The theme for this year’s collection is “FEAR!” what makes you fearful and scared.
It can be anything from ghost stories to cereal killers to the mundane and things that you or people fear. Even everyday things like the fear of strange things, like trips to the dentists, to traveling on a seemingly empty bus or a plate of baked beans.
Send us short stories, a maximum word count of five thousand words, poems, monologues, experiences that scare you and hopefully others.
E-mail us your submission via the e-mail poegirlpublishing@gmail.com and a line about yourselves.
This is open to all writers, any age, gender or writing experience.
Correspondence will only be entered into submissions that are chosen to go into the collection, those writers hold the copyright, but they are agreeing to give Poe Girl the Publishing rights for this collection and not publish any story a year after the publication of this collection - the publisher’s say is final.
For full T's & C's check the Winter of the Raven submission page
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