Weird Horror, Issue 11, Fall 2025

Weird Horror #11

by Michael Kelly (Editor), David Demchuk, A.C. Wise

Disquieting new weird horror fiction from David Demchuk, Andrew Humphrey, Cyan Katz, Jack Klausner, Mary Kuryla, David Peak, Rory Say, Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece, Juniper White, and A.C. Wise.

Genres: Horror, Short Stories, Weird Fiction

134 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 8, 2025

About the author

Michael Kelly is the Series Editor for the Year's Best Weird Fiction, and author of Undertow and Other Laments, and Scratching the Surface; as well as co-author of the novel Ouroboros.

His short fiction has appeared in a number of journals and anthologies, including All Hallows, Best New Horror, Black Static, Dark Arts, the Hint Fiction Anthology, PostScripts, Space & Time, Supernatural Tales, Tesseracts 13, and Weird Fiction Review.

Michael is a World Fantasy Award, Shirley Jackson Award and British Fantasy Award Nominee.

Reviews

[Lewis Housley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Always an excellent collection, Weird Horror fans will love it. Very happy to see the pieces by David Peak and A.C. Wise. An absolute pleasure.

[Danielle (Danni) Vinson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another excellent issue of Weird Horror magazine by Undertow Publications. This is such a quality publication, from the actual book itself, to the written content inside. I love it.
As always, every story worked for me so it was difficult picking favourites, but I chose two...

~We Dwell In Its Many-Chambered
Heart by A.C. Wise
~We Didn't Used To Be Like This
by Jack Klausner

[Stephen Bacon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another superb anthology of 'weird horror' from the editorship of Michael Kelly, this one featuring 10 unsettling stories and the usual editorial articles by Simon Strantzas and Orrin Grey. The stories themselves are all of the highest quality, with my favourites being from David Demchuk, Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece, and Andrew Humphrey. The themes are varied, despite the contents sharing a literary tone, and feature sinister subtlety in the way they unfold. If you are a fan of strange and compelling fiction of a disquieting nature, you will have a great time reading, not just this edition, but the entire series. Highly recommended.

[Tony Ciak · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great collection of weird horror stories, love them!!!

[Mrspacekphs · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very strong issue!

[Luke Dylan Ramsey · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn’t like this one nearly as much as issue 10 but it’s still a solid collection of stories.

[Julio Gagne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mixed bag like any anthology, but more strong stories than week ones and no terrible ones

Particularly liked

“The God of Rust” by Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece and

“We Dwell in Its Many-Chambered Heart” by A. C. Wise