Perseid Prophecies

07/10/2025

Calling all writers of short spec fiction, especially sci-fi, dark fantasy, supernatural or cosmic horror, and weird fiction!
Short story submissions for our Winter 2026 issue are now open until Nov. 30th!
We don't insist on theme, but matching your story to the issue's season *may* be advantageous!

01/10/2025

Submissions for our Winter 2026 issue are now open!
Check out past issues and our guidelines to see what we're looking for, and remember, we don't insist on a theme, but if your story matches the issue's season, it may be looked on with a more favorable eye!

Submissions are OPEN until November 30th, 2025 For now, most our stories and articles are classic, public domain, or open source. However, we hope to open submissions for new and original stories shortly. We are open for submissions for the months of January & February, April & May, July & August, a...

01/10/2025

Issue 7: Autumn 2025 is now live!
Featuring stories by:

Thomas White
Nathan Batchelor
Jeannie Marschall
D. A. Raymond
Erin Cullen
M.C. Scmidt
Edgar Allen Poe
Sam Kean

Read it free at https://perseidprophecies.ca/

01/10/2025

That eldritch entity we lovingly call "the reading team" is slowly waking from its month-long slumber.

Submissions for our winter 2026 issue open tomorrow and remain open until November 30th!

30/09/2025

Autumn has arrived!
And that means Issue 7 of Perseid Prophecies drops tomorrow!

24/09/2025

Issue 7: Autumn 2025 is complete and ready to go!
It releases on October 1st, Acolytes and higher can get it early through our Patreon!

Weird Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy & Fact

16/09/2025

We've been away for a bit, but we're back!
All the stories for our upcoming Autumn 2025 issue have been finalized and their authors notified!
As the eldritch being we call "the reading team" returns to it's slumber, editing and formatting duties fall to another of E.S. Raye's multiple personalities: the wretched and dreaded "Editor-in-chief."
Watch for the next issue, coming October 1st!

27/08/2025

Five days (including today!) left to submit your short story for our Autumn 2025 issue, coming October 1st!
Check the link in our bio for submission guidelines!

22/08/2025

With in the news, now's a good time to reintroduce Perseid Prophecies' interns: The Hermetic Conclave of Broccoli and The Esoteric Order of Cauliflower. They're warring cults with a surprising complex lore...
..but they're not actually radioactive. At least, as far as we know.

18/08/2025

"There's nothing to fear," they say. As if it's a comfort. But once you spend too long thinking about the damage nothing can do, you'll never take it for granted again.
Read Tom Godwin's classic sci-fi short story "The Nothing Equation" in this quarter's issue!

Issue 6: Summer 2025 Fiction Hybrid Vigor by Olivia Wylie Red God, Green God, Black God by Chris W. McGuinness Acts of Senseless Beauty by Mark Peters The Future of Law Enforcement by V.M. Sawh Surface of Last Scattering by Pauline Barmby The Final Parting by Simina Lungu Fact The Comet Panic of 191...

12/08/2025

115 years ago, misinformation and disinformation spread panic through the population. Fear caused people to do crazy things and fall for crazier schemes.
Explore "The Comet Panic of 1910" by Sam Kean, and discover how science misused caused this hysteria.

Issue 6: Summer 2025 Fiction Hybrid Vigor by Olivia Wylie Red God, Green God, Black God by Chris W. McGuinness Acts of Senseless Beauty by Mark Peters The Future of Law Enforcement by V.M. Sawh Surface of Last Scattering by Pauline Barmby The Final Parting by Simina Lungu Fact The Comet Panic of 191...