Steve Rasnic Tem

Finally seen in the wild, the print edition of the May/June Asimov's, including my novelette "The Sky Above The Earth Below," the title story from my next year's Fairwood Press science fiction collection.

This is out, Allan Kaster's Year's Top Science Fiction, containing my story "Prime Purpose" from Analog. www.amazon.com/dp/B0HKLR6TM...

Just a reminder that you can find out all about my work on my website at www.stevetem.com. Download a bibliography, read free fiction, and use the links to order my books.

I'll be at the World Fantasy Convention in Oakland, Marriott City Center, Oct 22-25. I'm giving a reading at 4:30 on Friday in Room 208 along with Steven Boyett & Maurice Broaddus. I also plan to be at the Mass Autographing that evening at 8 PM.

Available to order Lovers of Darkness: Stories Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft's Commonplace Book, ed. ST Joshi, including my new story "Anencephalous." www.hippocampuspress.com/other-author...

For Halloween season check out The Mask Shop of Doctor Blaack. www.amazon.com/Mask-Shop-Do...

The October issue of The Dark is up, reprinting my story "Falling." www.thedarkmagazine.com

Ebooks of The World Under: Weird Tales are now available from godless.com

Still available, Yours to Tell: Dialogues on the Art & Practice of Writing. They discuss plot, point of view, setting, characterization, and more, all in an informal tone that invites you to become part of their conversation. www.amazon.com/Yours-Tell-D...

Coming October 2027, The Sky Above The Earth Below, 105K words, 25 stories, of the best of my science fiction tales from Fairwood Press.

My 3 oop Solaris novels-Blood Kin, Deadfall Hotel, & Ubo-have new Macabre Ink editions. For Ubo, an exploration of the problem of (human) evil, www.amazon.com/dp/B0HKY8H4X5/

My 3 Solaris novels recently went out of print. They’re being reissued by Macabre Ink, beginning with Blood Kin, winner of the 2014 Bram Stoker Award for novel. “Superbly structured and gracefully paced… It’s a bloody good book, to be sure.” – Reactor. www.amazon.com/dp/163789452X/

These just arrived, my personal copies of my new collection The World Under: Weird Tales. Preorders will go out soon.

Now available for pre-order, A SECOND GHOSTS & SCHOLARS BOOK OF FOLK HORROR, including my new story "Gone Fishing." sarobpress.blogspot.com/2026/09/new-...

Available now! My new collection The World Under: Weird Tales from Lethe Press. www.lethepressbooks.com/product-page...

I really enjoyed being part of this Galactic Terrors podcast with Ellen Datlow, Liz Hand, A.C. Wise, and Paul Tremblay You can watch it on YouTube here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N651...

You can now read my new story "Occupants" for free on Reactor. Edited by Ellen Datlow. Art by Owen Gent. An American family vacationing in a formerly war-torn country encounters the echoes of the city’s recent past as it bleeds into the present. reactormag.com/occupants-st...

A reminder that Nightmare Abbey 10 is still for sale, containing my nightmarish "Pardon Our Dust: A Stay at the Canadian Arms Hotel." www.amazon.com/Nightmare-Ab...

The Book of Days: a short story told each day by a man trying to talk himself back to sanity. A kind of literary sampler quilt, emulating the styles of everything from traditional ghost stories to the works of O’Henry and James Whitcomb Riley. www.amazon.com/Book-Days-St...

Still available DREAM MACHINE,115 poems from Weirdbook, Puerto del Sol, Portland Review, The Devil’s Wine, Asimov’s, The Magazine of Speculative Poetry, Star*Line, Dreams & Nightmares, Amazing SF, and The Bennington Review. www.amazon.com/dp/1637893973

Still available: QUENEAU’S ALPHABET. A story for each house in this strange neighborhood, 26 tales in all. Folk horror, killer clowns, drunken Santas, Halloween terrors, ghosts, possessions, nightmares, nameless creatures, dark crimes, & one ancient, infamous vampire. www.amazon.com/Queneaus-Alp...

This finally showed up in the wild, including my story "The Shiny New Folk."

ABSENT COMPANY collects some of the best of my early fiction including all the stories in The Far Side of the Lake plus the novella Among the Living. www.amazon.com/Absent-Compa...

In advance of its appearance on Reactor, you can order the 32 page ebook version of my story "Occupants." An American family vacationing in a formerly war-torn country encounters the echoes of the city’s recent past as it bleeds into the present. bookshop.org/p/books/occu...

Up for pre-order, my new collection The World Under: Weird Tales from Lethe Press. 17 stories, including my long oop Shirley Jackson-nominated novella "In The Lovecraft Museum." Coming October 2026. www.lethepressbooks.com/product-page...

Still available: Queneau’s Alphabet, 26 tales set in a neighborhood of pre-WWII bungalows whose quaint-looking facades hide a history of sinister events. www.amazon.com/Queneaus-Alp...

Rough Justice: Tales of Crime & Deception is still available in paperback and ebook. Nearly 500 pages, these 43 tales of crime and deception run the gamut from high-altitude capers to back-alley brouhahas. www.amazon.com/Rough-Justic...

A reminder that my most recent stories are available in my collections Everyday Horrors, Scarecrows, and Queneau’s Alphabet. www.amazon.com/Scarecrows-A... www.amazon.com/Queneaus-Alp... www.amazon.com/Everyday-Hor...

Just a reminder that my earliest short stories are available in my collections City Fishing and Absent Company. www.amazon.com/City-Fishing... www.amazon.com/Absent-Compa...

Tomorrow, July 2nd, two of my anthologies are on sale: On sale the 2nd in US/Canada for 2.99 openroadmedia.com/ebook/blood/... and July 2: $1.99 in the US, Canada, and Great Britain openroadmedia.com/ebook/infern...

Peter Tennant reviews Blood Kin. "Steve Rasnic Tem has produced a wonderful book, a compelling story ... one that lures you in with the lush imagery and prose, then tears you apart with the horror and sadness of what happens to these people." trumpetville.wordpress.com/2026/06/29/n...

A reminder that this collection is still available in ebook form, EVERYTHING IS FINE NOW, www.amazon.com/Everything-F...

A reminder that this collection is still available in ebook form, CELESTIAL INVENTORIES, www.amazon.com/Celestial-In...

A reminder that this giant collection is still available in ebook form, OUT OF THE DARK, a storybook of horrors. www.amazon.com/Out-Dark-Ste...

Just a reminder that Melanie Tem’s books are still available as ebooks. Her giant short story collection Singularity for one. Also novels Prodigal and Blood Moon, which are also available in audio format. www.amazon.com/Blood-Moon-M... www.amazon.com/Prodigal-Mel... www.amazon.com/Singularity-...

Tangent Online reviews the June Asimov's, including my novelette "The Sky Above The Earth Below." tangentonline.com/print-bi-mon...

SFRevu reviews the June Asimov's, including my novelette "The Sky Above The Earth Below." www.sfrevu.com/php/Review-i...