Rough Beast is a new horror lit magazine.
Created by readers for readers, the magazine features flash fiction, poems, cartoons, and commentary from contemporary creators of horror and weird lit. We celebrate some of the best-loved authors writing today.
Issue 1, coming December 2026, includes new stories by:
- Clay McLeod Chapman
- Brian Evenson
- Stephen Graham Jones
- Gemma Files
- Jeffrey Ford
- Livia Llewellyn
With poems by:
- Laird Barron
- Gemma Files
- Kelly Link
And cartoons by Josh Malerman!
Rough Beast is lavishly illustrated by Orion Zangara, and edited & published by Greg Greene. The magazine will be available in print only (no digital version), and is AI-free.
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Talk soon. Hugs.
