News

November 18, 2025

New Deal Announcement – ALLIGATOR BABY

Today we are excited to announce we’ve acquired Alligator Baby, the debut novel by Brie Williams, writer of the Welcome to Night Vale podcast…

November 7, 2025

New Deal Announcement – OF MONSTERS AND MENSES

Today we are excited to announce we’ve acquired Of Monsters and Menses, the debut collection by Maisie Culver, screenwriter of Hysteria!…

November 6, 2025

Cover Reveal – I KNOW A PLACE

Today we are revealing the cover for Nat Cassidy’s debut collection, I Know A Place: Rest Stop and Other Dark Detours…

October 27, 2025

New Deal Announcement – I DO NOT APOLOGIZE FOR MY POSITION ON MEN

Today we are excited to announce we’ve acquired I Do Not Apologize for My Position on Men, a collection of standalone sapphic horror short stories, a quadriliogy of connected stories, and an interactive pick-a-path novelette…

October 21, 2025

New Deal Announcement – COSPLAY TO DEATH

Today we are excited to announce we’ve acquired Cosplay to Death, a new slasher novel by Christoph Paul…

October 20, 2025

Cover Reveal – CROSSROADS

Today we are revealing the cover for Laurel Hightower’s Crossroads…

October 18, 2025

THE EXTRA Reviewed in The Wall Street Journal

The Extra was featured today in The Wall Street Journal! With some kind words for both the book and for its author, Annie Neugebauer.

September 26, 2025

Tales from The Twisted Spine Chapbook Announcement

Shortwave Publishing is teaming up with The Twisted Spine bookshop to publish their exclusive Tales from the Twisted Spine chapbook…

September 16, 2025

Shortwave Signs Distribution Deal with Simon & Schuster

Shortwave Publishing has signed a worldwide distribution deal with Simon & Schuster for new titles and select back catalog titles. New Shortwave titles released after December 1, 2025 will be sold and distributed by Simon & Schuster…

August 27, 2025

New Deal Announcement – MEMORIES ARE ONLY VALUABLE IF THEY CAN BE LOST

Today we are excited to announce we’ve acquired Memories Are Only Valuable If They Can Be Lost, a collection of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror stories / novelettes by Ai Jiang…

July 30, 2025

New Deal Announcement – WHEN

We are excited to announce a new deal today for WHEN, a novel-length collection of curiosities including short stories, screenplays, essays, and poems by Jamie Flanagan…

July 23, 2025

New Deal Announcement – TRAPS AND SPECTERS

We are excited to announce a new deal for Traps and Specters, a collection of horror stories and novelettes by Philip Fracassi…