A Coup of Owls Press

A Coup of Owls Press publishes short-form fiction whilst celebrating and supporting diversity. We are committed to challenging the barriers to publishing and reading that can affect marginalised communities.

Discover your new favourite author: explore our current and past issues to read free stories by writers from around the world.

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  • Autumn 2026 Issue

    Autumn 2026 Issue

    The nights are drawing in… The dead are always with us; they surround us, they live within and outside of us. They are in every…

  • Summer 2026 Issue

    Summer 2026 Issue

    Is there anything worse than a blank mind in front of an equally blank, expectant page? I started writing this foreword three times. First, I…

  • Spring 2026 Issue

    Spring 2026 Issue

    The world starts to look like a kaleidoscope… When I have a migraine, the world starts to look like a kaleidoscope. One of those cardboard…

  • Winter 2025 Issue

    Winter 2025 Issue

    Quiet footsteps. Hushed voices. Never underestimate your power as both reader and writer. Readers are the people who bring the story to life. They breathe…

  • Autumn 2025 Issue

    Autumn 2025 Issue

    Death and Obsession… From taking a road trip with God to drinking away painful memories, biting off more than you can chew to finding satisfaction…

  • Summer 2025 Issue

    Summer 2025 Issue

    The pauses. The in-betweens. The space between words. I am preoccupied with them. The pauses. The in-betweens. They’re where the action happens. The intake of…

Let our books haunt your shelves…

It’s the perfect time of year to cosy up with some of our favourite short stories!

Other & Different (anthology), Other Worlds (anthology) Dark Paths (novelette collection) and Light Paths (novelette collection) are available in Paperback and eBook

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Q&A Colleen Anderson

October 3 2026

Colleen Anderson has been widely published across eight countries, with works appearing in publications such as Weird Tales, Cemetery Dance, Amazing, and Shadow Atlas. Rhysling Award winner for “Machine (r)Evolution” and a two-time winner of the SFPA’s dwarf poetry contest.

2027 and beyond...

September 26 2026

This year we celebrated our 5th birthday and we’ve loved every minute of it! Over the years, we have published over 20 issues that continue to be free to read or download. We have released amazing print publications and worked with fantastic authors and artists.

Q&A with Allison Wall

August 22 2026

Allison Wall (she/her) is a queer, neurodivergent writer whose work explores deconstruction, self-discovery, and belonging. Her short fiction is with or forthcoming in Fusion Fragment, Electric Spec, Crow & Cross Keys, and others.