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Welcome to GossamerWight Literary Magazine!
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Founded in 2025, we are a UK‑based independent online literary magazine dedicated to dark, unconventional storytelling and poetry, centred on the publication of our anthologies, encompassing:

  • Tales of horror, both mainstream and folk.
  • Visitations to the world of the weird and 'New Weird'.
  • Supernatural tales.
  • Speculative and dystopian excursions.
  • A soupçon, or more, of fantasy.
  • And, as you might expect, tales of the unexpected (or, unexpected tales)... in any category.

In fact, a veritable smorgasbord of delightful mixed bites to feast on!

Curious about the origin of our name, GossamerWight? Read our post here to find out.

[Staff profile photo: Miggy our marmalade mouser mascot. Image credit: James Paxton Priestley].
[Staff profile photo: Miggy, our marmalade mouser mascot. Image credit: James Paxton Priestley].

What is a literary magazine?

Thanks for asking! Sometimes referred to as literary journals or little magazines to distinguish them from their larger, commercial cousins, literary magazines are periodicals devoted to literature in a broad sense, although many maintain a more specialist focus, as we do.

Literary magazines will typically publish flash fiction, short stories, poetry, essays, literary criticism, book reviews, and interviews with authors and those in the publishing industry, etc. Unlike their printed counterparts, online literary magazines benefit from being able to embed podcast episodes, audio narration to accompany/enhance written stories, and other audio snippets–such as the organ music above. Online literary magazines can also embed videos.

As a publishing medium, independent online literary magazines continue to develop, and we at GossamerWight feel privileged to be part of that journey. Will hope you will join us, if you haven't already done so. What are the benefits of doing so? Read on to discover some...

Access all areas

If you sign up as a free member today, you'll get full access to site content, including the archive of everything we've published before–your very own specialist library! You'll also receive content-rich email newsletters notifying you of posts as we publish them, email notifications of new submission window openings, and be able to enjoy other member-only benefits as we roll them out.

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Meet people like you

Join a community of other subscribers who share the same interests. Take part in member-only discussions now... start the conversation!

Consider becoming a regular or occasional contributor of prose and/or poetry pieces that would be at home on GossamerWight. If you feel you might be a good fit for us, then message the editor-in-chief using the contact details below.

Find us on:

GossamerWight is available on LinkedIn and... in the Fediverse on Ghost, Bluesky, Flipboard, Mastodon, or wherever you get your social web feeds.

Need to contact us?

Correspondence is welcome at any time. Send your message using this secure (encrypted) email address: ghost.harmony854@passmail.net, or complete the contact form here (encrypted).

[Updated: October 23, 2025]

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