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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  • Spring 2025 Issue

    Spring 2025 Issue

    The Bittersweet taste of life. The stories of this issue have a darkness to them, which is perhaps unsurprising as the world seems to be…

  • Winter 2024 Issue

    Winter 2024 Issue

    Beautiful, alluring and tricky… Is it any wonder the Ancient Greeks came up with the muses? Beautiful, alluring and tricky creatures that sent the humans…

  • Autumn 2024 Issue

    Autumn 2024 Issue

    a little bit creepy and a little bit cosy… When we write, we embody someone else and explore another country or world. And through reading,…

  • Summer 2024 Issue

    Before and After. These past few months, I’ve been thinking about life-changing incidents – the good and the bad. (I know that’s a heavy thought,…

  • Spring 2024 Issue

    Together nonetheless. Pain is a changing force, a reminder of the past and a constant in our lives. It is a universal experience. We can…

  • Winter 2023 Issue

    Undercurrents of Fear. The stories in this issue have an undercurrent of fear, featuring unequal power dynamics, manipulation, being lost… all things we are more…

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 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.

Q&A with Mark Colbourne

August 1 2026

Mark Colbourne lives in New York/Prague/the volcanic island of Tristan da Cunha where he works as a media disrupter/dominatrix/shamanic spirit guide. He is not what you are currently looking for.

Q&A with Angela Acosta

July 11 2026

Angela Acosta, Ph.D. (she/her) is an Assistant Professor of Spanish at the University of South Carolina. She is a 2022 Dream Foundry Contest for Emerging Writers Finalist and a 2015 Rhina P. Espaillat Award winner.