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 2023 Issue

    Existing in the Threshold. We meet on a cold beach, usually early in the morning, depending on tide times, and collectively wade into the freezing…

  • Summer 2023 issue

    Hot, melty, ​buzzing and thought-provoking… In this forest, with the solstice just gone and the full moon approaching, we should all join wings and dance,…

  • Spring 2023 Issue

    The only constant in life is change​. Spring is springing (in this hemisphere, anyway). In the southern hemisphere, it’s cooling off, fading into the same…

  • Issue 8

    Wonderful, Weird and Wintery. This month we wanted comfort – snow-covered hills and roaring fires – and gloom – lashing rain to bundle up against,…

  • Issue 7

    A preoccupation with unreality. Death can be celebratory because it is a reflection of a person’s life. We should celebrate the person who has departed,…

  • Issue 6

    Journeys, inward and outward. The stories in this issue all deal with nonconformity, gender, and journeys both inward and outward, and they all offer to…

Summer is here!

Your new favourite Summer read!

A tale of trans romance, Summer Nights, Cigarettes & Spearmint Toothpaste is a tender friends-to-lovers story told over multiple childhood summers and one unexpected, complicated reunion.

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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.