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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  • 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…

  • Issue 5

    Weirder, stranger and different. In this modern world, we have lost something. We can explain so much that the fantastical seems even further away than…

Which Path Are You On?

Dark erotic romance awaits for those taking the Dark Path to our queer horror romance collection.

Fantasy will find you if you take the Light Path to our queer romantasy collection.

Find out more about one or both Paths…

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Q&A with Isabelle Ryan

June 6 2026

Isabelle Ryan is a UK-based writer of horror fiction with queer themes. Isabelle’s work has previously appeared in Cosmic Horror Monthly, Not Deer Magazine, and with confetti.

From The Archives: Trans Romance

May 25 2026

We thought we’d trawl through the archives and dig out some of the fantastic trans stories we’ve previously posted and are available to read for free on our
website!

Trans Fiction Faves from Team Owls

May 15 2026

Next month we are thrilled to be publishing Summer Nights, Cigarettes & Spearmint Toothpaste by James Edward Cook and it has us thinking about other trans and trans-related fiction our team has enjoyed.