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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  • Issue 4

    Love, Life and Death. I know this is trite, but truth is often at the bottom of well-worn clichés. Love is not always romantic; the…

  • Issue 3

    Beginnings, endings and beginnings…. This issue, all our wonderful stories seem to be a glimpse into our inner worlds, our inner desires and our memories.…

  • Issue 2

    the Haunted and the haunting… For this issue a loose theme came together of the haunted and the haunting. Of the spooky and surreal. This image…

  • Issue 1

    the journeys we take… For this issue a loose theme came together of journeys and travel and this art put us in mind of lovers…

  • Issue 00

    A flavour of things to come… The themes explored in these wonderful stories are all things the authors and the readers we hope to reach…

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.