Planet Scumm

05/07/2024

Generally considered an “all time great toilet collab,” after taking this photo would go on to win a award. received the Citizenship Award in 1st grade. Needless to say, we’re all very proud.

21/06/2024

Do you even read??

19/06/2024

WE ARE AWARE of discreet instances of our new issue sprouting up in ferns, shrubbery, and foliage near the impact crater. HOWEVER, the metanarrative taking hold in the LAMESTREAM media is grossly unpatriotic and anti-commerce. REBEL by purchasing EVEN MORE copies of OVERGROWTH to SHOW THEM WHO’S BOSS.

18/06/2024

Issue #16 IS BORN. Post some 🧠s and 👀s to commiserate over the BURNING GLARE of consciousness.

14/01/2024

Les Miserables who?

New brick just dropped: Planet Scumm's second anthology is more than twice the size of the last one. Madness, we tell you! Get the prettiest new addition to your shelves and start the new year right, with stellar sci-fi!

https://www.planetscumm.space/shop/planet-scumm-everything-vol-2-issues-5-10

13/12/2023

TIME'S RUNNING OUT!

Our absurd, spectacular deal of a FREE back issue with the preorder of EVERYTHING! VOL. 2 will expire this Friday!! Get the equivalent of SEVEN Planet Scumm issues limited time only -- two more days!

11/12/2023

Who needs Santa when you have Scummy Claus to tell you what list you're on this year?

Have you pre-ordered Vol.2 yet? NICE LIST!

Have you NOT preordered, even though you'll get a free book with it? NAUGHTY!

But there's still time before Scummy slimes your chimney... 🎅👽

Planet Scumm the Anthology the Sequel is here! Preorder Vol. 2, which includes everything Issues 5-10!

05/12/2023

Holiday season and we know what you're thinking: what to get that one friend who has everything?

Why, EVERYTHING! Vol. 2, of course!

And you get a FREEBIE BACK ISSUE if you preorder before 12/15, so scurry on down!



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05/12/2023

Holiday season and we know what you're thinking: what to get that one friend who has everything?

Why, EVERYTHING! Vol. 2, of course!

And you get a FREEBIE BACK ISSUE if you preorder before 12/15, so scurry on down!

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05/12/2023

We meet many strange creatures in our quest to share excellent slipstream oddball sci-fi stories with the universe...

04/12/2023

Don't get caught out in the cold this winter! Get bundled up...
..with Scumm deals!

Like our Threefer bundle of Issues 13, 14, & 15 for just $30!



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25/11/2023

Sales season isn't over yet! There's still time to snag some slime-covered deals!

You'll be the talk of the town, the envy of your friends, the master of your intergalactic fleet...

https://www.planetscumm.space/shop?category=Reckless+Deals

24/11/2023

BLACK FRIDAY RECKLESS DEALS! Follow up your food coma with such treats as:

🦃Free back issue w/preorder of Vol 2 ($35)
🦃Value pack of issues 13/14/15 for $30
🦃The FEAST: Vol 2 preorder, 3-issue subscription, 13/14/15 bundle, and a raccoon print

https://www.planetscumm.space/shop?category=Reckless+Deals

21/11/2023

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's EVERYTHING! Vol. 2, our sequel anthology of issues 5-10: a wild amount of sci-fi for your buck

Need a white elephant prezzie? Shopping for a hard to shop for relative? Want a paperweight?

PREORDER VOL. 2, out 12/15

https://www.planetscumm.space/shop/planet-scumm-everything-vol-2-issues-5-10

17/11/2023

A wild Planet Scumm booth (and ) spotted at the ! Here's hoping he was selling people some amazing sci-fi books and not sacrificing them to the intergalactic despot Scummy...

06/11/2023

Thank you to everyone who sacrificed their story babies to the issue 18 submission call! We received around 1000 subs from y'all 🤯

We have a hardworking, enthusiastic team of first readers, and we appreciate your patience as we get through the pile as quickly as possible 😎👽🤖

05/11/2023

Had a blast at spreading the good news about our overlord Scummy! Thanks to Literary Arts and all who swung by to share the love!

Couldn't make it? Visit our online shop for slimy, sci-fi goodies!

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03/11/2023

Last 3 days to submit your weird, slipstream sci-fi for Issue 18 of Planet Scumm! We close at midnight on Nov 5, so polish those slime babies up and send em our way!

Find Planet Scumm's comprehensive submission guidelines for short science fiction stories, comics, and illustrations.

18/10/2023

🎶That's us in the corner
That's us in the spot light
Open for submissions 🎶

You know what sucks? Candy corn. You know what doesn’t? These magazines offering sweet payment without scary fees. (a few do charge but its very minimal)

And go here for the full list of 63 magazines in our browse that opened recently https://subclub.substack.com/p/63-newly-opened-submission-calls

17/10/2023

ALL HANDS ON DECK! WE JUST RECEIVED WORD THAT THE LATEST ESCAPEE FROM THE PLANET SCUMM STORY VAULT IS ISSUE 8’S COVER STORY, “BOOKENDS,” BY MAYA DWORSKY-ROCHA. IT’S HARBORING CLASSIFIED, HISTORICAL SPACE DOCUMENTS AND TEENAGE ANGST. READ IF YOU DARE! 🤖

"I cry out in pain. I hadn’t prepared for disconnect, and it shoots through me like an electric shock."

10/09/2023

SUBMISSION AIRLOCK IS OPEN!

Send us your weird/quirky/tasty morsel of a sci-fi story, and do it before Scummy changes his mind! (we've negotiated with his imperial slimeness that you have until 11/5 to submit. And you will. Submit.)

WE PAY 6¢/WORD

Find Planet Scumm's comprehensive submission guidelines for short science fiction stories, comics, and illustrations.

04/09/2023

Work-for-hire writing jobs are common in novel-length work, especially in the world of tie-in fiction, but rarer in short fiction. If you're primarily a short fiction author, you might be caught off-guard if approached with this kind of work.

04/09/2023

FOUR DAYS LEFT!

come get yourself a sweet sweet yearly subscription to Planet Scumm (which includes 3 gorgeous paperback issues) while the price is $30 buckaroos, because on 9/7 the price is raising to $40 buckaroos!

snag that sale price while you still can!

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03/09/2023

PLANET SCUMM MEMBERSHIP PRICE CHANGE!!!

If you've ever wanted a yearly subscription to Planet Scumm (receiving THREE paperback issues a year), NOW'S YOUR CHANCE to get such a treat for only $30--the price will bump up to $40 on September 7 when our submissions open, so SNAG 'EM WHILE YOU CAN!!!

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12/08/2023

Back in Ye Olde Issue 10, there was "Hector Brim," a mysterious healer who is not what he seems...

Be careful what you wish for as you enjoy a freshly unlocked vault story by Sam Rebelein

Gil turned again, looking around the room, starting to itch and sweat. What the hell was it? It sounded half-wooden, half… ivory. Sliding across the…. “Oh.” He looked down. The debris of the piano was moving.

05/08/2023

NEW ESCAPED STORY FROM THE SCUMM VAULT! Please enjoy "There's No-One Left to Haunt" by , a tale of zombies, snarky ghosts, and an unconventional family reunion 🧟👻

"Death is particularly s**t when you’re anchored to your own decomposing co**se, like an ethereal balloon tied to a profoundly ugly and deeply stupid dog."

10/06/2023

We may have convinced one of our Feline Overlords to read this edition of the book, but also... we may be about to be scratched. Updates to follow.

08/06/2023

Show us your Scumm Selfie, and (if you're cool enough) we'll share it!