Backwater Weird is a digital horror and weird fiction magazine based in Atlantic Canada that publishes small-town and suburban horror. We offer stories online, in PDF and eBook formats, and as podcasts and audio readings. We also offer staff articles and in-depth interviews with featured artists and writers. We project to move into print formats as well. 

We publish issues semiannually, in Winter and Summer. Each issue features 10 original dark stories.

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Editor-in-Chief: D.S. Burton

D.S. Burton is a horror and weird fiction writer, editor, and filmmaker from Newfoundland, Canada, studying creative writing at the University of New Brunswick. His fiction appears in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, On Spec 2026: New Canadian Literature of the Fantastic, Dead Ends: An Anthology of Suburban Gothic Fiction, Crow & Cross Keys, and elsewhere. His non-fiction appears in MetaStellar and Horror Homeroom. He reads fiction for Okay Donkey and interns for The Fiddlehead. Learn more at dsburton.com. 

Art Director: Olivia Thomson

Olivia Thomson is an actor, writer, visual and crafts artist, and Intercollegiate debater from New Brunswick, Canada. They are best known for their performance as Hades in Theatre New Brunswick's 2025 production of Hadestown and their independent webcomic Argyle and Friends.

Art Designer: Dawa Penjor

Dawa Penjor is …

Audio Narrator: James Salter 

James Salter is an actor and voice actor from Newfoundland, Canada, studying at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. He has done background and voice work in the acclaimed CBC series Son of a Critch, and co-starred in the horror short film Hello, Parasites! (2026). He is a co-host of the writing podcast Worldbuilding from Scratch.