https://diachroneitybooks.com Diachroneity Books Fri, 03 Jul 2026 20:45:14 +0000 https://diachroneitybooks.com en https://diachroneitybooks.com/Home Wed, 13 Apr 2022 01:56:48 +0000 Diachroneity Books https://diachroneitybooks.com/Home <img width="3550" height="728" width_o="3550" height_o="728" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eb7df19fb70ce01ee1ff3ea470436531f31e4a46f258c4c8054fd4c94cb58869/diachroneity_logo_tagline_rgb.png" data-mid="232921837" border="0" data-scale="52" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eb7df19fb70ce01ee1ff3ea470436531f31e4a46f258c4c8054fd4c94cb58869/diachroneity_logo_tagline_rgb.png" /> Our latest title—the batshit whodunnit The Girl Who Was Tuesday—is available NOW!!! Up next: absurdist fantasy adventure Molehills in Heaven, by Ian Goodale. Out 13 October 2026 BOOKS︎BOOKS︎ BOOKS︎BOOKS︎ AUTHORS ︎ AUTHORS ︎ AUTHORS ︎ AUTHORS ︎&nbsp; NEWS ➳ NEWS ➳ NEWS ➳ NEWS ➳&nbsp; ABOUT ︎ ABOUT ︎&nbsp; ABOUT&nbsp;︎ ABOUT ︎&nbsp; SUBMIT ♡ SUBMIT ♡ SUBMIT ♡ SUBMIT ♡&nbsp; CONTACT + CONTACT +&nbsp; CONTACT + CONTACT +&nbsp; https://diachroneitybooks.com/About Wed, 13 Apr 2022 01:56:48 +0000 Diachroneity Books https://diachroneitybooks.com/About ABOUT ︎ Diachroneity Books is a creative outlet for the collective publication of book-length fiction ✦ &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<img width="3601" height="743" width_o="3601" height_o="743" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/56cd792ab4d87301f0a7d248436400178bf2973868b5d122e9b8966001d5bf60/diachroneity_logo_tagline_banner_rgb.png" data-mid="226551794" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/56cd792ab4d87301f0a7d248436400178bf2973868b5d122e9b8966001d5bf60/diachroneity_logo_tagline_banner_rgb.png" /> We bring odd li’l literary creatures into the world—the niche or experimental kind, the sort that make conventional publishers say, “What an intriguing idea! But how would we sell that? Who’s even the audience? Why are you looking at me like that …?,” before they go quiet and stare off into the distance, uncertain now of, well, everything. Diachro isn’t so keen on convention. Our vibe is more like an artist collective than a top-down bidness. A boarding house for a ragtag gang of literary partners-in-crime. We hold up our authors, our authors hold up us, our authors hold up our other authors, and then we collectively moan about how hard it is to get featured on #booktok. Think of it like a digital Bloomsbury Group, but less white and upper-class and much more queer, in all the ways.We work low and slow to produce fat’n’juicy (ew) if erratic-sporadic offerings. Dear reader, dear writer, dear all-seeing being: We invite you to get weird and wonderful with us. Our vision Diachroneity Books untethers imagination from the market imperative to enable creativity to remain wild, playful, radical, and free. Our mission We co-operate with writers of unhomeable literature to produce uncanny books that claw at, freak out, and gently tickle the minds of readers who want media that challenges, not coddles. Who steers this here ship? ↪&nbsp;Jaclyn ArndtJaclyn Arndt is a professional publishing person based in Vancouver, Canada, on the unceded&nbsp; Traditional Territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̍əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. For the last decade and a half, she has worked in various roles in the arts and publishing, from review-writing peon to nonprofit board co-chair. She runs a freelance line editing and copyediting bizness. Jaclyn has worked on the experimental and fiction works of Maria Fusco, Sheila Heti, Niall Howell, Lucy R. Lippard, Mochu, Pope.L, and Stephanie Victoire, among others. ☀️&nbsp;@jalcynardnt ↪ Kirstyn SmithKirstyn Smith is an editor and writer based in Edinburgh, Scotland. After accidentally specializing in erotica, her work can be read in Aurore and theglow and heard on&nbsp;OhCleo. Other publications include The Skinny, Huck, Extra Teeth, and The Speculative Book. Kirstyn was also the editor and publisher of Marbles. Her favourite things to edit are mind-blowing and world-ending stories that induce existential crises. 🦆&nbsp;@iiitskirstyn Advisory board (tysm ︎) Arusa Qureshi (publishing) Heather McDaid (publishing) Lara Smith (publishing) Mike Leyne (publishing) Rebecca Wojturska (publishing) Rich Topham (accounting) Rob Dawkins (legal) Victoria Lum (design) https://diachroneitybooks.com/Submit Wed, 13 Apr 2022 01:56:47 +0000 Diachroneity Books https://diachroneitybooks.com/Submit SUBMIT ︎ We need to publish your weird shit, your uncanny valleys, the fiction that doesn’t fit in ✦Diachro’s next submission window is 1 Sep–30 Nov 2026. For this intake, we are doing: (1) An open call. But still please see all our usual requirements. (It’s gotta be weird/strange/experimental, ya dig?) (2) A specific ask for: Spicy/smutty novels and novellas that are campy, weird, and more focused on story than sex scenes. Genre-bend for us, would ya? What happens when literary fiction and erotica smash? We would like to know! Like, what if Chuck Tingle met Franz Kafka? What would that look like. As always, we very much welcome submissions from groups underserved in publishing. To be notified of submissions generally,&nbsp;sign up for our monthly newsletterAnd get a sample of what Diachro’s doing Diachroneity Books seeks novels, short story collections, novels-in-flash, encyclopedias (lol), and fresh translations of the above. We mostly work with prose, but occasionally open to poetry. What we want: Oddness. Stream of consciousness. Weird, but beautiful. Genre, but literary. Just a liiiiittle left of centre. Biting humour, biting commentary, and biting humour-as-commentary. Eighteen layers of sorta confusing metaphor. Make us (and you) feel uncomfortable, unsettled, unsure. Or astound us. Ideally both. If you think other places would publish your manuscript and sell mad stacks, it’s probably not for Diachro. What we don’t want: The mainstream. -isms or -phobias. Easy reading. Cool kids. If you’ve been knocked back for being “too much,” hi. Also, we aim to be, like, nice and thoughtful and understanding human beings. So if we’re thinking about doing this thing together (i.e., literary birthing), we kindly request that you be nice and thoughtful and understanding too. Teamwork makes the dreamwork, y’know? ***Here is a list of some things we like if that is helpful for you to know*** The technical stuff The upcoming submissions window is: 1 Sep–30 Nov 2026. Please stick the following requests into a single editable document (.doc(x), .odt, etc.) and email: books🐌diachroneitybooks.comSubject line: SUBMISSION: [Working Title], [Your Name]Please allow minimum three months for a response. Simultaneous submissions are A-OK. Any submissions sent outside the window will be deleted without response&nbsp;˙◠˙ If you have a completed or near-completed manuscript, please send us: 1. A letter of introduction containing: - A brief outline (max. 1 page), incl. word count - Your best elevator pitch (max. two sentences) - A bio of your good self (optional; max. 200 words) - Tell us what makes your manuscript “weird,” “niche,” or “uncanny” and “unplaceable” elsewhere (max. 200 words) AND 2. The first chapter or section of your manuscript AND 3. The weirdest/most confusing/unusual chapter or section of your manuscript&nbsp; If you have an idea for a work you want to develop with us, please: 1. Send a letter of introduction containing: - A brief outline of your idea (max. 1 page)- A bio of your good self (optional; max. 200 words) AND 2. Convince us that you’ll be able to pull this thing off (max. 1 page) AND 3. Convince us that Diachroneity Books is the best partner to help you pull this thing off (max. 200 words) https://diachroneitybooks.com/News-header Tue, 21 Nov 2023 06:02:41 +0000 Diachroneity Books https://diachroneitybooks.com/News-header NEWS ︎ https://diachroneitybooks.com/2026-07-08-Announcing-Molehills-in-heaven Fri, 03 Jul 2026 20:45:14 +0000 Diachroneity Books https://diachroneitybooks.com/2026-07-08-Announcing-Molehills-in-heaven 08 Jul 2026︎ ANNOUNCING: Molehills in HeavenThe fourth strange offering from Diachroneity Books is herewith announced: Molehills in Heaven by Ian Goodale. Across five interlocking planes of existence, Ian Goodale’s surreal debut novel pits five unsuspecting souls against one potentially apocalyptic enemy—an infant birthed from the sky. Plus, a Mole hagiography.For fans of: surrealist fantasy / maximalist prose / H.D.’s poetry /similes that can’t stop won’t stop / animal familiars Available 13 October 2026 in paperback and ebook. <img width="938" height="1500" width_o="938" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5122ca4302e637917350772993a402756f57d3d57159a8c045f008e71ec6939f/diachroneity_iangoodale_frontcover_web.jpg" data-mid="250055534" border="0" data-scale="51" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/938/i/5122ca4302e637917350772993a402756f57d3d57159a8c045f008e71ec6939f/diachroneity_iangoodale_frontcover_web.jpg" /> https://diachroneitybooks.com/2026-05-12-Introducing-Jesi-Bender Tue, 12 May 2026 01:07:22 +0000 Diachroneity Books https://diachroneitybooks.com/2026-05-12-Introducing-Jesi-Bender 11 May 2026︎ INTRODUCING: Jesi BenderWho’s that up in the crow’s nest? Why, it’s Jesi Bender, the latest addition to the Diachroneity Books crew!A novelist, short story writer, poet, and playwright, Jesi brings to Diachro a experimental historical fiction novella that features sutures, code-making and -breaking, and a tumultuous East Berlin. It’ll be making its way to shore in early-ish 2027.The book description that hooked us: “As a hybrid work, it relies on multiple languages (including ALGOL, a computer language), images, historical fact and folklore, atemporal progression, and other tools in an attempt to mirror an autistic experience.”Welcome aboard, Jesi!Give Jesi’s other work a looksee at:https://www.jesibender.com/ https://diachroneitybooks.com/2026-03-18-Announcing-The-Girl-Who-Was-Tuesday Mon, 16 Mar 2026 23:41:03 +0000 Diachroneity Books https://diachroneitybooks.com/2026-03-18-Announcing-The-Girl-Who-Was-Tuesday 18 Mar 2026︎ ANNOUNCING: The Girl Who Was TuesdayHear ye, hear ye—Diachroneity Books is ready to bring forth the third of its literar offerings: The Girl Who Was Tuesday by Beatriz Seelaender. Mariam Grubbs is a different person every day of the week. Literally. To manage her unusual condition, the weekly counterparts sharing her body need to keep proper records of their memories and appointments. Everything changes, however, when Tuesday (the responsible one) gets a call from Scotland Yard about a missing person. As she struggles to piece together what happened to one of the Days’ missing friends, only one thing is certain: Her co-pilots have been keeping vital—and deadly—information from her.Available 16 June 2026 in paperback and ebook. Whee! <img width="607" height="1000" width_o="607" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9ef75b5252cbbea58afe82e09f3a32eb77bd4704e14f443df3481baab40d1c3d/diachroneity_seelaender_frontcover_web.png" data-mid="246173728" border="0" data-scale="51" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/607/i/9ef75b5252cbbea58afe82e09f3a32eb77bd4704e14f443df3481baab40d1c3d/diachroneity_seelaender_frontcover_web.png" /> https://diachroneitybooks.com/2025-12-03-Introducing-Ian-Goodale Tue, 02 Dec 2025 02:19:42 +0000 Diachroneity Books https://diachroneitybooks.com/2025-12-03-Introducing-Ian-Goodale 3 Dec 2025︎ INTRODUCING: Ian GoodaleWe’ve managed to convince another crewmate to board the good ship Diachro! We’re pleased to welcome Ian Goodale on deck.His forthcoming novel involves five (FIVE!) planes of existence and—get this—a sky baby. Trust us, it’s equally strange and fantastic, and we’re excited to be bringing it kicking and screaming into the physical world through Diachro!The elevator pitch that got us: “Five people, who are each manifestations of one common soul, struggle through their lives (and rebirths) amidst a war between their separate but interlocking planes of reality. Eventually the group converges to battle a potentially apocalyptic visitor to earth who has appeared in the form of a giant infant hovering in the sky.”Welcome aboard, Ian! (and sky baby)You’ll find Ian at:https://iangoodale.com/ https://bsky.app/profile/iangoodale.bsky.social https://diachroneitybooks.com/2025-07-30-Announcing-Imperfect-Creatures Sun, 03 Aug 2025 03:46:50 +0000 Diachroneity Books https://diachroneitybooks.com/2025-07-30-Announcing-Imperfect-Creatures 30 Jul 2025︎ ANNOUNCING: Imperfect CreaturesDiachro is pleased to announce the coming birth of its second book: Imperfect Creatures by Joe Butler. A mindmelter of an experimental horror, Imperfect Creatures is, in Joe’s words, “my love letter to David Lynch and House of Leaves through the lens of death anxiety, and dealing with loss.”&nbsp; Don’t you know the world is ending (is ending (is ending (is ending?)?)?)?Available 18 November 2025 in paperback. <img width="667" height="1000" width_o="667" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/645217b3589f984a1a73284be39aa394631bda093c2a302ac0d5799152d27fa5/diachroneity_joebutler-frontcover-small.jpg" data-mid="239094408" border="0" data-scale="49" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/667/i/645217b3589f984a1a73284be39aa394631bda093c2a302ac0d5799152d27fa5/diachroneity_joebutler-frontcover-small.jpg" /> https://diachroneitybooks.com/2025-05-04-Event-Red-Light-Launch Sun, 04 May 2025 21:37:02 +0000 Diachroneity Books https://diachroneitybooks.com/2025-05-04-Event-Red-Light-Launch 4 May 2025︎ EVENT: Red Light book and audio launch in Edinburgh Thursday, June 5, 20257–9 pmArgonaut Books&nbsp;15–17 Leith Walk, Edinburgh &gt;&gt;Tickets (free!)&lt;&lt; Edinburgh friends, join us for a wee party to celebrate the launch of&nbsp;The Red Light Starts Blinking by Jonathon Kane. Featuring a unique reading from the author, sent from afar just to land on your eardrums.Copies available for sale from Argonaut.