Three-Lobed Burning Eye (3LBE) is an online magazine of speculative fiction, bringing you stories of horror, wonder, and the weird. 3LBE launched in 1999, and has published authors Laird Barron, Gemma Files, Kelly Barnhill, Mari Ness, Kristi DeMeester, Gwendolyn Kiste, Cody Goodfellow, Nadia Bulkin, and Kealan Patrick Burke, among others. Each issue features four short stories. Beginning with issue 20, we offer audio readings, ebook formats, and online (responsive) format for mobile devices.
Our publishing schedule is thrice yearly, with a print anthology every other year.
All issues of the magazine are free online. Please consider different ways to support our publication and its authors, by donating and spreading the word. We also offer advertising opportunities.
3LBE Editor-in-Chief: Andrew S. Fuller.
November 19, 2024 — Issue 43 is live today. Read stories 1 & 2 online, buy the full ebook, or subscribe to Patreon.
Oct 15, 2024 — Thank you to all our backers on Kickstarter! We are funded for 2025 with more stories of horror, weird, and wonder.
July 30, 2024 — Issue 42 is live today. Read stories 1 & 2 online, buy the full ebook, or subscribe to Patreon.
Mar 26, 2024 — Issue 41 is live today. Read stories 1 & 2 online, buy the full ebook, or subscribe to Patreon.
Dec 5, 2023 — The new print anthology Volume IX is here. Order now!
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3LBE Volume IX print anthology.
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