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, Nadia Bulkin, and many more. Each issue features 4–6 original 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.
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April 10, 2025 — NEW The 3LBE Volume X print anthology is coming June 17, featuring 24 stories and 42 all new interior illustrations. Pre-Order now in the store!
March 18, 2025 — NEW Issue 44 is live today. Read stories 1, 2, & 3 online, buy the full ebook, or subscribe to Patreon.
November 19, 2024 — Issue 43 is live today.
Oct 15, 2024 — Thank you to all our backers on Kickstarter! We are fully funded for 2025 — and adding 2 more stories of horror, weird, and wonder to each issue.
Always! — Prints of cover artworks are now available from the store.
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3LBE Volume X print anthology coming June 17, 2025.
Pre-Order now in the store
