Delighted to be back in ergot today.

come dance with me

I just—like, sure, being a trillionaire is cool I guess but what’s it all for if you haven’t even seen the wreckage of the titanic firsthand

Just re-upping this while the announcement is hot. (And, don't worry, we'll send out the info again as the deadline draws closer. This is for all those who want to write 5 words a day ONLY.)

This month, in honor of pride, we're going to be reposting stories from some of the LGBTQ authors that published work on the site. First up: 'The Houseguest' by Ava Devries @avadevries.bsky.social www.ergot.press/authors/Ava_...

In case there were any questions on the matter: ergot. is down with pride This month, in addition to new work from queer writers and on being queer, we'll be spotlighting past work from some of our many unparalleled writers who are LGBTQ+.

I used to think the scariest part of being a writer was being vulnerable, but no, the scariest part is definitely going to the post office.

Part 4 of my dark fantasy novella is out! More stories within stories, and the first steps of a quest voyage buttondown.com/crosshatches...

"These idolaters went out–the jailer let them out, who would want anything so monstrous?–and as they exited, kowtowed over and over, producing silver-tongued promises. Outside her domain, many moons came and went..." Today on ergot.: 'Photopsia' by @ckliu.com www.ergot.press/authors/C.K....

It was ergot. that sparked my interest in horror & experimental writing, so this one's especially meaningful to me. Huge thanks to Sam @ergot.bsky.social for all the support leading up to publication!

Want to be cheered up by tales of bad romances possibly involving one or more bad people (or even GASP two people simply bad for each other) in a speculative and, in my case, horrific light? Well now is your chance.

📘 Book lovers! Spend an hour listening to live #AuthorReadings via Zoom featuring #womenauthors #fictionbywomen #enbyauthors. 6 authors, 8 minutes each - it’s fast, it’s fun, and best of all #FreeBooks! #ScienceFiction, #Fantasy, #Horror, #SWSWQR

Tomorrow on ergot.: a new trip to see mom with C.K. Liu @ckliu.com

With FIYAH going on indefinite hiatus it's really fucking important we support the mags publishing POC. If you have the means, support the things you love or they will disappear. Everyone's probs sick as fuck of hearing it but a magazine for Black voices stopped publishing today, it isn't abstract.

Got my Weirdo certificate! Appreciate the award @tenebrouspress.bsky.social shoutout to @ergot.bsky.social for the original pub.

How armadillos gather foliage for their nests

Next Wednesday / AC Reading and Performance Series - Online Edition / 7pm Central, 8pm Eastern Featuring @perfidiousscript.bsky.social / @incastellated.bsky.social / Gina Abelkop / Glenn Shaheen Music by Terence Hannum and eHpH tinyurl.com/273z7ubk ID: 975 4131 3220 PC: 116657

Where will you be in the future? "In the future, I'll be naked..." my new short, short story (only about 250 words!!) in the very cool literary journal lespritliteraryreview.org/2026/04/22/r... #writingcommunity #authors&writing #bksyliterary @electricsheepsf.bsky.social

Today is Giving Tuesday, for donating to nonprofits. BCS's parent co. is a 501c3 nonprofit, so donations & Patreon support are tax deductible (consult a tax professional). We'd appreciate your support. www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas... www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/support-bcs/...

in my household, we yell "Kozma drop" the way some people alert each other to sneaker drops

felt like I was going insane, reading this one, and it was awesome

Excited to share my story “Late Bloomer” is out today at @ergot.bsky.social

This is so, so well-articulated.

Even the idea that being at war might incur noticeable day-to-day inconveniences in middle-class America has been absent for decades

You know how in a library no one’s trying to sell you anything? That’s how the internet was.

Since it's Long Covid Awareness Day, I had/have it. My symptoms were milder than most but disruptive enough to fuck up my life for a year. Fatigue, hair loss, GI issues, brain fog. They've mostly improved, but I get flair ups, often when I'm stressed or anxious. My hair still hasn't recovered.

My @lightspeedmagazine.com debut is free to read today! Come for the ocean vibes; stay for fleeting moments of beauty. www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-...

im grabbing your hand to tell you. it’s not too late to start wearing a mask again. it’s better to wear a mask 1/4 of the time (or whatever your percent looks like) than not at all. there’s no shame in starting to be covid safe again even if you havent been for a long time. its okay

If you're doomscrolling, guess what? So far there are 51 kākāpō chicks hatched and thriving this season, the same number of birds as we had in TOTAL in the 90s! Only one chick has died and there are still fertile eggs waiting to hatch!

If you live near Providence, you know the collective power of the Brown students, especially over the last few years. This is devastating on so many levels.

Thrilled to have made it to this year's @smokelong.bsky.social micro competition shortlist! 🎉 5x a week German classes have completely obliterated my writing schedule, but I now have So Much Energy to get going again

So incredibly creative.

I'm the worst at keeping up with social media, but here are two of my new pieces! One is very somber. crowcrosskeys.com/2025/10/11/l... One is decidedly not. www.scaffoldlit.com/microwriting... Call it the duality of the writer. (Or the writer being hangry for one of these -- guess which.)

I have a debut short story now published @ricepapermag.bsky.social! ricepapermagazine.ca/2025/08/the-...

"Protecting" the populace from depressing, ugly, & "confusing" art (& representing it as contagion) has been a feature of more than one authoritarian regime, and whether folks like Isabel realize it of not, they are siding with deeply anti-democratic ideas when they engage in this type of rhetoric.

wow. I'd been lazing about & procrastinating on reading, but after this I'm inspired to procrastinate no more @bridgetlowe.bsky.social

Fifty-two seconds without air. A record. Has to be. I set the stopwatch back on the edge of the pool, refilling my lungs with oxygen. “It’s okay to be jealous of my breath-holding abilities,” Today on ergot.: 'Inside It Now' by Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social www.ergot.press/authors/Chri...

Vance: I empathize with Americans who are exhausted after 25 years of foreign entanglements in the Middle East. I understand the concern, but the difference is that back then we had dumb presidents

Leader tells other frogs not to worry. Healthy, hard-working frogs are fine. They can climb out of the pot whenever they want. The US Secretary of Health says that boiling water is actually good for frogs. It keeps them from turning gay. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sig...

get swept up with us today into today's square from Ivy Grimes "...he said he had news. He was going to ask our mutual friend to be his girlfriend. It was the first time I'd ever been alone with R. "Why are you telling me this?" I said." https://www.havehashad.com/ud9j6

thinking about how our tour guide casually said "and over here is a leftist bar that a group of nazis attacked last week, which i've never seen before in my twenty five years of living here. feel free to buy stuff and support them. anyway"

We are officially in the Third Red Scare. This letter from Josh Hawley to the @pslweb.bsky.social is absolutely chilling.

I asked my SO if we had mayo, and he said 没有. I regret multiculturalism