Do you like reading eco horror? Do you live in LA? Then come to the Humboldt Cut launch party on January 29th at Village Well in Culver City! Rsvp at the link in my bio and attend a spirited spoiler free kiki about the best damn book you'll read all 2026

Oh you couldn't put a book down? Skill issue. I haven't met a task i couldn't abandon midstream.

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We've only just begun telling you about the cool Weird shit coming from Tenebrous in 2026! Cover reveals still to come for new releases from @dangerslater.bsky.social @allisonmick.bsky.social & @momoshaty.bsky.social store.tenebrouspress.com

Do you like reading eco horror? Do you live in LA? Then come to the Humboldt Cut launch party on January 29th at Village Well in Culver City! Rsvp at the link in my bio and attend a spirited spoiler free kiki about the best damn book you'll read all 2026

The cool thing about those glasses with the USB thumb drive in them is you cant see shit while your glasses are plugged in

There's still time to preorder Humboldt Cut and help it become a bestseller. (Link: tr.ee/7zp-546-YL) Los Angeles area horror fans can rsvp to the launch party (Thurs Jan 29th) here: shop.villagewell.com/events/42635...

Finally watching Good Boy (2025) This is what happens when you dont leave a little dirt under your pillow for the dirt man.

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1 more day to enter Goodreads' book giveaway for a free ARC of Humboldt Cut! tr.ee/Vn6aMT6p7t People like it. They really like it.

Over on substakc I'm talking about the movies I enjoyed most this year, aka the ones that made me not think about this year. substack.com/home/post/p-... Subscribe if you're nasty

SIX more days to enter to win a copy of Humboldt Cut FOR FREE! Enter here: tr.ee/Vn6aMT6p7t

For the #booksky night crowd, I have an eco gothic horror coming out in January and you can win a free copy from Goodreads right now! tr.ee/Vn6aMT6p7t

HEDDA (2025) is pure sumptuous chaos. From the first scene, Tessa Thompson is enthralling, like watching a caged tiger pace.

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once I make it through this first part it's over for you hoes

New newsletter about sucking shit at shit substack.com/home/post/p-...

Death by Lightning is so fucking rad. I love Michael Shannon I love history I love Nick Offerman I love to laugh

This is how you become a writer: just pick one of the things that is deeply wrong with you. Make it a character. Now send it on a self-help journey or try to kill it. Now call it a book.

I’ve said this before, but a huge function of our carceral system is resource extraction from exploited communities, and that includes the fees, commissary, and essentials people send to their loved ones, not to mention the time, attention, energy, etc.

New substack post about GETTING PUBLISHED! Check it out: open.substack.com/pub/allisonm...

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there's still time to enter to win an ARC of Humboldt Cut from Goodreads! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho... “A terrifying, lyrical masterpiece of ecology and ecohorror.” —Gretchen McNeil, author of They Fear Not Men in the Woods

Founder of Sistah Scifi, Isis Asare, joined Allison Mick, author of Humboldt Cut, at @sfomuseum.bsky.social's The Women of Afrofuturism exhibit. 🖤Allison Mick’s new title, Humboldt Cut, drops soon! 📚 Preorder your signed copy now at sistahscifi.com @erewhonbooks.bsky.social #SistahScifi #SFO

LOS ANGELES! Next Thursday I get to chat with Markus Redmond about his fantastic vampire book #BloodSlaves at Malik Books in Westfield Culver (so you know there's lots of parking) COME THRUUUU

Meeting Isis was a dream. The Women of Afrofuturism exhibit in SFO Terminal 1 features tons of books you can buy at @sistahscifi.bsky.social where you can also preorder Humboldt Cut!! Or you can skip the airport and head straight to this gem in Oakland and get your book on RIGHT NOW!

Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc

The #horrorcommunity has so many great reads to come! @mariatureaud.bsky.social @acwise.bsky.social @allisonmick.bsky.social @simonestjames.bsky.social @evdeanwriter.bsky.social @andrewvanwey.bsky.social @courtneysummers.bsky.social @seananmcguire.bsky.social @marktullius.bsky.social L

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The restraint it takes for me not to thank Smartfood Popcorn in the acknowledgements of my books is what I imagine Sisyphus feels like every time he gets the rock to the top of the hill.

Over on ye olde newsletter I made a LIST of 5 of my favorite BODY HORROR MOVIES. If you're not subscribed yet, WHY NOT? GET ON IT

“I’m committed to presenting complex Black women on screen, especially Black women behaving badly.” For @ebertvoices.bsky.social I spoke with Nia DaCosta about her latest collaboration with Tessa Thompson: HEDDA!

why is the new excel logo inviting me to bed?

I attended @momoshaty.bsky.social's Meeting of the Morbid Minds: The Horror of Becoming virtual symposium last week and all I got was a skyhigh TBR and my mind blown! allisonmickcomedy.substack.com

We keep coming back to his but society thirsts for Surf Dracula. 22-episode seasons. Monsters-of-the-week. High camp teen dramas. Cowboys who know martial arts. Shows where the plot is just 'handsome guy has a cool car.' We must rebuild the CW.

Good morning from the big boys

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We're Jeep Wranglers once a luxury car, or did Cher Horowitz just have a normal car?

everyone should read Tessa's @fansplaining.bsky.social essay! It's so so so so good and gets deeply into the nitty-gritty of writing original fiction and IP fiction and fanfiction. You will love it.

Over on substack we're talking about SCARY PLACES aka "Setting the Scene for Maximum Thrills" aka the panel I was on last week. It was so fun and I hope you love hearing more about HUMBOLDT CUT which is still available for preorder at the linktree in my biooooo 🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲

Bob the Drag Queen's book HARRIET TUBMAN: LIVE IN CONCERT is a piece of art that should put Bob in conversations with the MacArthur committee bc genius is the only word I can use to describe it. Speculative comedy and new black surrealism dont even begin to cover it. I loved it.

I started crying immediately after this bc life is so cool sometimes

people love HUMBOLDT CUT and so will you I'm at CALIBA Fall Fest today speaking on the horror/thriller panel so come by and say hi!

This week's newsletter I'm talking about music as a form of storytelling and why Jens Lekman's new album is the romcom you've been waiting for 💗

fair warning this week's newsletter is about how much the new jens lekman album fux

more praise for HUMBOLDT CUT. Preorder today: tr.ee/7zp-546-YL

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