We are excited to announce the stories for our issue “Ghosts & The After Life” edited by Ai Jiang @aijiang.bsky.social 👻 EC Dorgan “Flehmen Grimace” Samir Sirk Morató “unwell naturalist’s historic fairy collection” @spicycloaca.bsky.social Emmi Khor “The Art of Rebirth” @emmikhor.bsky.social

"In Daniel’s memory, the waters of the swift and scalding spring were dark and viscous, like the back of a seething serpent..." Check out "We Have Always Bathed in the Scalding Spring" by Stefen Holtrey. 👇 www.thecosmicbackground.com/stories/stef...

Open call tomorrow!

Just a few more hours to get your submissions in!

A review of “(Skin)” by Chelsea Sutton, published in Diabolical Plots #Squinter #Reviews https://foofaraw.press/a-review-of-skin-by-chelsea-sutton-published-in-diabolical-plots/#Squinter〄

Submissions are OPEN for our special issue theme: THROWBACK TECH 🎥📺📻🎮📀📼🕹️👾 Edited by @prof-bogs.bsky.social Let's do this. You have until March 31. It's a new year, let's celebrate with old tech. ➡️ thecosmicbackground.moksha.io/publication/...

Pretty cool to see my novella listed in the new releases on @locusmag.bsky.social ✨ locusmag.com/2026/02/new-...

today on X-R-A-Y, Rebecca Gransden @rgransden.bsky.social interviews Chelea Sutton @crsutton.bsky.social about her book 'Krackle's Last Movie' ! check out this interview & buy the book ! xraylitmag.com/its-all-in-t...

Hurray! Great to see this review of @crsutton.bsky.social's KRACKLE'S LAST MOVIE as we hype up for the release on Tuesday!

Last question for @crsutton.bsky.social, we swear. And join us on Monday for our special PREVIEW NIGHT Zoom launch for Krackle's Last Movie! Link to register in our bio!

It's amazing I get to say I have author events coming up :) All free! The three next week are all virtual! RSVP links on my website: chelseasutton.com I feel so fortunate to get to carve out some bits of time to talk with other authors about books of all things.

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This was a super fun interview to do. ❤️ @abbyhiggs.bsky.social is awesome.

Even when there’s no accountability, the record matters. Credit to the Wikipedia editors maintaining this page.

Vigil Held for Alex Pretti, Second Person Killed by Federal Agents in Minneapolis Pretti was an intensive care nurse with the Veterans Affairs. He was fatally shot by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday. He's the 2nd person killed by feds this month: unicornriot.ninja/2026/federal...

A weird little flash I wrote when on a residency in Tennessee this last May is out today on @themetaworker.bsky.social 😱

I signed 50 bookplates for the first 50 books sold. 📖✍🏼 Watching 50 signatures is riveting content 👀 @splitlippress.com

I did an unboxing video because that’s a thing you do. Everyone likes watching people open their mail, right? My novella is coming out from Split/Lip Press on February 10! @splitlippress.com

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So excited for this book to come out ❤️

Minneapolis.

Billions to kidnap your immigrant neighbors off the street and now we’re apparently “going to run” another whole damn country but no money for nutritional assistance for kids or guaranteed, quality healthcare for all Americans.

Two months until publication day for KRACKLE’S LAST MOVIE by @crsutton.bsky.social and we’re stocked up with copies in the office right before the holiday season swings into high gear—we’ll begin shipping preorders in just a couple of weeks! Order your copy at splitlippress.com !

EPISODE 160 – LONG WINTER NIGHTS with Chelsea Sutton We chat with Chelsea Sutton about Holiday Horror, Flash Fiction, Horror theater, the state of podcasting in 2025 and share the first episode of her new multimedia series LONG WINTER NIGHTS! @crsutton.bsky.social

Such a joy to be on this podcast!

LP is working hard to complete their BFA at the Art Institute of Chicago, but financial hurdles are making it tough. Every donation helps cover tuition. Please consider contributing or sharing this campaign to support their journey. Every bit counts! www.gofundme.com/f/keep-lp-in...

Coming December 1 -- a holiday horror advent calendar podcast. A new short story drops every day December 1 - 25! Producing, writing, directing this with my friends has been a joy. I can't wait to share with everyone! It'll be dropping on all the things: longwinternights.com

Rare photo of me without a jean jacket but also still like vaguely suggesting a jean jacket. I was going to add a song to this photo but got overwhelmed at the sheer amount of songs named “Jean Jacket.” If anyone has favorites let me know. K. Bye.

I spent a lot of time today talking with folks or answering questions about my novella that’s coming out in February with @splitlippress.com and it’s really cool to see there might be readers out there who respond to this weird little creature. On presale now! www.splitlippress.com/krackles-las...

some other familiar grocery store names that are brands for producer-owned agricultural co-ops: Blue Diamond Bob's Red Mill Land O'Lakes Tillamook Welch's

A unsettling tale for Halloween Week. heck out "By The Spine" by Anya F. Bloom! www.thecosmicbackground.com/stories/anya...

So excited to have this story out in the world!!

I’m not in the desert anymore, so that’s a lie, but the rest of the video is totally true. I have a novella coming out in February called Krackle’s Last Movie, which is being published by Split/Lip Press! @splitlippress.com

Missed this. There is only one compliment left to give her work - she’s 87. She has maybe the greatest formal mastery in modern theatre, but she retains the playful daring of an 18 year old. It’s what every single one of us wants. And Christ what a lovely person.

@thecosmicbgr.bsky.social is having a @gofundme.com campaign to support its third year of publication. At $.10/word, The Cosmic Background pays authors of flash and poetry to share their work on the website www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...

Hellllooooo from the static! It is fundraising season for many spec mags out there. We are doing things a little differently with a small gofundme to help us into 2026. We are already at $2 and just need a little boost to help us to our goal of $2400 👻 www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...

It's officially fundraising time over at @thecosmicbgr.bsky.social, and we're doing things a little differently this year. Help a pro-paying, deeply-progressive, 100% human magazine continue to thrive. We'll love you for it. gofund.me/ca0c2b7d

The Apex Magazine team is thrilled to announce that our Kickstarter for 2026 begins OCTOBER 1ST!! 🎃🍁 We're keeping all the rewards you love, adding exciting new rewards for readers and writers alike, AND reopening submissions! Mark your calendars, and we'll see you at the graveyard smash! 👻🌙🐈‍⬛📅

Yay @olivasthewriter.bsky.social 👻

Doing important research for a #newplay

At Worldcon. But at what cost.

It's cover reveal and preorders day for @crsutton.bsky.social's KRACKLE'S LAST MOVIE! We're so psyched about this gorgeous cover from our favorite book designer, @mrwojorising.bsky.social, feat. custom art from Adrián Tre Polo! Preorder + ARC request at www.splitlippress.com/krackles-last-movie

(clap clap) COVER REVEAL TOMORROW FOR @crsutton.bsky.social's KRACKLE'S LAST MOVIE! (clap clap)

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Book people: the following small presses have just lost funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. Please consider supporting them! A Thread.

My problems with Disney at a corporate level are *many*, but this? This I will applaud. Sic 'em. Let the ballista of Disney lawyers absolutely shred the paper shields of GenAI companies.