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)

nope nope nope nope nope nope nope (please donate to PBS!)

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.

The president of the United States shouldn't invade the United States

Not a novel but long short story in which I ripped off The X Files, Sphere AND Event Horizon all in one swoop because I was obsessed with them at the time. It won me my first writing award in middle school 😂

small new devastating poem today from Jonathan Freeman ! https://www.havehashad.com/zfwt2

Wrote a thing because I want to yell at writers and anyone who works sitting down to take care of themselves. Thanks for reading! gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/basic-fitn...

Umm. I can’t believe my favorite and the most honest story I’ve ever written gets to be on this podcast. And I maybe started to tear up listening to the introduction. 🥹

Helpful thread of NEA resources for all of us who have had grant funding revoked.

Anyone who says there is no point to protesting in big and small ways is not paying attention or is performative in bad faith. This shit works. It's not perfect and there's still going to be plenty of collateral damage but it works and every victory weakens them on the road to the midterms.

Im spending 20-ish days in Chattanooga on an artists residency. What are your reqs, friends?

amazing, Inventive new story today from Laila Amado! "When the alarms, signaling the breach of dams that keep the ocean away from the shore, go off all at once, do they sound like: a) trumpets blaring from below the waves; b) a category five hurricane..." https://www.havehashad.com/ewn5l

I think it was here on bluesky where I learned that the "decline" in birthrates is mostly (by a LARGE margin) due to teenagers not having as many kids. Puts a completely different spin on the issue and the proposed "solutions"

contributor copy of @willowspringsmag.bsky.social arrived in the mail! This is my first publication in this awesome magazine and my first publication of a flash non-fiction piece!

Today at at AWP! "Unapologetically Uncanny & Unsettling: Bending Reality in Short Fiction" with @lenavalencia.bsky.social @crsutton.bsky.social @cleoqian.bsky.social and Anjali Sachdeva. #awp2025 12:10 to 1:25 rm 403A

We have several pre-show special events this weekend before our show SCHLITZIE: Alive and Inside! Please come to learn about the sideshow, talk about disability in the arts, see a blockhead performance, AND tell your friends who need ASL translation to come Monday! rogueartists.org/Schlitzie-Al...

Counting down until our opening tonight by spending a little time savoring these moments with people we love. We open tonight and must close March 30! The sideshow never stays in town very long. So we hope you'll join us. 📅 Now through March 30! 🎫✨ bit.ly/Schlitzie2025 📍Heritage Square Museum

Teeny tiny trailer drop for Schlitzie: Alive and Inside! Videographer + Editor: Ramon Garcia Composers: Ellen Warkentine & Matt Kollar Featured in this trailer are part of the ensemble: Carlos R. Chavez, Ishika Muchhal, Mark McClain Wilson, Mak Shealy, James Ian: youtu.be/oIarn22YbQo

A sneak peek at Schlitzie: Alive & Inside! Use special code, Midway for 40% off of Preview tickets (March 14th - 20th) at any level (while supplies last). t bit.ly/Schlitzie2025 📍Heritage Square Museum 📸 by @brycedarlington

My theater company has a new show coming up. Limited run! If you are in LA come in out! Hit me up if you want a discount!

So excited for this!

this is the best pov i've seen on this so far tbh, i am v much seeing this thing today as opening the door to people who otherwise might not have realized how varied activism actually is and how many opportunities there are to participate

now more than ever

Thinking real hard about The Good Place Committee today.

A reminder to everyone that @thecosmicbgr.bsky.social is eligible for best semiprozine at the Hugos this year. Our staff and writers and artists are all wonderful, and they deserve to be recognized for everything they do.

Wrote a weird little flash with a ghost-boyfriend and man I am proud of my silly story but also like...why am I like this.

Also this 10000000%

Credit: @hotpaper.bsky.social

The Eaton fires destroyed a youth care facility my friend worked at. They had no time to pack, and everything is lost. Please help support them if you can. These children and teen were ALREADY vulnerable before the fires. www.gofundme.com/f/provide-ai...

statistically a tornado has probably sucked up a ghost

It feels weird to push a Kickstarter right now while my city is burning, but it’s been a joy to be in the team that helps make this magazine happen and I hope we can keep growing. We have to promote our joys too. So. Here it is. We are close to finishing our goal!

An sff market that pays its writers and slush readers, explicitly bans AI “creations,” and is committed to progressive values.

On top of this extremely true fact, so many folks working in entertainment were already in the midst of a couple of increasingly rough years of trying to find consistent employment.