I recently had the opportunity to read one of my stories to a full room at the library. It got a great response from the crowd, and I enjoyed some wonderful storytelling from the other writers. Grateful for my local library.

🌆 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: DAWN / DUSK 🌅 Submissions close on July 15th. Check out our website for more info: cosmic-daffodil.squarespace.com/dawn-dusk

The May issue of Clarkesworld is now online and features stories by Louis Inglis Hall, Tia Tashiro, Nick Wolven, Sheri Singerling, Grace Chan, Raahem Alvi, and Zhao Haihong. clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_236 Subscriptions available at: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

Happy Walpurgis Night to all who observe.

Get away from the desk. Head out for a nice walk. Sit down in a comfortable spot (not the desk!) and read a good story. #HorrorWritersChat

Creative challenges arise with each story, and I'm grateful for those. It's growth. Actually getting those stories accepted and published is the long haul, though. It's slow going, but here and there, I'm making strides. #HorrorWritersChat

In "Don't Look at Me," you only encounter the villain if you look where you shouldn't have been snooping in the first place. We've all seen things we wish we could unsee, and his face isn't going to let you go. #HorrorWritersChat

Tom here! My horror is supernatural. Ask for my favorite villain tomorrow and I'll answer differently, but today: From lit: Dracula. I love the gothic mystique about him at the start. From film: The Babadook. I saw that film when I got back into writing and it had an effect. #HorrorWritersChat

Horror, scifi, fantasy, and weird fiction. If it's strange, dark, or just off the beaten path of "reality," we want to read it. Submissions for out Summer '26 issue are open until May 31st. See guidelines at the link below ⤵️ #horror #fantasy #scifi #sciencefiction #weirdfiction

My favorite ginger ale. Spicy to the last drop. I once interviewed someone who offered a drink before sitting down. I picked this soda and coughed the whole time. 10/10

Kaleidotrope will be open to fiction and poetry submissions three times this year: 🔹 April 19-25 🔹 July 19-25 🔹 October 18-24 Any stories or poems submitted outside those windows will unfortunately not be considered.

Kelly Skaggs: liminal horror David Sodergren: body horror Christian Wallis: supernatural horror Very interested to see what Kane Parsons will do with A24 backing him for the Backrooms, too. #HorrorWritersChat

Research is key, and sometimes the story changes as you learn more about the setting you were aiming for. #HorrorWritersChat

I write quite a lot of non-fiction: news and features. For writing fiction outside horror, I think learning how to communicate fear has helped me pay more attention to how characters experience other emotions. #HorrorWritersChat

It's Tom! Horror is home, but sometimes I venture into noir or sci-fi. Right now, I'm enjoying Mexicans on the Moon by Pedro Iniguez. #HorrorWritersChat

I'm going to participate in a live fiction reading at my local library later this month! Grateful for the opportunity. Grateful for the library.

You: Keith, how Southern is your book? Me, showing you the first chapter title:

If we’re all still here in two weeks, I expect to see lots of you there!

🧠 Ongoing Submissions What Sleeps Beneath 💰 Essays: $0.05/word 💰 Reviews: $0.03/word 📏 Essays: 1,200–2,500 words 📏 Reviews: 800–1,200 words Horror criticism, analysis, and commentary. Details horrortree.com/ongoing-subm... From @whatsleepsbeneath.com #HorrorCriticism #FilmCriticism

If the Backrooms trailer has piqued your interest for #liminalspace, check out Salt in the Trees by Kelly Skaggs. Humid Florida environs, eerie vibes, earthed memories.

Wondering what is going on in those Backrooms trailers? Some thought on the creepypasta, the web series, the film, and the emerging aesthetic of Institutional Gothic via @mitpress.bsky.social thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/backrooms-an...

In honor of the Artemis II mission that's launching to the moon today, here's "Mexicans on the Moon," the titular poem from my SF poetry collection. Much love.

🔥 Taking Submissions Stone’s Throw – May Window 📅 May 1–4 💰 $25 📏 1K–2K words Modern neo-western desert noir From @rhppress.bsky.social Details horrortree.com/taking-submi... #WritingSubmissions #NoirFiction #CrimeWriting

I'm pleased to be a part of a live flash fiction reading at my local library next month. Public speaking! Public library! #HorrorWritersChat

Thanks for posting such great questions! #HorrorWritersChat I’ll promote the poetry collection I mentioned in question 2: Mausoleums of the Eye and other poems. Horror poetry about bugs, the ocean, creatures with teeth, surviving abuse, and feeling alien in your own body. books2read.com/u/b571jA

Spring forward into action with my collection, which should keep you company on rainy days or sunny ones, doesn't matter. Reading is good for our health, even when the stories are dark, for from darkness springs new life. 🦋 #HorrorWritersChat mybook.to/AllsWell

Sunlight usually exposes and we usually associate it with triumphing over evil. So horror in broad daylight like in scenes in The Wickerman or Us shows us when the evil is so socially accepted or confident they don’t even need to hide. #HorrorWritersChat

Quite a hankering indeed! I'm cooking up some culinary horror, nicely marbled, cannibalism free, but still bloodthirsty. #HorrorWritersChat

So I played Adam, naming all the novel sprouts and buds. But the flytrap that spoke for the garden named itself. It said it wanted to be kissed same as any other mouth. #HorrorWritersChat ..If I may borrow from Burroughs.

Moments when nature bites back seem spring-flavored: carnivorous plants, infiltrating fungus, non-sentient things that one day come alive. #HorrorWritersChat

It's Tom! I write mostly supernatural horror, and I love writing it because I love reading it! Fiction (even the darker stories) brightens my life so much. I want to share some of that with everybody. #HorrorWritersChat

As we near the end of Women's History Month, I'll share one of my favorite stories. Hispanic folks have had a massive impact on food here in the U.S., from the way we cook to the labor behind each ingredient. Here's only a snapshot from that history: www.atlasobscura.com/articles/whe...

I’m a winner, baby! check out my creepy new flash and the gorgeous art based on it

It would be hard to overstate the impact Shelley's Frankenstein had on me. I'm grateful for actors like S Weaver & JL Curtis whose characters don't just run and hide. As a kid, I thought it would be so cool to hang out with the after-school cartoon version of Lydia Deetz. #HorrorWritersChat

While it might be best if it weren't shown through a horror lens, I'd be interested to see adaptations of some of Zora Neale Hurston's travels. #HorrorWritersChat

In "Model Behavior," the narrator is easily bored and decides cheap thrills aren't cheap enough. She turns to shoplifting thinking it would be a victimless crime. #HorrorWritersChat

Tom here! My horror usually has a ghost or demon somewhere in the mix. I'm currently enjoying Salt in the Trees by Kelly Skaggs. Solid liminal horror set on the coast of Florida. #HorrorWritersChat

It was 80 degrees a few days ago.

Got photos for an assignment today, and I'm checking all these beautiful shots of a vibrant underwater ecosystem. They're lovely. But some images illicit a slight chill, and I'm continually reminded that watching the Jaws movies at a young age had a lasting effect.

📚 Ongoing Submissions: The Berkeley Fiction Review 💵 $25 + contributor copy 📝 Previously unpublished short fiction 🌍 All genres ✨ Innovative, reflective, form-playing work encouraged No submission fees. Details: horrortree.com/ongoing-subm...

I'm Tom and I usually write supernatural horror... but I think that something as powerful and unknowable as the sea doesn't need to be supernatural to be scary.

Sweet, @translunartl.bsky.social is open March 15-April 15 for their Spring 2026 window! Seeking science fiction and fantasy up to 5,000 words. 3 cents per word First week reserved for writers of color No simultaneous submissions No AI Details: horrortree.com/taking-submi... #SpeculativeFiction

OPEN FOR SUBS MARCH 1-4: We want flash stories (<2K) about the real gamblers, the people who put it all on the line, and lost (or won) big, and the effects on those around them. Make it dirty. Make it seedy. Remind everyone what it can mean to lose it all. More info: bit.ly/4fQLeGx

Vacations From Hell is open for submissions. Seeking short horror stories about vacations gone wrong. Up to 7,000 words Deadline April 15, 2026 $30 CAD + paperback copy No reprints No AI Details: horrortree.com/taking-submi... #HorrorWriters #CallForSubmissions #HorrorTree

In just a few years, Carpenter Media has become the country’s fourth-largest newspaper operator. Some reporters wonder if it isn’t the cruelest. Read @loisparshley.bsky.social, with support from @economichardship.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/feature/carp... .

In the event it's cycled out of your media diet, here's a plug for @cjr and the great work they've been doing. They're plugging a hole in industry coverage. It's not a lot of quick news and punditry; it's principled post-mortems and thoughtful, structural analysis. I love it. www.cjr.org

I recently finished The Haar by David Sodergren (@paperbacksandpugs.bsky.social). I'd recommend this heartwarming, stomach-churning love story to readers with a tolerance for graphic material. If you can handle Clive Barker, you should be fine. Fans of melter movies will love it.

Mardi Gras isn't a big ordeal where I live now, but we do have access to Gulf shrimp, so it's etouffee for dinner.

🏚️🌫️ Taking Submissions 🌫️🏚️ Dead Birds Publishing is open for Unsettling Settings. Stories where the environment itself drives the horror. 🗓 Deadline: April 30, 2026 💰 Royalties 🔗 horrortree.com/taking-submi... #WritingSubmissions #HorrorAnthology #DarkFiction

I had to make a second Starter Pack! If you have any recs for Latinx Spec Fic authors, let me know and I'll try to add them when I can. Much love! go.bsky.app/UtDuh4e