GO EAST MARION COUGARS!

@authorplm.bsky.social is quicker than me in posting this 🤣 Check out my Stoker reading on YouTube!

These readings are always a wild ride - a humorous story will be followed by one that rips your guts out and then followed by one that will give you nightmares and finishes on a charming middle grade fantasy chaser. You just never know! #SWSWQR

The rest of the LibraryReads Top 10 Picks for October 2025 are announced in alpha order by author's last name, starting with CRAFTING FOR SINNERS: A NOVEL by @jennykiefer.com. @quirkbooks.bsky.social

reminder that next week you can see me give my very first reading as a married person

Very excited to be reading for @swsworlds.bsky.social next Thursday, Sept 18, at 7pm eastern time! Register for FREE here: www.eventbrite.com/e/first-frid...

#StokerCon book haul New books c/o @ryanmarie47.bsky.social Del Howison @spookhouse.bsky.social Adam Nevill + Dan Hodge & Jared Michael Delaney of Cult Pulp Press

VERY pleased to announce that I will be doing a reading alongside the talented and inimitable writers @rachelharrison.bsky.social and @ryanmarie47.bsky.social at StokerCon! The reading will be June 14 at 9:00 a.m. More details on my StokerCon schedule here: dariusjoneswriter.com/appearances/

You all made my life hard and it was awesome. Do it again next year, too. 🫀

So... big news. The Shirley Jackson submission call has been so overwhelmingly excellent that our editor, Jolie Toomajan, decided that there was no way we could cut this down into a single issue. Expect a new anthology from us sometime next spring!

I recently found had more time on my hands than I had planned. I'm an ESL teacher and many students were on vacation. Don't get me wrong, time is a wonderful thing to have as a writer, but as the saying goes, time is money. I'd appreciate some likes and reposts to help me out. 🧵

We are 10 DAYS from the release of PUSHING DAISY! Here's a 🧵 highlighting some incredible blurbs from some highly-respected voices in the industry. First is a snippet from Publishers Weekly's starred review! Check the full review at www.publishersweekly.com/9781590217740

When So Thirsty by @rachelharrison.bsky.social is the book club pick, you go all out for the cocktails!!

OUT TODAY - THE GHOSTS OF BLAUBART MANSION! Thanks to @cemeterygatesmedia.bsky.social and cover artist @lukespoonerartist.bsky.social!

What's better than an event celebrating 1 book? An event celebrating 2. That's hecking right. April 19th, come get your chills on! There'll be giveaways, readings, author interviews, and it's absolutely free to join! See you there! www.eventbrite.com/e/1302794456...

Cosmic Horror Monthly has done it again! Their latest creation needs celebrating so don't miss out on this exclusive launch event on April 14th! Absolutely free, with giveaways, live readings, and a behind the scenes look at the magazine! Don't miss out! ❤️🖤 www.eventbrite.com/e/1309297938...

✨ Announcing The Coven of the East: Reimagining Asian Women’s Magical Histories TOC ✨🌙🔮 Thrilled to reveal the lineup for this anthology in collaboration with @authortunities.bsky.social @angelayurikosmith.bsky.social! 📖✨ #CovenOfTheEast #Anthology #writersky

🌙 Shadows of 1925 Hong Kong hold secrets too dark to ignore. 🌙 Chasing Moonflowers is tale of occult rituals, family secrets, and bloodthirsty creatures— blurring the line btw monster and hero. ✨ Publishing on July 1, 2025 ✨ books2read.com/b/ChasingMoo... #CoverReveal #HistoricalFantasy #Gothic

Emma E. Murray: "Dark and Visceral" Horror is #4 in my #womeninhorrormonth #WiHM series of interviews for 2025 open.substack.com/pub/christin... Thanks, @emmaemurray.bsky.social !

#3 in my series of #womeninhorror #womeninhorrormonth #wihm interviews is @okokno.bsky.social, talking about MIDNIGHT ROOMS, short fiction, and art! open.substack.com/pub/christin...

TODAY’S THE DAY!!!! Haunted Ecologies is out in the world and I’m so happy about it! I love all these little weird eco-horror stories…and hopefully you will to :)

Cover reveal!!! By the insanely talented Matthew Revert, here is the cover of Shoot Me in the Face on a Beautiful Day, coming 8/26/25 from @apocalypseparty.bsky.social Birdie deals with a manipulative partner, guilt, and grief while a home-invading killer descends on her community.

My story "Unwrapped" is now available to read for free online from @fraidycatpress.bsky.social! Check it out here: fraidycatpress.com/unwrapped-by...

Need help with any of your stories? Treat yourself, surprise one your writer friends or even several of them to an affordable critique for the holidays. I’m offering a discount on my editing services. Get 2 critiques/coachings for 20% or 4 for 40% off. www.kaidelmas.com/editing-serv...

Make the acquaintance of Mister Montrose and his hated Armeniwhoos, Armenios, whatever the hell they are, as they discover SNOW IN L.A. Thanks to @shotgunhoney.com for publishing my bit of Christmas crime. shotgunhoney.com/fiction/snow...

I’m so insanely excited to have a story out in @strangehorizons.bsky.social’s today!!! Check out my Weird Water Deity/Waterlogged Post-Apocalyptic Love Story, A Wish for the Drowned, over on their site!!! strangehorizons.com/fiction/a-wi...

For your consideration... Here is a compiled list of my works that are eligible for awards this year. Please reach out if you need a copy of anything!

Hey, gang! Half-Armenian twins visiting the motherland and getting mixed up in some shit? Yes! My body horror story "New Ancestors" will be in SILK & SINEW c/o @badhandbooks.bsky.social! Huge thanks to @garnetonwinter.bsky.social for accepting this funky bloody sad diasporan oddity. May 2025!

Not only is @elizabethbroadbent.bsky.social an amazing writer but also a close friend who has supported me through thick and thin! This free online event starts in an hour & I'd love to see you there! Let's support this amazing human and celebrate her newest book! www.eventbrite.com/e/ninety-eig...

I have a little Halloween flash in the latest issue of Fraidy Cat Quarterly! Check it out! 🍫🎃👻

Love horror? Fraidy Cat Quarterly Vol 3 is PACKED with horror stories from yours truly as well as @linardos.bsky.social, @collyleonard.bsky.social, @horlockwarlock.bsky.social, @cwmcguinness.bsky.social, @ryanmarie47.bsky.social, and @writelikeashark.bsky.social. Pre-order your hard copy & save $

Here is a selection I have up for award eligibility from this year! Two horror short stories that both happen to feature volcanoes, two selected poems - both speculative and apocalyptic, and one excellent anthology, if I do say so myself (as co-editor).

Bringing this over. I intend to chain link to my publications soon!

AMAZING! Check out @aijiang.bsky.social's amazing story about hair on @pseudopod.org 😍

Great story by @aijiang.bsky.social from @pseudopod.org , and the whole anthology is wonderful too: www.goodreads.com/book/show/20... by @ryanmarie47.bsky.social Check it out after you listen!

Horrors persist, but so do I.