It's a good season for #Psalms and #Meditations! Check out Forgotten Ground Regained's call for submissions for Winter, 2026. alliteration.net/call-for-submissions/ #submissionscall #CallForSubmissions #opencall #alliterative #poetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

I have a bit of a wintry gothic tale in this fine collection. Out very soon!

#SaturdaySelfPromo #Romantasy #KingArthurRomantasy #ParanormalRomance #ReincarnationRomance #UrbanFantasy #BookSky

I am still working on Treasure Island, but I've more things in the pile than I have time left. I bring this up and repost the link to this Persona #Poem because I have revised this poem to have more effect and added two other persona poems to form the seed of a new cycle. Watch this space!

If poetry is in your blood, Lothlorien should be in your bookmarks.

Support me on Patreon so I can keep devoting time to my poetry, fiction, and silly virtual shows like The Game Show Game Show. www.patreon.com/MichaelBrous...

Need something unsettling and hauntingly beautiful to read? (Words from an early reviewer). My coming-of-age folk horror is available to buy now! #booksky mybook.to/woundedbirds

Face it, you're NOT the Final Girl. 🔪🩸 You're the Horny Dumbass. The Problem Solver. The one who brought everyone here. This slasher reality check is brutal—and totally accurate. Which role gets you gutted before Act Two? 👇 horrorfacts.com/youre-not-th... #Horror #FinalGirl #HorrorFan

The Man's too strong played on the custom guitar I built... #ovation #custom #guitar #guitarbuilding #coversong #cover #DellSweet #luthier youtu.be/W_CGaDmsaQ8 Home: www.wendellsweet.com Ovation Build: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmUr...

It’s here, it’s live, your little slice of joy. A micro issue bursting with heart-filling poetry, flash, micro and CNF, brief and brilliant as a sun glint on water. Sip at them whenever it hurts. templeinacity.com/explore-the-...

It must be known for the next cycle that all of certain families such as Bezos, Musk and Trump, hoard fortunes stolen during their murder of the American Republic. Vast fortunes built on contempt, fraud and theft cloak their origins in the mists of time.

“A tense thriller with vampires” (Amazon reviewer) 👇✨📚 #Thriller #BookSky

Watching Frankenstein last night and simply blown away by this adaptation. del Toro hit it out of the park. What an amazing visual palette! Watch it! Also: "You are the monster, Victor." He said it! He said the thing!

'‘Come off,’ quod he, ‘I come’, quod I.' I know its not the point, but LOL.

New fantasy short story: Working in retail stinks, even if it’s a magic-filled potion shop. An eight-minute read. #fantasy #shortstories dnschmidt.com/fantasy-stor...

"Some early reviews of the book have called it “laugh out loud funny,” with one reviewer stating that they spat their drink out of their mouth at one point due to laughter." Check out the article about my book on Victoria Buzz 🤩 victoriabuzz.com/2025/11/vict... #booksky

I was doing some digital archaeology and ran across the files for three audio CD compilations I put together over a decade ago and across the span of about 5 years. Anyone else out there enjoy making physical compilations? #Playlist

Looking for weird? Try these science fiction stories: * A poker game with parasites from another dimension. * A waitress at a space truck stop battles a monstrous meatloaf. * A conman has a plan to steal three miles of space rock. And many more! #booksky #sff 📚🪐 mybook.to/doomtapes

I Was a Teenage Ghost Hunter review: “This novel has everything: suspense, adventure, humour, horror, all mixed together perfectly. It goes from moments of tension to hilarious dialogues.” amzn.to/1gwPt3U #halloween #spookyseason #fiction #spooky #paranormal #ya #booksky

I do NOT have the energy to promo this but I have gotten this spread to a few servers on discord. The ones I was hoping to see more responses from didn't really respond too much so I'm a bit sad about that ;-; But this has been def shared in non-writing servers tho so there's hope!

@louiseblackwick.com I wish you a Scarry Halloween! www.louiseblackwick.com

In the Publications noted section of the current issue of Forgotten Ground Regained, I list recently published works of alliterative poetry and related resources and posts. In this thread, I'm going to highlight some of the latest new work. alliteration.net/current-issue #alliterative #poetry

Wondering what to get your book-loving friends and family for the winter holidays? ❄️🌲Check out my books; available both in ebook and paperback! Full-length books: clarislam.ca/published-wo... Poetry & short fiction: clarislam.ca/published-wo... #booksky #writesky #readers 💙📚 📖

In 1922 Kurt Tucholsky, a Weimar Republic journalist, poet and satirist, was a witness to his country's collapse. He wrote this poem after 4 years of political violence on the occasion of a political assassination of an opposition leader. I did my original translation of this…

My horror collective @nyxhorror.bsky.social is happy to announce an incredible opportunity for horror writers: in partnership w/ Stowe Story Labs, one woman-identifying writer w/ a horror feature or TV pilot will receive a full Fellowship to the June Narrative Lab. Apply here 👇🏾 bit.ly/NarrativeLabs

We are open for submissions for our Poems for Protest anthology AND we are open for The Rough Diamond Poetry Prize #poetry #poetrycommunity #WritingCommunity roughdiamondpoetry.com

Fun Fact: Very few dragonflies can actually breathe fire, but they keep trying anyway. It's inspiring, really. Dream big, little dragonfly, dream big.

So, if you have a story with paranormal elements starring asexual, aromantic, and aspec characters, we want to see it! We'd love to see some more stories that explore the unexplained from different lenses All the details can be found here: paranormal-aspecs.carrd.co

YOU DESERVE A LAUGH You don't have to be Canadian to appreciate this book, but it will help if you're not a MAGA 😅 A fantasy satire inspired by the US-Canada trade war! mybook.to/dragoneggs

Now that the current issue is out, here's the next open call for submissions for alliterative poetry. Psalms and meditations ... alliteration.net/info/call-fo... #submissionscall #alliteration #poetrysky #poetrycommunity

New alliterative poem by @dacooperpoet.bsky.social: www.dialoguejournal.com/articles/bir... #alliterative #poetry #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #alliterativeverse

In honor of National Eat The Rich month I've spent exactly $25.99 over and above what was absolutely necessary to pay the bills. I cancelled Netflix, my Amazon account will not renew in December and I've subscribed to The Guardian sending the print copy to my library. What are you doing to end them?

Our general submission window will open on the first of the month! We want stories and poetry with a strong voice and a sense of adventure, stuff that makes us feel things, stuff that lets us use our hearts and our brains and leaves us wanting more! Guidelines & schedule: www.havenspec.com/submit/

Here it is! An experiment in a very difficult format, published by Forgotten Ground Regained. I didn't quite manage to meet the form 100%, but the tale is awesome and yes, the lines do sing. Thank you @rhunedhel.bsky.social

Hey! That's me! Two of my poems, a persona poem called Voice of the Wendigo, and a mythic Creed of the Wendigo. I am so honored to be published in Lothlorien!

For today’s #vss365 sharing my poem “Seen #Unseen“ that won this year’s “Annual Poe-It Like Poe” poetry contest awarded by “The Six Degrees of Edgar Allan Poe”. The poem’s a #shovel after Poe’s “Alone”, which is one of my personal favourites. #Oulens #blueskypoets #poetrycommunity #poems #poetry

One of my long narrative poems about Wonderland just got rejected for publication but, and this is key, I got notes! I absolutely love and appreciate that someone took the time to seriously look at it and provide feedback!

What makes Gothic modern? 💀 Psychological dread 🕯 Isolation in a connected world 💔 Love that bruises If your poem whispers these, submit. #PoetrySubmissions #SubmissionWindow #TheHavishamSteps #ModernGothicPoetry

To introduce the Fall issue of Forgotten Ground Regained, releasing next Saturday, I'm introducing its authors first. @jordanriverwrites.bsky.social is author of Banquet & Ashes. (amzn.to/4ogAhSE). His poem, "Song Hall of the Bone-Mother" tells a short but chilling tale, without any happy endings.

I wrote a fable, then I turned it into a Fornyrðislag and Paul here thought it acceptable enough to publish in his upcoming Fall issue. Thank you! Honored to have Song-Hall of the Bone-Mother (From the Winter-Songs of the Codex of Hjalskring) included amongst these giants.

Sporadic reminder that I have books out in the wild. You should absolutely check them out. share.google/sFJmRXfxvcCs...

Excited to announce that Gramarye The Journal of Fairy Tales, Fantasy, and Speculative Fiction @chicentreffsf.bsky.social has chosen to include three of my poems in their upcoming winter edition! Harkle, Darkle Liddle Spar, Barley Bidden Bain't No More, and The Counting Game! Honored!

Today's #FairyTaleTuesday theme is Vampire and Shape Changer Lore, Superstitions & Trivia! 🖤 We warmly suggest listening to our Three Ravens Bestiary Bonus Series, especially #12: #Vampires! www.threeravenspodcast.com/threeravensb... New episode on #Zombies and Revenants this Thursday!

A personal thread about using rhyme in poetry🧵 Despite once being a mainstay of form & despite its persistence in popular song, rhyme has lost favour with many poets. Some eschew it on principle. Others, even those who use it, are nervous of it. To many it seems old-fashioned, trivial, nursery stuff

I wrote about a new Nazi party that seeks to criminalize all human virtue, and how that means that human virtue is the greatest weapon against the new Nazi project. www.the-reframe.com/the-crime-of...

I have taken to writing reviews. Here are my thoughts on #poetry collections from Ian Parks, Matthew Paul and Rotherham Flux. (With a poem from each.)

Hiya everyone! A couple of weeks ago, I was able to participate in a podcast! Talking about our first book in our series Havetsavain Academy of Arcane! Go check out The Reading Sparrow, & all the good work she puts in to help Indie authors! 🥳 Remember to have it so fine at Havetsavain! #booksky

A deep discussion on kennings which are more far more complex than just word-hypen-word. I have theories about metaphorical usage that might explain why they are far more common in certain germanic-derived branches.