Life poem: “If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.” —Aboriginal activists group Queensland, 1970s

THE BIG BAD BOOK OF #KAIJU anthology with stories by @tananarivedue.bsky.social @taiyolab.com @aijiang.bsky.social @almakatsu.bsky.social @tobiogundiran.com @nytebird45.bsky.social Preorder from B&N with 25% off (code PREORDER25) for members! ENDS TODAY! #BNPreorder tinyurl.com/BookOfKaiju

To register (scroll to our event): springwrites.org/events/zoom-...

I’m so thrilled that my poem, Outside Dimensions, from EVERYTHING ENDLESS is nominated for the SFPA Dwarf Stars award! Huge gratitude to Jamal Hodge, and our publisher @rdspress.bsky.social .

Life poem: it is said Change is inevitable / choose Love over fear / to find the lesson awaiting in this truth…

Didja miss BBB's May edition of our reading series? No problem -- we're serving up a fresh batch on 6/16 at 7pm @ Barrows! Hear authors @ninocipri.bsky.social @ceciliatan.com @jeffsomers.bsky.social & Seamus Sullivan read & grab a drink! It's free! More: BrooklynBooksBooze.com

ICYMI, it's the middle of Day Two of #ArvCon2026! The Arvocalists should be just wrapping up their game and leading into the next TTRPG session--come watch some cool people play some cool games (and music later this evening) and support the life-saving work being done at @damonrunyon.org!

My schedule at Balticon this weekend

Saturday #art from April's #Penumbric ... the rather apt "Fire Season" by Barbara Candiotti, at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue... #artwork #horror #HorrorArt

Check out my poem!

I love cliches like “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade,” so here’s my lemonade stand: Houstonians: MD Anderson accepts blood donations on my behalf before my surgery. I get a little $ to offset costs, & you get to help cancer pts. I can help arrange an appointment. Locations around town.

I’m so joyful to receive the HWA Bram Stoker Award Finalist certificate for EVERYTHING ENDLESS by Jamal Hodge and I. Gratitude to @rdspress.bsky.social for publishing our book and to everyone who has supported it! I'm so thankful for the incredible journey of writing this book with Jamal!

17 hours to go and only $101 away from being funded. Jeff Carroll is one of my favorite highly imaginative creator! Check it out!Check out FangerNails; Ghost on the Mountain by Jeff Carroll on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/twa...

You can read, Less is More, my essay from Locus Magazine about the impact of writing Speculative Poetry. locusmag.com/feature/spec...

#Kindle deals! Nothing over $2.99 w/ works by @spookywv.bsky.social, @rachelharrison.bsky.social, @nytebird45.bsky.social, @jeffstrand.bsky.social, @bridgettnelson.bsky.social, @bryansmith.bsky.social, @kierstenwhite.bsky.social, @rioyouers.bsky.social & more! #ad #booksky amzn.to/3Kj4Uoq

Dive into horror writing with four unique teachers in a master class that can take you from a kernel of an idea to submission. grubstreet.org/workshop/sja... @nytebird45.bsky.social @brianevenson @olivasthewriter.bsky.social @katemaru.bsky.social

The latest SFPA Poetry Round-up is out! ➡️ Get your spec-po 💔Valentine 💔 MP3s submitted! @authorlindamcrate.bsky.social @nytebird45.bsky.social @joshuasiegal.bsky.social @kimwhysallhammond.bsky.social @morganvl.bsky.social @deborahldavitt.com @pixieb.bsky.social @angelayurikosmith.bsky.social

Check out Jamal Hodge and I reading on Galactic Terrors February 2026 www.youtube.com/watch?v=84BA...

Jamal Hodge & I are honored to have our poetry collection EVERYTHING ENDLESS on 2025 Bram Stoker Awards preliminary ballot. HWA voting members=request PDF: DM me or send email to @rdspress.bsky.social at books [at] rawdogscreaming [dot] com. Congratulations to all on Bram Stoker Preliminary Ballot!

My play has resumed touring in Los Angeles... Here's an upcoming presentation of TAM TRAN GOES TO WASHINGTON...and... admission is free.

Coming in March 2026!

For one week only get 25% off all 2025 titles! Including books by @elizabethbroadbent.bsky.social, @pippinacious.bsky.social, @vinceliaguno.bsky.social, @nytebird45.bsky.social, Jamal Hodge and @pedroiniguez.bsky.social. See all the titles here: rawdogscreaming.com/https://rawd...

Tomorrow!

So excited and honored to be on the list!

One of my partners in crime from my poetic criminal endeavor @elwong.bsky.social received this beautiful, beautiful book by encyclopedia prismatica With five of the poems of our criminal collective We are the ambulance chasers of the soul @nytebird45.bsky.social @andreagoyan.bsky.social

Life poem: with each new breath, day, year / release what doesn’t serve U / to allow space / for New Gifts awaiting…

On the blog: looking back on 2025.... decandido.wordpress.com/2025/12/31/2...

Hi #HorrorWritersChat! I write Gothic, Gaslamp Fantasy Fiction full of ghosts AND Non-Fiction about ghosts & haunted history! Haunting is what I do! Due to repetitive natures of haunting, I'd haunt my favorite historic NYC locations because I've worn psychic grooves there working as a tour guide.

FIYAH: SINNERS, SAINTS AND HAINTS is out downloadable PDF & EPUB format. I’m delighted my poem Bottling Up De Evil in this w/Audrey T. Williams, Danian Darrell Jerry, Dedren Snead, R. J. Joseph, Rob Cameron, Zig Zag Claybourne, Zin E. Rocklyn & other fantastic writers fiyahlitmag.com/shop/issues/...

#USA: For domestic violence victims in the US, call the National DV Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or TTY 1-800-787-3224

See creators highlighted in HWA November Seers’ Table column: @joanneanderton.bsky.social, @jordankurella.com, @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social horror.org/the-seers-ta...

Life poem: being kind / to others & self says / ‘I see you/me, I feel you/me’ / increasing grace for all…

TusCon 52 Find Linda Addison: GROUP READING: Fri. Nov 7, 4-5PM MEET THE PROS: Fri, Nov 7, 7-8PM POETRY freedom to speak the unspeakable Sat, Nov 8, 11AM-Noon OPEN MIC POETRY: Nov 8, 3-4PM AUTOGRAPH SESSION: Linda Addison, Jill Bauman, Carol Edwards. Sat, Nov 8, 4-5PM

Life poem: a friend terrified / at losing food stamps / the only way they can eat / I assured them / I would eat simpler / and help them…

Check out Horror Anthologies: Waterborne (with a story in it by me) & Once Upon a Moonless Night by Logan O. Uber on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/bro...

Life poem: fear, in all its forms / grows by building shadow in your life / fight back by finding something / each day to be joyful about / another’s smile, sunlight, a flower…

It’s never too late to check out the creators highlighted in HWA JULY SEERS’ TABLE column: @catherinekuo531.bsky.social, Helen Power, Yvette Tan @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social horror.org/the-seers-ta...

Life poem: Change rules / fear’s shadow can’t rule forever / in the light of love / we must choose which to feed…

See creators highlighted in HWA AUGUST SEERS’ TABLE column: Katherine Silva, Wendy Dalrymple, @sundialgirl.bsky.social, @xuetingni.bsky.social @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social horror.org/the-seers-ta...

The HWA Diversity Grants is open for applications until October 1 (midnight EST). Membership in the HWA is not a requirement for application. @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social Please share. horrorscholarships.com/diversity-gr...

THE LIZZIE BORDON HOUSE ANTHOLOGY: A riveting collection of short stories about the crime and house that has fascinated America for over a century, @riverdaleavebooks.bsky.social We’re at 42% funded and 9 days to go! Check it out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/riv...

Check out @crystallake.bsky.social’s very first board game from Duncan Ralston’s Ghostland, a novel they have adapted into a very addictive and fun top quality board game. www.kickstarter.com/projects/gho...

I'm so happy to have work in The Lizzie Borden House Anthology edited by Sephera Giron, publisher @riverdaleavebooks.bsky.social with other awesome writers. My piece is dedicated to Lisa Mannetti, who took me and others to this house years ago; Check it out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/riv...

I’m delighted to be part of AN ILLEGAL FEAST a collaborative poetry collection by me, Consuelo G. Flores, Andrea Goyan, Elizabeth Eve King, Elizabeth Wong published by Broadstone Books7/15/25. Unique creations: E.E.King gave us prompts, then created new poems using Found Poetry with our poems!

Uncanny Magazine Year 12 Kickstarter is 85% funded and has to meet its goal by August 6, 2025 7:00 PM MST. Help if you can! www.kickstarter.com/projects/unc...

Gift with purchase! Since this is the first time a book published by @rdspress.bsky.social has won the Shirley Jackson award, for a limited time you can buy a copy of HOLLOW TONGUE and receive a FREE novella from the same series: www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/...

Life poem: sad & angry / at the treatment of other humans / I pull away from fear & look with hope / @how I can support change / for the good…

Did you see the creators highlighted in HWA April Seers Table column:  @pedroiniguez.bsky.social, @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social, @foxesandroses.bsky.social, @foxesandroses.bsky.social, @tlotlotsamaase.bsky.social, @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social horror.org/the-seers-ta...

Please keep talking about our art and story book if you'd like it to take off! We have a *fun* upgrade pending, but aren't quite at the print run size to announce it yet... www.kickstarter.com/projects/att... #BookSky

I am blessed to have spent time visiting Chris Fair when he was in rehab. We talked about many things, including gaming. I loved his sense of humor, and bright mind. He passed away on May 25. Please read and consider helping his mother, my friend (any little bit will help): gofund.me/a719c64f