Wishing everyone a great Fall.

There's maybe never been a more important moment for #BookSky to get REALLY into small & indie presses. If you don't know where to start, tell me what you're into and I'll give you a recommendation

"The Secret of Ventriloquism" by Jon Padgett (@grimscribepress.bsky.social), published by Dunham's Manor Press in 2016. This limited hardcover edition of Padgett's debut collection of surreal short stories includes three full-page illustrations by Dave Felton. 1/4

One of my most devastating stories EVER is in this anthology! You're not going to want to miss 'Mother Nature', and much more from talented horror writers. Check out that amazing cover by Eric W. Brenner! Pre-orders open now: htthttps://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FRSJ488M?ref_=ast_author_dp

International red panda day means cute red panda noises :3

Write what you want. Embrace who you are. Forget everything else. Get lost in the art.

i started running every day a few years ago. while it started off awful & unenjoyable, i was determined to get into it. and let me tell you, after a lot of work, sacrifice, and perseverance, i can say with 100% sincerity that running is still absolutely the worst part of my day.

As you drive south, the heat rushes up to greet you like your name is in the guestbook and it has your room prepared. The Bride, by Shaenon K. Garrity Narrator: Alethea Kontis Host: Scott Campbell Audio: Chelsea Davis Originally published in Black Static in 2020 C/W: necrophilia, assault

another pulp story dissected by yers truly over on the ol' blog. this time it's Arthur Burks' 1933 ghostly tale of tourism and China, "Chinese Processional" in Weird Tales! geoliminal.com/2025/09/18/p...

Reviewers, librarians, HWA folk! Honored if you would consider AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION, our follow-up to our Stoker-nominated A HAUNTED HISTORY OF INVISIBLE WOMEN for the Stoker reading list! Out 9/30, on NetGalley thru 10/7: www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

I had never really thought about the fact that The Lord of the Rings is the 500,000+ word version of “the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house” but here’s the explanation.

It wasn't lost on us Children of The Hum that pylon meant gateway. That's what they were for us. Each transmission tower was temple, each pylon a portal into the electric ley of the land. Thousands of giant doors to wonder. – Tattoo Labyrinth Dave, ex-Pylon Person

Born #OTD 19 September 1947, Tanith Lee was a British science fiction and fantasy writer who wrote more than 90 novels and 300 short stories… … and here is one of them, narrated by Scott Campbell and Sharon Moskowitz pseudopod.org/2024/05/24/p...

NEXT WEEK: Becky Spratford (@raforall.bsky.social) joins the show to talk about her new essay collection WHY I LOVE HORROR (from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social), and we dig into the unexpected frights of Shel Silverstein's WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS! Coming 9/24 at Noon CT!

If you're an HWA member and have enjoyed reading something published this year, consider submitting it for the Bram Stoker Award recommended reading list. It's a great way to put a spotlight on your favorite stories! horror.org/awards/curre...

Today's post is @libraryjournal.bsky.social's Audio in Depth. Oh and also photos from the WHY I LOVE HORROR event with @rachelharrison.bsky.social and @almakatsu.bsky.social. raforall.blogspot.com/2025/09/audi...

John H. Callin, a Union artillery soldier, left behind a book of poems "written in the Army" when he died in 1913. One hundred years later, his words were transcribed and published online for the world to see!

Consider celebrating this event by buying yourself or a friend a copy of the new tribute anthology, Storyteller: Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology - Essential Dreams Press share.google/7fp6DyZq1N62...

One of my absolute most favorite writers of all time. Happy birthday to our lady of the flat earth!

I've seen a lot of praise for this already on my feed and I cannot recommend this strongly enough - masterful collection, amazed it's a debut. Horror disguised as sci fi/sci fi disguised as horror.

Welcome to episode 712. First, a woman running from her past battles curiosity at the sounds in the attic. Then, a girl carries her guilt deep into the subway where she shelters from the apocalypse with a band of misfits. talestoterrify.com/episodes/tales-to-terrify-712-mark-h-harris-avra-margariti

It’s #TalkLikeAPirateDay! 🏴‍☠️ We’ve got a story about pirates… sort of… er… pseudopod.org/2024/06/29/p...

I like doing these things, but don't have the following to really finish more than the shortest stories. Can't even contemplate something with 200+ sentences to it.

Opportunity here for a writer on a low income to get access to a nine week novel writing course taught by the great @silvanhistorian.bsky.social www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/break...

Since many of us are cancelling streaming services, I want to post a little reminder that many library cards will allow you free access to Kanopy, an amazing streaming channel. If your library card doesn't work, you can often sign up for other libraries in your region.

If nipples could blink, do you think they'd have upper/lower eyelids or nictitating membranes

@maryrajotte.bsky.social did an excellent job of summarizing the Stoker eligibility process and recommending rules: maryrajotte.com/blog/2021/09...

As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read. They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.

I follow behind Butcher. A lot of nights spent imagining what I’d say to him. Home, Laced in Web by Cameron Schoettle Narrator: Rae Lundberg Host: Alasdair Stuart Audio: Chelsea Davis CW for body horror, spiders pseudopod.org/2025/09/12/p... This story was first published by The Dodge in 2024

88: And he started dancing as he went, very nimbly, as though he were keeping time to some joke that there was in his mind.

81: He had blue eyes like night just before starlight, and small pupils, or what would have been pupils, but there was just a flame where each of them should have been, not red, but the colour of lightning, and it was flickering and leaping and welling.

Feeling spooky today. Let's do something different. 1 like = 1 line from "The Mad Ghost" (1935) by Lord Dunsany - a story of his you've probably never read, as it's been very rarely reprinted.

Still one of my favorite panels I've drawn for Popeye

good morning

who's gonna start the dumb appliances and small electronics company and make a killing? i do not want screens, bluetooth, internet, wifi, NOTHING.

a canceled streaming subscription is easily converted to several spec fic magazine subs on patreon and similar services, some are as low as 1-2 bucks. the more you know.

I hear people are talking about more short story collections. Yes, hello, I would like more collections by @seanbirnie.bsky.social, @casskhaw.bsky.social, @acwise.bsky.social, @thomasha.bsky.social, @stevetoase.bsky.social, @sillysyntax.bsky.social, and many others not on Bsky please and thank you 🖤

I love Suzan's short story collection! It is so beautiful.

Yesterday was pub day for my novella collection, ISSUES WITH AUTHORITY. I never know how to convince people to buy things so I figured I'd just talk a bit about the three included stories and where they come from, to mark the occasion.

I mentioned yesterday I'd been invited to talk at a school. These young ppl want to be writers. I know the world is bad, the short story market is hard. I'm not going to lie about those facts. What I want to do is try to convey my love for writing. I want that to always come through. I love this.

Truth is stranger than fiction as we learn about the wild real-life history of Hollow Earth theory and how it influenced NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND in the latest installment of Hollow Earth Expeditions!

Can't wait until you describe the process in horrific detail during an emotionally devastating scene in your next book.

Another big reason this is such a great release day in horror. Happy book birthday to @nadiabulkin.bsky.social and the collection ISSUES WITH AUTHORITY! Nadia's first collection of stories is a serious classic. If the new one is even a little better, I might not survive it.

relevant life lesson from comics on this one

We're doing a Goodreads ebook giveaway for Shaky Pictures of Vanished Faces! 100 lucky readers will get a free copy of the weirdest book we've published so far. If you like your horror strange, grotesque, dark, funny, and--did I mention strange?--this is for you: www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...

Just to zero in on one part of an interesting thread, it's interesting to note that part of the appeal of M. R. James and H. P. Lovecraft might be that they have a relatively concise oeuvre. All of Lovecraft's fiction can fit in 4 vols. 99% of James in 5 vols. Not a huge investment...

And speaking of stunning collections, happiest of book birthdays to @thomasha.bsky.social as well! Uncertain Sons is out in the world today as well! undertowpublications.com/shop/uncerta...

It's pub day for UNCERTAIN SONS by @thomasha.bsky.social. We're blessed to be able to bring you this great debut collection, and to work with Thomas. It's been an amazing journey. Thanks to Vince Haig and @topferarts.bsky.social for the fabulous cover. Thanks to everyone who has bought a copy.