Hey does anyone know of any good nonfiction discords or general writing discords (or other online communities). Asking for someone IRL who I found out is a writer

uh also VERMONT. you get a whole horror novel set in Vermont.

Zombie miners 🧟 Dark Fantasy 🐉 X-Files vibes 👽 Romance 🌹 Sometimes you can have all four of those. Not always, but sometimes. malarkeybooks.com/store/barre-...

Manning the shop this rainy November Friday

Opposing 👏 actions 👏 of the 👏 Israeli 👏 government 👏 does not 👏 equal 👏 antisemitism

Ran out of Flonase, probiotics and biotin at the same time. Gonna change my name to sniffy straw hair stomach problems for now

My 8 yr old when we drove past a construction site: Enough of this. I’m drillin’ to the mantle

This morning, went from burnt out and lost on this WIP to “I’ll take a shower and think it through” to “going to make the blank wall in the basement wish it were never born”

a fun book that, in addition to being a great story with interesting, complex characters confronting a deep and mysterious mythos, ALSO hinges around a granitic pluton!

This is a very humorous account. probably not intentionally so?

I saw them drink a medium-sized grown man for dinner

These towels are TRIPLE THIRSTY. Just thought you should know. Watch out or you’ll get hoovered up. *nods head vigorously*

Also I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen people say KStew “can’t act” and consequently wouldn‘t have two movie titles to rub together if you asked what she’s been in besides Twilight (are you freaking kidding), while it’s much different for her Twilight costar.

When you have cool coworkers you can talk about EC Horror’s stamp in Bissette’s art in Saga of the Swamp Thing and talk about what if Bob Ross painted Swampy in a painting and think about how he’d mention his presence, in his soft-spoken way, as though he surprised himself by putting it there

This morning’s listen. A cover album. In which Tobias Forge chose to cover Televison, Iron Maiden, Genesis, and Tina Turner all on the same album and killed ittttttt. Jesus He Knows Me, Phantom of the Opera, and See No Evil, especially.

Me: I have such sights to show you My husband: *Sick to death of me sending him stupid-ass IG videos that he can’t watch bc he doesn’t have IG so we watch them together later*

I’m enjoying The Chair Company so far but the first ep was practically giving me nightmares from working customer service for a dental distributor when weird customers wanted to go all deep in a topic that we never got calls about and couldn’t *believe* we didn’t know the answer to right away

If you're around Lincoln, NE swing by the Southpointe Barnes & Noble this Saturday from 11-4 for this year's author fest. There will be a bunch of us hanging out. I'll be doing a horror/thriller panel at 3. #LNK

Watching those videos where robots slip on a banana peel and break their hip while boxing, I think muahaha the human race will continue to dominate this earth for another 3-6 months. Thenit dawns on me those videos are at least a couple years old. And then I hear a noise, look behind me, and—AGHH!

Tonight, in Chicago, North Side rapid responders and community members held a vigil. At least ten people were abducted by ICE in Rogers Park alone today. We uplifted the message RESIST ICE in lights. We spoke out, sang together, grieved, and reaffirmed our commitment to defending our neighbors.

Still got a few physical copies of @malarkeybooks.bsky.social stock here at the house! If you buy this last handful through Malarkey, they’re going to get signed. Plus, I still have plenty of those really cool bookmarks 🩵🩵

If I mistype sounds good in my phone it thinks I’m saying sun’s god. At 4:45pm on a Monday in the suburbs about carpooling. Sun’s god.

In an unintentional Halloween-themed #booksky, I'm reading The Barre Incidents by Lauren Bolger, published by @malarkeybooks.bsky.social. Very ghosty and spooky so far, terrific writing, very character-driven, wonderful atmosphere. Looking forward to seeing where this goes.

I know this fascist shit is doomed when I see late 50s and early 60s white guys in their Costco Shopping Finest screaming ‘fuck you’ in DHS officers’ faces

Been reminded over and over again that we're in harsh times and the cost of living is high. For the foreseeable future, I'm setting the price of FEAST ebooks on gumroad as "pay what you want." You can also request your local library order a copy, which is rad as hell. Every reader's a pal to me

Recipe: …then you put the chicken in the oven at 350. Comments: You didn’t wash the chicken! C: You get so sick if you don’t wash it. Me: ugh I can’t read these comments anymore. Why do they think you have to do that? Me: *closes computer* Disembodied voice: But you are supposed to wash it, though

Here’s @realgdt.bsky.social in NYC expanding on his rallying cry of ‘fuck AI!’, talking about how art and even love come from shared pain and movies can save your life. This shit made me and others in the audience cry as much as his version of Frankenstein…

Ramen noodles with tons of stuff in it tonight. I overcooked the eggs again but the kids wouldn’t have eaten them with runny yolks anyway

We watched Insidious tonight. I still enjoy the first 75% of this movie very much.

There’s this school thing on the fridge that says like force and motion, push and pull, gravity, friction, etc...and every time I see the word friction I think it says erection.

Why are people making cakes that look like their cat or dog and then cutting into it and laughing when the pet freaks out? Why is this a TikTok trend? Help me understand

Lit Editor Business for @thirdcoastrvw.bsky.social. It's the sixth installment of Featured Creatures, in which Midwest-based horror authors share the horror novels, authors, stores, music, and more they feel deserve more attention. Happy Halloween! thirdcoastreview.com/lit/2025/10/...

happy hallowe'en!! why not celebrate by reading my musings on a witch story by E.F. Benson from the July 1929 issue of Weird Tales?

I'm in this article too - and what a coincidence, I recommend The Barre Incidents by @renbolger.bsky.social which is an incredible blend of various folklores in an emotionally resonant horror page-turner!

Happy Halloween! Wanted to share this awesome showcase of Chicago Horror books/bookstores. Thanks to @mrdankelly.bsky.social who puts this out yearly. ❤️ This year I wrote about The Scald Crow by @gracedalyauthor.bsky.social which is an absolute must-read. thirdcoastreview.com/lit/2025/10/...

I really appreciate all the excitement for this one! I had to fight to do this one and tell my distributor that there something very special here and to trust my crazy ass. Happy Halloween and may your bowels be snake free! 🐍 💩 🎃

IDK that I would call myself a horror writer (or any genre distinction), but I find that I often explore aspects of the horrific. This story was my first attempt at "weird fiction," and idk if it was successful on that front, but the kind folks at @malarkeybooks.bsky.social ran it!

when I worked in community services in the US, I helped fill out SNAP applications for people who'd once had successful careers as lawyers, healthcare professionals, bankers. The jaws of poverty can snap shut on anyone.

In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.

We're proud to be distributing the poetry and prose of Palestinian writer Shahd Alnaami. Sahar Mustafah says "Amidst a genocide, Alnaami honors the loved ones she’s lost as well as those who survived and continue to resist." All proceeds go to the author. frombeyondpress.com/books/the-wr...

We all need this book.

I got my kid a Tamagotchi for her bday and I take care of it on days I WFH so it doesn’t die. This is the one I got when I was a kid and I didn’t like it bc it was weird looking. When she gets home, I can’t wait to tell her she has the same pet I did and it grew into a floating head with a duck bill

Can someone help me out by telling me which author cons I get jealous of when I watch you all go And I miss out? Oh wait is it just every single one I don’t attend? Oh crap ok nm

Sexy, decapitatey, you can’t lose!

How come a house fly comes into your house to fly in your face and buzz loudly, like ha ha I’m in here, fuck you, deal with it 🖕, but grasshoppers come into your house to writhe on the floor and die slowly in your presence and remind you of your own impending demise?

gorgeous cover reveal, inventing new genres (as always), submission calls info, & more! *coughs*and someone went through a hell of a lot of trouble and invested a bunch of cash into moving away from substack so help out by checking it out*coughs* sendfox.com/tenebrouspre...

Need a Halloween read? High Strangeness is my cosmic horror epic. A fracking well explosion unleashes an ancient evil, and it's up to a kid on the run and a trio of con artists who sell "haunted houses" to save the day. Only $1.99! bit.ly/3V8dXhx

Got in my car after work and my GPS offered to take me to work and informed me it’s only 3 minutes away. Thanks, dick.

If you're a reviewer and willing to do a girl a solid, there's definitely something on this list for calls for reviews that would treat you right. And also there's my hoodlum of a book ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/10/02/c...

This is utterly terrifying.