Mom guilt, self-care, and a forest with its own plan. My new #horror flash “Mother Tree” is today’s Editor’s Pick on Gavagai and is free to read. Check it out!! 🌳😱👁️ gavagai.com/posts/4241

I gave my partner my latest story to read, and now there is the interminable wait for ‘so, what did you think?’

In case you missed this:

Im teaching Clarion West this summer. Not too late to join us!

I’ve just been reading this lovely story: In the Shells of Broken Things by A. T. Greenblatt (@atgreenblatt.bsky.social) and I wanted to share it, because it warmed my dented heart. I know, I’m late to the party, but a good story is timeless 😉 clarkesworldmagazine.com/greenblatt_0...

My Clarion student, Darcy L. Wood, has a new story online, "Apples of Eyes." Check it out. gavagai.com/posts/1938

Gavagai published my latest short horror story today. I love this site, which feels a bit like social media but with short fiction. If you fancy being horrified, check it out: gavagai.com/posts/1938

I haven’t read a lot of Dean Koontz’s books (though Imho Phantoms has one of the best opening scenes of all time), but I did really enjoy the British Fantasy Society's chat with him tonight. He had wisdom to bestow about being a writer, and touching anecdotes about his experiences. Thank you BFS!

I’m very happy as I’ve just signed the contract for my first short story sale of the year (and my first ever pro-rate sale)! The publisher is pretty new, but I love what they’re doing. Details will follow soon 😉

Unfortunately, due to recent political events (mentioning no names), I’ve decided not to go to ICFA this March. However, I am now considering Eastercon in Brum! Is anyone else going? #eastercon2026

Most of my Christmas presents were books, and I’m looking forward to reading them (though there’s still a fair few in my tbr pile). Especially @kitwhitfield.bsky.social book after meeting them this year!

As the days are shorter and rainier, I’m enjoying being in cozy nooks reading around the house. The smell of orange and cloves tisanes steam whatever room I’m occupying where words make my brain sparkle like Christmas lights. Tis the season.

Coming soon! Our Banned Books Week stories! #JoyThatSustains #BannedBooksWeek

I’ve been at Edge-Lit this weekend and I’m a bit overwhelmed by there being so many amazing horror writers that I admire here! It can be tough walking up to people you don’t know (and who don’t know you), but I really think connecting is important. Thank you for such a great event!

Ghoulish Tales has reopened submissions until October 17, 2025. Nothing longer than 5k words. Payment is 10c per word. Full guidelines here: ghoulish.rip/ghoulish-tal...

MONDAY is the last day!!! 😁🦄

If you haven’t read the latest issue of Kaleidotrope…well, what’s stopping you?

I’m celebrating an acceptance from @talestoterrify.bsky.social today! The contract is signed and I can’t wait to hear ‘Another Kind of Mother’ brought to life 🙌

I still don’t feel like writing; I guess grief sucker punched me good. But next Monday, I’m going to try to get back into it and write something. And I’m nothing if not stubborn.

There’s Nothing Out There has arrived! Inside is a bonanza of nonfiction about the art of being lost in horror films, including my piece on ‘In Fear’. Pick up your copy now from the wonderful Black Shuck Books: blackshuckbooks.co.uk/theres-nothi...

www.32auctions.com/genrefortrans Bid bid bid friends!!!

My piece ‘To Live in Fear… Or Not?’ is available now to buy in the anthology ‘There’s Nothing Out There’ - a collection of essays on the art in horror films about being lost. As someone who spends most of her life being lost, this appeals 😆 Find it here: blackshuckbooks.co.uk/theres-nothi...

Congratulations to the class of 2025! I’m so excited for you all.

Holy shit! I loved this game.

My copy of ‘Flashmob 24/25’ with two short stories by yours truly in it.

I had a great time at ICFA! There were so many interesting and brilliant people there, including some of my cohort from Clarion class 24. I’m feeling very lucky 💖

Congratulations to Uncanny Magazine Interviewer Caroline M. Yoachim! Caroline's “We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read” from Lightspeed Magazine is a finalist for Best Short Story! You can read it here! buff.ly/JQrL4AG

Uncanny is now OPEN to flash submissions!!

Remarkable piece. A quick read that will stay with you for a long time. #booksky

Congratulations to Anselma for this huge achievement! Reading this story at the Clarion workshop, I think we all knew it would go far.

‘There’s Nothing Out There’ is now available to preorder from Black Shuck! This wonderful anthology on horror films about being lost includes my take on the British cult classic ‘In Fear’. I love this film, but you’ll have to read this to find out why! blackshuckbooks.co.uk/theres-nothi...

Oops, thought I'd filled both 2025 issues of Weird Horror. I am 8k words shy in issue 11 (Fall). Instead of opening for a full month for 2 slots I am open today til Feb. 28, end of day. No reprints. 5k words max. 2-cents per word. Simul subs okay. Send to weirdhorrormag (at) gmail (dot) com

Just started ‘The Artist’s Way’ as a course. It’s nice to pick up a pen and start writing first thing in the morning.

Space Unicorns, do you love Uncanny Magazine stories and ticky boxes?!? Today is your lucky day! The Uncanny Magazine 2024 Favorite Fiction Reader Poll is OPEN! Choose your favorite 3 Uncanny stories from last year! https://www.uncannymagazine.com/uncanny-celebrates-reader-favorites-of-2024/

Eek! I took a little look on Threads and there’s so much inflammatory content there. Yes, the world is a shitshow now, but I don’t need it making me sick with worry. I need community, understanding and empathy, not outrage spurred on by anonymity. #writingcommunity

Another wonderful story from the Clarionauts of 24. Congratulations Rachel! I love this beautiful story of longing. smallwondersmag.com/piece/ways-o...

Help us select the 2024 finalists for our annual Clarkesworld Readers' Poll. Nominate your favorite Clarkesworld stories and cover art at: www.surveymonkey.com/r/clarkeswor... POLL CLOSES FRIDAY, JANUARY 24th at 3PM EST

hey! Fantasy Magazine is currently open to submissions from BIPOC writers (today through Jan 25th) send us your fantastic stories! full guidelines here (PLEASE read the full guidelines before submitting)

Hi. That's me below, posing beneath The Great Orme, a huge limestone headland in North-Wales. My debut psychological thriller THE GREAT ORME is out now and I want to ask you from the bottom of my dark Welsh heart to pick it up and join me on the ride/slide🖤 #booksky

When I look at doing big edits on my Scandi horror novel, I feel like Sisyphus pushing that boulder up a mountain. I’m just working on it chapter by chapter and seeing how to improve it. Actually, its main problem is a shift in tone, which makes the first third not signal where the rest is going.

It took me years to build up a following on Twitter, but I can’t stand it anymore. I’m not much into social media, and I think that’s ok. It was hard for me to keep everything updated, so I think I’m taking a more relaxed approach in 2025. Happy New Year, but you won’t hear from me so much! 🙌

Looks like @apexmag.bsky.social is set to lose 34 subscribers today if they don't renew, which works out to $918 in badly needed revenue. That would pay for 11,475 words of original fiction. If you enjoy Apex, it would help a lot if you could subscribe. www.apexbookcompany.com/products/ape...

STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING. This is the best short story I read in 2024, and soon it shall be yours. Tamara Masri's "Inside the House of Wisdom" is brutal and devastating, as befits the subject matter, but the horrors are framed with so much hope and joy. www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/insi...

This is such a fantastic story by the lovely Tamara Masri, who also happened to be my housemate this summer at Clarion. I highly recommend it! www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/insi...

I’m hearing great news from my writer friends over the last few days, and it makes me so happy. My goodness, if you work hard and keep trying, you deserve every success in this tough vocation!

Very much looking forward to reading Jeffrey Ford’s story in the latest Bourbon Penn 👀

Time for my 2024 awards eligibility post! If you enjoyed anything I published this year and want to nominate it for anything, that’s wonderful! If not, no worries at all!

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The last two weeks have been sad and hard as well as filled with love. But now it’s time to get back to my life and writing. Life is too short! On the writing front, I’ve had some good news (I can’t talk about it yet) and I’m planning a rewrite of my Scandi horror novel. Let’s go!

The awards eligibility post I wasn't going to do... My story "Sit Up With Your Dead" is on the Stoker Rec'd Reading List. (Who even put it there!!!) If you wanna read it, the WHOLE Dark Blooms anthology is available for 2.99USD on the website like the river in Brazil