My first read of 2026 will be 👇 #booksky 📚🩵 Show me your reads 😊

we're trying a new thing. we have an internationally shipping print tier for Patrons. yes, shipping is expensive -- they wouldn't make it cheap for us even though we are SKELETONS. join @ $11 if you're non-US-based and want to get a print copy starting with #41 Jan 19th 👇💀

Right about now I should be gearing up to get back into working mode, but all I want is to hibernate until spring 💤 #writerslife

Now that 2026 is upon us, I'm contemplating which book from my TBR pile should be my first read of the year. What are you all reading, my writing and reading friends? 📚💙 #writingcommunity #booksky

Happy New Year!! Very honored to find WRETCH on the Most Anticipated Horror list from Goodreads 🪲🕯️🖤 www.goodreads.com/blog/show/30...

OTHERSIDE has been open for 20 minutes and we’re already reading submissions! Thank you to everyone who decided to ring in the new year by sending us your work—we can’t wait to read it all! othersidespec.com/guidelines/

GOOD MORNING!!! It's a NEW YEAR, and that means it's a NEW OPPORTUNITY for you short fictioneers to find your book a home! We're now OPEN for your short story and flash fiction books. Our SS/FF editor @egreenberg.bsky.social + our fantastic SS/FF reading team are eager to read your book, so SEND IT!

December Speculative Flash Roundup! Some truly phenomenal stories this month, and a bonus craft article!

Happy New Year everyone!

Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over

And last but not least - "Zipping around Lightbulbs": citronreview.com/2025/12/22/z... Thank you @thecitronreview.bsky.social 🙏 Happy writing, everyone!

Occasionally, poems also happen. "A Short Walk in the Garden Hanging over Babylon" was published in Katabatic Circus (Volume 2): a.co/6254kqq

REMINDER to send your 2025 original publications of queer speculative short stories (science fiction, fantasy, horror, anything odd and unusual) to We're Here 2025 for consideration - I am the guest editor this year, with the always awesome @cypayseur.bsky.social!! www.neonhemlock.com/were-here

This one came out in December: mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas... Thank you @mrbullbull.bsky.social for giving this story a home 🙏

Glad to be included in this! #flashfiction

Some stories take longer to find a home. "Our Mother, the Dark Damp Earth" was like that, but it was all worth it in the end because it was picked up by the best possible magazine, @crowkeys.bsky.social 🙏 Here it is: crowcrosskeys.com/2025/11/16/o...

Whew, here it is, the last 🪶 @bafflingmag.bsky.social 🪶 issue of the year! A DOUBLE ISSUE on the theme of STRANGE FORMS. Cover by the incomparable @gnarlyghost.bsky.social Check it out here: www.bafflingmag.com/issue-twenty...

In November, a little ghost story of mine got into one of my dream magazines 🖤💀🖤 Thank you @thedeadlands.com and @vajra.me for accepting "The Ghost of Cerrera Orbital Station Makes Herself Known"😊 psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

I had a lot of fun writing this story 😊 Heaven is Experiencing Staffing Shortages and Somehow This is My Problem talestoterrify.com/episodes/714...

And then there was this weird, visual piece: bendinggenres.com/all-the-names-to-be-forgotten/ 13/19 Thank you @bendinggenres.bsky.social for taking this on!

I want to be this cat (and will make my best effort to be)

Fairy tale themes anyone? "To Be Devoured" delivers them here: ghostparachute.com/issue/june-2... #flashfiction

Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year! May 2026 bring us all plenty of peace and happiness (and a bit less of the chaos). Thank you so much to everyone who has followed and supported me this year, I am so grateful to you all. 🎨'The Seven Gods of Good Fortune in the Treasure Boat' - Utagawa Sadatora

"That One Time You Loved a Mermaid" is not a new story. It was originally published by Cheap Pop in 2022. This year, I was thrilled to have it re-published by the National Flash Flood: flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/2025/06/that...

And while everyone is getting ready to celebrate New Year, I'm continuing my re-cap of stories published in 2025 with this micro: expositionreview.com/flash-405/yo... A small dash of loss and sadness for flash fiction readers Thank you @expositionreview.bsky.social for liking this little story 😊

The correlation between companies named after the Tolkien legendarium and their CEO/Founder being a chittering skinwalker fingering his own taint at the idea of draining the planet of all its resources and then fucking off to a sealed dome in New Zealand while everyone else suffers is extremely high

We all read some bad books this year. I didn’t finish some and had to write negative reviews here and there. However, what I really want to hear about is the stuff that blew your mind, that made you think, that stayed with you. Tell me about the cool books you loved this year.

In April, I gained my first skull with "Fishbone Crown, Bleeding Eyes" published by @havehashad.com www.havehashad.com/hadposts/fis...

Next came "The Dark Side of the Moon": swamp-pink.charleston.edu/featured/dar... "We’re in the middle of an overpass crossing a stretch of the Northwestern railroad when they say the Moon has gone off its orbit..." #flashfiction

A story inspired by the five years I spent living in Malta. Please enjoy "For the Love of Drowning Isles": translunartravelerslounge.com/2025/02/15/f... Thank you @translunartl.bsky.social !

Our next submission call is right around the corner. Check out our guidelines to learn more: https://bit.ly/3FZcgMA

Right, I'm back to re-posting my 2025 stories... Next was this feminine rage thing: www.mcneese.edu/thereview/20... 6/15 #flashfiction

I've got the day off work, so time to bring back an old favourite, this time using lessons learned from all the great stuff we published in 2025. Let's do this.

And also I should really stop scrolling through social media as if it's a newspaper... #randomobservations

And then there was this non-fiction piece. A type of a list story "inspired" by a lingering migraine: reckonreview.com/my-thoughts-... 5/19 Many thanks to @reckonreview.bsky.social for believing in this story 🙏

In 2025, I also published a New Year-ish micro horror story. If you need a bit of darkness in your holiday spirit, please enjoy: www.flashphantoms.net/february-sto... #flashfiction #horrorcommunity

It's almost time for #JanuaryWorldbuilders! Here's the list for the upcoming month. If you've been with us for a while, you might think some of these questions were on other months. And you're right. I'm reorganizing some of the questions to better avoid conflict with other prompts!

My third story in 2025 was "In the Skin of a Fig" : necessaryfiction.com/stories/in-t... “Did you know there is always a dead wasp hidden inside a fig?” Thank you @necessaryfiction.com for giving this story a wonderful home 😊

The second story was "Who by Fire", a dark natural disaster/apocalypse micro: yourimpossiblevoice.com/who-by-fire/ Thank you @yourimpossiblevoice.com for giving this story a place in your pages 🙏

The first story I had published in 2025 was "The Weight of All These Fathoms" in Mythic Picnic anthology curated by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social 🙏 Here it is: x.com/MythicPicnic...

A lightning storm, a woman on the run--and a man trapped in dark armour. From 12/19 to 1/2, Chained Knight (the second Tale of the Underdark) is $1.99USD in ebook. books2read.com/chainedknight

Since I’m finally in the mood for end-of-year posts, it’s time to recap my publications. 2025 was not an easy year, but it was surprisingly kind to me publishing-wise. Somehow, I managed to get a whole lot of 19 pieces out there. Please bear with me as I post about them today. #writerslife

okay, beloveds, some real talk in just three days, we'll be raising our patreon pricing BUT if you join before the 1st you'll get the old pricing (and it will stay that way)!! 🖤 thank you 🖤 from the bottom of our crunchy, calcified hearts for considering! www.patreon.com/c/the_deadla...

Still sitting at 10 signups & really hoping to get that to 15 by the end of the week!

A quick publishing/writing wrap up for 2025: My story "A Haunting" was published in @ergot.bsky.social and later featured in @lithub.com.web.brid.gy's "One Great Short Story to Read Today"; you can read it here:

Yop! New novella coming in Aug: “Kova wants to become a monster slayer for fame, fortune, and the love of her sweetheart. When she fails to win her apprenticeship, she goes back home with her tail between her legs–only to find the monsters are waiting. And you can’t fight monsters with love.”

And last but not least, Dear Stupid Penpal by Rascal Hartley. I absolutely loved this book. It’s a sci-fi story, but almost poetic in language and organization + there’s some serious genre blending going on. This is easily my favorite book of the year. Happy reading, everyone! 📚🩵 #booksky

This book is long. It definitely needs a glossary/appendix explaining things (normally, I skip over those, but here it is genuinely needed). At times, I lost track of what was going on and was confused. And yet, despite all this, I’m totally obsessed and need this to become a tv series.📚🩵 #booksky

This heartbreaking little novella had the most intriguing world-building and magic system 📚🩵 #booksky