Mystery Lights by @lenavalencia.bsky.social was one of my favourite books from last year. Vivid snapshot stories of strange lives on the edges of esoteric culture. It's on sale ATM via Dead Ink, who seem to have a knack for putting out brilliant and original writing. deadinkbooks.com/product/myst...

LAST CHANCE to sign up for SUNDAY SHORTS! In this class led by @lenavalencia.bsky.social, One Story’s director of educational programming, students will meet once a month to read a past issue of One Story from our archives. First read is Jan 11th with Gina Chung! Visit bit.ly/48ggFaO 4 details

The first meeting is this Sunday! We’ll be reading “The Arrow” by Gina Chung.

Join One Story Co-Founder & Publisher @mbatcha.bsky.social & 5 One Story authors & editors for a generative fiction boot camp Jan 26- 30. This year’s instructors will be @kermichele.bsky.social, Maggie Love, @lenavalencia.bsky.social, Hannah Tinti & J. L. Zhang. Visit bit.ly/4pbSGQj for details

In this class led by @lenavalencia.bsky.social, One Story’s director of educational programming, students will meet once a month to read a past issue of One Story from our archives, followed by a conversation with either the author or the editor of the issue. Sign up today! bit.ly/48ggFaO

Tomorrow! It’s our 9th Anniversary! RSVP here www.urbanebrooklyn.com/event-detail...

Led by @lenavalencia.bsky.social, this group will meet online once a month to silently read a chosen story from One Story's archives together, followed by a visit from the author or editor of the issue & a group discussion. For details visit bit.ly/48ggFaO #readinggroup #shortstories

Congrats to Devour the Air (@ryanspencerphoto.bsky.social & Ben Lasman) on their debut LP!! Heavy music for heavy times🖤

Now (actually) open for registration! 🫠

In this class led by Lena Valencia, One Story’s director of educational programming, students will meet once a month to read a past issue of One Story from our archives. The meeting will end with a conversation with either the author or the editor of the issue. Sign up today! bit.ly/48ggFaO

NYC Friends: this is happening on Wednesday and I hope to see you! It will be my last Ditmas Lit as cohost😭 (I’m relocating to LA next week!)

Ditmas Lit is Wed. 11/19! We’re excited to welcome readers @leahumansky.bsky.social, Laura Venita Green, @deenaelg.bsky.social, and Eve M. Kahn. RSVP at www.urbanebrooklyn.com/event-detail...

Hey wow whaddaya know, good things still happen!

Tomorrow night in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn! 🎃

PSA: I got a message from Microsoft saying that my annual subscription was increasing by $30 to pay for their stupid AI tools. I went to my account and switched to a "Classic" subscription, which kept my rate the same. www.reddit.com/r/Office365/...

The next Ditmas Lit is Wed. Oct. 22! We’re excited to welcome readers @megancummins.bsky.social, Tierney Oberhammer, @kaileepedersen.bsky.social, and Anna Rasche. RSVP at www.urbanebrooklyn.com/event-detail...

New at PB: @ryanspencerphoto.bsky.social interviews @jeannethornton.bsky.social about her new novel A/S/L (@sohopress.bsky.social), a book that reminds us: Forgetting isn’t freedom, forgiveness isn’t redemption, and in life there are no resets.

Applications are OPEN! Split Lip Magazine is looking for volunteer Flash & Fiction readers. Apply right here before October 1! buff.ly/X3932x5

Applications are open for @onestorymag.bsky.social's Adina Talve-Goodman Fellowship! This is a year-long educational fellowship for early career writers whose work speaks to issues and experiences related to inhabiting bodies of difference. one-story.com/learn/fellow...

Ditmas Lit is Wed. 9/24! We’re excited to welcome Kerry Cullen, Patrick Ryan, Allison C. Meier, and @cherrylousy.bsky.social! RSVP at www.urbanebrooklyn.com/event-detail...

Hey gang it's been a minute. But TODAY, SATURDAY SEPT. 13, I'll be at the PRINTED MATTER NEW YORK ART BOOK FAIR at MoMA PS1 hanging out with the TBW BOOKS crew and signing books from noon until 1pm (or so). Come say hi :)

Periplus, a mentorship collective serving US-based early-career writers of color, is now accepting applications for our 2026 class of fellows! Apply by 9/20: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) here: bit.ly/periplusfaq

Ditmas Lit is on Wed. 7/23 at The Urbane Arts Club! We’re excited to welcome Belle Ling, Heather McCalden, @rubenwrites.bsky.social & Anthony Thomas Lombardi! RSVP here: www.urbanebrooklyn.com/event-detail...

Listen to me get tipsy and talk about Muriel Spark's THE DRIVER'S SEAT!

Columbus! @jaredlemus.bsky.social, @lenavalencia.bsky.social, Bob Johnson, and I will be talking short stories on our panel “Humanity in a Snapshot: Short Stories.” Come see us at the Columbus Book Festival! www.columbusbookfestival.org #columbusbookfestival #shortstories #writingcommunity 💙📚

Happy Southland Tales Day (& RIP Rebekah Del Rio) youtu.be/yqTAzZkdIGI

Today's treat on This Is Horror Podcast YouTube is the full conversation with Lena Valencia in video form. @lenavalencia.bsky.social talks about Mystery Lights, David Lynch, her writing routine, and much more. youtu.be/5Eh4V0ofbGk

Thank you to whoever did this to my bus stop for the PSA and also for covering up one of those gross foot doctor ads🙏

You are listening to Los Angeles:

The next Ditmas Lit is Wed. 6/25! We can’t wait to welcome @jeannethornton.bsky.social, Kristina Andersson Bicher, Mac Crane, and James Stewart III 📚🌈🌷 RSVP here: www.urbanebrooklyn.com/event-detail...

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I'll be in Baltimore for #AWP26 and would love to be on your panel! I can talk about short stories, lit mag submissions, generative workshops, weird fiction, etc. 👻

all right everybody, here we go links, trackers, webinars, templates, and all the free support you need if you just got that nightmare NEA email on Friday please share far and wide, you do NOT have to be in Oregon to use these resources

Thank you for reading!✨

Today on This Is Horror Podcast, Lena Valencia (@lenavalencia.bsky.social) talks about Mystery Lights, David Lynch's influence, writing routine, and much more. www.thisishorror.co.uk/tih-611-lena...

"Look on the bright side. You don’t need Europe anymore to define what is or isn’t a fascist death cult. You have your own style, your own spin on it. If that doesn’t brighten your day, I don’t know what will."

Today's treat on the This Is Horror Podcast Patreon, watch the video version of my conversation with Lena Valencia (@lenavalencia.bsky.social) ahead of the crowd as we chat about her amazing This Is Horror Award-nominated SSC, Mystery Lights, and much more. www.patreon.com/posts/126857...

"Sorrow everywhere. Slaughter everywhere." A great poem for our times, for any time. A Brief for the Defense by Jack Gilbert www.divasofverse.com/2013/12/a-br...

TIH Awards Short Story Collection of the Year Shortlist 1. A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enríquez 2. Mystery Lights by @lenavalencia.bsky.social 3. She’s Always Hungry by Eliza Clark 4. This Skin Was Once Mine by @ericlarocca.bsky.social 5. You Like It Darker by @stephenking.bsky.social

Today's treat on This Is Horror Podcast Patreon, patrons can now submit questions for Lena Valencia (@lenavalencia.bsky.social), author of the This Is Horror Award-nominated short story collection, Mystery Lights. www.patreon.com/posts/126402...

Voting is open for the @thisishorror.bsky.social Awards and Mystery Lights is nominated in the short story collection category! I'm honored to be in such amazing company 👻

Join us Thursday, 5/1 for a virtual reading with our Literary Debutantes hosted by @debutiful.bsky.social, featuring readings from Nini Berndt, @kermichele.bsky.social, Carrie R. Moore, Lucas Schaefer, Jackie Thomas-Kennedy, Lauren K. Watel, and @julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social. bit.ly/4j7bCxA

Ditmas Lit is on Wed. 4/23! We’re excited to welcome Anton Solomonik, @dianemehta.bsky.social, @joannanovak1986.bsky.social, & Timothy Ree. RSVP at www.urbanebrooklyn.com/event-detail...

Common pitfalls of speculative short fiction from the editors on the panel: “Oftentimes writers can get seduced by a fantastic fantastical premise, but sometimes it doesn’t work as a piece of fiction; it doesn’t have the character or plot to be cohesive.” — @lenavalencia.bsky.social (1/2) #AWP25

Today at at AWP! "Unapologetically Uncanny & Unsettling: Bending Reality in Short Fiction" with @lenavalencia.bsky.social @crsutton.bsky.social @cleoqian.bsky.social and Anjali Sachdeva. #awp2025 12:10 to 1:25 rm 403A

Where I'll be at #AWP25! There's no One Story table this year, but I'll be wandering the bookfair and also signing books at the @tinhouse.bsky.social booth on Friday 📚🌴

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Thank you @largeheartedboy.bsky.social!! largeheartedboy.com/2025/03/16/l...

The Best Debut Books of 2024 include titles from @puloma.bsky.social, @rubenwrites.bsky.social, @christinajcooke.bsky.social, @borywrites.bsky.social, @vanjchan.bsky.social, @lenavalencia.bsky.social, @anandalima.bsky.social, and more! debutiful.net/2024/11/18/t...