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So excited to share this!! One of my first book covers! And for it to be for @brigittewinter.bsky.social 's book has me over the moon! Even more excited to see it in the wilds!!

The Normal Monster Club has a cover!! I'm so excited that Generous Press chose @avaeerys.bsky.social for this project. She really captured the essence of these characters and the weird sapphic horroromance vibes of this book. And the typography and layout by @beccafoxdesign.bsky.social are 👩‍🍳 💋 .

I'm writing an issue of my newsletter pottern.substack.com (still lives there, atm) on marketing short stories and I'd love to hear from short story publications & short fiction writers: What, if any, marketing do you do for your stories? How do readers find them? What do you find moves the needle?

Excited for Stokercon (and to read with @elsieraymond.bsky.social ❤️)!

Dawwww I love this. ❤️✨

Thanks, @igdn-official.bsky.social 🤘! This is so cool.

Congrats, @apottern.bsky.social ✨🥰! I love this story so much!

Yay, @natmesnard.bsky.social 👏🏻!

We’re officially in the final stretch! 🤩

Wow! You all really showed up. We are now well beyond our max for fiction subs, so we will close to stories 4/30. (Games, poetry, and ephemera are still open until 5/15.)

Thanks, @duotrope.com ✨

I loved doing this panel.

Awww thank you!!! Congratulations on the launch of One Hundred Thousand Lives After Death!! I can’t wait to read it. I need more spiders. 🕷️

Gimme gimme.

I continue to be very proud of this book.

Editing this anthology means I get delicious bite-sized cryptid-themed treats in my inbox every day. Thanks for sending me my favorite thing, weirdos! ❤️ Keep these excellent subs coming.

An absolutely amazing recap of our #AWP26 panel "Poetry, Prose, and Play: Game Design as a Literary Practice" from @amandatien.bsky.social!

I loved speaking on this panel so much! This is a great recap, @amandatien.bsky.social 🎲. Thanks for writing it.

This panel was so joyful. Love the energy at @awpwriter.org around game design as a literary practice!

Great reading happening during #AWP26 w/ our "Prose, Poetry, and Play" panelists @sharangbiswas.bsky.social and @davering.bsky.social!

Looking forward to @awpwriter.org #AWP26 this week, where I'll be moderating my panel "Story Game Presses: Pitching, Submissions & Publishing" with some incredible publishers: @domsdickey.bsky.social @nearfutures.bsky.social @justinsirois.bsky.social @natmesnard.bsky.social

So excited for @awpwriter.org #AWP26 this week, where I'll be moderating my panel "Prose, Poetry, and Play: Game Design as a Literary Practice" with some incredible designers/writers: @sharangbiswas.bsky.social, @davering.bsky.social, @nirele.bsky.social, and @brigittewinter.bsky.social! Join us 🎲

Come say hi if you are at AWP this week!

Excited for the opportunity to discussTTRPGs as literature with these rad creators at AWP next week!

I’m so pumped for this!

The things I do for art…

Of potential interest to fans of 2025's "Cryptids, Kaiju & Corn" anthology from Middle West Press: Baltimore-based @scryptidgames.bsky.social is crowd-funding an anthology comprising story-telling TTRPG, fiction, and poetry! Campaign ends Feb. 27, 2026! Info: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

“In the Palace of Science” by Chris Campbell...In a sense, it could be seen as a story that bridges readerships, but all told, it’s just damn good storytelling." www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/b...

It’s gonna be so good, y’all. You don’t even need to attend #AWP26 to come. Just come hear trans folks read, listen to our amazing MC be amazing, then dance to rad trans DJs.

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clown is cryptid; the wind chill in NYC today is NOT cryptid

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🎉FUNDED! 🎉 We're so excited that this rad anthology is officially happening, and that y'all want to play (and read) these uncanny cryptid tales. Now, let's get those stretch goals in view... www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

Now on Backerkit from our friends at Scryptid Games, Tales from the Cryptids! Check out this anthology of narrative games and other writing on cryptid lore today! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s... @scryptidgames.bsky.social #studio2friends #Crowdfunding #backerkit #ttrpg

Tonight!

Add. To. Your. TBR. NOW. I got to read the opening pages of this in draft form and was already hooked. Also look at that gorgeous cover!

Such a beautiful story. Congratulations, @apottern.bsky.social ✨💕!

Yay!! Tales from the Cryptids just went live on Backerkit! I’m so excited for this project!

I love this story so much!!! 👖 🔪

Don’t forget to reserve your ticket for the Assemblage launch party! See you at 4pm today! 🍄 ❤️

This was a fun one! Thanks, @epiclevels.bsky.social ❤️

This is such an important @rascal.news read highlighting the awesomeness and depth of @laurieblake.bsky.social as a designer and as an activist! So stoked to see your words and your work highlighted. 💕

This was such a fun talk.

New podcast episode just dropped featuring an interview with @natmesnard.bsky.social and Talk of the Table! open.spotify.com/episode/52Oq...

Yes!!! I can’t wait to read this book! Congratulations, @dragons.bsky.social!

I’m honored to be part of this amazing (and growing) cohort of novelists debuting in 2027 ✨📕 ❤️: 2027debutauthors.com

New York friends, come hang out with me in Brooklyn on 1/31!

Since it's my first post in 248573485 months, I wanted to remind you I have a free newsletter! I write about book marketing, craft, and the life of a creative person + resources, news, & tea recs. I'm weighing if I should keep it going. What do you think? pottern.substack.com/p/pushing-pa...

Tales from the Cryptids is edited by @brigittewinter.bsky.social, and features art by @artofamberramirez.bsky.social and games, stories, and poems from @lackingceremony.bsky.social, @sharangbiswas.bsky.social, Jason B Crawford, @shing.bsky.social, @aeosworth.bsky.social, and @dragons.bsky.social.