Read my new short story "Puppet Show" in issue one of Celestial Magazine, published by Estrella House. It's is a queer story about finding yourself amidst chaos and sticking to what you want to do, even when the whole world tells you to do, and be, different. estrellahp.com/celestial-gl...

AMA for all authors and staff @neonhemlock.bsky.social over on r/QueerSFF. Come ask us anything! www.reddit.com/r/QueerSFF/c...

Got to see Junji Ito in real life at Copenhagen BogForum so I can die happy now

Reminder. Can we please get this Shona → English translation paid for? $2935 to go. (We're out of time to fundraise for the Kiswahili book (Dunia na Watu Wake), but if anyone has $5000, that would fund it - I could get you in touch!)

Don’t be afraid to share your writing. There are six Sharknado movies.

This version of the novella/light novel within the Kickstarter will never be available again; it will have extra colored illustrations that will never be included afterwards and several short stories (up to 8) included. #kickstarter #lgbt #booksky bsky.app/profile/nail...

Cool, cool, you can't harbour ill will against people who viciously hate you and do their utmost to eliminate you from public life anymore

BOOKS #queerlit #queerhorror

I am disgusted to learn that I actually have to promote my book now that I've finished it...

Today is my birthday! Could you, please, share my art, it is the best gift an artist can get 💖

Really excited to be co-organizing a craft fair for Gaza alongside @prisonculture.bsky.social and a bunch of awesome collaborators. Want to apply for a table or donate crafts? Check the links below! Table Application: tinyurl.com/tablecraftsf... Craft Donations: tinyurl.com/donatecrafts...

Heads up: @joshmalerman.bsky.social contributes an essay to @raforall.bsky.social’s forthcoming anthology WHY I LOVE HORROR, and it reads like GK Chesterton. Simply brilliant. There’s a passage that captures exactly how I feel about the potency of - and the hope to be found in - horror.

Get back to work!! 😁

help, this short story idea is turning into a full novel

What are your favorite opening scenes in horror films? I’d probably choose Jaws, Halloween, Scream, and Final Destination 2. Final Destination: Bloodlines was pretty damn good, but it needs to stand up over time to make the cut for me.

I use thunderbird (it's free and open source) for checking emails and rss subscriptions to blogs/newsletters. So good! p.s my newsletter also has rss HASHTAG PROMOTION :-) 💌 buttondown.com/CARLYDRAWS#s... click on the rss button in the archives :-)

Writers should never modify their own prose as a reaction to what stupid fucking generative AI is doing -- that shit stole from us, and it stole poorly, incompletely, and has none of our magic and zero of our humanity, our experience, our wonder and fear, and it never ever will. Fuck AI. You do you.

My book is up on #waterstones !! www.waterstones.com/book/the-dre...

Motherfucking wind farms…

lol

(I'm going to be talking about this all day so be prepared.) We have less than 24hrs to make $7k!!!! It will take everything, sharing, all our connections, good vibes, and prayers to make this happen. But. It. Can. Happen! One last push! www.kickstarter.com/projects/844...

Supposed to write. Forced to attend (scratch) the Boy

We have always made delightful little guys.

@itch.io is being as vile as the fascists when they're banning content for being queer or nsfw. I'm so annoyed by all the bs. Itch-io was our safe space and now it's not.

The Dreaming of Man, by @nikolinekaiser.bsky.social (pub by @neonhemlock.bsky.social) is a solid horror novella that takes the opportunity to examine the sense of belonging and self-identity; a perfect pick for those that enjoyed Innsmouth and Outlast. Full thoughts: jamreads.com/reviews/the-... 💙📚

hey, what does Macbeth, Lord of the Rings and my book have in common? Almost nothing, except the obsession with one bit of wordplay. whatever.scalzi.com/2025/07/16/t...

112.- The Dreaming of Man, by @nikolinekaiser.bsky.social (pub by @neonhemlock.bsky.social)

The Dreaming of Man now available through Barnes & Nobles too www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-dreami...

Ruthanna Emrys gave me these beautiful words for my novella, now available for purchase. Please note if you are not in the US, we are working on a solution for international buyers. Thank you to dave ring at @neonhemlock.bsky.social for everything www.neonhemlock.com/books/dreami...

The latest batch of novellas from @neonhemlock.bsky.social arrived in today's mail! I'm very excited to read all three: The Dreaming of Ken by @nikolinekaiser.bsky.social, The Dead Withheld by @ldlewiswrites.com, and No Such Thing as Duty by @laradonnelly.bsky.social.

!!! I am so happy, excited and proud to see this one out there

THE DREAMING OF MAN by @nikolinekaiser.bsky.social is out tomorrow! Initially on our site and eventually more widely in Europe and abroad. Rad cover by J.J. Epping. www.neonhemlock.com/books/dreami...

July is when me, my mom, my daughter, and my dad all have their birthdays. So, this month, have some of my books at 75% off! 💙📚 #queerwriters #queeradultsff 🌈🚀💫 📚🌎 #writingcommunity 📢📚 🩷🧙♂️⚔️ 🪐📚 #BookSky #Books #readingcommunity #bookcommunity #readers

If you’re thinking of diving into graphic novels, I’ve been sharing these two resources a lot lately: @victoriaying.com on scripting: www.victoriaying.com/blog/2019/11... @hellocookie.bsky.social on pitching and outlines: stephaniecooke.ca/resources/ Then buy their books to say thank you!

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

📢 It's here! The Strange Horizons Fund Drive 2026 has begun! 📢 Help us raise the $20,000 we need to fund our fiction, poetry, and non-fiction for next year! Beyond that are our stretch goals including some compelling special issues! Donate at the link ⬇️

Tell me about your writing project? As much or as little as you want to share

" We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. " - Lovecraft, the Call of Cthulhu THE DREAMING OF MAN will be out July 8th. Queer historical horror. Published by @neonhemlock.bsky.social Art by J.J Epping

Ere we will eat our meal in fear, and sleep (...) Better be with the dead, Whom we, to gain our peace, have sent to peace, Than on the torture of the mind to lie In restless ecstasy. - Macbeth THE DREAMING OF MAN will be out July 8th with @neonhemlock.bsky.social Art by J.J. Epping

Mentally and spiritually I am Him

“A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, some fantasy. When you always make your meaning perfectly plain you end up boring people.” —Edgar Degas

I’m watching Howard University’s commencement. The keynote is LeVar Burton, he’s speaking soon: commencement.howard.edu/commencement...

woke up from my two-hour nap and I feel like a snake shedding its skin but like. not in a good way. skin's still there

An interesting anthology is coming out, and it'll have a volume two if they can get enough funding. Go check it out! #Authors, #Writing, #WritingCommunity, #WriteLife, #WriterLife www.kickstarter.com/projects/con...

Eveyone & their brother is using ChatGPT to avoid doing the reading/homework & we’re all going to suffer bc of it.

I often think of how many lives I saved by never getting a driver’s license because I am bad at driving and hate doing things I am bad at

A meme for May 4th