Oh my god oh my god oh my goddddd the local aquarium has three new born otters and they CHIRP

Also, congratulations everyone who made something this year. A comic, a song, a film, a novel, a painting, a poem, a short story, a sculpture, crochet, embroidery, whatever it is. In this era of slop and theft, if you *make* something you are a shining jewel and I am so grateful for you.

😍

my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides

I encourage all cinemaphiles to read this thread.

The only kind of climate change I can approve of 😌

Behold, the most glorious of shirts. 😆

I’m howling.

There is a middle ground when it comes to generative AI & it's: Fuck AI because it steals from creatives. End. Of. Story.

More humbling praise for THE RISE: Tales From The Gulp 3 (coming in February 2026) this time from the amazing @joanneanderton.bsky.social Thank you! #WelcomeToTheGulp #Booksky

I’m still struggling with the fact that ICE “brown shirts” went to a taco shop and thought they would get served. F that!

I'm speechless. Literary icon @tananarivedue.bsky.social has graced THE CURSE OF HESTER GARDENS with the most incredible blurb. To have someone I admire so deeply say such wonderful things about my debut novel is a dream come true. @erewhonbooks.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social Link below.

people as things, that’s where it starts if you really internalize this one it will keep you on the right track

⭐🌟 searching by starlight 🌟⭐

Every day there is new cause to use this gif:

Made a TikTok for some of the #scary stories featured in my 31 Days of Books so far! ((I love templates; they make it look like I know what I'm doing 😆)) #horrorsky www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMu456qS/

I love all of them so

Happy Ace Week! 🖤🩶🤍💜

Two books up today, since I missed yesterday! (Kid home sick = zero computer time 😄) #horrorsky #bookrecs open.substack.com/pub/stephani...

Thread of COOL STUFF ON THE SHOP AT 20% OFF. LGBTQIA+ Staffed, artist named takes 70% of the sale. Flat $4 shipping in the States. La Lune. Handmade moon ceramics from England with ornate boho blades, $16. www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...

Busy day at work because I have to leave early for Winnie’s appointment but I just wanted to share my latest entry in my “One-and-Done” Slashers Series that celebrates TRAGEDY GIRLS: from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.io/one-and-done... Hashtag blessed, y’all. 🖤

A (sadly) evergreen thread.

John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry began on this day in 1859.

It's my birthday! 🎂 So, for today's 31 Days of Spooky Books, here's one of mine. 😆 open.substack.com/pub/stephani...

People are spontaneously posting up near any laborers or street vendors they spot. Just saw a rapid responder guarding a man working on a building exterior. Many things are terrible today but lord, this stuff matters.

Hey, a reminder that I’m looking for work. I’m an award winning writer and editor serving the community. My book Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction just won an Ignyte award! I’m looking for clients, and would love to work in narrative games. Get in touch with me!

qwq ✨️🌙🫰

Went to the theater to see this with my mom and grandma. ❤️

I'm so proud of everyone from my old neighborhood of Rogers Park in Chicago. I see what you have been and are doing. I am so proud of how organized the community is and how much more so everyone is becoming. It is inspiring. Just one example... And this is something EVERYONE can do. Everyone.

my motivation

#BlueSkyArtShow The theme is #Glow. This raven is holding a glowing star as it is placing it in the night sky. #art #painting #raven #birds

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

Next up on 31 Days of Spooky Books, it's a short story collection from @manylittlewords.bsky.social! #horrorsky #scarystories open.substack.com/pub/stephani...

this is what it takes. we're here now folks, there is not a "if the nazis came" it's "they're here and your mettle will be tested now"

October Spooky Reads: It Was Her House First by @cheriepriest.com I maintain Cherie is at her best when she is writing about hauntings, and here she interweaves past and present to deliver a ghost story with a delightful ending. It's almost cozy creepy? Is that a genre? A+ pacing & characters.

They know they are ridiculous people and the thing they hate most is being laughed at. They want everyone terrified and intimidated by how MANLY and LETHAL they are, not laughing because they got got by a grating frog.

With alt-text: Get him, Ms Rachel. School his butt.

Today's $2.99 Kindle deal is not to be missed! Karl Edward Wagner's IN A LONELY PLACE (1983) is one of the best modern horror collections, featuring some of this master storyteller's best work. Grab it at a bargain price today online on Kindle worldwide! www.amazon.com/Lonely-Place...

Woolly Bear caterpillar sporting Halloween colors. #31daysofHalloween

A nonfiction pick for today's 31 Days of Spooky Books! #horrorsky #authornewsletter open.substack.com/pub/stephani...

A classic for today's 31 Days of Spooky Books! #horrorsky #scarystories #halloween open.substack.com/pub/stephani...

My drawing hand's not doing well so it's all old rerun art for Halloween this year. I really want to work on some new horror movie art before too long. Bleagh.

Day 8 of 31 Days of Spooky Books is up! #horrorsky #newsletter open.substack.com/pub/stephani...

then perish 😀

Amethyst deceiver #fungifriends

Today marks one week of 31 Days of Spooky Books! #horrorsky #scarystories #horror #horrornovels open.substack.com/pub/stephani...

31 Days of Spooky Books: Day 6! #horrorsky #bookrecs #substack #authornewsletter open.substack.com/pub/stephani...

It is Clive Barkers birthday today. And to celebrate we have a massive deep dive into the importance of Weaveworld coming your way on Tuesday

Since I’m talking about horror, and it’s many audience, I’m going to pimp this piece. It’s about the research into why people are attracted to horror, and what I see in the research is ppl looking for a new, better relationship to fear. Free to all. www.patreon.com/posts/136768...