Reading my WIP because I haven't opened the file since I got my uterus yanked out last week. Wish me luck.

whoa october is around the corner! reminder that we'll be open again for novellas soon. more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions

"Well, if I'm going to prison for this, it better be fucking good," is really motivating, actually.

Nothing like fine-tuning a playlist before starting a rewrite, NOTHING

lovecraft would've really fucked with Warrior Cats

This is a very good essay, & touches on one of the most important convergences between tech-utopianism & fascism, namely the pursuit of homogeneity. Homogeneity in literature dulls the mind & sharpens the fear by which people become stupid & obedient. Homogeneity is a gateway to fascism.

Things about mainstream publishing I wish more people knew: 1) The NY Times Bestseller List is a marketing list, not an accurate list of the best-selling books for that period. 🧵

"Is the sex scene relevant? Does it move the plot forward?" Does it matter? Tiffany Fritz discusses two key moments N.K. Jemisin's The Fifth Season–and how blending intimacy and narrative builds a story more honest, emotional, and true to the themes of her work: reactormag.com/the-necessar...

COVER REVEAL! 🔪🌊 It's a joy to share the glorious new cover to NO GODS FOR DROWNING! Anna Chiara Stagi has beautifully blended elements of the book into this eerie seaborne majesty. Thank you Anna, and thank you @badhandbooks for giving it a new port in the storm. badhandbooks.com/preorders/no...

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hello friends, reviewers, book bloggers! is your TBR pile getting a little too thin? i've got some good news! the ARC sign-up form for THE IRON GARDEN SUTRA (February 2026 from @erewhonbooks.bsky.social) is now live! 👇

“Genre-defying adventure, rife with strange heart & weird horror." @chuckwendig.bsky.social “A perfect balance of thriller, horror & humour" @aptshadow.bsky.social From @premeemohamed.com, author of THE SIEGE OF BURNING GRASS and THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST, dive into the BENEATH THE RISING trilogy!

Life has been lifing a lot these last 6 months, but you know what? I'm still here. My WIP hidden deep on the hard drive: 'Yeah, me too, bitch!'

If a book has a woman on the cover I’m infinitely more likely to buy it. Bonus points if she’s scarred, butch, or otherwise GNC.

Marginalized creators! Polish up those manuscripts, #DVPit returns October 2025 on bluesky with over 40 participating agents and editors! #booksky #writersky

And now I want to write a flash piece about a classic cyberpunk archetype getting fucked by the city as they walk through it. "The street finds its own use for things, even bad dogs like you. Lap at the puddle on the sidewalk, puppy; I want to see ripples in the reflected neon lights."

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Work wife is work-wifing too close to the sun with this one, fuck

... don't know if my agent LIKES getting pictures of Sevika in my emails, but until I find out otherwise, they'll be blessed by her countenance. Sharing the good word¹ is a duty I do not take likely. ¹ The good word: 🫦

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Got my nose pierced at the same shop and the tattoo artist waited around until afterwards to thank me for getting him into reading 🥹 So, thank you @tkingfisher.com and Cassandra Khaw, you made this happen

Check out my new story!! www.bafflingmag.com/issue-eighte...

Kick off the new year with @bafflingmag.bsky.social's Sex Issue! www.bafflingmag.com/issue-eighteen Stories from j ambrose, Louis Evans, K-Ming Chang, Bastian Hart, J. Kosakowski, Anya Markov & Jason M. Harley 🪶

In the mood to hang out with some moss 💚🌿

I'm applying to MFA programs and I hate the way people talk about them so much. And not the expected eyerolls, but rather the 'Don't apply to an MFA program if it's not fully funded' bullshit. I don't know about you, but I can't support myself on the fully funded-ness of fully-funded programs

Imploring all boutique horror distributors to invite more women of color to write essays for you in 2025. Myself and 159 of my colleagues are available to do so.

You know a book is good when it makes the next read impossible. I've picked up three books since I finished Last to Leave the Room and yet. Here I am. Still thinking about that book.

These apps exhaust me, literally the last time I met somebody off grindr I ended up with an actual, literal, feline kitten. (I named her Pigeon and I love her, but that was NOT THE INTENDED OUTCOME) I realize this is a bonkers complaint for 8 am, but fuck dude.

I want two versions of this, one for books we read and loved and one for books we haven't read yet but know we'll love.

"You'll be visited by three spirits." The three spirits:

My tribute to the late, great Tony Todd just went up on @fangoria.bsky.social online! It features an interview @kundalinisteve.bsky.social & I did with him. You can also hear the full interview I excerpt here on our podcast at www.lifewritingpodcast.com (Ep 149) www.fangoria.com/tony-todd-ca...

This book was SO good. But fuck, dude. There was a line of dialogue that has me BEGGING for an explicit novel-length epilogue.

On my night stand, I have my release day hardcover of Last to Leave the Room sitting on top of my ereader which opens to, you guessed it, a Libby copy of Last to Leave the Room. But I'm not reading those because I'm in the living room listening to the audio version of Last to Leave the Room.

Write that thing. Pluck it outta your soul with rusty pliers. Hit the keyboard like it owes you money. Write whenever, wherever you can. Tell your story. Make the words dance. Whatever you want—a novel, a short story, an agent, a movie—it all starts with the writing.

This article mentions ECW which pubbed Countess and Premee's We Speak Through the Mountain and so many presses that I have spent my career supporting. Neon Hemlock Stelliform Tenebrous No shade on big pub but we/they are out here putting out badass work the mainstream won't take. Come get it!!!!

A list of reasons to make art: -horny -spite -for the bit -if you don't who will

(Incidentally, I just turned in a novel outline yesterday, so word to the wise -- in general as you start selling things on proposal rather than on spec, you will NEED to give people outlines. So I suggest learning how to produce one on demand even if you don't usually use them in your process.)

Black Horror/Sci Fi Creatives bsky.app/starter-pack...

I'm not saying the amount of research going into Large Marge is enough to justify my admission into a PhD program, but like... it would be nice to be considered lol

Write generously for an audience who loves your work, not defensively for an audience who hates it

US friends, I'm very excited to announce that @tordotcom.bsky.social is sending me on tour for THE RIVER HAS ROOTS next year! Confirmed so far are stops in NYC, Portland ME, Chapel Hill, Cincinatti, & St. Louis, & you can book your tickets now! us.macmillan.com/tours/amal-e...

"There are no wonderous climatic battles that leave good guys standing tall and bad guys lying in the dirt...I have challenged readers...to think about what they were reading. About right and wrong not just who beat who" I have teared up reading the whole quote because this is what I want to do Yes

Oop, guess I'm starting another horror¹ novel with a nameless hook-up. Better pop that on my bingo card. ¹ first is small-town, found family literary horror and second is anti-academia cosmic horror. So, both horror but different flavors (though not really because well… you know).

make that character butch, stud, or masc. NOW!!!

I don’t have many tweets I think are worth saving, but I will shout out to this one

the microplastics in my bloodstream are my connection to the divine synthetic

My favorite part of being a librarian is being able to geek out about some of my favorite authors. Like opening up a T Kingfisher book and peeling back the glued down cover very gently to show Vernon's own illustrations? It feels special. It feels like stealing the Declaration of Independence.

I need to talk to somebody about how Gideon has Shoresy energy, but Kiriona has Wayne energy.