The June edition of my Table Manners column at Macabre Daily is out, and I'm yakking about etiquette horror in terms of eating. You know, honor of Father's Day and the role that traditional dad's play in enforcing the rules around who gets to eat and how. Yes, I referenced Gremlins & Buffy, etc.

Crazy thought for the night: Fuck AI, bring back cobblers. You know how many pairs of perfect shoes I've had to throw out because they got holes in them? You know how many pairs of shitty (and more expensive) shoes I've bought to replace them because those old shoes aren't made anymore?

WE GOT! A murder of crows flying gloriously in front of a nearly full Moon as they head off to roost for the night! I've been trying to get this for years, you really only get one chance a month Hell yeah nature! Go log off, set a meaningless personal goal, achieve it, then go do it again! Joy!!🪶

Agita Magazine is opening for weird flash submissions on July 1 for its second issue, "Music." This time we have O F Cieri (@ossuary.bsky.social) as guest editor! Check out the guidelines at agitamag.com/submissions

To celebrate Pride Month, you can get five of my books for under £1.99! From cyberpunk and fantasy crime to supernatural slice of life, there’s something for everyone. itch.io/s/187217/pri...

Closing Hours

i have convinced several people to watch Wes Craven's Vampire in Brooklyn by telling them that Roger Ebert described it as "darker than Se7en" and not telling them he was referring to the lighting, not the tone.

I made a happy father's day & summer solstice post on Twitter earlier, and I don't feel like getting teary-eyed again, so I'm just letting you all know that I just accidentally swallowed a gnat.

Jftr, I'm not actually working on this because I've got enough projects to procrastinate on publishing anything for a decade. It's up for grabs if it strikes anyone's fancy though!

Writing is a form of thinking. I enjoy thinking. It's one of life's great pleasures. I would never let a robot do any portion of my thinking for me. It would be like buying a nice dinner and letting a robot eat it instead of me, or booking a massage and sending a robot to receive it in my place.

The employees of a small newspaper on the verge of closing find the silver-lining in a bizarre crime committed in their town when sales begin to skyrocket. But one bizarre crime can only sustain them for so long. To what lengths will they go to avoid job-searching in this economy?

Having a cat is like living with a tiny furry grad student. They’re always either napping or intent on some mysterious plan they barely seem to understand but pursue with single-minded intensity.

It’s still Pride month and I’ve written a couple of real humdingers. Infinity Mathing at the Shore and Other Disruptions is a collection of short queer spec fic/horror stories that go down like dandelion wine. Trans Ray Bradbury vibes: weirdpunkbooks.square.site/product/infi...

Here's a pic of everyone currently available at my Big Cartel shop. Jeremy Creatures are designed and hand-sewed by me, and they take many hours to create. jeremycreature.bigcartel.com

Unpopular opinion: it was easier to find music you (as an individual) liked when I was a teen than it is now.

My brain radio is malfunctioning. Tonight's loop is Trucker Hat by Bowling for Soup and whatever "Thumpity thump thump, thumpity thump thump, look at Frosty go" is. This is the song that reminds me of my thumpity thump That I used to wear not to here frosty comes

ICYMI — but please click the link and actually read the submission guidelines. If your first question is “what are you looking for” or “can I DM you” then go back and read them again. 👍😉

As always, today is a good day to support writers, artists, creators. If you have the means, buy a book, commission an art piece, go to a live show, subscribe to a Patreon, support an indie game. You can also leave a review, signal boost a creator's work, send a nice comment. Everything helps.

I walked up to a convenience store counter today and proved that I'm a witch and the workers know me way too well. Me: picks at my shirt Cashier: that'll be [price] Me: sorry, a baby spider just dropped off a web from my nose Cashier: No problem, I've been keeping one in a cup

I wrote an article about it for @typebarmagazine.bsky.social: www.typebarmagazine.com/nostalgia-en...

I meet people. “Oh, you’re the writer?” they ask. “Yes,” I say, always with a smile but shifting my stance because you never know. “What are you working on?” they ask. “An award-losing novel,” I say. They don’t laugh. I don’t laugh. No one laughs. The silence grows teeth. We all turn into cake.

After Dinner Conversation's amazing Story Editor is creating a sister-Substack devoted to writing tips called "Revisions & Revelations" and it's free! You can sign up here! buff.ly/ilWQs4N

LAOC auction week? LAOC auction week!!

Thrilled to share the final cover of my cursed film novel THIS MOVIE DOESN'T END THE WAY WE WANT, now sporting a quote by the incredible "wins two major awards for the same book in one night" author, Stephen Graham Jones 🤩 opening September 15 from Titan! 📽️ www.barnesandnoble.com/w/this-movie...

I'm Chel, and I'm an artist who loves experimenting! I really enjoy pyrography, and I have a few pieces up for made to order on my shop! I've also got some pride macrame pieces! ko-fi.com/witchcatcr/s...

Hey Bluesky peeps, could you help spread the word? Right now my horror novel BEDFELLOW is on sale for $1.99 on Kindle. I have no idea how long the sale will last. www.amazon.com/Bedfellow-Je...

Need help downloading Word on this laptop

Oh look. She is literally using your money to hurt people. Yes, including children.

I cut my hair. My SO doesn't notice. Idgaf. I put a pirate bandaid over the blister on my toe. My SO doesn't notice. I spend the whole night waiting for a comment about how wonderful my bandaid is.

Fuduwate [FUD-joo-ate] (v) - to rest complemplatively after eating perhaps too much of a good thing Origin: Some woman with a strange accent (some kind of British?) said "food you ate" so quickly that I comprehended it as one unfamiliar word. After I'd eaten some really delicious fajitas.

IMPORTANT: For any artists/writers/etc etc, using Linktree to point people to their work, from 5 July, they'll be feeding all imagery you use on your landing page into DALL-E by OpenAI. I deleted my account this morning.

Starting my day right with ice cream and toaster strudel, then jumping into some editing. Younger me would be proud.

Are you thinking about asking AI? I'll give you a free 1-3 tarot card reading for the low, low price of not asking AI.

I've never considered myself funny but so much of my writing and work has this like, silliness to it. horror can be scary and gross and i love that but also i think the goofs are part of why i enjoy it so much

I got into an argument at the bad place that I think could've been very different if we started by agreeing that everything is practice. Right now, I am practicing writing a post. I'm not very good at it. But even people who are very good at it are still practicing. Doing is learning. C'est la vie.

this is what I mean when I say "don't let orgs and managers see discriminating against trans folk as the path of last resistance". transphobes are persistent and annoying. be just as annoying. show them compliance is going to be a legal nightmare

Anyone wanna make a tower defense game? I just came up with a fun idea for one, but I'm already muddling my way through making one mobile game.

Writers and artists and creatives of all sorts: reply with a link to one of your works, if you'd like. And feel free to tell us about it. Everyone: let's check through the replies and buy some creations and support some human beings.

Funny how so many folks are defending having AI slop on the bookshelves at B&N but have been silent when queer, BIPOC, debut, and indie authors are pushed out of those same shelves…

[The guy who runs this account has encountered FINANCIAL TROUBLE and would very much appreciate it if you considered buying his dating sim-style visual novel! It costs five bucks and is definitely worth at least nine bucks! OKAY BYE SORRY FOR THE SELF PROMOTION]

If you like weird urban speculative fiction and convoluted intrigue, check out my webcomic WEIRD LUCK. It's free to read, but you can support our work by sharing it with friends if you like it! weirdluck.net/about/

We need to take Rilla to the vet for more testing, and it's expensive as heck. If you enjoy my work and you want to leave a tip to help us out, I'd greatly appreciate the support. Thank you kindly. Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/jeremycshipp Venmo: venmo.com/u/2252430720... PayPal: www.paypal.com/paypalme/Jer...

Is anyone working on a Carmilla film? I was hopeful for Nosferatu, but I kinda hated it. I was less hopeful for Frankenstein, and I didn't hate it. Maybe this is the decade for Carmilla. Can we make a good Carmilla film?

Yes! I need more of this vibe in my life!

It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s share books and boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. I’m sharing a tale of bad weather, monsters from beyond the reef, vengeance, murder, friendship, magic, and ghosts. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316... bookshop.org/p/books/hous...

My webcomic, WEIRD LUCK. Just start reading at the beginning of Volume One; we're currently 16 pages into Volume Two, and posting a new page once a week. It's free to read, but you can support our work by recommending the comic to others if you like it! weirdluck.net/weird-luck-c...

The ectoplasm-coated popcorn at the abandoned Blockbuster is scrumptious, but it will sometimes transmogrify your fingers into bioluminescent eels.

If someone sends you insulting text messages for 2 hours and 32 minutes, with the longest gap being 23 minutes (the second longest is only 7), unprovoked and without you replying... is that emotional abuse?

I just wanna go for a walk. Outside. At night. With someone. It smells so good outside right now!! And my allergies aren't killing me. And the moon is pretty. And maybe bats somewhere? Definitely cats in my area.