Here’s the audio from the May 13th Fantastic Fiction at KGB, with guests Siobhan Carroll & Micaiah Johnson. Two great readings to a good crowd. @siobhancarroll.bsky.social @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social @datlow.bsky.social www.kgbfantasticfiction.org/2026/05/31/a...

WHOA!! Right now you can grab the paperback of @datlow.bsky.social's NIGHT & DAY: DREADFUL DARK: TALES OF NIGHTTIME HORROR/MERCILESS SUN: TALES OF DAYLIGHT HORROR for just $4.69!! #booksky #ad #bookdeal #amreading #horror amzn.to/4wZAQ8h

I just watched a guy go on a minute and a half long rant about how much he hates fat people. I now want to hunt him down and force him to sit between me and Becky on a plane every day for the rest of his life. Every day. While we order snacks.

Congratulations, John!

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Looks like a champion lineup! Thanks Ellen.

The finished copy of Lovecraft's Brood has landed in my abode. Also, a couple of blurry photos of the TOC page and John Coulthart's illustration for Ray Cluley's story. Up for preorder now (pubbing in July) tachyonpublications.com/product/love...

Congratulations to @datlow.bsky.social for NIGHT & DAY, a 2025 Shirley Jackson Award Finalist for Best Edited Anthology. NIGHT & DAY is a Saga double, featuring original stories from Brian Evenson, @rachelharrison.bsky.social , Nathan Ballingrud, and @stephengrahamjones.com Available now.

Congrats to the Empress of Horror Fiction, Ellen Datlow, for her NIGHT & DAY anthology making it to the Shirley Jackson Award finals! It's an excellent anthology, so many great horror writers! @datlow.bsky.social @sagapressbooks.bsky.social

ALL HALLOWS EVE from master anthologist @datlow.bsky.social will be a linchpin of 2026 horror publications. A stellar gathering of authors!

Congrats to all who made the 2025 Shirley Jackson Awards final ballot! I'm especially pleased four of them — @sarahpinsker.bsky.social, @datlow.bsky.social, @jordankurella.com, and @kaaronwarren.bsky.social — have chatted and chewed on Eating the Fantastic. Join them for a nosh! pod.link/1083737796

Congrats @jordankurella.com and @kaaronwarren.bsky.social and @datlow.bsky.social and everyone else!

I’ve been reading @datlow.bsky.social 's Best Horror of the Year anthologies for as long as I can remember. I’m so honored to finally make the (sharp, deadly) cut with my story “Fear of the Dark” (which first appeared in the Night & Day collection). Coming soon. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

So many great names in the TOC for @datlow.bsky.social's BEST HORROR OF THE YEAR vol 18, and I'm especially delighted to see @lairdbarron.bsky.social here for "Agate Way," a riveting tale of nature reclaiming the suburbs in the most vicious way! Congrats to Laird and all these excellent writers!

Fearful Symmetries is on sale for $1.99 for kindle: www.amazon.com/dp/B088K2J9Z...

Fearful Symmetries is on sale for $1.99 for kindle: www.amazon.com/dp/B088K2J9Z...

Contributor’s copies are in & they’re gorgeous! Pre-order this one, baddies. Coming August @datlow.bsky.social

With her permission I compiled a complete bibliography of Livia Llewellyn's fiction, including her new story "The Levels" in @datlow.bsky.social's anthology ALL HALLOWS EVE, dropping Sept 8! Only 50% of Livia's work is in her collections, ENGINES OF DESIRE and FURNACE. (Intense horror! All the CWs.)

Glad you found my post! Livia is an incredible talent. She has a brand new story coming out in @datlow.bsky.social's anthology ALL HALLOWS EVE on Sept 8!

I pre-ordered my copy in Feb, so not too much longer to wait!

I'm not sure what it is, but something about Ellen's expression in this photo makes me think she's testing, or about to test, my grasp of object permanence.

Oooh! I can’t wait! 🖤

This is a terrific anthology with a group of awesome writers. I'm grateful to be in it with a story I truly loved researching and writing.

One of the GREAT horror books of 2026! All-new stories by genre heroes like @stephengrahamjones.com @joshmalerman.bsky.social @almakatsu.bsky.social @cgolden.bsky.social @brianevenson.bsky.social @claymcleod.bsky.social @johnlangan.bsky.social @jeffreyford8.bsky.social and... Livia Llewellyn?! 🤩

Look what just arrived--finished copies of ALL HALLOWS EVE. You can pre-order here: tinyurl.com/4a3j2hax

A diving suit brought to terrifying life. The shoreline globsters spreading death. The weird sculptures emerging from the depths. Accomplished terror tales from the ocean deep. Nautical nastiness on an epic scale thanks to @datlow.bsky.social. My review: paulfinch-writer.blogspot.com/2019/03/horr...

AGENCY: A Tor Original - out today! TFW your landlord might be an eldritch demon god…? Amazon UK - www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GBYKFTV8 Amazon US - www.amazon.com/Agency-Tor-O... Apple Books - books.apple.com/gb/book/agen... Kobo - www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/... eBooks.com - www.ebooks.com/en-gb/book/3...

@charlesatan.bsky.social good day to you. It's sweltering in NYC today

Collating my assorted editing checklists into a master document to show my class tonight.

Photos from the May 13 KGB readings: www.flickr.com/photos/35025...

You are very welcome! Hope things are well over your way!

Want to read some Cosmic Horror??? Here’s a few recommendations, featuring: @johnlangan.bsky.social @sarahgailey.bsky.social @lairdbarron.bsky.social @carsonwinter.bsky.social Scott J Moses Livia Llewellyn @datlow.bsky.social

Poor Ellen! Rest well

Hope you're able to rest soon

This Wednesday, join us with Siobhan Carroll & Micaiah Johnson for our Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series, Wed, May 13, 7pm at the KGB Bar. Come one, come all! @siobhancarroll.bsky.social @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social @datlow.bsky.social

It's important to understand Trump does this not because he actually gives a shit. It's because pitting them against each other means they will compete to debase themselves begging for his endorsement. If he's still alive in 2028, my guess is he doesn't endorse. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/u...

Clyburn to Republicans: "Be very careful what you pray for, because what I do believe is that when they finish with the redistricting, there will be the possibility of at least three Democrats getting elected here in South Carolina to the US Congress."

During the Civil Rights Movement, even on the bleakest days people rose up from all backgrounds. They overcame intimidation, pain and even the Supreme Court. The people persevered and that's what we must do now.

John Langan new novelette is now up on Reactor: reactormag.com/this-fleshy-...

While mourning the death of his family's first dog, a college student recounts the tale of a harrowing encounter he and his dog had several years earlier. "This Fleshy Side of the Bone" by @johnlangan.bsky.social is out now at Reactor! Art by @galactixy.bsky.social Edited by @datlow.bsky.social

Illustrations for a limited edition of The Faery Handbag by Kelly Link, published by Conversation Tree Press conversationtreepress.com/products/the...

@danielkraus.com Congratulations on your Pulitzer for the great WWI novel ANGEL DOWN.

Pre-orders are open for Collective: The Collaborative Art of the Anthology! Edited by Dan Coxon and Pete W. Sutton, Collective takes you behind the scenes of anthology making. Out October 6, 2026, launch at #Fantasycon2026! Cover art by Shauna McDonnell 💐 www.lunapresspublishing.com/product-page...

While mourning the sudden death of his family's first dog, a college student recounts the tale of a harrowing encounter he and his dog had several years earlier. Next Wednesday. "This Fleshy Side of the Bone" by @johnlangan.bsky.social Art by @galactixy.bsky.social Edited by @datlow.bsky.social

Has he ever used this particular term “low IQ” or “low IQ person“ about a white person?

That's great!

The Best of @datlow.bsky.social's Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Anthologies Humble Bundle (29 books for $18!) is only available for another 1 day, 2 hours, and 8 minutes: www.humblebundle.com/books/best-e...