Changing other peoples' settings is itself RUDE.

I got an AI ad screaming "Say GOODBYE to your keyboard" babes I am not your audience

This is huge news in @cameronwilson.bsky.social's @thesizzle.com.au- Microsoft is being forced by the Aus regulator refund all the ultra-dodgy AI plan pushing it was doing for Office 365 Wild that other regions aren't also using regulatory power to punish Microsoft thesizzle.com.au/p/google-sur...

Sapphic Lit showcase next February! Authors, sign up to offer your book at .00 or .99c My Gothic "In the Dark Heart of Winter" will be included. www.cognitoforms.com/YearOfQueerL...

This mm romance antho (which includes my monk+jinn story "Three Wishes and a Miracle") released at the beginning of the year, but is now available in paperback.

heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.

Pssst if any blogs or folks wanna chat with me about my upcoming novella COSMIC DYKE PATROL 🤙 I'm ready to yap!! Trans poly lovey dovey goopy horror

"Transcendence" isn't quite the word I was looking for there...feel free to suggest the word I want if you are vocabulacious or psychic!

The sky is all for you. Take much. Take more. No, more. Let no one tell you that the sky is for others. It longs for you as you long for transcendence.

I used to do black-out poems with my returned school assignments; some of these were actually okay and made me feel a bit better about the massive time loss spent creating bullshit no one wanted to read. (I was not one of those "joy to have in class" kids)

💚💫 Issue Eight has landed! 💫💚 This one includes a larger-than-usual number of ghosts and doubles, and the usual dizzying range of emotions and experiences. If you're ready for a rollercoaster ride through our inner lives, check out the issue now: inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-eight-... #SFF #Horror

Leaked emails show the “progressive” Chamber for Progress is coordinating with Google to quash copyright suits against tech giants. Its CEO, and several board members, used to work for Google. From @ddayen.bsky.social: trib.al/sDcjwJr

Hey Bluesky peeps, could you help spread the word? My Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES is on sale today for $1.99 on Kindle. www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...

Hello scary, silly friends! We are proud to present the FIFTH issue of Die Laughing Mag, complete with four shorts, 2 flashes, and more laughs and scares than you can shake a stick at. Available now for a perfect Halloween treat! Buy DL Issue 5 here for $5: ko-fi.com/s/3936f3817e

Sexy Halloween Parade lol meta

Happy #Invertober day 25! House centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata) Not gonna lie... almost skipped drawing today's invertebrate because while I appreciate most insects, I actually find these kind of creepy. I compromised by hiding it as best I could 😂 #SciArt #Invertober2025

I've never had one of these #1 orange banners before! (and I'm sure it isn't because of me personally, but it's still exciting). Thanks for supporting SantaCan!

Both of my panels, Pets in Space at 10am today & Two Genders? That's All? tomorrow are in Panel Room 1, as well as one of the panels I'm moderating, What Potions Can't Heal, but not sure yet what the livestream set up is! johannestevans.co.uk/2025/10/24/b...

One year ago today, we published the first issue of Die Laughing Mag. We hoped to last, and we still do, but the significance of the milestone is not lost on us. We're so proud of the deeply silly horrors we've shared with you. Thank you for a fantastic year, and here's to many more. #dielaughing

This is today, Bay Area peeps.

Got to open a very special ARC today ❤️! @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app has been my true north in these publishing streets for over a decade now. I cannot overstate how proud I am of her! YEAR OF THE MER is such a story with characters that demand you hand over your heart.

⬇️ Some days are so loud that Only enduring Until the quiet of evening Nears with muffling blankets Deserves reward: sleep. #poetry #flashfiction #prompt #Acrostic

Ah yes, the traditional womanly crafts. Knitting, bejeweling, chopping stuff...

Good morning Ottawa, I will be signing books, boobs, bums and babies from 10 to 10:30 this morning in the Newbridge vendors room 👻

POETRY SUBS OPEN until Dec. 15 @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social for Blood + Honey special edition: Rules of Verse: Poetry Inspired by the Velvet Underground. #poetry #poetrysubs #poem #thevelvetunderground

Hello bsky, I'm looking for work for November! If you'd like me to draw your ttrpg/fantasy characters, please contact [email protected] ✉ My full TOS can be viewed over lyannacomm.carrd.co Sharing is extremely appreciated 💕 #art #supportartists #artshop

Since alt text didn't work: readerlinks.com/L/4995814 Authors included: Ashlynn Mills, Colette Rivera, Cora Rose, Eliot Grayson, Grae Bryan, Kai Butler, Kiki Clark, LA Lambert, Lissa Kasey, Mere Rain, MM Farmer, Remi Varlow, Sheena Jolie, Spencer Spears

Opening this week if you're interested, LA peeps.

Happy to be part of queer paranormal romance anthology Love is Magic, in support of charity SantaCan. Available for pre-order. #charityanthology

I have one Halloween story, Tricks with Cats and Dogs, and a couple that are spooky tho not set at H'ween. Winter Gothic, summer goths? www.jms-books.com/mere-rain-c-...

#CancelSpotify They are running ICE ads. They aren't the only company, but I think we should make an example out of Spotify and do an economic boycott against companies supporting masked, armed agents terrorizing innocent Americans with impunity. Spread the word. www.snopes.com/fact-check/s...

Guys new scamming method on bluesky. Please share this around. Dont fall for this stuff Block, move on.

California Artillery shell exploded prematurely over California freeway during marines celebration Shrapnel fragments rained on vehicles parked on Interstate 5 including highway patrol and JD Vance’s detail www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

the other major line of evidence used was a person's phone being in the area at the right time. even when it's not in use, it's pinging off of towers, and it was the primary way the DA's office placed people at the scene. something to keep in mind this Protest Season, btw

if you're in Alberta and you want your flu and covid shot in 2026 - yes you read that correctly - you have to preorder them right now. So here's the link. go do that. Just in case none of those people get removed from power by then. please repost this, as the province seems bent on killing us.

BY THE WAY If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2. There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security. Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation." TURN IT OFF.

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COVER REVEAL AND RELEASE WE WILL SPEAK AGAIN OF THE RED TOWER is a tribute anthology of stories inspired by Thomas Ligotti’s “The Red Tower” and it’s out NOW: dl.bookfunnel.com/zum1k2dg9b

Minneapolis peeps

Yes, You Are The Goodest Girl, I Missed You While I Was Standing Ominously In The Corner Of That Guy's Vision All Day, Too. #inktober #puppy

Just got ANOTHER complaint from an author with Lori Perkins's Riverdale Avenue Books about royalties not paid for over a year. I wrote about this problem in 2021 and it appears to still be ongoing--just amazing how pubs like this stay in business. writerbeware.blog/2021/03/02/p...

I feel like I probably know someone who wants to draw romantasy dragons! 🐉 www.flametreepublishing.com/call-for-ill...

If you enjoy the stories and want to help us keep publishing them, we have a Ko-Fi where you can chip in a few bucks. If you're able. Thank you. ko-fi.com/weirdhorrormag

If I told you there might be a sudden *free* new release out tomorrow, would you be excited? Would you try to deduce the nature of it from a hint?

Help an artist pay his bills, take a look at my shop! ✨👁️ i got prints, stickers and original art! #artsky #blueskynightmarket #art ko-fi.com/scarycircus/...

OOOOH

Not spooky, but autumnal.

Horror is better when it's funny, humor is better when it's scary

I made a 2nd account to drop uncensored NSFW art while I'm deciding what this project will be. @arthousesmut.bsky.social For now it'll mostly be me practicing lighting / posing with this weird mannequin thingy. But I will move onto human subjects pretty soon. Give it a follow if interested!