new on our mainpage: THE WIGLEAF TOP 50 VERY SHORT FICTIONS 2025 (selecting editor @samanito.bsky.social )

This year’s Selecting Editor is Gerardo Sámano Córdova, author of the novel Monstrilio, which Shome and I (Scott here, hi) are both passionate about and urge you to pick up if you haven’t yet! Grateful thanks @samanito.bsky.social 🙏

2023 delights: BOYS WEEKEND, @lubchansky.bsky.social MONSTRILIO, @samanito.bsky.social BROTHER & SISTER ENTER THE FOREST, @rpmirabella.bsky.social GHOST BOOK, Remy Lai KILL FOR LOVE, Laura Picklesimer THE DEVIL'S ELEMENT, Dan Egan AGATHA OF LITTLE NEON, Claire Luchette GAY BAR, Jeremy Atherton Lin

SF/F friends: as we turn to that joyful but stressful time (nominating season), I'd be grateful if you considered my work published this year, especially my swing-for-the-fences queer spaceship novella "Uranians."

I got to gush about 8 of my favorite contemporary queer horror writers for @them.bsky.social! www.them.us/story/lgbtq-...

October reading so far setting a really high bar, ❤️ them all: Homesick: Stories by @ninocipri.bsky.social What Moves the Dead by @tkingfisher.bsky.social Monstrilio by @samanito.bsky.social Not pictured because e-book, Siren Queen by @nghivo.bsky.social Next, Evil Flowers by Gunnhild Øyehaug

Today on #ChannelOpenPod, @samanito.bsky.social and I discuss his debut novel, Monstrilio. We talked about maligned genres, reader expectations, self-acceptance, and what it means to be monstrous: www.keepthechannelopen.com/episodes/202...