“We must stop eating!” cried Toad as he ate another.

A major part of having dogs is asking why is that wet

🦋 The Secret Is Out 🦋 After 15 months of searching, my debut queer bug novella 'Mariposa' has found its future home with www.lmhpub.com I'm so grateful for all the support I've gotten for this fucked up story, and I can't wait for you to see it fully emerge Feb 2027 🐛 #horrorsky #booksky

Pre-order offer! If you pre-order our new antho, ENCOUNTERS, you'll be in with a chance of winning one of five paperback copies on release day. Either post your order confirmation or email it to [email protected]. Fifteen monstrous stories. Out 02/14/26 www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4BLN1GR.

Nearly 10 years into our marriage, and tonight my husband tells me the reason he agreed to the wedding date I picked is because it's the day Charlie Bucket went to the chocolate factory. I've never laughed so hard in my life.

👹 @slimyswampghost.bsky.social and I are stoked to announce ENCOUNTERS with cryptids is now available to preorder! www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4BLN1GR Stories by @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social, @vilefable.bsky.social, @rlmeza.bsky.social, @notmargopecha.bsky.social, @jennystrath.bsky.social and many more...

First frost on the ground this morning, and I'm proofing spring print newsletter templates for work. Feels like a little joke from the universe.

Coming Feb. 14, 2026! I am so excited to be included in this alongside many other amazing authors.

Humbly offering up the six short stories I had published this year. If any of them have made an impression on you, please consider them for your 2025 awards nominations! 🥰

Convincing you to read my short story with the first sentence. Share yours if you want. "Robert first noticed the head in the pantry on a Tuesday morning." The Head in the Pantry published at @chmmagazine.bsky.social cosmichorrormonthly.com/fiction/the-...

If you wrote an SF/F/H story that was published in 2025 (or read a story that you thought was great), tell me about it in this thread! Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)

So stoked to share that my story "The Beast of Old Blodgett Road" will appear in ENCOUNTERS with Cryptids, edited by @andrewcull.bsky.social and @slimyswampghost.bsky.social. It's a story about grief, and goats, and a creature that lurks in an old homestead. I can't wait for y'all to read it!

Happy Halloween! Need something spooky to read today? Check out my story "Attractions Next Exit" over at @cateyepress.bsky.social for a little dose of dread. 🕯️

this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread

Using AI in your work makes you stupider and lazier. That's it. That's the post.

New story day! My micro Halloween story is available to read at Cat Eye Press' website. I had so much fun writing this one!

My contributor's copy of Fraidy Cat Quarterly arrived, and since it includes my niche dahlia horror story "Seymour's Sensation," I figured I had to do a dahlia photoshoot while they're still in bloom. 😄 Many thanks to Robert and Lillian @fraidycatpress.bsky.social for believing in this story!

Working from the garage while giving yet another hen a bath. This one had flystrike (my first time dealing with it), but she seems to be recovering remarkably well. Lucky I caught it early, and I can tell she's feeling better because she fought me on the soak today!

Includes a story of mine about an ancient fruitcake that mysteriously appears on your doorstep...

My story "Articulation" is now available to read for free on CHM's website!

A couple of my favorite dahlias blooming at the moment: Brown Owl and Bubbling Over.

Applesauce simmering in the Crockpot, house smells divine. Must be late summer.

My teeth story "Articulation" is included in this issue. Many thanks to the folks at @chmmagazine.bsky.social for giving it a home! 😄

My story "Articulation" is out today in the July issue of Cosmic Horror Monthly. It's about teeth, paranoia, and obsession, and it's one of my favorite pieces I've written. I'm so pleased it's found a home here!

I have new story out in Kosmos Obscura: A Cosmic Horror Anthology from Graveside Press!

Portland friends, this Saturday night my husband's band Dying in Salem is playing their EP release show at Dante's. (I'm told they're playing The Lepidopterists in full, among others.) It's gonna be a lot of fun—if you like metal, come hang out!

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Getting an email that no changes were needed to my manuscript makes my copy editor heart sing. ❤️

My husband's metal band released their new EP "The Lepidopterists" this week, a cosmic concept album about a cult summoning a giant moth to destroy the earth. I've been listening to them practice these songs in our garage for two years now, so it's really cool to finally hear it all recorded!

Unsuccessfully trying to convince my husband we should get another corgi. One is not enough, I must have a whole horde of little guys.

Currently shifting my focus between three short stories and a novella-thing. Variety is the spice of life, eh?

We found a possum stuck in one of my five-gallon weeding buckets last night, so that was wild. (We tipped it over so it could get out, of course.)

Spent the weekend edging various garden beds, which always elicits a good laugh from whomever I'm telling about it. (Jokes aside, I do think it's looking nice.) #bloomsky

A sea of Concertina bearded irises crowding my garden. I love their delicate shell-pink color. Iris season is just kicking off, more to come! #bloomsky

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

Contract signed this morning, so now I can announce that I'm very excited to have a story in an upcoming issue of Cosmic Horror Monthly later this year!

The angelica I started from seed three or four years ago is about to bloom! (Pepperjack for scale)

A very exciting story acceptance in my inbox last night. (I was making dinner at the time and might have scared my husband with my jubilant yell.)

Visited four indie bookstores with a friend yesterday for Independent Bookstore Day and went home with six new books. An excellent afternoon.

Giving a chicken an epsom salt bath was not on my bingo card for today, but here we are.

Husband says he will not beta read any more of my stories until I clean my filthy laptop screen ahahaha

I finished reading Boy's Life earlier this week and cannot stop thinking about that twist at the end. I knew who the murderer was, but...!!

A long day in the office today and a long commute home. But at the end of that commute, I had an email letting me know another story of mine has made it into the final round of consideration!

Been a good week — had an acceptance on Sunday and finished writing a new story last night. And there's no rain in the forecast for this weekend, a PNW miracle!

Hello, world! We’re Bottleneck, a new literary magazine of sci-fi and speculative fiction. We’re thrilled to share we are officially taking submissions for our first issue: www.bottleneck-sf.com/submission-g...

I saw the best minds of my generation seduced by Bigfoot.

Have received two "we're holding your story for final consideration" emails this month, which feels pretty dang good!

I first read Under Plum Lake when I was in fourth grade and remember being completely enchanted with its beautiful cover and the fantastic world Barry travels to. Rereading this as an adult was a very different experience. It is a profoundly sad story with an incredibly bleak ending (which I loved).

Hard to believe it's already time to start tomato seeds. I'll be starting twenty-some varieties this year (including the cherry tomatoes).