PerfectIt > Claude - No generative A.I. - Officially linked tool for CMOS - Not trained on pirated books www.perfectit.com/blog/why-wer...

Screaming! My new baby has arrived - the lovely UK hardbacks. Out in Oct. I'm so proud of this one (of them all, but the newest is always the proudest). Fitcher's Bird is a mix of fairy tale, crime & bone-deep folk horror. Thank you Titan Books & my dear Cath Trechman. titanbooks.com/72450-fitche...

CONGRATULATIONS TO NADIA BULKIN FOR WINNING A SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD FOR HER COLLECTION, ISSUES WITH AUTHORITY! WE ARE SO INCREDIBLY PLEASED!!! HELL YES!!! AHHHHHH! @nadiabulkin.bsky.social

Welcome to new mutuals! If it might interest anyone reading, I'm creating three feeds: 1) Goth 2) Halloween Fiends 3) Gothic Gardening More later, including dark art, horror films & books, and gothic literature (among others). Comment to be added! We need co-admins; feel free to sign up. 🖤🦇🎃🥀🌱

Working through The Dead Take the A Train which is definitely weird horror and delightful! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

I read Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century and it was both delightful and weird! Very much a "tumblr generation" type of collection of short stories, I think. I loved it. bookshop.org/p/books/less...

As for nonfiction? You want America's Most Gothic. I try to read a chapter every few days and always have to pause and say "thank you" mentally when I'm finished. Heavy stuff at times but if you like gothic fiction, you need this bookshop.org/p/books/amer...

BOOKING FOR VAMPIRIC ORIGINS & GOTHIC AFTERLIVES TOUR www.opengravesopenminds.com/events/vampi...

I wonder how many writers have been actively revising their writing processes since 2023ish with an eye toward protecting their IP from A.I. and now also toward providing "notes and drafts" to "prove" they wrote it without A.I., just in case they're asked to provide it.

🚨🚨🚨 Republicans in the Senate have drafted S. 4925, their companion to the House's HR 7616 bill. This nationwide book banning bill shows the GOP's priorities during the quiet summer season. S. 4925 is already in the HELP subcommittee. bookriot.com/senate-bill-...

COVER REVEAL! 🎉 DOWN WHERE MONSTERS DWELL is a dark, historical fairytale steeped in Icelandic folklore, about the powerful bond between mother and daughter, and how quickly fear can lead to violence. The isolated fjords of Iceland await 🗻Coming 3.9.’27🗻 from Tor Nightfire

Flee the summer heat into the long dark of the undermoor...it's perfect time to dive into Sam K Horton 's dark folkloric historical fantasy - THE EYTHIN LEGACY! Join Nancy Bligh as she holds the line in 18th century Cornwall and pick up GORSE and RAGWORT today! https://geni.us/ragwort

I spent a lot of last summer doing a deep dive on the business of Christian publishing and mainstream publication of Christian media, and it went nowhere. And this summer, book media is going crazy about Yesteryear and the new JD Vance book. Someone please, for the LOVE, interview me.

Publishers are definitely making the most of the increased interest in horror, new & old - "Strange Stories from France" is out next week: Guy de Maupassant, Theophile Gautier, Aliette de Bodard, George Langelaan, Alain Doremieux, Nathalie Henneberg, Claude Seignolle, Andre Maurois, Maurice Renard

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Petition to make society nocturnal during the summer in places where A/C is not the accessible norm. #Summerween

Both the blog and the full report are phenomenal. Thank you for this exhaustive (and obviously exhausting to go through) level of detail. I work as a freelance editor, helping fiction novelists with their books, and this is very reflective of my experience there.

Community saved us, this time. Another editor warned us. Other publishers shared what they were seeing. But whisper networks are not enough. Publishing needs collective tools, standards and action.

But the answer cannot be to close the gates. Small presses exist to find extraordinary writers who have not yet been given a platform. The answer is better process, better training, shared resources, and solidarity.

Small presses are structurally exposed Open submissions, volunteer labour, tight budgets, a reliance on trust, and a commitment to platform new and marginalised voices are exactly what AI exploits.

We’re not saying authors should be treated with suspicion. That would be disastrous, especially for new, queer, disabled, neurodivergent, global-majority (or indeed any kind of marginalised) writers. Any response to AI HAS to protect access.

We didn’t find a smoking gun. Nothing so neat. But we found patterns: • hollow worldbuilding • limited interiority • strange behaviour in editorial • missing drafts/notes • contradictions • weak craft conversation

If you’re an editor, publisher, slush reader or industry organisation dealing with this: what resources would actually help? We want to hear from you. If this is relevant to your press, magazine, union, imprint, submissions team or writing group, please share it.

One of the things authors will need to start thinking about is proof of human authorship, a document trail we can easily give to show in the event of a false positive. In Obsidian I have timestamped version control, now I am thinking that stays on, if not adding Git or something...

Unlike most of my peers, I actually skipped the GOOSEBUMPS phase in school. I was a huge scaredy-cat as a kid. The trailers for Pirates of the Carribean gave me nightmares. I had to grow into horror, despite having always liked it in its more folkloric form. Here were my first proper horror books:

Get Loud: Public Library and School Internet Access Is Under Threat. The FCC wants to change the e-Rate program, which could eliminate discounts libraries and schools get to provide internet to their community. bookriot.com/proposed-fcc...

What’s Happening with Book Bans at the Federal Level: An Update and Calls to Action bookriot.com/federal-book...

SFF, we need to talk. I'm not here to rag specifically on Bona, who did the right thing by going public. No, I'm looking at all of you. Or at least, 15 of you. Because this right here? This is buckwild.

🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 We did it! Workers, keep an eye out for more information headed your way soon! To all our supporters here and in person, THANK YOU! Bound together, solidarity forever!

On June 30th, literary agent @laurencelaluyaux.bsky.social accepted the Ottaway Award for the Promotion of International Literature, joining the ranks of awardees like Edith Grossman and Marcia Lynx Qualey. Read her acceptance speech on Words Without Borders: buff.ly/DIxksH0

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An awesome line-up of horror talent joining us for six weeks of writing workshops, with SUMMER SCARES taking place online this August and September! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/summer-sca... #horror #horrorcourse #horrorcourses #horrorclass #horrorclasses #horrorworkshop #horrorworkshops

Only took fourteen years of dreaming & heeeeerrreee it is! Friends, I'm thrilled to share the cover of my debut novel with you all. The most desi haunted haveli ever! Haunted places. Haunted people. And some very haunting stories Preorder link in the thread

"They just want to turn it off." A fascinating story of the librarians who have started teaching classes showing people how to remove AI "features" from their phones and apps. www.bangordailynews.com/2026/07/02/m...

Gothic Celebrity: Fame and Immortality from Lord Byron to Lady Gaga Our guest blog is by Dr Harriet Fletcher, Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication at Anglia Ruskin University....

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In which @bookstr.bsky.social called Muñeca "a deliciously engrossing read that merges sapphic themes with gothic horror" and said other lovely things here. Also, such cool bookish company. bookstr.com/list/three-s...

Watching someone confidently assert something wildly incorrect about copyright, and I want to assure all and sundry that copyright does not cease just because the company that made the copyrighted material ceases to exist, or the creator dies without leaving an heir to their IP. It persists.

Thrilled to reveal the cover for my new book Scaredy Cats: A Devilish History of Felines in Horror out next spring from @arsenalpulp.bsky.social. Cover design by Fleck Creative.

You can follow all the finalists (or at least all the ones who have Bsky accounts) for the 2026 Hugo Awards right here with this starter pack. go.bsky.app/mR4XaC

Hope yesterday was fun for everyone! Today? Maybe read a novel about the disease known as colonialism. Sincerely, An author born and raised in a US colony

I have friends with these inspiring stories of being low and starting a slow climb at the end of which all their dreams have come true. It's actually shockingly common among debut authors. I love that for them, but I have a different message today. 🧵#skywriters

Your friendly neighborhood horror writer got downsized from his day job in August & I'm STILL job-hunting But that means my editing services are yours for the taking. If you include the word "kumquat" in your email asking about said services, you'll get 1/2 off the total for services rendered.

We're pleased to announce that guest editor Carmen Maria Machado will be selecting prose for our Summer 2027 issue! For the chance to have your work read by Carmen, submit to our reading period: https://pshares.org/submit/submit-writing/

It's a holiday weekend, and maybe some of you have time to read. All of this is free on my Patreon. I dive into Obsession as the inverse of the rom com and many of our popular narratives, revealing how destructive they can be. www.patreon.com/alexapagliuc...

Corinne and I worked with Katharine briefly on The Butcher’s Daughter and she was a delight. I’m very sorry to read of her passing, and offer my condolences to her peers and colleagues, friends and loved ones.

Creativity, Community & Class with Kevin P. Gilday The Creative Resistance Podcast talks to Glasgow poet, performer, & playwright Kevin P. Gilday about gatekeeping of working-class stories, the role of art as a tool for survival, & more thecreativeresistancepodcast.substack.com/p/creativity...

I moved to the US in 2008 with a backpack, an old laptop, and a dream. Today was the first time I came home and saw my work in a bookstore…on the bestsellers shelves…next to Bad Bunny. Anyway, signed copies at Librería Laberinto in Viejo San Juan, where most of it takes place. 🇵🇷 🖤