Outside looks like a fuzzy sepia-tinted photo from the 1970s. 😳

every time someone complains about BIPOC people being cast i wish they'd just say what they mean, which is "I only prefer stories about white people;" an overtly dickish thing to say and also accurate

🎂 🥳 Happy US Book Birthday to @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social 's HOME SICK! 🌳 Cottagegore in rural Scotland 😱 Women going through it 🏡 Creepy neighbours 🪓 Escape to the country, take your problems with you 📚 Folklore 🐑For fans of THE LAMB and WE USED TO LIVE HERE Buy: geni.us/homesick

This supposedly satirical article has been on my mind as I'm on "vacation" this week. 😒

Are you an aspiring writer looking to meet award winning authors and connect with publishers, agents and publicists? Then you'll want to check out this event held at the Caledonian in Toronto on July 16th. It's only $40! Register here - shorturl.at/mEooN @rollwithheather.bsky.social

RUE MORGUE #231 Summer Slasher Issue has arrived with blood on its hands & summer on its mind! A reckoning with the slasher genre that spans film, fiction, & a decade of gaming's most beloved horror playground. Available now from the Rue Morgue Shoppe · On stands now! https://ow.ly/6Vzk50ZigEG

Both judgement and respect for the guy on the streetcar who had the opening riff of "Sweet Child O' MIne" as his ringtone.

Ah no. Someone was just recommending POSSESSION to me yesterday for young Sam Neill.

Today in Autistics Deserve Better: Decades of "overlooking autistic women had huge consequences. Left undiagnosed, they were being 'othered and called weird' while facing serious mental health challenges." CN for suicidal ideation. www.bbc.com/news/article... #autism #neurodiversity

On the streetcar heading west now!

Thank you so much for having me on the podcast! As mentioned on the episode, here is the moment young Elaine learned an important and devastating life lesson that set her on her path to villainy. (If anyone knows how they make character costume tails, please let me know!)

I am watching URBAN LEGEND (1998) for the first time and it is AWESOME* So many young ‘90s actors, plus Brad Dourif? And Robert Englund? And Gord freakin’ Martineau?** *in a 90s cheesetastic way **Canadian deep cut

This Sunday! Come for the stickers and awkward eye contact!

Adulting pro tip: get yourself a large box of thank-you cards, you never know when you’re going to need one.

My book MAKER OF GODS (YA/crossover Fantasy - MacMillan - 9781250888266 ) comes out December 6th! Available on Edelweiss: www.edelweiss.plus#sku=12508882...

Someone make a new James Bond movie if only so St. Vincent can do the theme song

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Netflix and chill but the chill part is me standing in front of your open freezer

Heat wave or perimenopause? or is perimenopause just one’s personal heat dome 😒

But I didn’t ask for it! 😖

“I hope that if I bang my head against the wall, it will help me to think of a story,” said Toad.

Our Kickstarter is live! Help support another year of speculative fiction by immigrant & diaspora writers over at @Kickstarter. 🧡 With your help, we can keep funding our work, expand to regular author interviews, raise our artist pay, & more! Support us at: www.kickstarter.com/projects/kho...

Just a reminder you can perceive me and my BESTSELLING 🤯 novel at @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social in a week and a half! I'll have Jumpscare Society stickers and maybe brownies (non-medicinal), if I can find prepackaged ones so we don't get sticky fingerprints all over the store.

Holy @#$%! My US editor just let me know that SLASHER SUMMER is on the USA Today bestseller list and now I must retire to my fainting couch in utter disbelief. THANK YOU!! so much to those who bought a copy and/or spread the word 🥹

Happy birthday, Usagi Tsukino

I did not know my name would be on the cover, I am going to go have an emotion in private now 🥺

IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING. IT'S REAL. YOU CAN PRE-ORDER NOW!!!! amzn.to/4b2iESb

Thanks to @gnofhorror.com for some really great, thought-provoking questions!

New author anxiety dream unlocked: dreamed I was giving a reading from SLASHER SUMMER but file on my phone was borked. Audience member lent me a print copy but my editor had dramatically changed text without my knowledge. Tried to read, then gave up and apologized to audience, which had shrunk 😱

Introducing A RIVER WIDE by Amanda J. McGee. Fantasy and Horror Merge in This Gritty Appalachian Mystery, now available for pre-order from Interstellar Flight Press. magazine.interstella...

Happy "lottery" day to those who celebrate. "The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny..."

HAPPY FRIDAY TO EVERYONE WHO HATES SLOP

THE FIRST TEN PAGES PROGRAMME! Are you a BIPOC aspiring author searching for feedback on the first ten pages of your novel? The BFS is offering members anonymous feedback from industry professionals. The submission portal will be available soon for works of speculative fiction!

Slash up the summer with SLASHER SUMMER by @elainechen.com! We talk slashers, identity making, and why this genre calls us and more in our latest episode. Find us on all podcast platforms at Sley House Presents, and share with us your favorite summer slashers!

I Have Too Many Figma Tabs Open: A Memoir

Happy book birthday to SLASHER SUMMER! Go forth into the world (or rather the US and Canada), you’re on your own now. I hope people enjoy reading you as much as I enjoyed writing you. (Thanks to everyone who reviewed ARCs, posted about it, and/or pre-ordered! I appreciate you 🥹 )

Happy book birthday to SLASHER SUMMER! Go forth into the world (or rather the US and Canada), you’re on your own now. I hope people enjoy reading you as much as I enjoyed writing you. (Thanks to everyone who reviewed ARCs, posted about it, and/or pre-ordered! I appreciate you 🥹 )

The most recent Story Hour was so lovely! It's always a treat to hear Rati Mehrotra read, and when she recommended Kari Maaren, we knew we had a perfect pairing. You can still watch! @rati.bsky.social @angrykem.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJF2...

Hey there, Little Ghosts! Did you know… Little Ghosts publishes 3-4 books a year? It’s true! 2-3 novellas 1-2 anthologies = a publishing year. Our secret goal? As a queer publisher, we hoped one day our book spines would make a rainbow. In fall of this year… WE WILL ACHIEVE RAINBOW! 👻🖤📚🏳️‍🌈

Advertise your Bluesky account with a Simpsons image. (Credit goes to a friend for reminding me of this scene recently 😂 )

Middle age (TM)

IT’S ALMOST TIME!! Anathema officially opens to submissions on June 20th! ✨ We cannot wait to begin this journey after a four-year hiatus. Thank you for all of the support!! 🥹 Check our website (link in bio) for submission guidelines. We’re excited to begin reading!! 💜

I’m currently doing preorders for this T Shirt! rawpaw.ink/products/ai-...

New body horror unlocked: eating a salmon poke bowl with half my face frozen from the dentist and realizing I have been chewing on the inside of my cheek Which has the same texture as raw salmon 😱

🚨GOODREADS GIVEAWAY!🚨 Calling all US and CAN readers, grab your chance to get your hands on an early copy of @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social 's debut horror novel, psychological cottagegore HOME SICK! Enter below 👇 Or preorder: https://geni.us/homesick

For those who missed it yesterday: pre-orders are live for The River Devours the Moon! (22k WLW ghost story/crime/horror, out 08/18) Want a preview? Got you covered! (CW for death, mentions of suicide) Pre-order from: www.huldrahouse.com/shop/p/the-r... or: huldrahouse.itch.io/the-river-de...

"Slasher Summer is a bright, funny, blood-soaked love letter to the slashers we grew up renting, and underneath the kills it asks the upsetting question none of us escapes: what if you are still the type they typecast you as at seventeen?" @elainechen.com gnofhorror.com/slasher-summ...

🚨 ONE WEEK to SLASHER SUMMER'S US/Canada release! Lord, grant me the confidence of a masked man holding a bloody axe as I do self-promo.

🚨 ONE WEEK to SLASHER SUMMER'S US/Canada release! Lord, grant me the confidence of a masked man holding a bloody axe as I do self-promo.