Pleased to announce that my story “Rage Room” will be included in the upcoming Shadow Spark anthology V! Look for the mayhem this June.

On the first day of the new year I decided what my WIP needs is more emotional trauma and that’ll be my thing for 2026. Look out, fictitious characters. You’re in for a world of hurt.

It’s been a busy writing year. Hit some milestones, nursed some wounds, made some friends. Let’s stab 2025 in the heart with a rusty fountain pen and head straight for 2026 like a hungry wolverine in a chicken coop. ericavedissian.com/2025/12/28/m...

Rewatching Frank Capra’s Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Jimmy Stewart does an impeccable job as the idealistic senator who grows disillusioned by Washington’s political machinations. I have some thoughts, but still an entertaining film.

Get to know why your writing is unique. Don’t be ashamed of your failure as a writer to connect with readers. Take failure out to dinner and a movie. Romance it. Then, write your heart out. Be brazen, not craven. You’re s writer. Act like one, dammit. #5amwritersclub

Watching others succeed while you’re floundering is frustrating. Wrestle with your inadequacies, with failure, with depression. Creativity is messy, a butcher’s fantasy drenched in pain and torment. Sit with your pain awhile. Play poker with your inner demons. #5amwritersclub

Today’s movie rewatch is the 1938 comedy Bringing Up Baby. Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn are hilarious with the pet leopard. I highly recommend this one.

The best part of Christmas for me was showing my father my latest novel and reading the dedication, which is to him. He quite enjoyed the little slice of immortality.

I haven’t seen The Man Who Came to Dinner in years so I gave it a rewatch today. It didn’t disappoint. What an amazing cast and fast-paced repartee. An overlooked holiday classic from 1941.

Manifesting for 2026: Maybe my books will be available in libraries. 📖📚📕📖📚📗📚📘📖📚📙📖📚

Do you like monsters? Then you’ll love my short story LET THEM REST, which appears in the anthology More Monsters Next Door from Critical Blast Publishing! Lashley’s Home for Geriatric Monsters doesn’t keep the outside world safe from monsters. It keeps monsters safe from the outside world.

Right now every ebook in the Martyr’s Vow series is 99 cents for a limited time! The Martyr’s Vow is a horror/urban fantasy series that blends the supernatural with ancient Armenian mythology and folklore. Clicken yon link for more info. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0G2...

Voting is now live for the Indie Ink Awards! My novel, THE OCEAN HUGS HARD, is up for two awards: Best Use of Tropes and Writing the Future We Need: Asexual or Aromantic Representation. Any help you can give will be appreciated! indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-...

The Book of Wine and Sorrow by @scribe.bsky.social is out now!! You can purchase here: books2read.com/u/bpew96 #booksky #writesky 🪐 📚 💙

This has been a horrible weekend. It’s okay to take a break from social media and hold your loved ones close.

Hey Bluesky! I’m a speculative fiction author, educator, and New Jersey diner aficionado. Follow me for news about my writing projects, literary musings, and the occasional food photo. I also post stuff about horror, too. #writing

Rise and shine, you writers, wordsmiths, and scribes! Time to create worlds and torment your characters. Work your writerly magic before the sun rises. Craft your stories, you puckish word-monkeys and ink-stained dream weavers! Onward! 📖✍️🐵 #5amwritersclub

News! My novel The Ocean Hugs Hard was nominated for the 2025 Indie Ink Awards in the following two categories: Best Use of Tropes and Writing the Future We Need: Asexual or Aromantic Representation. Thanks to those who enjoyed my novel and nominated me. I am humbled.

It’s Krampusnacht! Krampus wants you to check out my latest book or he’ll shove you in a burlap bag and beat you with chains. Hey, it’s what he does. 👹 www.amazon.com/Wine-Sorrow-...

Time to awaken and write that thing you’ve been putting off. Slap that story onto the page, you bleary-eyed and barely conscious word warrior. You can’t edit what you haven’t written, so write your future opus now. #5amwritersclub

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The Book of Wine and Sorrow, the final book of The Martyr’s Vow series, is available for preorder. Publication date is Dec. 15. Armand must summon the courage of his ancestors and sacrifice himself for love, or the Scribe of Death will come for his beloved. Preorder here: books2read.com/u/bpew96

Sweet potato pie > pumpkin pie

Tuesday’s fortune cookie tells me tomorrow will be the best day ever. 🥠

I have done another artwork for @scribe.bsky.social The fusion of fantasy and history is an incredible armored knight, a winged wolf, a flaming stallion, and the wise scholar all turning this land into a mythic world. 🗺️✨ Had a great time working on it!!

I am now on Substack! Follow for all your weird fiction/writerly needs: ericavedissian.substack.com

I had a book signing and reading at Philcon today! I read an excerpt from my upcoming short story “Kindness is the Rarest Thing,” which will be published next month in Interesting Times: A Hopepunk Anthology by End of the World Publishing.

I can confidently say that I’ve sold more books than John Fetterman.

I hate how the rich and powerful get away with everything and we plebs can only watch.

Drop something BLACK & WHITE 🖤🤍

Ahhhhhh! Excite! Eric really does write masterfully and you need to check it! #booksky #writesky 💙 @scribe.bsky.social

Pre-order! Pre-order! PRE-ORDER!!! We are pleased to present the opportunity for everyone to pre-order Eric Avedissian's (@scribe.bsky.social ) newest novel, The Book of Wine and Sorrow, the final installment of The Martyr's Vow series. #booksky #writesky 💙

*initiating promotion mode* Cover revealed! The Book of Wine and Sorrow, the fourth and final book in The Martyr’s Vow series, is coming your way Dec. 15 from @shadowsparkpub.bsky.social. Cover illustration by Claire Leslie. #books #urbanfantasy #horror #Armenia #mythology #magic

I’m thrilled to reveal the full cover for The Book of Wine and Sorrow, Book 4 of The Martyr’s Vow series! Illustrator Claire Leslie did a remarkable job with this cover, revealing symbolism and detail from Armenian myth and lore. Preorder link in comments.

Countdown to the cover reveal! What horrors await with this detail from THE BOOK OF WINE AND SORROW’s cover? Full cover reveal is Saturday, Nov. 15! #coverart #book #urbanfantasy #horror

Last week I signed a contract for my story “Rage Room,” which will be published June 2026 in the Villains anthology from Shadow Spark Publishing!

Countdown to the cover reveal! Here’s a little sneak peek at a detail from THE BOOK OF WINE AND SORROW’s cover. Full cover reveal is Saturday, Nov. 15! #coverart #book #urbanfantasy #horror

I’m signing autographs at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22 at Philcon in Cherry Hill, NJ! Come say hi and see what my scribbling looks like! Also, free bookmarks! ✍️ #author #books #philcon #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror

Hey, party people. The cover reveal for THE BOOK OF WINE AND SORROW drops in a few days! You can behold the cover in all its colorful glory!

My upcoming novel THE BOOK OF WINE AND SORROW has: 🪓 a monster hunter who sees ghosts 🇦🇲 ancient Armenian mythology 🤴🏽a sadistic oligarch who absorbs memories 💪 a profound giant with anger issues 👻 a ghost obsessed with poetry 👹 a hungry demon 🚗 the worst road trip ever 🍷 plenty of wine #books

Would you die for love? THE BOOK OF WINE & SORROW, Book 4 of The Martyr’s Vow series, is an urban fantasy/horror tale of high stakes and thrilling adventure set during a tragic honeymoon. Cover reveal and preorders: Nov. 15. Street date: Dec. 15. @shadowsparkpub.bsky.social

Rewatching The Shining and it still holds up as a great horror movie and superb film. Jack Nicholson’s scene at the bar is one of my favorites. #horrormovies

Submitted the final draft of The Book of Wine & Sorrow to the publisher tonight. The Martyr’s Vow series has officially concluded. Cover reveal and preorders go live Nov. 15. Street date Dec. 15. Onward to writing something else…

Sometimes the villains live long enough to see themselves the heroes.

Used to do NaNoWriMo, and liked the idea of a writing community and accountability, so I’ll be writing this November and posting my progress for all to see.

Fun with Mom: Halloween Edition.

Editing my manuscript and the story started slowing down, so I added a monster fight. Monster fights. They liven things up. #writing #books #horror #urbanfantasy

The joy of writing a series and having the villain of your second book make an appearance in your fourth book… 😏 #horror #urbanfantasy #books

Today’s horror movie watch: Jennifer’s Body. #horrormovies #spookyseason #movies

Lunch!