I love reading horror, but I'm never quite scared by it. That is, until I picked up a book of @brianevenson.bsky.social's stories. ~ "I seem to be standing on your clothing," he told the other. "It's not my clothing," the face said. "No?" said Grauer. "What is it?" "My skin," the face said.

This fellow's dance deserves a Sisters of Mercy soundtrack and some blacklights

Experimenting by releasing a short story on Kindle & KU. Rider in the Widow Lands is a 25 page sword & sorcery tale. Available now! Mybook.to/widowlands

This is Sunday sorted

One day left to submit your work to Nightmare Magazine! We close at 11 pm tomorrow night. As ever, we're looking for short stories under 7500 words, flash stories 0-1500 words long, poetry, and creative nonfiction.

The DOOM SCROLL call for submissions opens TOMORROW. Social media horror. Please spread the word. whisperhousepress.com/whisper-hous... #horror #publishing #callforsubmissions #mundanehorror #socialmedia #fiction #DOOMSCROLL #Writersky #Writers #writingcommunity

Just joined the Horror Writer's Association #HWA 🤘

all for love

Halfway through King Sorrow, and I am pleased to report that @stephenking.bsky.social's habit of mentioning a "blue chambray shirt" in every novel is a legacy that Joe Hill carries proudly. Loving the book so far! (and reading it in my red flannel shirt, for all you shirtheads out there)

Ayyyyy! My old college town bookstore! My ghost still lingers there.

Do thou, too, remain warm among ice.

By who? Who shot the person dead? You saw the video. We all know a federal agent shot a man dead who was prone on the ground. Also, it's not "according to officials." It's according to verified video seen with your eyes. Not saying what anyone can obviously see with their eyes is a form of lying.

I sure miss when it used to be fun to Look At The Internet

He said the thing!!!

Schrödinger's president

Well if this isn't the coolest thing I've ever seen! Amazing work @cosmonautcloud.bsky.social!

AAAAAAAHH! Print ARCs of THE BOATMAN by @alexgrecian.bsky.social just came in. Coming April 7. badhandbooks.com/purchasedire...

What a nice message to wake up to this morning! The Fathomeer can be found in This World of Vile Wonder - check it out if you prefer the sea to keep its secrets.

Inauguration Day Blues — by J.M. Thor Woke up this morning Got the baby on the potty Got screamed at Did not scream back though i needed to I held it like a big kid Made egg salad on toast because The store only had hard boiled Kids have the day off school And I have the day off work Not to honor …

You heard the fella, pre-order The Boatman!

Just finished The Boatman, @alexgrecian.bsky.social's upcoming, and it was a real treat. My favorite kind of spec fic, where one small thing is different and we examine what scenarios may unspool. Its a poignant meditation on mortality and legacy, and surprisingly, also a breezy beach read. 1/

“I saw the sun coming out,” said Frog. “I saw birds sitting and singing in a tree. I saw my mother and father working in their garden. I saw flowers in the garden.”

While the pasty incels who work the federal agencies continue to churn out feeble, bloodless AI pastiches of Axis propaganda, here’s how a living breathing artist powerfully invokes design history. This is by illustrator Emily K in South Philly, a free poster-sized download on her website: →

Feeling very distant from inspiration right now. I'm sure I'm not the only one

The book gods have determined that THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS is a mere $1.99 on your favorite electromagnetic reading platform if you’d like an easy entry point to friendship breakups, broken people, creepy interstitial terrain, and a haunted house that is a house that haunts. Tell your friends!

We’ve got several stories eligible for 2025 awards in our first ever horror anthology, including Stoker and Best Weird Horror! Check out some of our best work in the Gavagai Horror Anthology Volume One! Link in comments!

Today was one of those days with my daughters made of many small heavens that crowded around us, all trying to out-lovely one another. I am grateful for the time I get to spend with them and for the simple gifts we give eachother every day, often without even noticing.

How do i join

Great post about generative AI. Happy Holidays. Don't say I never gave you anything. anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...

Set sail for holiday cheer on the

I just finished Coffin Moon by @keithrosson.bsky.social and let me tell you, that book has the fuckin' JUICE. It is so good. And as a former North Portlander, it was really nice to see some of my old stomping grounds on the page. I never visited the Childrens' Museum, but I can believe it was there🤘

The Scythian Wolf historical horror anthologies are on sale for 99¢ this week!

A selection of great indie books I read this year. I highly recommend all of these!👇📚 (See list below, left to right)

Currently reading: The Book of Dead Days — Marcus Sedgwick #amreading This book takes place from 12/27 to 12/31, aka the "Dead Days," per the author's introduction. I'm gnna read each day's section on the matching calendar day because, y'know, why not?

On the 12th day of Christmas, best I can do is a shrike in a yucca tree.

just saw a video asking “i wonder if the people who are like ‘good art is good art regardless of how it got made’ (ie ai) would also enjoy watching ai-generated sports/games/matches” and i can’t stop laughing. it’s such a great parallel that they’ll never accept.

i had to drop what i was doing to make this

I'm still chasing the high of the opening line in my first "published" horror book, The Ivy Murders, written for a school project when I was 11 years old.

What a nice surprise to wake up and see my little flash piece won the @gavagai.com 1000-character weekly contest! Head over there to check it out.

So far the BBC Guy Pearce Christmas Carol miniseries paints Uncle Scrooge as one of those 'Well, Actually...' Guys you so frequently encounter on Reddit. Still waiting to find out if he can be redeemed.

I put together a ranked top 10 for 2025 because everybody's always like "unranked, it's a big list" and I gotta go the other way. My song of the year is "Heartthrob" by Indigo de Souza. It was a great year for music! Music is the best!

Nightmare blunt rotation right here

Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.

My 2025 book releases. The Owl Men of Shanidar is a weird sci-fi novel & This World of Vile Wonder is an anthology of horror stories set during the Scientific Revolution. Both available on Amazon & Kobo.

This as a jigsaw puzzle and an endless pot of coffee in a cozy little cabin on the winter-dismal Oregon coast

Only evil assholes mess with libraries and librarians.

Sometimes you just gotta quote post something with no context

@talkscaredpod.bsky.social should rightfully have the top spot, but I only started deep diving it in September so the numbers are skewed.

Got my paperback and I'm ready to do some holiday reading! Excited to be able to dive into these stories in This World of Vile Wonder. @coyhall.bsky.social

Just posted a brand new story over at @gavagai.com, check it out if you like your big thing to come in small packages. www.gavagai.com/posts/1005