Still and always choosing the bear. ✌️

And now I must listen to the Teen Titans theme:

Teen titan clash in Australia! That's my evening planned.

This might well become a thread. I am calling it 'Bloody Hell, Aren't Doors On Old Walls Fucking Brilliant?'

Bloody hell, but toothache makes me cranky :(

If Nicolás Maduro stands trial in the United States and gets convicted of 34 felonies, does that mean he’s qualified to be our next president now? Just checking what the standards are these days.

My published short stories: dianedooley.wordpress.com/short-stories/

Wishing a great 2026 to everyone. Don't forget to enjoy yourself. It's later than you think. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t2s...

Out today, my latest short story, A War-Torn Country, in Issue 10 of Pulp Asylum: www.pulpasylum.com/january-cont...

My New Year's Resolution:

Woke up this morning to the cold realization I only got two books for Christmas. Gonna file a complaint.

"Cathy Pegau brilliantly immerses us in the pleasures, the biases, and the underlying energy of the emerging 20th century." -Ann Aptaker, multi-award winning author of A Crime of Secrets and the Cantor Gold crime series A Murderous Business bit.ly/AMurderousBu... #historical #queer #crime

First short story (and hopefully not the last) of the new year coming 1/1/26. Love the creepy illustration, Billy! @pulpasylum.bsky.social

An endless Tuesday … -from "Alice Lives Here Forevermore" by Diane Dooley (@dianedooley.bsky.social), in October's #Penumbric at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue... #shortstory #horror

I know it's kind of pathetic to be in bed by 6pm, but then I remember what a rough year it's been. Lost both my parents and currently recovering from my second bout of pneumonia. *turns on electric blanket*

You know, I don't think anyone could pay me enough to give a flying fuck about anyone's immigration status. Country borders are imaginary, made-up lines, subject to change every time stupid, egotistical men start another war. We are all humans, sharing the same planet, and nobody owns the earth.

Blogging about my latest short story:

Gathering seed.

'Alice Lives Here Forevermore': new story from me in the current issue of @penumbricmag.bsky.social Come meet poor wee Alice :)

Amazing tennis story in Shanghai :)

My published short stories: dianedooley.wordpress.com/short-stories/ Illustration: Sue Babcock

Great news! JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month www.jstor.org/action/showL...

Hey indie publishers: Brief Ecology is looking for new and upcoming eco-fiction to review! We like eco-horror, eco-gothic, eco-anti-gothic, eco-weird, eco-literary, and whatever else we're not picky. Get in touch if you've got titles that you think fit!

Coming next Wednesday, October 1st: Pulp Asylum issue #9, including Oladosu Michael Emerald's new story, "3:00 AM Will Come Again." PulpAsylum.com

As a resident of #Portland it is impossible to capture how unhinged this is. We are a low crime city and the ICE protest "siege" consists of one auxiliary ICE office that normally has at most a dozen weirdos debating what performance art they should use to block a single driveway

This is literally what the actual "siege" of the auxiliary ICE building looks like

Share your favorite black and white movie.

Down the shore...

The 2025 issues: book 1 & book 2 side by side. Twenty-one authors of short stories in total. Next month submissions will open for books 3&4 #litmag #quiethorror #darkfiction #shortstories #literaryhorror #originalfiction #micropress

Me, gazing at the place where Melville wrote such sentences.

One of my very rare blog posts (remember them?) as I have a new short story out with @frostzonestories.bsky.social. Fans of creepy dolls will enjoy it :)

Frost Zone Stories Book 2, including terrific stories by @jennyhart2001.bsky.social @dianedooley.bsky.social @malcolmtimperley.bsky.social @camdenscorner.bsky.social Nick Young, Michael Penncavage, Kay Hanifen, D Thomas Minton, @kenfoxe.bsky.social Ann Wuehler and @maureenow.bsky.social

Well, the women's final was really dull. Especially compared to the semi finals. #USOpen

Well, I wasn't going to watch the men's final, but now I think I will so I can join in the booing that the orange malignancy so richly deserves. #USOpen

Having another honey deuce in honor of Felix taking a set off of Sinner. Allez! #USOpen

Drinking my honey deuce out of my USO souvenir cup and cheering loudly for FAA. Make Sinner repent, Felix! (Yes, I know it's unlikely.) #USOpen

What an amazing night of tennis! #USOpen

This Sinner-Bublik match is boring as hell. #USOpen

Feel terrible for Taylor, but wow, Barbora is one hell of a fighter. #USOpen

Holy Moly, what a tiebreak. Krejcikova has saved eight match points. Eight! #USOpen

Victory!

‼️CALL TO ARMS ‼️ BURN by @lukewalkerwriter.bsky.social If you see this post - please share. Luke is a fantastic writer who deserves a far better crack than he’s getting - let’s help get his book and his name out there. It costs nothing to repost! amzn.eu/d/2bdFir1 #booksky #horror #readers

Haven’t shared this in a while! go.bsky.app/MaTHmqx

Sold another short story, yay!

Aw, man. Missed it. Fell asleep waiting for it to come on.

I want one. Badly.

Well done, Taylor, for beating her at tennis and then NOT beating her for those insults.

All kinds of drama in this Eala vs Tauson match. #USOpen

Tennis karma is real, and it's manifested this time with the USTA having to give $1 million to two players they didn’t even want in their draw. Pay doubles players their due respect, thank you very much. tennissweetspot.substack.com/p/sorry-but-...

Not going to lie - my new book could do with some love, so if you want to add it on Goodreads or repost my promo, it would be much appreciated.