Today marks seven mortal days since the Fox made their way into the world with Nesi, and I’m so immensely grateful for the love and kindness shown by those who know me and those who don’t. What a life 💜🦊

we’ve become an international cautionary tale - a socially quarantined, isolated pariah, a country puppeted by billionaire crybullies and failson hustlers - and we shall no doubt remain a cringeworthy laughingstock long after this deeply stupid, senile troll has left the world stage

I could not be prouder of my friend & sib-in-law, both my family & my community, @ilanaslightly.bsky.social and the release of their new book, BEINGS, reviewed below at the NYT Book Review today. "Engaging, elegant.... an elegiac & satisfying ending." Buy today! 👽 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/b...

Friends, I do not know how this works, but if you're a HWA member who enjoyed stories from Weird Horror 10 and / or 11, or @thomasha.bsky.social's collection UNCERTAIN SONS, please consider recommending them.

Happy pub day to Becky Spratford with WHY I LOVE HORROR, a collection of essays by so many exciting writers working today. I’m in there too, writing about how I left horror behind, in college, and found my way back.

Today is the day! You can read WHY I LOVE HORROR with 18 of today's best Horror authors. In their essays they ALL bring their personal connection to Horror directly to you, their readers. A post to celebrate with the full table of contents is below. raforall.blogspot.com/2025/09/why-...

Freelance work hasn't come through and this month has been expensive so I'm offering creative consulting on your ttrpg for 25 bucks flat. I'll read it, provide detailed notes and we can do a 30 min discord call to go over them. DM me.

Interviewed two icons about being the faces of American food www.eater.com/food-culture...

on this visibility day i just wanna remind all my fellow bi and pan sexuals out there not to listen to the haters - you ARE better than everybody else. being bi/pansexual makes you better and hotter than everybody else. #bivisibilityday

NYC TONIGHT TONIGHT TONIGHT No list no cover* all celebration!! Come to Club Cumming at 8pm to have a blast with us!! * (for the club, I mean. The book very much has a cover and gosh a list would be nice)

I could not be prouder of my friend & sib-in-law, both my family & my community, @ilanaslightly.bsky.social and the release of their new book, BEINGS, reviewed below at the NYT Book Review today. "Engaging, elegant.... an elegiac & satisfying ending." Buy today! 👽 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/b...

You can’t fix autism because autistic people are not broken.

Too late, Batman. Once this Tylenol floods the city's water supply, my wiki won't run out of editors ever again

new book! 😁 @mcflycahill90.bsky.social

October 2nd! I’m honored and thrilled to be doing an event with the legendary @skylightbooks.bsky.social in LA! Please RSVP and hope to see you there, west coast pals! More info on convo partners coming soon 🦊💜 www.skylightbooks.com/event/skylig...

October 2nd! I’m honored and thrilled to be doing an event with the legendary @skylightbooks.bsky.social in LA! Please RSVP and hope to see you there, west coast pals! More info on convo partners coming soon 🦊💜 www.skylightbooks.com/event/skylig...

Just finished @thomasha.bsky.social ‘s book, Uncertain Sons, and wow. The title novelette is a stunning closer. A surreal, violent story of monster hunting in the hills around Los Angeles (and what incredible, grotesque monsters!) that veers into sudden tenderness at the end

again, it is an especially great time to support & buy books from the wonderful team at @loyaltybooks.bsky.social: loyaltybookstores.com

Christian persecution in America is best defined by this image: No actual struggle, wearing clothes that cost more than my entire wardrobe, polished cross instead of rugged, and surrounded by crowds of fellow hypocrites cheering on bigotry who believe they're the victims.

same. every time I see more coverage of this thing I’m like “Jesus Christ”

I am so glad this book exists in the world. Marty has a gorgeous storytelling voice, made for being read around campfires and for plotting uprisings. And also a literal gorgeous voice, he read the audiobook!

Now serving 368D: Nesi must prove her worth to the Fox of Tricks after they throw her back in time to save her homeland from a brutal occupation. Martin Cahill shares his fantasy debut AUDITION FOR THE FOX! @tachyonpub.bsky.social @mcflycahill90.bsky.social turnthepage.blubrry.net/2025/09/18/t...

Thanks @mcflycahill90.bsky.social! This book is a total delight, and a much needed little slice of hope-core.

I've been admiring the cover of this book for a while, but this piece linked below made me want to get my hands on the book as soon as possible. terribleminds.com/ramble/2025/...

A very happy launch week to Audition for the Fox by @mcflycahill90.bsky.social! We had a great time at WORD last night - thanks to everyone who came out!

My friend @mcflycahill90.bsky.social wrote a book and I got to hear him and @csecooney.bsky.social talk about it on Tuesday and it was a delight! If you need a little bit of light in these troubling times, consider grabbing a copy, for 🦊’s sake.

TRUE TRANS TIMELINE

At @skiffyandfanty.com , @reading1000lives.bsky.social reviews the new novella AUDITION FOR THE FOX by @mcflycahill90.bsky.social skiffyandfanty.com/blog/book-re...

something something political violence

Save the date! @csecooney.bsky.social @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social @smartinez-conde.bsky.social @plaguedr-richards.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/we-demand-...

LA friends! Sweet denizens of Los Angeles! I'm going to be in your fine city from Sept 28 through Oct 2nd, when I have a book event at Skylight for Audition For The Fox! Who shall be around? Who wants to hang? :D

Donate to my campaign to make Laura Loomer’s day worse: secure.actblue.com/donate/abu-bluesky

just absolutely furious with @alixeharrow.bsky.social for being such a goddamn genius "the contradictory heart of what prose does, which is to waste the reader’s time as efficiently and sexily as possible...a reader gives you their time, and you tell them, word by word, how to spend it." y E s

It’s going to break your heart how many people you know, love, and respect will turn out to be cowards. Prepare yourself as best you can. You are not alone, but you are your own center. Be a strong center.

ENDS TODAY! #thestorygraph #giveaway for both AUDITION FOR THE FOX and SPACE SHIPS! RAY GUNS! MARTIAN OCTOPODS! buff.ly/P8TsytD buff.ly/sTOMEMu @thestorygraph.com @vuyoshi.bsky.social @mcflycahill90.bsky.social @hannahnpbowman.com @hyperbolictelly.bsky.social

Featuring stories from @3lobedmag.com, @nightmare-magazine.com, @uncannymagazine.bsky.social, @bafflingmag.bsky.social, @reactorsff.bsky.social, @bcsmagazine.bsky.social, @innerworlds.bsky.social, Augur Magazine, The Dark, and Skull & Laurel.

a canceled streaming subscription is easily converted to several spec fic magazine subs on patreon and similar services, some are as low as 1-2 bucks. the more you know.

NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about AUDITION FOR THE FOX by Martin Cahill. A novella of divine blessings, tricks across time, & the spirit of revolution, I loved this new addition to one of our oldest story forms: the animal fable. Our drink is T’sidaan, Fox of Tricks!

Yesterday feels like a dream, yet all the more special knowing it was real. If you weren’t able to join last night, I’ll be in conversation tonight with @casskhaw.bsky.social at 8pm EST, hosted by @loyaltybooks.bsky.social! Link below, hope to see you in cyberspace! loyaltybookstores.com/thefox

Yesterday feels like a dream, yet all the more special knowing it was real. If you weren’t able to join last night, I’ll be in conversation tonight with @casskhaw.bsky.social at 8pm EST, hosted by @loyaltybooks.bsky.social! Link below, hope to see you in cyberspace! loyaltybookstores.com/thefox

Authors include @willalex.bsky.social, @mcflycahill90.bsky.social, @thomasha.bsky.social, @foliosociety.bsky.social, @naominovik.bsky.social, @garethlpowell.bsky.social, @veronicarothbooks.com, @samanthashannon.bsky.social, and more! transfer-orbit.ghost.io/september-20...

Happiest Book Birthday to @mcflycahill90.bsky.social's Audition for the Fox! 🦊 I'm still in awe of how much world Marty managed to fit in such a slim volume. (Vesper is, too.) This book is a marvel. 🖤 tachyonpublications.com/product/audi...

You sure know how to make a Marty overwhelmed with all the feels, friends. All I can say is thank you and try to convey as much gratitude as I can in these words. Responses to come, thank you everyone!!

Pub day is here!! buff.ly/26khtsy There's two ways to win! #Goodreads #giveaway buff.ly/3lwGYgF (ends today) #thestorygraph #giveaway buff.ly/P8TsytD Read an excerpt! buff.ly/BsHYL6S @mcflycahill90.bsky.social @hannahnpbowman.com @thestorygraph.com @civilianreader.com

Pub Day!!

The Fox is free! Today my debut, Audition For The Fox, is officially out in the world. Magic. Fables. Time travel. And the many ways even a goofball can resist oppression & fight tyranny. Thank you to everyone who had a paw in bringing this into the world & supporting it. Forever grateful, I am 🦊💜

The Fox is free! Today my debut, Audition For The Fox, is officially out in the world. Magic. Fables. Time travel. And the many ways even a goofball can resist oppression & fight tyranny. Thank you to everyone who had a paw in bringing this into the world & supporting it. Forever grateful, I am 🦊💜

was reading up on Marwan Makhoul for an essay & found this 2012 interview with him in Ha'aretz

In all the talk about Charlie Kirk, there’s not been nearly enough discussion about murders and suicides of LGBTQIA+ people—especially youth. Kirk and his allies targeted that community, stoking hate, misunderstanding, and radicalization.

Book release eve and normally I’m good at fighting the wretched little goblin of cynicism inside of me that says art is a light in this smothering shadow of an era; it’s tough tonight. But there is hope, that what we share can help others keep their own candles lit against the dark. May it help 💜🦊