I love when authors’ lives spill into their work The monsters in Where the Wild Things Are were inspired by Maurice Sendak’s aunts/uncles. Relatives who’d coo, “You’re so good, we could eat you up.” As a sickly child often confined to bed, he must’ve felt both loved & terrified during their visits⬇️

library halls on rainy days when the bats sing #♡ᝰ.🖋️ #poetrysky #poetry #poem #writingcommunity *(otherwise known as Dark Batcademia)

Like #reading? Like helping children? Check out the Children in Read auction where you can bid on books donated by authors (including me! Lot 255). Funds go to the BBC Children in Need charity. Learn more about it below! www.jumblebee.co.uk/childreninread2025

Don't miss Harvest the Night, an anthology of Folk Horror from Chthonic Matter and C.M. Muller, out at the end of the month! Preorders are open through Chthonic Matter's website (see my bio/linktree). Includes my story, "Our Lady of the Grain", and thirteen other dread-inducing stories.

I’m really loving how I can fit whole stories and sci-fi ideas into songs. There’s a whole complex arc going on in my story, “A Second Enchanted Evening,” and this song managed to really capture the heart and basically the whole of it in music: youtu.be/X4ZdCVk9TJ0?...

So excited to have a short play in Hellerween! This week, from Thursday the 16th-Saturday the 18th! If you're in the Tulsa area, don't miss this spooky good time. More information and tickets linked below!

1,200 years ago, Fatima al-Fihri, a Muslim woman, founded the al-Qarawiyyin Library in Morocco—the oldest continually used library in the world Some of the greatest poets and philosophers in Muslim history studied here. And, it was instrumental in leading Europe out of the Dark Ages What a legacy!

🏦Library Hand: A style of rounded handwriting adopted by librarians in the early 1900's. These clear rounded letters ensured card catalogue entries were legible. 📚 Invented by the infamous Melvil Dewey and inventor Thomas Edison. 📚Even in libraries, every letter counts! #books #libraries

#indieauthor #writingcommunity #amwriting #authorsky #writersky

Our Into the Dark Kickstarter is over. We raised 76% of our goal! It didn’t fund, but this isn’t the end. The anthology will still be published on 12/21/25. We’re so grateful for every bit of your support! Please sign-up for our newsletter for updates on the book! allworldswayfarer.eo.page/j557f

Thank you, Matt!

Just $1,200- to go with 7 hours left!

The clock is ticking… ⏳ Into the Dark has less than 10 hours left, and we’re just $1,400 from the goal. If you’ve been waiting to join us—now’s the moment. Let’s pull this from the shadows together. 🖤 👉 www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

Last hours for the #intothedark #kickstarter, an anthology of 30 dark fantasy short stories!

Just 14 hours left, and so close! Check out Into the Dark's Kickstarter page if you haven't already (that cover!!!). Feeling very honored to have my story, The Feeding, in this project. @awwlitmag.bsky.social www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

If you like dark fantasy, consider backing this anthology from @awwlitmag.bsky.social!

Now down to just $1,500- to reach our goal by tomorrow morning! We have a ton of great rewards including our entire AWW Library, plus your name in the book as a backer! If you like supporting writers, small publishers and genre fiction please consider backing us! www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

OMG! People are showing up! We have only $1,800- more needed to reach our goal and less than 24 hours! We may be able to pull this off! Can you help with a repost or donation? Every little bit helps! Thank you! www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

This morning we thought there was no way we could reach our goal! But, you all are so generous! We are only $1,800- away from reaching our goal! We have less than 24 hrs to go Can you help us get there? Tons of great fiction available for really great prices! www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

Final day!!!

It’s the final day for Into the Dark. We’re still about $2,200 short—unless something miraculous happens, we won’t fund. If you’ve been meaning to back, today’s the last chance. Even if we fall short, thank you for helping us⬇️ 👉https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/allworldswayfarer/into-the-dark-2

📞 Calling all authors! See below 👇

Back and boost, friends!!! Includes a scary, icy story by me 🧊✨💀

We’re down to our final 49 hours. Only $2,300 stands between Into the Dark and the world. These stories deserve to be read — strange, beautiful, haunting, hopeful. Please, if you can, back or share today. Help us cross the finish line. 💜 www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

INTO THE DARK's Kickstarter has only 67 hours left! You don't want to miss @awwlitmag.bsky.social's upcoming dark fantasy anthology featuring my story 'Imperfect Monsters'. Back now for early copies, exclusive art, & more! "Two hundred years ago, you would’ve been called a monster." 💙📚🩸📚🤏

🩸 Kickstarter Alert! 🩸 @awwlitmag.bsky.social is launching 'Into the Dark', a dark fantasy & fantastical horror anthology of 33 stories exploring fear, hope, and the resilience of the spirit. Help bring this indie project to life! Support it before Oct 15 👉 www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

We’re in the final days of Into the Dark! 🌘 Check out our latest update — a deep-dive interview with editor Rowan Rook about the creative vision, challenges, and hopes behind the anthology. 🖤 Read + support: www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

Only 3 days left to back Into the Dark! 🌘 We just posted a behind-the-scenes look at what it’s like being a submissions editor — the stories, surprises, and lessons from the slush pile. Don’t miss it ➡️ www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

Just in time for #Halloween! 4 Short Story Collections for any horror fan! #anthology #shortstories! Unlocking the Darkness amazon.com/dp/B0B7QDV7WC Tales of the Sanguine Elixir amazon.com/dp/B09Q1MRB2J Beyond the Stones Vol One amazon.com/dp/B0CW1JY7TM

The word MEANDER comes from Maiandros, the Greek name for a winding river in Turkey. Over time this word has meant: confusion, to wander aimlessly, a winding passage. I love it, b/c the river & the word make me think of a dotty old man's path as he wanders around the house looking for his keys.

I have a creepy, twisting little story about knotweed, love, and grief coming out in this dark anthology. Look for “What We Lose in the Weeds” and support great indie collaborations like this one from the amazing @awwlitmag.bsky.social 🌿🖤 #booksky 📚💙

Stoked to have my story about a seaside cave-dwelling goddess, "The Girls in the Cave" joining 30+ darkly fantastical tales in Into the Dark - upcoming from indie, queer-run mag @awwlitmag.bsky.social ! If you can, consider backing their Kickstarter here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

We just hit 50% funded! We can hit our goal! Just four more days left to get our entire collection of anthologies and magazines, plus have your name in our book as a contributor, stickers, bookmarks, interesting articles, amazing fiction and more! Don't miss out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

Only four more days of this Kickstarter! Y'all thank you for bearing with me as I projectile vomit ads about supporting the Into the Dark anthology at you! I swear -- no more ads after Monday! But, also we REALLY need donations so... 😂🙏 www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

✨ New for backers! ✨ Our editor Rowan Rook has added a free flash fiction piece! Only 4 days left, don’t miss your chance to read all the exclusive stories, updates, and rewards waiting in the shadows. Join us before the dark closes in: www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

We have another sneak peek at a story from our new anthology, Into the Dark! Please check out Broken by Carolyn Ashley and while there donate if you can! Every bit helps to get these awesome stories out into the world! www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

Can’t wait to share this story with the world! Thank you, Laura!

My short story The Red Shoes is about a young girl with necromancer magic, on her own, desperately trying to reconnect with a loved one while running from villagers who blame her for the plague ravaging the countryside. #magic #necromancy #death #skeletons Check out @awwlitmag.bsky.social anthology

We’re 46% funded with 5 days to go! 🌑 We're so close! Help us reach 55% ($2,750) by midnight — when we’ll reveal an exclusive sneak peek from Into the Dark! Every share and every dollar helps us push back the dark: www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

🌘Meet the Voices in the Dark🌘 From haunted sinkholes to cursed warriors & vengeful ghosts, Into the Dark is filled w/ unforgettable stories by incredible authors from around the world Our latest update spotlights their work. Help bring these dark tales to life www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

We love this story and can't wait to share it with the world! Thank you, Em!

If you like dark moody fantasy stories with necromancy, and skeletons then you’ll probably like my short story The Red Shoes, which I’m so excited to have published in @awwlitmag.bsky.social Into the Dark Anthology! If you have time, please check out their kickstarter

Want to own the entire All World's Wayfarer Library? Support our Kickstarter for only $36- every issue of our magazine and all three anthologies can be yours! And the best part? You're helping a small publisher support authors & artists! Please support today! www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

The clock is running out. In 1 week, our Into the Dark Kickstarter fades into shadow🖤 As a thank-you to our backers, we've shared “Take Me by the Hand: How the Danse Macabre Became Real” a journey through myth, plague, & the dance that never ends. Please support www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

I was listening to History Hits, “The Ancients” podcast about #Myths. They mentioned one called “the devil and the smith” and I wonder if the Andersen’s “The Red Shoes” story is a variation of it 🤔 You can find my own original version The Red Shoes in @awwlitmag.bsky.social dark fantasy anthology.

Just over a week left to support Into the Dark from @awwlitmag.bsky.social! Loads of dark fantasy including my story, "Phalanges and Flames". There are a lot of cool goodies available to backers--check it out!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

Our latest Kickstarter update features a sneak peek of “Puppy Love Makes Men of Monsters” by Kathleen Danielson — one of the incredible authors in Into the Dark! Read the first page & fall under its spell 🖤 📖 www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

Have you heard of the European Dancing Plague of 1518? I hint at that strange outbreak in my dark fantasy story “The Red Shoes” which will be published in @awwlitmag.bsky.social 🎉 They’re doing a great kickstarter, you check it out here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

As we are coming closer to the end of @awwlitmag.bsky.social ’s kickstarter campaign, I’m excited to share a snippet in my short story INTO THE SHADOW. If you're still looking for something to read this spooky season, we will lead you Into The Dark 🌑 www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

There are NINE DAYS LEFT in Into the Dark's Kickstarter campaign! Secure copies, bonus content, and exclusive art of this incredible anthology (featuring my story 'Imperfect Monsters'), all while supporting queer-run publisher @awwlitmag.bsky.social! www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...