Bout to have a good ass day

felt like I was going insane, reading this one, and it was awesome

Wow, thanks so much for reading! 🖤

"The best trauma occurs when you're young meat." Ian Kappos in @ergot.bsky.social

"Sunlight refracted from dozens of glister shells, turning the bedroom molten. Grandpa lay curled into a fetal position on the floor, crying bloody tears. He was gibbering." Today on ergot.: 'Late Bloomer' by Ian Kappos www.ergot.press/authors/Ian_...

Excited to share my story “Late Bloomer” is out today at @ergot.bsky.social

My psychiatrist told me to not seem too American while I’m abroad and I said I’ll try to refrain from announcing when I want a hot dog.

Apex Magazine Subscription Drive update: Things have definitely slowed down with the drive. We're currently at 157 new subscribers, which is fantastic, but its also very far from our 300 goal. If we do not hit 300 new subscribers, we will have to cut the size of each issue. All the details here:

By now you know we need to hit 300 subscribers to keep our current issue size for 2024. But we aren't the only magazine asking for support: Introducing Magazine Timeshares! Pay for your stay, whether it be for as short as a month or as long as a year apex-magazine.com/apex-blog/it... (thread)

Kathe Koja is a god

ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT A NOVELLA ANNOUNCEMENT Psychopomp will open to novella submissions Jan 1st 2024 - April 30th 2024. we wanted to let you know about it now so you can start writing, if you're interested. full guidelines + what we want below. pls help spread the word to your favorite writers!

I don’t think Bluesky shows threads to people (or maybe everyone is just sick of my baloney?) but my rundown of the new Weird Horror stories is here

Here’s a story I wrote 4-5 years ago that a dream publication (@strangehorizons.bsky.social) was gracious enough to publish. I reread it for the first time in a while today, and for no reason other than I’m trying to “do the writing thing” again, I’m sharing it. strangehorizons.com/fiction/subl...

Over the next two weeks, Apex is doing a push for new subscribers. We need 300 new subscribers to be able to keep publishing issues at the size we currently are. If we don't get that, then beginning in January we have to cut back. Read all the nitty gritty here: apex-magazine.com/apex-blog/it...

OPEN SUBMISSION CALL. Beyond the Bounds of Infinity is officially open for submissions of cosmic horror and weird fiction from marginalized groups. Full information here: rawdogscreaming.com/contact/

#FIYAHLitMag is always accepting donations to support new experiments, sustain the mag, increase wages, etc. We appreciate all the continued support and know none of this would be possible without an active community. Here's our updated link: www.paypal.com/donate/?host...

Embracing the spiritual oblivion of missing a deadline

Buy my second book, an illustrated short story collection centered on isolation and social performance. castaignepublishing.bigcartel.com/product/lock...

Our cracking interview with @pauladashe.bsky.social is up! I got to chat with her about her fear of teeth, obsession with a historical sect of real life Cenobites, fucked up families, and her horrific short story collection WE ARE HERE TO HURT EACH OTHER, which just won a Shirley Jackson Award!

Not enough credit is given to Dystopia for making Eckhart Tolle sound like a psychopathic Bond villain

I need your sickest office chair recommendations

Real talk. We need 300 new subscribers (including renewals) to keep publishing issues at our current size. If we don't get hit that number we will need to scale back the magazine size. Help us keep our size (or increase it!) over the next two weeks! apex-magazine.com/apex-blog/it...

want to write about gothy, death stuff like: - reviews - new releases - best of round-ups - critiques - and etc. books, short stories, TV, movies, games... we are looking to hire a few writers! paid gigs! details below, pls share for visibility!! psychopomp.com/hiring-write...

They really made Baldur’s and 2K24 come out within four weeks of each other because their marketing teams did not know that people like me exist

It’s ecstatic weird Sunday

Walton Goggins is: Elric of Melniboné

AA meeting created for the sole purpose of trying to debunk AA

VASTARIEN goes on hiatus after 6 years & 13 (soon 14) incredible issues. Grateful for your unwavering support in this Ligottian journey. Grimscribe Press has big plans for 2024! Thanks for the love and belief. Remember, the best is yet to come. 🖤📚 #Vastarien #WeirdFiction #Onward

Set and setting are as important when reading as they are when doing drugs. Indulging in @ossuary.bsky.social ‘s musical occult madness courtesy of @malarkeybooks.bsky.social

Kristine Kathryn Rusch weighs in on the discussion about F&SF. This one is a must-read: kriswrites.com/2023/09/06/b...

Happy 17th birthday to my beautiful, beautiful boy. ❤️❤️❤️

Delete skeet

Send skeet

An LA person has a yard sale and treats it like a pop-up

Oh jeez, the new TOS for Twïttër are gross 😫

He’s a carpenter who reads in his garage where he brews his own beer and he gave me all his vintage Harlan Ellison paperbacks so he’s pretty sick

Helloooooo! First post to let y'all know I wrote a gross-ass, propulsive horror/crime novel called FEVER HOUSE! It's been out two weeks! I'd be thrilled if you checked it out and/or told your friends about it! Thank you! Exclamation point! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/720703...

Forgot to say people in Boston are either super nice or despicably petty, miserable, embittered excuses for human beings

This in-progress series was inspired by an M. John Harrison post. It said "Pictures that invite a narrative but work better without one." and I thought it would make for a brilliant anti-worldbuilding visual approach of sorts.

Weird Horror mag opens Saturday for subs for 2 weeks. Please read the guidelines. Not to throw shade, but the last few queries I had were all addressed already in the guidelines. We're all tired, I know. You can read the mag free online to get a feel. undertowpublications.com/weird-horror...

Meet Zinfandel, a half-elf ranger who might have a bit of a problem

Our open reading period will begin on September 1 and end on September 14. Please send us your best and your weirdest! Guidelines for how and what to submit are here: dorothyproject.com/about/

All the homies are New Wave Fabulists

Think about all you could gain from a trippy, fast-paced gay historical novel about the origins of the Satanic panic

Shadowfax keeps sending me these really dark, indecipherable faxes and I'm not sure if it's because of his name or because he's a horse.

Diablo is the one true grimdark

The tiniest display of goading me on has been known to make me go full subgenre crusade

During and since that time I also created six dnd characters that I will never play. Now I will probably miss my deadline