I've only read 2 of the 3 stories in Nadia Bulkin's "Issues with Authority," but wow. Psychic/psychopathic Carly of "Cop Car" is beyond memorable. The rot of beauty pageants in "Your Next Best American Girl" heartbreaking. Collection of the Year? @nadiabulkin.bsky.social @ghoulish.bsky.social

This year, wrote 20+ short stories, 7 flash, had 3 great publications, 3 set for 2026, enjoying it more than ever. I've always struggled with writing. It's taken a willingness to sit with uncomfortable thoughts and feelings along the way to get to this point. The only answers are in the void.

Had one of my early stories published in Bone Parade last year. Check out the latest issue for weird and magical fiction.

I’ve got four!

Just picked up about three more books off this list. Merry Krampus Christmas to me.

Happy winter solstice. I feel like celebrating it with Heilung would be awesome. Check out their music if you’re not familiar with them! #wintersolstice #heilung

A little Novalis for your winter solstice “To the Light a season was set; but everlasting and boundless is the dominion of the Night.” #novalis

Just got a story acceptance for one of my weird/psychological horror stories about ghosts, controlling relationships, and some cryogenically frozen organs! Can't say where till the story comes out, but needless to say I'm pretty excited for this one sometime in 2026. #weirdhorror

Apologies to the ghosts who might be reading this. But for everyone else, great advice.

Praise Krampus!!! I’ve been waiting on a story that I’m hoping is a good match for StP.

The timbre of melancholy. Julee Cruise.

First draft done. 9000 word fantasy story about family, trauma, political violence, and the lies that bind a society together. Should this be called a long story or a short novelette?

Strange Horizons will be open to general fiction submissions for 48 hours beginning January 19th, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC and ending January 21st, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC. There will be no cap. See our fiction submission guidelines for more information on how to submit: strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...

Contract signed!! Beyond excited to have my story "Istanai" coming out in March 26 in Trollbreath. @trollbreathmag.bsky.social A dark fantasy love story about mountain lions, static on old TVs, the jealousies that underpin friendship, and keeping revolutionary desire alive beyond death.

Just bought my wife ECO24 for the holidays. She's obsessed with native plants and California ecology (no, she doesn't use bsky-no secrets revealed). Hopefully this stokes her burgeoning desire to write speculative ecofiction! @apexmag.bsky.social @marissavu.bsky.social

TLDR: In recent months, tech giants including Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Oracle have been making gargantuan investments in new data centers, tying together their fortunes through circular financing deals, and borrowing huge piles of debt from lightly regulated lenders. 2008 anyone?

Basically me every day. Why not both? #doommetal #MFDOOM

Check out this great, agonizing story by @kjy1066.bsky.social about childhood friendships and exploring the hidden spaces within the jungles of Puerto Rico. www.typebarmagazine.com/2025/12/05/b...

Great writing on the shadow that haunts LA. Mariana Enriquez “A Sunny Place for Shady People”. With visits from the mountain lion P-22 and Elisa Lam.

A few other pieces that I was hoping would publish this year - my Jeffrey Ford essay, in particular - but I guess I'll go ahead and call it and say this is my 2025 summary. Go to doomsdayer.wordpress.com and follow some links to some criticism of weird fiction. Or don't, I'm not the boss of you.

Just in case anyone was (foolishly) feeling all caught up on their reading lists, here's 100 books by small publishers including stuff from @tenebrouspress.bsky.social and @psychopomp.com

No surprises here!

Frida

I was surprised how much love my KARP shirt got this week. Truly, a legendary band. Bourgeoisie denied! open.spotify.com/track/6g2PLk... #karp #krecords

A love story I can believe in: "Our fingers entwine so hard it hurts. It is always bone-on-bone with him, ribs on ribs, femur on femur. Our bodies lack the most basic defenses against each other, and the more we love the more we cut." Haunting prose; a couple drifting between life and death.

Awards season means nominating my stories for oddly specific prizes that don't exist but should. Thanks to @gravesidepress.bsky.social for publishing this one in their "What Lurks: A Cryptid Anthology," which has some great stories in it! Buy it here: graveside-press.com/product/what...

Awards season means nominating myself for made-up awards that should exist. Thanks to @seizethepress.bsky.social for publishing my weird fiction story Avila Beach in the Spring! Read it here: www.seizethepress.com/2025/03/29/a... #weirdfiction

It's awards season, so I've decided to nominate my own stories for some made-up awards that should exist, starting with my metaphysical science-fiction/horror hybrid "The Poem of the Yovel," which came out a week ago in Quest #1. Read it here: read.quest/content/the-... @readquest.bsky.social

All you horror writers, pay attention! youtu.be/BRGTVvOfzjs?...

Initial fire reignited, leading to Palisades fire: "Firefighters were told to roll up their hoses and leave...a move that was made despite reporting to their superior that it was a “bad idea” to leave the burn scar because of visible smoldering–some rocks and tree stumps were still hot to the touch"

My story, "The Poem of the Yovel" out now in Quest magazine! An alien race experiences the universe as one giant poem, replete with meaning until one of their ships discovers a transmission that threatens to upend their understanding of the cosmos. @readquest.bsky.social Can't wait to read it all!

Picked up these two books from @vromansbookstore.bsky.social before watching Frankenstein. Unlike the movie, I am sure these will not leave me disappointed. @agustinabazterrica.bsky.social & Mariana Enriquez

Probably the best thing to ever happen at a beauty pageant is Chilean death metal being sung www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsi...

Happy Halloween!

If only I could press RT to accomplish this.

Hey everyone, my story "The Poem of the Yovel," is coming out next month in Quest Issue 1!. It's about an alien species who sees the universe as one giant poem full of meaning, until they come across something unexpected in the far reaches of space... See full lineup below! @readquest.bsky.social

I like this comparison. Imagine the darkest most absurdist day of high school then multiply by 100, and throw in a Minotaur. Think that captures the vibe of my story pretty well.

Not quite the same but if anyone says Highway 10 or Highway 405 they are definitely not from LA. Always use the definite article in front of your freeways numbers, folks! If you are LA born and raised like me, you will also just refer to them by their names. E.g. Santa Ana Freeway

Willis 😜

Just got my story, "The Poem of the Yovel" picked up by Quest magazine for the "Thresholds" issue #1. It's about an alien species for whom the universe is a poem replete of meaning--until they venture out beyond their solar system. Parts will be illustrated too. Excited! Details soon.

Wonderful underwater death-dreamscapes from @anovelescape.bsky.social Kelsea Yu. psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

At one time or another, we must all grapple with Poe.

Important part of people’s history to remember. More than 50 years ago today.

Finally started this game last week. It’s quotes like this that make it so awesome. #discoelysium

That we continue to persist at all is a testament to our faith in one another.

Submit your favorite weird horror here!

Atrocity Exhibition. Not only a great Joy Division song and JG Ballard novel but also a great hip-hop album.

I just discovered how to get through grading papers. 6 shots of espresso per day. Why hadn't I thought of it before?

More of this please. Amazing mix of black, technical and death metal with symphonic composition. #lornashore

Your random Junji Ito update. Such a mind for horror--where the most intimate, personal, and vulnerable clashes with the bizarre. #ito #junjiito Thanks @shawnazilla.bsky.social!