Very excited to see my @thedeadlands.com story on @datlow.bsky.social’s short story recommendation list :)

Very excited to see my @thedeadlands.com story on @datlow.bsky.social’s short story recommendation list :)

👀 @datlow.bsky.social's Year's Best Horror #17 recommendations are out!! we are SO EXCITED to have five authors/stories/poems in the mix. /thread

It’s another Saturday at the Library! Being at the library before it opens is fairly surreal. It’s extremely calm, almost church-like. There’s a peace to things. All the books. All that space dedicated to reading nooks and creative expression. Have you stopped by your local branch lately?

It’s another Saturday at the Library! Being at the library before it opens is fairly surreal. It’s extremely calm, almost church-like. There’s a peace to things. All the books. All that space dedicated to reading nooks and creative expression. Have you stopped by your local branch lately?

Every year I write a list of authors I want to read in the coming year. I’m doing that today. Who is on your list?

On this Story Hour, Corey Farrenkopf read "The Man of Reeds and Seaweed" and "We've Been In Enough Places to Know" from his 2025 collection HAUNTED ECOLOGIES. @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social www.coreyfarrenkopf.com/haunted-ecol... youtu.be/kqGyi_QlmRk

Every year I write a list of authors I want to read in the coming year. I’m doing that today. Who is on your list?

I’m a little late on this one, but wow was @kcmeadbrewer.com’s My Pretties, over in @barrelhouse.bsky.social a wild ride! If Wizard of Oz was a heartbreaking ghost story… …that cake server scene. …the seance. Don’t miss this one :) www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/m...

You know who’s stopping by my next newsletter to talk about 5 of his favorite stories??? @pedroiniguez.bsky.social!!! It will be out next week. A few fun updates from me, a little vampire story, and some thoughts on writing in the New Year :) Want to sign up??? coreys-stories.beehiiv.com

My newsletter in 2026 is going to be odes to things that I love. It’s free and it’s gonna be fun. buttondown.com/megelison

You know who’s stopping by my next newsletter to talk about 5 of his favorite stories??? @pedroiniguez.bsky.social!!! It will be out next week. A few fun updates from me, a little vampire story, and some thoughts on writing in the New Year :) Want to sign up??? coreys-stories.beehiiv.com

I’m a little late on this one, but wow was @kcmeadbrewer.com’s My Pretties, over in @barrelhouse.bsky.social a wild ride! If Wizard of Oz was a heartbreaking ghost story… …that cake server scene. …the seance. Don’t miss this one :) www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/m...

Wicked excited to see my story, For When The Night Is Behind You And The Depths Are Ahead, from the last issue of @3lobedmag.com on @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social’s list of must read spec fiction from November over in @reactorsff.bsky.social :) reactormag.com/must-read-sh...

Wicked excited to see my story, For When The Night Is Behind You And The Depths Are Ahead, from the last issue of @3lobedmag.com on @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social’s list of must read spec fiction from November over in @reactorsff.bsky.social :) reactormag.com/must-read-sh...

Look what showed up today! My copy of Chthonic Matter Quarterly just arrive with my haunted statues made from the wood of haunted houses (say that five times fast) story in it. It’s called Dead Wood…and wow is it bleak. If that’s your thing, as I know it is for most of you, check it out :)

I’ve been sending stories to @fantasymagazine.bsky.social for years and today is the day I finally have a story out with them! Wicked proud of this little post apocalyptic haunted highway tale :) psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...

Request a free digital review copy of The Writhing, Verdant End here! Perfect for fans of weird ecology, apocalyptic lamentation, and anti-capitalist horror. #booksky #horrorlit #horrorfiction #weirdfiction #ecohorror booksirens.com/book/F2AFZC5...

Look what showed up today! My copy of Chthonic Matter Quarterly just arrive with my haunted statues made from the wood of haunted houses (say that five times fast) story in it. It’s called Dead Wood…and wow is it bleak. If that’s your thing, as I know it is for most of you, check it out :)

This is creepy and charming and good. That last line...!

NEW GHOST STORY JUST DROPPED!

I’ve been sending stories to @fantasymagazine.bsky.social for years and today is the day I finally have a story out with them! Wicked proud of this little post apocalyptic haunted highway tale :) psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...

What books did I get for Christmas, you ask??? These two :) ( @jeffreyford8.bsky.social / @stevetoase.bsky.social )

Merry Christmas. I hope someone gives you a book today.

Merry Christmas. I hope someone gives you a book today.

What were my favorite reads this year? These ones!!! Featuring: @thomasha.bsky.social @kristinaten.bsky.social @jeffreyford8.bsky.social @keithrosson.bsky.social @sofiaajram.bsky.social @mattdinniman.bsky.social @hironennes.bsky.social Daryl Gregory

What were my favorite reads this year? These ones!!! Featuring: @thomasha.bsky.social @kristinaten.bsky.social @jeffreyford8.bsky.social @keithrosson.bsky.social @sofiaajram.bsky.social @mattdinniman.bsky.social @hironennes.bsky.social Daryl Gregory

New story out in Chthonic Matter Quarterly! This one’s about a cursed art exhibit of statues made from the reclaimed wood of haunted houses and the poor docent that has to deal with them :) Fun stuff! chthonicmatter.wordpress.com/chthonicmatt...

New story out in Chthonic Matter Quarterly! This one’s about a cursed art exhibit of statues made from the reclaimed wood of haunted houses and the poor docent that has to deal with them :) Fun stuff! chthonicmatter.wordpress.com/chthonicmatt...

Both Lupus in Fabula by @flameswallower.bsky.social and The Writhing, Verdant End by @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social, @tiffmorris.bsky.social, and @ericraglin1992.bsky.social made it on Blog Without A Face's best horror of the year list! theblogwithoutaface.com/2025/12/22/b...

Had an awesome time reading spooky stories at the haunted Loring Greenough House last night with @maeisafraid.bsky.social, @christaqua.bsky.social, and @alyssaalessi.bsky.social :)

Had a great time slinging books at the Misfits Night Market last night :)

Really lovely to see Tell Me Yours, I'll Tell You Mine on A.C. Wise's list of favorite story collections of 2025. I'm here with friends @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social, @thomasha.bsky.social, @vanessafogg.bsky.social, and more. It's been a killer year for short fiction.

Had a great time slinging books at the Misfits Night Market last night :)

It’s another Saturday at the Library!!! How long have I been doing these posts? Years! And I’m really looking forward to going back over them once I retire and making a flip book to show how I age and melt into the books, becoming one with the pages I curated for so long.

It’s another Saturday at the Library!!! How long have I been doing these posts? Years! And I’m really looking forward to going back over them once I retire and making a flip book to show how I age and melt into the books, becoming one with the pages I curated for so long.

Also there are 11 more days to submit your queer speculative stories already published in 2025! The editors love reading far and wide, so please especially consider submitting work from journals and anthologies they might not be aware of. www.neonhemlock.com/were-here

I always love a new @mckatie.bsky.social bog story and her new one, The Somnambulist, over in @3lobedmag.com does not disappoint! And it’s about an assassin! Who don’t love an assassin story :) www.3lobedmag.com/issue46/3lbe...

The joy of seeing books move off my recommendation shelves at the library :) It’s always fun getting patrons to read something weird.

Just wanted to do a little cover appreciation post! @louceph.com really did an amazing job on this one. I couldn’t imagine a more perfect piece of art for the Writhing, Verdant End! The tangled snarling monsters all garbed in red sinew really get the eco-horror point across.

if you are in charge of small fictions I urge you to vote for me and all my babies splitlipthemag.com/flash/0125/s...

Just wanted to do a little cover appreciation post! @louceph.com really did an amazing job on this one. I couldn’t imagine a more perfect piece of art for the Writhing, Verdant End! The tangled snarling monsters all garbed in red sinew really get the eco-horror point across.

You don't say..... @smartbitches.bsky.social mashable.com/article/how-...

What in the small press poetry collection title headline

I know I lament the fracturing of social media, but at least I got to be there when the writing community had a central hub to share stories and read each others work. What do new writers do now? I’m mentoring 3 writers and trying to think of advice for this, but I don’t know the answer.

I know I lament the fracturing of social media, but at least I got to be there when the writing community had a central hub to share stories and read each others work. What do new writers do now? I’m mentoring 3 writers and trying to think of advice for this, but I don’t know the answer.

Gift Link: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/16/c...

PORTRAITS OF DECAY—my debut collection from @saltheartpress.bsky.social. Weird horror stories for fans of Ligotti, Evenson, Jackson, and Barron.

There’s something kind of magical about being a librarian and getting to hang out in the library once everyone is gone :)