How y'all like that cover?

This is Annie. She is a dental therapy dog. Her job is to help patients experiencing anxiety by providing emotional support. While dentists go through years of schooling to treat patients Annie is able to lower their blood pressure and reduce anxiety just by being there. 14/10 (TT: funny.bunny9215)

Available today for only 99 cents: The Nightmare Box and Other Stories by @cynthiasaysboo.bsky.social! Snag a copy if you want stories about unnerving hitchhikers, sex pest-hunting vampires, malevolent foster parents, and more. www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/the-...

“I use it for brainstorming.” is quickly becoming my most hated pro-AI statement. YOU TOOK YOUR BRAIN OUT OF THE EQUATION. THAT IS NOT BRAINSTORMING.

Unfortunately, that's not really right. The U.S. wasn't fighting fascism or Nazism in WWII. It was fighting a rival for imperialist domination.

Just in time for Hispanic Heritage Month, my review of “Fever Dreams of a Parasite” by Pedro Iniguez. This strange, surreal collection of stories full of eldritch horrors focuses on themes such as Capitalism, bodily autonomy, and the immigrant experience. diversityhorror.com/2025/09/22/f...

We love Neon Hemlock in this house. Sharpen thy quills, friends.

Cursed Morsels is an excellent home for your FLESH-themed goopies.

WELL.

So, HWA members: the Stoker list is getting a little healthier, but definitely needs to be fed. You can nominate stuff all year round!

They do haunt, these stories.

The best way to say goodbye to September? Pretend it’s already October. With creepy readings from Thomas Ha and Clay McLeod Chapman, we plan to do just that. Wednesday, September 24! 7:00 p.m. PDT! Join us! #booksky www.storyhour2020.com

I'm Cynthia. I write feminist/queer horror. If you liked "Promising Young Woman," you might like this flash piece from May: www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/a-gi... If you liked Carrie, you'd almost definitely like this here essay from January: nighttidemag.com/2025/01/31/m...

A memorial-service reminder that there are no feelings about Kirk you are required to "respect." He was an unregenerate bigot and misogynist who seized on a shrewd grift and used it to make our world worse. I fear that we can't yet measure his legacy, but that's all he deserves to be remembered for.

Let me be crystal clear when I say this. Vilifying trans women in the name of “protecting” cis women is just a push toward bioessentialist bullshit and seeks to define womanhood in an extremely narrow and disingenuous way. It’s a nefarious patriarchal paradigm repackaged as concern.

By the way, Ha's stories will also devour you, the reader.

Once again: I deny any consent to this shit after I am dead.

Do it for me! Most of the novels I've read this year were actually published before this year :(

Fans of Sordidez, rejoice! Next year will see two sequels, set in that universe! (I haven't yet read it, but I have heard many good things.)

I was on the road and missed this release date! The demons are upon us and I am very eager to meet them.

A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that.

In which my Southwest road trip was even more healing than I thought it would be. I needed it; my dad passed away six weeks ago. It was capped off with an EPIC, heart-shredding Nine Inch Nails show. The lights; the sound design; the energy. My grieving, full heart howled and sung and screamed.

Next week, Kosoko Jackson (THE MACABRE) and Sam Rebelein (GALLOWAY’S GOSPEL) join me for a magical, dark fantasy filled Fearmongers. Wednesday, September 24th at 8 PM/ET. Register via Zoom: bit.ly/4mMnQ0x @kosokojackson.bsky.social @rebelsam94.bsky.social

CONGRATULATIONS to you!!! I hope you have a wonderful pub day.

In which I am on a glorious, jaw-dropping road trip through the Southwest. And, yes, here is me: "Standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona, and I'm quite sure we're in the wrong song." (It's also the "wrong corner.") Tori fans will know. @stinasdemons.com, @pauladashe.bsky.social ...

"Although some devil’s advocates might say that AI use democratizes the ability to create high-quality promotional materials, Agan feels like the aesthetic just isn’t in line with the club’s ethos." Yeah. They are the **devil's** advocate. Because that's who brought us AI. Also, no, it doesn't.

Hello, new followers. I'm Cynthia. I write stories about: a horny pansexual vampire working the night shift at a blood bank, a witch who makes custom nightmares during the COINTELPRO era; a radical activist pulled back to the dark days of his youth, etc. More here: cynthiasaysboo.wordpress.com

YES PLEASE.

In which I very publicly thank @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social for blurbing my upcoming book Muñeca, because Cina is the hardest working woman in horror and still squeezed in the time. I am a very lucky human.

Here are some things that Charlie Kirk said in his life. The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.

We love to see it.

Are you a marginalized author (or the editor/agent/publicist of one) who has a trad pub YA or adult SFF/H book coming out Sept 2025 - March 2026? This book critic wants to know about it! Small press strongly encouraged. bookjockeyalex.com/contact/

Behold! The cover and TOC for our latest, GODS & MONSTERS, coming at you this October: fiyahlitmag.com/2025/09/06/f...

Yup.

Again, @ft.com reporters or whoever else needs to hear this: "Hallucinations" are not the result of "flaws," they are literally inherent in & inextricable from what LLM systems do & are. Whether an "AI" tells you something that matches reality or something that doesn't, *it is working as designed*

The latest @clarkesworldmagazine.com includes my interviews with: Uncertain Sons author Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social pubbed by @undertow.bsky.social Audition for the Fox author Martin Cahill @mcflycahill90.bsky.social pubbed by @tachyonpub.bsky.social clarkesworldmagazine.com

lastly: shame is not effective public messaging for changing the behavior of **good faith low information individuals** shame is absolutely effective public messaging for changing the behavior of institutions. and furious responses are appropriate for people in power choosing harm

Oh, they're not "indifferent." They are actively, structurally OPPOSED.

Good luck to everyone who enters!

Vaccines don’t cause autism but given the over representation of those on the spectrum in science, it could be argued that autism causes vaccines.

In which I tell you all how much I'm enjoying Premee Mohammed 's book The Butcher of the Forest, a notable thing because I don't read much high fantasy. Prose both lush and sharp, and a rich mix of wonder and terror. locusmag.com/2024/02/liz-...

Huge thanks to @tkrex.bsky.social for spending time with us this morning! Great discussion of craft elements as well as the need for tackling tough issues through fiction. If you loved the stories we highlighted this week, you can find more at T.K.'s website. Check 'em out!

Anti-vaxxers aren’t questioning the science, they’re questioning who deserves to live

Today at @pastemagazine.bsky.social, my list of the most anticipated horror books of the fall is finally here! New stuff from @keithrosson.bsky.social, @haileypiperfights.bsky.social, @almakatsu.bsky.social, @rachelharrison.bsky.social, @momoshaty.bsky.social, @pfracassi.bsky.social, and many more!

Psst. Writers With Drinks is coming back to San Francisco. Spread the word! www.eventbrite.com/e/writers-wi...

If you're new here, I have: 🕷️ BUT NOT TOO BOLD, a short novella about a monstrous spider woman, published this year by Tor & 🩸 CABARET IN FLAMES, an upcoming novella available for pre-order on Tor/Titan Books You can find them in any bookshop, or order on the link below: linktr.ee/hachepueyo

Apex is reopening to submissions and launching our Kickstarter to fund 2026 on Oct. 1st! If you want to be one the first backers and make sure you don't miss out on any of the exciting this we have planned next month, click the "Notify me on launch button" here! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

I know that there are efforts in some quarters to rehab the Twilight movies*, but, yeah, they're fawning odes to white supremacy, they're anti-abortion & they dress up domestic abuse as "love" ... and don't even get me started on the dripping classism. *Also true of the books. I've read them all.

Um, excuse me, no. If someone has the money to drive a fucking CYBERTRUCK at Burning Man, they can afford every penny of this poor dude's medical bills. Why the hell wasn't the driver/owner actually identified? www.sfgate.com/travel/burni...

In which a cover gives me nightmares.