"What are the experiences of people of color in the publishing industry?" arleysorg.com/by-the-numbe...

“One of the most insidious aspects of colonialism, reinforced by the paucity of positive diverse representation in literature, is that authors of color often have to undertake an entire personal journey to learn that it is okay to write characters (and stories) that aren’t white” Essential reading:

Once again, fuck AI.

Rivers are living beings.

Okay, this is quite outstanding from Bedford Council.

Now would be a good time for anyone who wants to learn about recent Iranian history to read this. It is well worth your time and money (I am sure your local library has it if you don’t want to purchase it).

Samir Sirk Morató is back in STP with "Starspeaker", an apocalypse story that digs into a parental relationship encompassing pain, duty, resentment, love, and all the contradictions having all those feelings at the same time involves.

fun fact: i wrote this story about cosmic diplomacy & generational apocalypses after being obsessed with the Augsburg Book of Miracles for years ☄️💘 thrilled to be in Seize the Press again & thrilled that this is out!

🖌️WELCOME BACK HARDEEP AJULA!🎨 Hardeep will have new illustrations in this year's issues. Go here to see more cool art and gaze upon mighty crowdfund exclusives before it's too late! 👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

A before and after

Mars

ATTENTION FELLOW STORYGRAPH ENJOYERS 📢🌟 We're running a giveaway of @ivygrimes.bsky.social's folk horror THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR until March 18th! If you're interested in winning both a free copy and bookish bragging rights, link to enter is below ⬇️

BOOK GIVEAWAY! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Free tickets for the virtual book launch of THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR are LIVE 🌟🌌🎉 Join author @ivygrimes.bsky.social, guests @eerieyore.bsky.social, @christinogle.bsky.social, @sashabrown.bsky.social, and host @authorplm.bsky.social March 25 for a Q&A, live reading, and giveaways! See you there 💜

This crooked smile

this came to me in a dream

So what is weird fiction, anyway? It's when you read weird fiction.

A WARRIOR FEARS NOTHING, NOT EVEN ASKING FOR HELP.

The aurora last night in Beaver, Alaska was just incredible. This is a real-time video (not sped up) of the crazy motion I saw. Also, look how BRIGHT it is, wow!

excited that "möbius loop"—my @khoreo.bsky.social short story about hard-won healing in a retrofuturist time travel nightmare—is on this list! i'm happy that one of my thorniest pieces of 2025 is apparently resonating with people

Job offer!! I’m helping a PBS series look for a social media manager/content creator for an upcoming promotional campaign. The start date is ASAP, and a project timeline that currently goes to July. This is for a series on American Muslim history, so candidates with cultural familiarity preferred!

Epigraph from James Baldwin

OMG! Something very special has been put up for auction: Original art by Kev Walker from the Mercadian Masques comic series from 1996! Depicts the entire weatherlight crew! The sale of this goes to Trans Lifeline! You can follow the auction here: mtgart.auction/MasquesTCC #MagicTheGathering

Never a dull day in the studio 🪡🪆 get ready to meet your new favorite character from @ivygrimes.bsky.social's upcoming folk horror THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR, creeping up behind you soon! (tbh we don't have a studio and the scissors are very dull. We ARE making a giant spooky ragdoll though!)

and the forthcoming Cellar below the cellar—I do recommend everything Grimes!

This is Nichole's pothos, I do crave this. 🍽️

Please preorder my book...it's $13.27, and it's got the taste plants crave: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/the...

surprise: it's pre-order time! 🥩✨️ seeing this collection emerge into the world makes me feel so loved. a lot of passion & effort from multiple people went into creating this. i hope that you're all as excited for it as i am

Just preordered GORE POETICS from @cursedmorsels.bsky.social because Samir Sirk Morató is one of the most sublime writers out there and I cannot wait to read this beautiful horrible delight. And for an extra treat, the interior art is by Samir as well!!🖤🖤 Grab it here> buttondown.com/cursedmorsel...

This is an excellent analogy, because my recollection from grade school is that the pen on the right looks fun and exciting, and then you play with it for a few minutes and realize it's not actually useful for anything and in fact makes some tasks more cumbersome, and never think about it again.

coyote’s chase ended abruptly, having fallen victim to the “culvert painted onto the hillside” charade one too many times.

I was trying to give them a chance to respond, but it's been 15 hrs and nothing so: LA WorldCon is using genAI "art" on their website and promo materials. Given everything that went down last year (and with SWFA recently), it's pretty disheartening to see this.

10/10 no noots

"The neighborhood is in chaos. People are nailing plywood over their windows to keep out the babies." This time last year, we published @sashabrown.bsky.social's flash piece CATCHING BABIES. Find it in the archives! buff.ly/D54gP1Y

New entry coming soon(ish), perfect time to read the old ones and see how many times I used the words weird or liminal or unsettling

Red Wizard Team: Goblin

Whether it's horror, scifi, or fantasy, we're always in our element at Apex 🌌🌊🌍 We're thrilled to share our current list of upcoming 2026 titles by @ivygrimes.bsky.social, @reasie.bsky.social, and @marissavu.bsky.social, with more announcements to come! Which one is going on YOUR TBR this year? 📚🔮

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION: "My Stalagmite" for the Literary Nasties. This is a 1k story I wrote about butt plugs and body horror. Here's how it works: 1) read story: www.twinpiesliterary.com/fuck-us-up/m... 2) vote for story: filthyloot.com/literary-nas... Thank you for your support!

details! bone white and silver tones against midnight blues. Oil pastel plus digital colour. #art

Dr. @chesyaburke.bsky.social and I are editing an anthology surveying the evolution of Black literary horror. Tentatively titled Black Horror, Then & Next: We Have Always Dreamed in Darkness (FlameTree Press), here are the guidelines… blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...

Critics want subtlety. Traumatized kids need clarity. Stranger Things doesn't win because it's subtle. It wins because it's not afraid to say the truth out loud to the people who need to hear it most. www.kameronhurley.com/we-are-the-s...

This is a thread of stuff that inspired my novella THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR, out with Violet Lichen Press on Feb 18, 2026! Thread updated weekly, maybe? www.apexbookcompany.com/products/the... www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...

Oh, hello, would you like to win a copy of one of our books? And some silly extra bits like stickers and whatnot (basically anything we can fit in the parcel)? To be in with a chance of winning, let us know what your favourite read of 2025 was in the thread below.

My 9-yo and I wrote the cover story for Interzone #303, and we've created this handy synopsis using legos. Pictured: shark wearing a mech suit made of pirate shipwrecks, attacking a surfer on a chainsaw board. Oh, it gets weirder. Check it out: shop.interzone.press/b/E76yw

The Butter Thief pictured has not harmed any butter in 2026.

Writers! Vol. 2 of 'The Best Weird Fiction of the Year' is open to your submissions. Please adhere to the guidelines. undertowpublications.com/best-weird-f...

By the way, Kaleidotrope is open again to cover art submissions. As with everything, nothing AI-generated or assisted, but reprints are more than acceptable. You'll find the full guidelines, along with where to email me links to your portfolios or galleries, here:

♥️SUBMISSIONS OPEN♥️ We are opening up our Call for Submissions for our next issue! 🖋️✒️📚 This issue is all about reinventing the romance genre, taking ideas around love and sex and hatred to a whole new dimension. #BookSky #WritingCommunity

Our next submission call is right around the corner. Check out our guidelines to learn more: https://bit.ly/3FZcgMA