I have a story in this! The ToC is wild, the stories are incredible. If you want a weird west anthology, that's the one you NEED. Buy a copy, and check out 'Five Lemons in a Net', my story of trauma, soul-eating shadows, and of course, the importance of shopping lists 🔥

every time I make a short story sale on a cold day I think about spending all the cash on a gigantic polo coat like this one and then I look up how much gigantic polo coats cost and then I get bummed out and think about how cool it would be to win the lottery

This story by @parkeriswriting.bsky.social ruined my whole morning, and I mean that as the highest of compliments. Perfect Halloween read.

Go read Ash’s newsletter! This is not a drill!

Happy Halloween! I can’t recommend you read this one while eating, but I can recommend you read it over and over for every other waking minute of your day today

I want to take a sec today to talk about how awesome @apexmag.bsky.social is. They've published me twice & both have been stories that are super weird and queer and violent and tender all at once. There are other excellent mags out there, but I would argue that *nobody* does it quite like Apex.

The @apexmag.bsky.social 2026 Kickstarter is currently sitting at $6,717 of our $20K goal! That means we're a third of the way to funding four issues of Apex for next year! Can we hit 50% before the end of the week? www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

The @apexmag.bsky.social 2026 Kickstarter is starting the week at $5,797, only $203 away from 30% of our initial goal and opening to nonfiction submissions! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

Huge news for fans of birds/songs/dreaming/science fiction/the obliteration of the universe: “To Dream of Birdsong” is free to read online!

Double pub day for me! Check out “Instructions for Self-Reflection”, now available in Radon’s Issue 11

Story release day! “This Is What Mouths Are For” is my answer to the question: what if everything was creepy and gross? Despite the fact that revising this story made me nauseous, I’m very, very proud of this one.

Apex is (in my completely unbiased opinion) one of the best mags out there. Throw them some support!

The @apexmag.bsky.social Kickstarter launches tomorrow! Will you help us fund 2026 and kickoff another 20 years of strange, surreal, shocking, and beautiful short fiction? I hope you will! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

I just backed OTHERSIDE 2026: A New Magazine of Queer SFF! on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

In about an hour I'm doing a reading at @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social !! I'll probably read a couple flash pieces, and if there's time, maybe a chapter from my WIP book? We'll see where the wind takes us It's free, and there's still time to register at flights-of-foundry.org/registration/

No one talk to me, I’m hibernating until October

You can’t tell, but as this photo was taken I was repeating the Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front manifesto in my head

putting delight in my author bio from now on

Irrealists: join us TONIGHT at Liquid State Brewing in downtown Ithaca for readings by @donfoolery.com and @parkeriswriting.bsky.social! Onward!

Granted, "the 22nd night of September" doesn't have the same ring to it as the Earth, Wind & Fire line, but I'm sure @parkeriswriting.bsky.social and I will make it one to remember! If you're around the 607, come by Liquid State at 7 pm!

Super grateful for this generous review and recommendation of “A Runaway Android’s Guide to the Oro-Ti Night Market,” online now at Locus (and super grateful to @smallwondersmag.com and guest editor @premeemohamed.com for giving it a home in the first place, too): locusmag.com/review/gigan...

Rochester area writing buddies, come listen to me yap! Non Rochester area writing buddies, now might be a great time for a road trip

Contract signed! “Instructions for Self-Reflection” is coming next month in Radon’s Issue #11.

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...

new story day! sometimes you gotta write a kinda fucked up little post-apocalyptic microfiction ✨

“What the Crab Apple Tree Near Miranda Spaceport Saw” is a Reactor MUST READ story! Promise I'm only screaming a little bit!

Spending my Sunday imagining this post being dictated in the rapid fire voice they use for medication side effects

hey I know this guy! Check out my horror flash about Water, and whether or not there is Something in it

OKAY HI I'M BAD AT PROMOTING MYSELF BUT TODAY FOR THE LOW LOW PRICE OF $4.99 YOU CAN GO BUY APEX MAGAZINE ISSUE 150 AND READ MY STORY "WHAT THE CRAB APPLE TREE NEAR MIRANDA SPACEPORT SAW" or you can wait and read it for free online in like four weeks either works THANKS

My sister @madeleineo.bsky.social surprised me with a @maxgladstone.bsky.social signed copy of one of my all time faves! I hope to one day write something that hits one person the way this story hit me. Thanks Madeleine and Max!

Pack for my trip tomorrow: ❌ Rewrite an opening paragraph six times: ✅

common Ohio State L

Contract signed! My horror flash "This Is What Mouths Are For" will be coming in Flash Fiction Online's October 2025 issue. This is probably my most-revised story, and definitely the one that I've spent the most time polishing. Wouldn't recommend reading this one while eating, but that's up to you!

Today's community drabble: "At the End of the World " by Hannya Kay. The theme was "rejoicing." Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/drbl #authors #drabble

Plott Hound Issue 1 is out in the wild! You need to register as a member, pay $5/issue or $20/year to access the entire inaugural menagerie at once. Pieces will be made available to read online by weekly release. Stay tuned! plotthoundmag.com/issues/

omg omg omg SO CLOSE TO 5k AND I WILL SHARE A MESSED UP DEER STORY I WROTE WITH YOU ALL 🦌👀 kck.st/3SjBfiK

This movie made me stomach hurt. Tim does it again.

now seated

Two things I love: New micro mags New Sasha pieces Only rarely does a post have both of these things

Hello friends, I've been hit with an emergency bill, so I'm opening up a few slots for editorial services. I'll cover the details in thread but would appreciate any shares. I'm a Tessera Editorial alum, have several short fiction credits, and have helped several writers with their query materials.

Me if the oblivion remake rumors are real

Picked these up today, got them signed, and had a nice chat about speculative fiction. Excited to read them, thanks @edashtonwriting.bsky.social !

This goes incredibly hard and my hype is out of control

Your homework assignment for Saturday: If you read something recently that you loved, tell the writer! Just a brief note will probably make their day!

Please join us in congratulating our 2025 Six-Week Workshop students! They will be attending virtually from far and wide, across eight different time zones. Read more about where they're from and the summer format on our blog: www.clarionwest.org/2025/04/09/i...

In honor of the flurry we got today, my tribute to rochester’s snow piles

Contract signed! My story “To Dream of Birdsong” will be published in @plotthoundmag.bsky.social’s inaugural issue. If you like birds, and you like space, this one might be for you.

Me when Fromsoft’s next game is exclusive to the switch 2

No one talk to me I’m making something important

Welcome to OTHERSIDE, a magazine of speculative fiction and poetry by 2SLGBTQIA+ writers! This October, we’ll be fundraising on Kickstarter. Until then, you can join us on our Patreon! We’ll open for submissions in January 2026. See thread for details! 🪐🗡️ (1/5)