fresh horror recs coming this Wednesday! don't miss out bc you missed a social media post; subscribe for free & refer back at your leisure -- these stories are must-reads 🦇⚡

Men, why try to look cool reading just any book when you can look bad ass as all hell with one of my book covers? Art by Matthew Revert on both

enough "true crime." use your imagination and give me "fake crime" you cowards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hell yes, @btoastie.bsky.social. Fantastic all around. www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...

A Cover Reveal! 🌕 Many thanks to everyone involved in the creation of this auroralicious cover for The Cellar Below The Cellar...out February 2026

I have been getting tattooed for ~ 18 years and SecondSkin is the mf truth

Just a head's up: subs to @thedodgemag.bsky.social close on the 15th! I'm reading fiction for Spring and Summer

Lowkey side eye at my 6-year-old who told me yesterday he loves learning how to read because “every book is a new adventure.” Nice try dude. You will be getting a Nintendo Switch for Christmas like all the other kids.

Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.

Being a writer is about seeing a picture like this and dreaming up a protag with a phobia of being buried alive and a toe sucking (recipient) fetish

real heads know great lakes heads 50 years today she was the pride of the American side...

we have a story by Shane Kowalski @dieddisappointed.bsky.social ! in the story Murphy – a professional in the city whose life makes him feel so confused that at times he wonders if he’s had a stroke – visits his friend Malone. a great story ! & a great ending xraylitmag.com/beckettian-b...

One of mine in @bruisermag.com #smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social

Have been filling mason jars with water, dish soap, glitter, and a waft of cigarette smoke and selling online as “Literary It Girl Bath Water.” I feel guilty, but times are tough man

Slowly siphoning my wife‘s powers by (once a day) plucking a single hair from her head, rolling it up into a little ball that I mix with my weed, and smoking it in my bong

Chicago legend @martinezfjulian.bsky.social wrote about our evening of ambient music, literature, and chili zonamotel.substack.com/p/dispatch-s...

I've made @thomasha.bsky.social's original novelette "Uncertain Sons" - from his debut collection - available to read for those catching up on year-end reading, for awards eligibility and recommendations. Enjoy! We appreciate your kind consideration. undertowpublications.com/uncertain-sons

As a debut indie author, I’m really grateful to have found the readers I have with these two books. Would be honored to have them considered alongside 2025’s other great new releases!

Fin (haha)

I didn't write a ton this year, but published a handful of pieces (incl. one more coming in December!), all of which are kinda my fave, each in its own way. This one from back in January caught myself by surprise in ways that felt real exciting. doric-literary.com/2025/01/01/r...

Folks, check those moderation tabs... I was wondering why I couldn't see any posts

Been quiet over here but hard at work behind the scenes! - An excited surprise for later this month - Our 2026 announcement on Jan. 1 - Our AWP Offsite on March 4 - Our next books on May 27

In our morning reading: catching up with Tortoise, notable horror fiction, and more. www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/07/m...

Seeking: Partner to perform Geese's TRINIDAD at a karaoke venue Me: guy who does the "THERE'S A BOMB IN MY CAR!!!!!!" part You: everything else If this is you, please respond below 👇

huge shoutout to crow, who helped with hooking up Short Story, Long with a HAD-style "read a story from the archives" link! tinyurl.com/randomSSL

Lit mag friends: I have a couple of undergrads who would be amazing readers for your journal. And one is looking for a summer internship, specifically (for grad hours, unpaid). Anyone have a spot to offer?

Trust me, you don't want to miss the book launch for Melissa's Bitter Over Sweet! It's going to be 🔥 November 7, at 7pm EST. With Deesha Philyaw and Avitus Carle!! Holy moly! 🔥 Link to register ⬇️

My holiday drop is live! You can find lots of shiny new things in my shop now: patterned.etsy.com #art #handmade #linocut

ICYMI - I've got a flash up in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social this week. Just in case you want to read about mimes, sax solos, & incontinent goats, among other plagues. www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/lofflin/t...

This week's Friday Five is live! Music from Snocaps, Claire Rousay, @chatpileband.bsky.social + Hayden Pedigo Words by @taylorbyas.bsky.social and Annie Proulx aarikdanielsen.com/blog/novembe...

I was interviewed by the wonderful @mynachang.bsky.social about Violet Lichen Books and ECO: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION anthologies. Check it out here, along with Myna's lovely words about ECO24 (releasing soon - Nov 18!) 💚🌿🦋💚🦋🌿💚

DRAIN is one of the few bands that can pull off fun / "positive" hardcore. Happy new DRAIN day to everyone who likes to swing their fists

Twas the night before a shop update and I’ve been up since 7 am photographing, editing, writing descriptions and setting up shop listings. But now it’s just after midnight and it’s all ready to go live at noon! Huzzah!

If you wrote an SF/F/H story that was published in 2025 (or read a story that you thought was great), tell me about it in this thread! Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)

me @ awp Baltimore, chatting with a friend (will it be you?)

Yeah, @ergot.bsky.social absolutely rules

she ZYZ on my ZYV til I A

I spent over a year of my life writing this collaborative craft book with eleven other (fantastic! talented! good-looking!) writers. "Sometimes a story emerges fully formed in your mind, and sometimes it’s an onion, requiring several ‘peels’ to get to the real, eye-watering heart of the matter."

It's time for me to come clean. For the past 12 years, I've maintained and updated Steve Stifler's page on the official wiki for fictional heroes. It's a life long project. You'll note I haven't yet made it to the American Pie 2 or American Wedding sections. Soon. 🙏 hero.fandom.com/wiki/Steve_S...

Time to polish up your essays! 📝 ⚡ 💡 Electric Literature will open for submissions in ✨Personal Narrative✨ on Monday, December 1! All submissions will be accepted through our Submittable page. Portal closes at 11:59 PM PST on Sunday, December 14, or when we receive 500 submissions.

Fans worldwide are wondering, will 2026 mark the return of Steve Stifler? Find out what global experts are saying below... [𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝙿𝚒𝚎 𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚔𝚢, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙾𝙽𝙻𝚈 𝚙𝚘𝚍𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚍𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙰𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝙿𝚒𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚎.]

Subs are open for an unthemed issue! ✉️ Send us your gorgeous flash fiction, micros & prose poetry <1000 words Deadline: November 27 No fee Click thru for full details ettereview.com/submit/

In November's Art & Flash there will be puppets & costumes & love. We’ll think about the bodies we inhabit and the bodies we create. Bring along a beloved character you can’t stop writing about for an hour or writing and art appreciation. 🔗 buytickets.at/anikacarpenter #ekphrastic #writingworkshop

I haven’t written a lot this year, but I can’t stop painting. Here’s the latest in-progress. ingested more Indian ink than recommended, just a few pops of color and she’s done

Two weeks from today, the ASU Worldbuilding Initiative will host "Resistance in Speculative Fiction and Beyond," our final workshop of 2025, with speakers @jennahanchey.bsky.social and Tanvir Akhtar Ahmed! Free and open to the public. Join us in-person in Tempe or on ASU Live!

Unfortunately "going to work" is the thing that makes me want to die the most, writing is kinda the thing that makes me wanna live !

If everything goes according to plan, I should have a little time in December to do some free query edits. If you're querying a novel now or plan to be next year, follow me here (and tell your friends!)

Really enjoyed this collection!

In @dawnsteffler.bsky.social's interview w/ @lumchanmfa.bsky.social, they tackle how the title BITTER OVER SWEET came to be, how living in Japan influenced Melissa's writing, & more over on @fracturedlit.bsky.social! buff.ly/6xvbIOc Get BITTER OVER SWEET: buff.ly/aVGstGt @susanschulman.bsky.social