You can only call it ”pop” it there’s an untold # of carcinogenic dyes in it. If there are probiotics and all of that dumb shit you have to call is “sparkling yogurt”

Found a bookstore that stocks your novels

all X-R-A-Y subs will be open on... friday ! january 2 ! at noon ! arizona time ! subs will be open until we reach our monthly caps -- we tend to reach those caps in like 30 mins to an hour. we open for subs every month on the 1st. thank u for considering us !

Not to spoil it (which doesn’t even really matter) but I think this might be my fave ending I’ve written.

"See here, o ye wistful, see here! The sweat of God, bottled. Collected from His pits." Ahhh! So thrilled we get to feature this @notveryalice.bsky.social piece this week, a moment of biblical adoration. I'm such a fan of weird religious stuff and the olfactory in fiction. Don't miss it!

I got a lot of problems with you people! And now you’re gonna hear about it!

Don’t forget to subscribe to my weekly meal subscription box, DadLunch! Every week you will receive a jar of banana peppers and a pound of hard salami right at your doorstep!

I went to the shop in the mall that’s just a bunch of dropshipped wish dot com Labubus and print on demand K-Pop Demon Hunter blankets and they had never read your short fiction 😔

Doing some last minute Christmas shopping...* *trying to figure out how much it costs to have the self-appointed Instagram hat toss king do a hat toss dedicated to each of my loved ones

Love this video of Adrianne recording Steve singing her song, the moments she harmonizes with him

this holiday season, consider hiding from your family in a quiet room with a good book bookshop.org/p/books/whit...

We’re having weird warm windy winter weather today. I made this wind cloud in the spring, when we had what felt like endless weeks of wind. #linocut #art #celestial #printsky

"Disintegration Made Plain and Easy is like taking a walk through a pleasant field while being chased by bees" 🐝 @publicbooks.bsky.social www.publicbooks.org/public-picks...

does anyone know if there's a good lit mag for fans of Rick and Morty? I'm thinking: one part philosophy, one part humour, and two parts giggity (if you know what I mean)

here's a genre-agnostic writing tip for you, free of charge: put a chip (or several) on your sandwich for a fun extra crunch. Try going crust-to-crust for an extreme challenge. I like to use LAY'S CLASSIC or sometimes DORITOS.

"Time for the next basement." @iamchrisscott.bsky.social in @hexliterary.bsky.social.

crow & aaron doing a last call of the year. open right NOW, for 150 submissions... and then again this evening for another 150. (please only submit to one.) especially looking for stuff about the holidays and/or "endings" all genre 500 word max havehashad.submittable.com/submit/34430...

Checking in with renowned pickup artist Mystery this morning and am pleased to say he has been AI generating himself into Garbage Pail Kid cards

This is terrific.

BREAKING NEWS! Shane Kowalski has a story in Harper's Magazine. 🪇🎉 This is from @dieddisappointed.bsky.social's spanking new collection, Are People Out There. Check it out here, or read it at your grocery store soon...

society if we still punched each other upon seeing a specific car's make and model

A friendly reminder to check out the book that readers are describing as: "A fascinating and addictive page-turner." "feels like a lost classic from the height of the New Weird era." "Brimming with heart, adventure, and imagination" "lots of great ideas, possibly too many to give enough time to"

when i have a gas station hot dog there's one of those Requiem for a Dream fast cut montages of my pupils dilating

BOLD and WEIRD 4ever

The lovely and varied responses in here are a good reminder that AI ain't got shit on the art we create ourselves

Is there a basement under your basement where you can find the answer to all of your life's Unsolved Mysteries? Eerie, and at every step, a revelatory story by @iamchrisscott.bsky.social in one of my faves @hexliterary.bsky.social!

Looking for last minute gifts for the readers & writers in your life? Check out @saltpeterdraws.bsky.social’s awesome “Prose Scintilla” decks that provide a *spark* of creative inspiration (order soon & it can likely arrive before Xmas!) www.scintilladeck.com

Thawing out my heart like meat / I see your track marks poking through your hoodiе sleeve

I can finally reveal the vague good news I’ve been hinting at. I’m going to TIN HOUSE!! For those who know, I haven’t written much after my sister passed. I’m sure this is a sign from her to get my a$$ back to writing. I cannot wait to bring out the old pen and paper again. 💜💜

Remember: The Green Knight is a Christmas movie.

there was lots! this is a kinda self-centered answer, but every story published on Short Story, Long this year was among my favorite stories of the year, and just the project as a whole brought me an incredible amount of joy ashortstorylong.substack.com

this new @hexliterary.bsky.social short from @iamchrisscott.bsky.social is incredibly, incredibly my shit! can't recommend it enough! "The action stops and Robert Stack walks into the scene. He never does this. He’s never part of the mystery. “Chris,” he says. That’s my name."

Folks, this story rules. If, like me, you grew up watching shows like Unsolved Mysteries and Beyond Belief, I suspect you will find as much to love in this as I have. @iamchrisscott.bsky.social is so talented, simultaneously guiding us through the weird and through addiction. Don't miss this one!

WHAT DO YOU MEAN VILE LADY VILLAINS IN THE MOST ANTICIPATED LGBTQ+ FICTION ROUNDUP BY @lgbtqreads.bsky.social 🥺🥺😭 Thank you so much for including my stabby sapphics in such wonderful company! lgbtqreads.com/2025/12/15/m...

"Ten years old, watching Unsolved Mysteries on the floor, dunking Oreos in my Keebler Elf glass of milk." @iamchrisscott.bsky.social has been absolutely CRUSHING it, and when this landed in the @hexliterary.bsky.social queue, we were so stoked. Don't miss, "Unsolved Mysteries," up now on the site!

Following the ancient way, he tossed a coin. Heads meant death. Perhaps, far off, in another world, the toss was already decided. THE CASTLE NEVER FORGETS by David Luntz www.bruisermag.com/Luntz_Castle

"Ten years old, watching Unsolved Mysteries on the floor, dunking Oreos in my Keebler Elf glass of milk." @iamchrisscott.bsky.social has been absolutely CRUSHING it, and when this landed in the @hexliterary.bsky.social queue, we were so stoked. Don't miss, "Unsolved Mysteries," up now on the site!

LOVE this chat I got to have with @keersteemack.bsky.social about her banger story, "Dipshit," I got to publish last week! "I can usually tell if something is working because of how I feel—if I’m really energized... if I finish it and want to share it right away—I know I’m onto something."

it's so cool that there's a whole roster of MAGA rappers now. imagine smoking a CBD blunt with all of those lads and they start getting into a cypher about ivermectin or some shit

I've taken the reins for this month's #Mondettes - it's my end-of-year round-up of some of my favourites from 2025, also known as the MAFFIAS!!! mondettes.substack.com/p/december-2...

here is the list of fellow nominees: @rpmirabella.bsky.social >> hexliterary.com?p=2727 << @whitneycollins.bsky.social >> hexliterary.com?p=2893 << @barickme.bsky.social >> hexliterary.com?p=2546 << @shiweizhou.bsky.social >> hexliterary.com?p=2490 << Give them a read!

ICYMI: the lovely souls @hexliterary.bsky.social nominated "Inclement Weather" alongside several other fantastic stories for Best Small Fictions. Hex is a feast hall of short, irreal fiction. I love them. If you'd like to read the tale of tiny jackets, here's the link: hexliterary.com/?p=2870

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I bet the avatar movies go so hard if you’ve never seen a 2000s graphic’s card demo video

some personal news! Coming in Oct. 2026 cc: @gasherpress.bsky.social

Fr*ck awp we all going on the Jojo Siwa cruise !! #blackmetal

Bought a game about a farm of naked human horses and already have 4 pages worth of an essay draft