SUBS OPEN UNTIL NOV. 22! We want stories that detail life at the bottom or at the margins of human society. Make it sad. Make it dark. Make it the tiniest bit hopeful. More info: bit.ly/4onmEBw

I could have sworn somebody else became the world's first trillionaire during Covid. Am I nuts?

As a bookstore that sells pamphlets and magazines, the criminalization of such materials feels pretty close to home. So let's take a closer look at the materials the federal government is claiming tie readers to "antifa terrorism." We can pick out six titles in these grainy photos. 1/

This excerpt is from Wildcat Thicket, out next year from @infestedpublishing.bsky.social! It’s about Bigfoot, but with existential drrreeeaaadddd!

Every good thing in my life has come from me saying, "oh what the hell, why not" and taking a plunge. Sometimes this has also ended in disaster. But on the balance, it's been good more often than not, and I recommend this tactic.

Sorry for the late arrival, #horrorwriterschat team, but I come bearing gifts. Your favorite Martin has a text game! It's free to play in any browser and is sure to make you smarter, or teach you why you should talk to your microwave. Just ask @vanessaperrywrites.bsky.social itch.io/jam/ectocomp...

Privileged to be reading an ARC from the lovely @elfordalley.bsky.social and can I just say, sir, how dare you come for me like this so early in the morning XD

I came of writerly age in the "Goodreads Bullies" era of strict author/reader separation and have completely avoided leaving reviews for fellow authors as a result. I'm wondering if that's not the right call anymore. Authors, weigh in: do you review other authors? What are your boundaries?

Trans rights is a winning platform. Pro immigration is a winning platform. Taxing the rich is a winning platform. Affordable housing is a winning platform. Free childcare is a winning platform. Hating Andrew Cuomo is a winning platform. SOCIALISM IS A WINNING PLATFORM

you can win without billionaires supporting you you can win without party leadership endorsing you you can win unapologetically standing with every persecuted minority pundits say are too politically toxic to touch we could do everything about this process differently if we wanted to

From Evan: it's a huge night of hope for the trans community. The Republicans went all in on anti-trans ads in multiple races and so far there's no sign it got them anything. Perhaps the page can be turned on blaming us for Harris' loss last year.

I think a thing we'll learn tonight is that people fucking hate what is going on and they will straight ticket vote against anyone involved in starving people while pillaging the country and kidnapping their neighbors. I don't think it matters at all who that person is.

Starting tomorrow, every major news organization will be publishing thinkpieces saying that Zohran Mamdani's victory isn't signficant, and even more crucially, that it couldn't happen in a city like yours. They're wrong. It is important. And every city could have this.

OpenAI pirated large numbers of books and used them to train models. OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so. A lawsuit could now force the company to pay $150,000 per book, adding up to billions in damages.

Basically, every single person who has ever waxed lyrical about the value of exposure to opposing viewpoints has actually been talking about *you* being exposed to *their* views and literally nothing else.

Censorship is now coming for your dnd and your warhammer and your farming sim, they don't care if it's not adult content. They wanted everything

why it's almost like there's a concerted assault on informed consensus by extraction class owned media conglomerates to replace what was left of U.S. political journalism with lazy controversy hounding infotainment and right wing and corporatist agitprop

Did someone say Novellavember?! We love the novella format and have a ton of variety in our novella catalog. From body horror, demons, and vampires, to weird literary, westerns, and sci-fi titles. Not to mention our KVHS titles! Happy Novellavember to those who celebrate!

It's Godzilla Day, and I have plans 😈 BUT it's also exactly 4 months until NO GODS FOR DROWNING returns from @badhandbooks.bsky.social, and I realize as I type that it has monsters up from the depths and also the gods are giant, so it's accidentally relevant 🫠 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/no-gods-fo...

We could live in a post-scarcity world right now. There is enough for literally everyone, and that anyone does without is a matter of deliberate choices made over and over again.

@datlow.bsky.social Tachyon has your anthos on sale 😇

It’s almost that time, Tenebrous Cult. Time for what, you ask? For the world to discover DEAR STUPID PENPAL is a genre-blurring masterpiece that refuses to fit into a convenient slot. @rascalhartley.bsky.social best get ready for the attention 🖤☠️ Out November 11; get it: store.tenebrouspress.com

ICE shooting a food bank worker in the back is a little on the nose for the current moment

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Back on our Latin American horror film series this week. Starting off with Satanic Hispanics.

This book was my introduction to Martin's fiction and having no idea what I was getting into, I found myself immediately hooked and delighted by the heart and weirdness. The game is an *excellent* bite-size sample, and utterly charming in its own right.

I have written roughly 35,000 words about HALLOWEEN in the last 31 days. I think it might make a nice book. Seriously. Any horror/film studies publishers interested in this?

Alright two hours later I'm still hard stuck at diamond 7 so screw it. Horror movies it is.

Happy Halloween ghosts and ghouls! Wishing you a fabulously spooky day. 👻

Ugh. I want to stay up and marathon horror movies tonight but I *also* want to see if I can climb the last seven ranks up to Legend in Hearthstone before the season ends. First world problems, I know. Alas.

I *cannot wait* to see what titles come out of this submission call 👀

I know we're all stretched thin and trying to manage multiple disasters through mutual aid right now but if you have a few bucks left, my friend's medical horror keeps going and she hasn't gotten any donations in a couple weeks. She sure could use them. Please share gofund.me/44f378445

It's crazy how every 80s movie that criticizes capitalism is actually just a fairly accurate portrayal of life in 2025. Anyway go listen to our latest episode because this movie doesn't just satirize captialism, it also includes a 20 minute back alley fist fight and it rules

Tricks and treats abound in this special Halloween guest zine featuring my pal @evanthenerd83.bsky.social ! Free to download. www.patreon.com/posts/141165...

Chris here. One door closes and another swings open. New things are happening at House Gutierrez. In one day we lost a plan and then gained a new much better one. Let's move some bundles! tessfowlerart.bigcartel.com Let's keep us housed. Got a good chance at a way out before 2026.

Have raised $1,000 today for the local food bank through my job and I honestly have restored a small sliver of faith in humanity.

I'm worried about having enough food in the coming months. If you'd like to help me survive as an artist, writer, and unofficial town sorcerer, I'd truly appreciate it if you considered signing up for my Patreon. www.patreon.com/jeremycreature

Got some bad news today, so I will attempt to counter it by ✨🕯️MANIFESTING🕯️✨. If you know someone or know someone who knows someone who might wanna rep me and this novel (and others, of course), let me know!

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

Once in awhile very important literature crosses your path and you must look in the mirror and ask: am I going to publish a book about a guy who shits snakes? Yes I am. Yes I am. Very excited for @beardedbetts.bsky.social wtf bizarro body horror novel to come out Jan 2027. 🐍 💩 🧑‍⚕️

Today on Dead Meat Presents we’re fundraising for @gamersoutreach.org with a spooktacular Fortnitemares stream featuring Zoran, James, and more of the Dead Meat team! Tune in at 3pm PST #ss2025

very excited to announce that WET SCREAMS is now available for preorder from @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social my southern pagan sex cult story "The Devil-Tree" appears in this sexy witches' brew of erotic horror fiction, along with 19 other tales 🎃 www.littleghostsbooks.com/product/wet-...

imo if churches did what christ asked, every single church would offer shelter, showers, amenities to anyone who needed them

I joined @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social 's fundraiser and am offering an advanced query class plus a recording of a Query 101 class to anyone who donates $20 or more. Plus two very rare opportunities for a query critique Please repost. teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/participants...

🎃HALLOWEEN READS🎃 Cuz books don't have expiration dates @jolietoomajan.bsky.social & @carsonwinter.bsky.social's POSTHASTE MANOR takes you on a tour of the most f%&ked up haunted house imaginable. Think HAUSU (Japan, 1977) but middle America Art @slimyswampghost.bsky.social tinyurl.com/28ez4hb6

Sharing for awareness: For those able and willing to help, the Embassy of Jamaica in DC is coordinating disaster relief in the U.S. They have asked folks to reach out to them at [email protected] to coordinate support. The government has info on donations supportjamaica.gov.jm

Remember that the predominant form of age verification for porn sites — the new mandates passed in nearly every red state in the past few years — is a facial scan coupled with government ID.

The Senate is still meeting and holding votes as normal despite the shutdown. The House has not held a vote in a month and a half now solely because Mike Johnson wants to prevent the release of the Epstein Files. They've killed our government to save their pedophiles.

Need a Halloween read? High Strangeness is my cosmic horror epic. A fracking well explosion unleashes an ancient evil, and it's up to a kid on the run and a trio of con artists who sell "haunted houses" to save the day. Only $1.99! bit.ly/3V8dXhx

Will be running a local food drive soon, but please donate directly if possible: unitedfoodbank.org