Not to be That Guy but I was putting parasites in the Taco Bell before it was cool ✌️

Some of my favorite writer folks! @nadiaradovich.bsky.social @gmmitchell.bsky.social @spencerwriting.bsky.social @ray-is-writing.bsky.social And one of my favorite mags! @scrawlmagazine.bsky.social

If I had a nickel for every piece that included a scene in which a bodysharing character is having a physical internal battle in the parking lot of a named fast food company, I would have two nickels. However, I'm sure this is a perfectly normal coincidence, and no one should read anything into it.

New piece out (yesterday, whoops) at Gavagai! Please enjoy stressed-out college kids dealing with a secret parasite, a drunk breakup, and a fateful dose of Diablo sauce. gavagai.com/posts/3268

New @ray-is-writing.bsky.social fiction is out! "Cerebellion" is a story that mixes Taco Bell and parasitic body horror for chalupas and the spine-tingling chills! Fantastic! A must read:

So excited for this!!!

Pro tip: Always be happy for the successes of friends, colleagues and peers. Moments of recognition in any creative field are few and far between, and worth celebrating when they happen. Also, you don't want to look like a seethingly envious dickhead.

She is very lonely

New issue of 34 Orchard today has my story, The Unrequited Love Of The Ocean!

Issue 13 of 34 Orchard, which includes my story 'The Fire' along with a bunch of other great stories and poems, is out now. You can download the PDF for free, or optionally make a donation toward the cost of producing the magazine. 34orchard.com/issue-13/

It’s here!!!! Go watch the hilarious and talented Noah Lukehurst crush this performance like Dagon crushes the unworthy!

Reminder to vote! <3

I am SO EXCITED ABOUT READING THIS Catherine’s RE writings are my favorite!!

TWO DAYS TO GO! The #LiarsLeague spring special #IllusionAndConfusion at The Phoenix W1 is this Tue 21 April (doors 630, show 730)! 🎟️Tickets just £5 at www.liarsleague.com 🤩Starring @carriecohen01.bsky.social @jesterbellart.bsky.social @callumjacobs.bsky.social @ray-is-writing.bsky.social

#LiarsLeague ❤️s debut authors & actors (& sea monsters)! Meet 2 new talents this Tue 21 April when actor Noah Lukehurst reads Ray Chanteur’s story DAGON, LORD OF THE OCEANS. Will the Great Old One rise? FIND OUT with a £5 earlybird ticket to #ILLUSIONandCONFUSION stories at www.liarsleague.com!

Massive thanks to @howsweetthewords.bsky.social for recommending "Let Me Out By @QueSarahSarah1986" in today's Two Fic Tuesday. And to be paired with @jenniferhudak.bsky.social's "The Tide Folk", a story I'VE been recommending to everyone-I am so honored! Thank you, friend!💛

Happy Mummy Monday! Just a reminder, our Modern Mummies horror anthology has been nominated for a Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award for Best Classic Monster Fiction (lucky category 13)! Be sure to vote for it before midnight on May 1. Full details below: rondoaward.com/rondoaward.c...

If you are in London, this promises to be a delightful night. Go hear my (live!) story featuring two sweet weirdos, a doomsday cult, and a concerningly cheap vacuum! (Do I have to play it cool how excited I am? Someone please go in my stead, because I really wish I could be there irl.)

Oof, this short story by @jrdawson.bsky.social is so powerful and furiously, righteously hopeful: www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/hell...

idk guys when i see a lot of similar headlines insisting that editors & authors are all already embracing AI, i don't assume these things are true. i assume there are a lot of very rich people with an unpopular product pushing a particular narrative in my industry!

Extremely excited to be a part of this!!! Having work read aloud is a dream. Having work read aloud... in a British accent? I'm not sure I will survive.

gunna donate blood this morning. for those who struggle like me about how it feels like you can’t fight the nonstop evil and cruelty around us, your donation can save three lives. pretty badass and impactful. so. just sign up. go do it now.

Extremely cool!!!!

Applications for my upcoming Short Story Cohort are due on Thursday, March 5. You'll join an intimate group, receive critique (including from me), build your short story writing skills, and write and polish pieces for submission. Learn more and apply here: maryrobinettekowal.com/short-story-...

The time is NOW. Valenziaga will fall. Category is: Science-Fantasy EXTRAVAGANZA! Think Drag Race meets a gay Game of Thrones meets Chronicles of Amber. High drama and high CAMP! Spread the word! RT, tell your friends, shout it from the rooftops! BACK THE BOOK TODAY! #booksky bit.ly/3OIVfNs

New story out now from @lightspeedmagazine.com! This one is all about how it feels to work in higher education these days. Spoiler: it feels extremely bad, like “what if your university signed a compact with the actual devil and now there’s an unbreakable curse” levels of bad 🫠

semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003 when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out

I'm late to this absolute banger of a story, full of beautiful queer rage and cunty antics. 11/10, would (against all advice) let Courtney Lovecraft psychically read me for filth.

i have a book about the Death of Mountains visiting a middling hill in the Appalachians who doesn't want to die. it's a short little book, and on sale from my publisher (@lethepress.bsky.social)!

Come sit on the swamp pier and tell Grandpa your dreams…or nightmares, if that’s all you’ve got.

I want to gently push back on this: not being able to read complex writing is not the same as being a low information citizen. Many people can comprehend the topics involved just fine if they are presented in an accessible and understandable manner.

Ok, it is extremely cool to be on anyone’s must-read list. Do I have to play it cool or can I say I was totally floored this morning when someone tagged me? Looking forward to reading everything here! Thank you for the recommendations!

there seems to be an emergent trend of "queer" fantasy works being framed as escapism in the sense of ostriching from our current political situation and like, while I get the sentiment and that some folks probably need that, there seems to be erasure of Pride being a brick-throwing riot

This is incredibly sweet, thank you!

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all those movies about society refusing to recognize the humanity of robots but it turns out if you glue googly eyes to a roomba about half the country is ready to propose

Something very very weird happened during the Hugos award ceremony... It's been on my mind for days, and so I wrote this blog: "When People Giggle at Your Name, or the 2025 Hugo Awards Incident" grigorylukin.com/2025/08/21/w... #Worldcon

This year, Scalzi is eligible for the Most Wholesomely Supportive Dad Energy Award. And he has my vote.

OUR INDUSTRY WILL DIE IF WE CAN'T STEAL YOUR WORK BUT EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY CREATED NOTHING OF VALUE I mean idk if it was me I might have workshopped that one for a little longer.

About 3 months ago, we launched a lit mag incubator to give $1000 to 5 mags willing to try something new, serve underrepresented communities, and prove ethical publishing can actually work. Today we picked our 5 (okay, and 10 finalists) and it’s time to CELEBRATE THEM✨

How I feel when I see wild violets too tbh

the @3lobedmag.com kickstarter is up to $7106 out of a $10,000 base goal! They have until NOON THURSDAY (edt) to get all or nothing! Donate if you can, share share share! www.kickstarter.com/projects/asf...

The most concerning thing in this Playplace is not the ball pit pee! New story is out in Flash Point:

hi, cis folks! this is present day reality for UK trans folks. it’s outrageous someone should have to have taken this journey to live as themselves, participate in society, & be with who they love. hi, cis americans! this is a future trans americans see that starts with “we need to compromise.”

If you're arrested in Illinois protesting the planned ICE HQ in North Chicago, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at [email protected]. As always, I will take as many cases as I can.

There is no route out of fascism that involves sacrificing the vulnerable. All that does is tell the fascists that we're willing to turn on each other for the illusion of safety.

~IT'S ALIVE!~ I am honored to be a part of this project! Please check out this anthology, which contains my story about a morally concerning opera singer making bad tea and worse decisions.