"Thorn is the real deal. A powerful and exciting new voice in horror literature."
— Jamie Blanks, director of Urban Legend
"Shelter for the Damned grabs you by the throat and never lets go."
— Jeffrey Reddick, creator of Final Destination
Buy: tinyurl.com/MikeThorn
ICYMI: @mikethorn.bsky.social and I interviewed the brilliant @cassidymcfadzean.bsky.social on the latest episode of @craftworkpod.bsky.social. We spoke at length about collecting pieces of lore, bringing levity to fiction, being "on thin ice" with our devices, and much more.
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Shocked & sad to learn about the passing of the great
@thomastessier.bsky.social. Miriam & I were scheduled to interview him later this month for Craftwork. He & I had been exchanging emails about his friendship with Peter Straub a couple weeks ago.
Sincerest condolences to his friends & family.
Also be sure to check out our previous episode: Earthy Language, Scary Cupids, & Lunar Portrayals w/ @michaelwehunt.bsky.social!
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Check out the latest episode of @craftworkpod.bsky.social.
@miriamricher.bsky.social & I chatted with the great @cassidymcfadzean.bsky.social about cacophonies of voices, mercurial relationships with phones, Gordon Lish heads, and more.
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Listen to our latest episode!
In this interview, we chat with Cassidy McFadzean (@cassidymcfadzean.bsky.social) about skewing prepositions, trusting the reader, opting for vibes over plot, and so much more.
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@houseofanansi.bsky.social
A UNB Fredericton student has started an important petition.
Please consider supporting this courageous initiative by signing (if your views on AI align) and/or sharing.
@deptenglishunb.bsky.social
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The Vasari corridor bending around the Mannelli tower, whose tall stone edifice blocks its otherwise gentle descent. Last week my story about this building made it a celebration of resistance against conquerors, as the bend in the corridor shows the citizens of the city defying the tyrant who wanted to blast his corridor through the ancient tower that was the birthright of an old respected family, and was forced to go around, leaving this bend which has stood ever since as a symbol of resistance against the tyrant. From the inside, it's a super awkward narrow twisty space where you have to turn, and anyone with a walker or a scooter struggles to make the turns. Looks very different depending on your point of view, literally and figuratively!
“Inventing the Renaissance” is a history of histories of this (not so) golden age. Much of making history is simply adding new POVs to the braid as historians ask new & more diverse questions w/ each generation. I hope you’ll enjoy my effort to show the process at work! 25/25 https://buff.ly/4j6qkoS
When paperbacks become old pals you can't part with. 🥰
ICYMI: @mikethorn.bsky.social and I had a riveting conversation with @michaelwehunt.bsky.social on the latest episode of @craftworkpod.bsky.social. We spoke about "earthy" writing, rendering dread on the page, the unanticipated weirdness of public selfhood, and so much more.
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Check out the latest episode of Craftwork!
@miriamricher.bsky.social & I chatted with the brilliant @michaelwehunt.bsky.social about the weight of dread, the erosion of truth in contemporary online life, and much more.
This is a great one.
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Also be sure to check out our previous episode: Indie Publishing, Intentional Ambiguity, & the Tyranny of Structure w/
@danielbraum.bsky.social!
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Collage image of Michael Wehunt and his novel The October Film Haunt with the text "Episode 28"
The new episode of @craftworkpod.bsky.social is live! Mike and Miriam focus their podcast on just that — the craft of the work of writing — so I was honored and nerding out during our great conversation. Deep-ish and fun and hopefully a tiny bit insightful.
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In this interview, we chat with Michael Wehunt about the administrative side of professional writing, the unanticipated weirdness of public selfhood, the "moment before the moment", and so much more.
@michaelwehunt.bsky.social
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Also, in case you missed our @craftworkpod.bsky.social interview with the brilliant and erudite Hajer Mirwali... We discussed cross-disciplinary work, embodied writing, poetic mad libs, and a whole lot more.
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New episode of @craftworkpod.bsky.social! @mikethorn.bsky.social and I chatted with @danielbraum.bsky.social about exploring the ecology of the supernatural, finding inspiration in liminal spaces, cultivating a sense of awe, and so much more.
Read my first essay for @nightmare-magazine.com, "Plumbing the Depths: Haunted Writers and Hauntings Writings," which examines @caitlinrkiernan.bsky.social's The Red Tree & @joycecaroloates.bsky.social's Jack of Spades as exemplars of 21st-century writer-centred horror.
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Also be sure to check out our previous episode: Sculpture, Anaphora, & Writing by Hourglass w/ Hajer Mirwali!
@talonbooks.bsky.social
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Listen to our latest episode!
In this interview, we chat with Daniel Braum (@danielbraum.bsky.social) about exploring the ecology of the supernatural, finding inspiration in liminal spaces, cultivating a sense of awe, and so much more.
tinyurl.com/CWS1E27
My debut novel turns 5 this month! Nice words from writers I admire:
“A full-bore, vicious death metal roar through suburbia towards hell.”
— @gemmafiles.bsky.social
“Superbly written.”
— @laurelhightower.bsky.social
"[A] coming-of-age story with teeth and claws.”
— @spmiskowski.bsky.social
Check out this article in @bcbooklook.bsky.social about Junie Désil and Wayde Compton's upcoming event at the Baumann Centre:
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Day 29! I read Cholorphilia by @mikethorn.bsky.social and @miriamricher.bsky.social published in @augursociety.bsky.social They say the grass is always greener... read my review here:
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We could listen to Mike, Miriam, and Hajer talk poetry all day! 🤩
Also be sure to check out our previous episode: Braided Essays, Collective Solitude, & the Objective Correlative w/ Kasia Van Schaik!
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New @craftworkpod.bsky.social! @miriamricher.bsky.social & I chatted with Hajer Mirwali, author of Revolutions (@talonbooks.bsky.social, 2025).
We discussed the influence of Mona Hatoum and Mahmoud Darwish, timed writing, the voice of the body & mind, and much more.
tinyurl.com/bdnm5bsa
Listen to our latest episode!
In this interview, we chat with Hajer Mirwali about cross-disciplinary work, embodied writing, poetic mad libs, and so much more.
@talonbooks.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/bdnm5bsa
Happy birthday to the great @ramseycampbell.bsky.social, a true master of dark literature.
Interviewing him was one of my personal highlights of 2025. Listen here: tinyurl.com/56eb5arb
Miriam Richer's review, "Citizens of Ulro: A Review of Olga Tokarczuk’s Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead", offers a critical reassessment of the (anti-)anthropocentrism in Nobel laureate Tokarczuk's novel.
@miriamricher.bsky.social
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We're open for fiction submissions!
We publish unsettling bad time stories that straddle the horror, fantasy, and science fiction spectrum. But genre is made up so if you have a dark weird horrible story that could be a fit, send it in and let us worry about it.
No closing date, open indefinitely.