OK so one of the things I find so fascinating with being published in the US is getting a peak behind the curtain and seeing how publishing works there.
Because I've been published in Iceland for 15 years, I've published over 20 books and I feel I know almost everything about the industry here 🧵
Wow this is fascinating! I mean it sounds stressful af but I love this peek into the process!
For the introspective morning crew: "Spirit alembic keeper" by @slashnburnett.bsky.social has:
✒️glass-blown prose
⚗️ soul storage
🪖 war conscription
🎷 dancing spirits
🍎 crabapple-based bartering economies
💔 so, so many who should not go off to fight
www.adventitious.net/stories/spir...
Ted Chiang once told our Clarion West class that our taste for stories would outstrip our talent for a good while, but that we would eventually catch up to it if we kept writing.
Just don’t give up. That’s all you have to do.
I routinely put on Event Horizon to chill to 😎
Great thread!
Hey, I'm going to go to bat for Maya once more. She's a fantastic talent, and she ended up in a rough spot this past week that could stall anyone out. So let's show her some love. 💖
two images of the human body's circulatory system. One of them with good cable management
The human circulatory system, before and after proper cable management.
Brass snail
Brass snail mesuring tape
The best thing ive ever found in a garadge sale, a snail that is also a mesuring tape
Sunshine and biscuit making for Commander Shepherd 🧡
Thaaaaabk you 😱😱😱
Okay, this is very important folks: I need to you read--and only read--about #ApeFest. Don't look at any images of gorillas or other apes. Ever. For all eternity. Read the story; you'll find out why.
(So good! @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social is a master of this style!)
Ahaha thank you… and yes 😱😱😱
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Killer meme, dude. KILLER... oh my god...
This is just to say
I have let in
the duck
that was on the doorstep
and which
you were probably
hoping
would stay out
Forgive me
he was persuasive
so scary
and so loud.
Tim Curry IS VERY MUCH ALIVE.
It is his birthday so he is trending because people are gushing about how great he is, which is deserved.
The Uk needs a version of Hot Ones but for desi food called Curried which is hosted by Tim Curry, there you go, I just made your network eleventy billion dollars
A grid photo of 16 different characters all played by the legend Tim Curry.
Tim Curry, the absolute legend, turns 80 today. This man took huge swings.
So excited to read this!
Amazing to think that DUNGEON CRAWL AT THE HAUNTED MALL is out Tuesday! My zany, over-the-top, twisted Choose Your Own Adventure book is also my middle grade debut. A fun fantasy-horror mashup with sly winks to genre movies and books (and old malls!) throughout. www.penguinrandomhou... #books
Two two things I love to see in submissions:
- Writers who’ve appeared in Kaleidotrope before and want to again
- Writers who have never submitted to Kaleidotrope before
I WOKE UP TO SNOW ON THE GRASS AND WAS NOT PLEASED BY IT
kaleidotrope.net/guidelines/
Send stuff!
Happy 80th to the remarkable Mr. Curry, who has brought us so much joy.
I gotta say, too, that the artwork I used to make the banner, "Gorilla (1895)" by Emil Sachsse, probably looks a lot like the NFT the cosmic horror gods used 😈
artvee.com/dl/gorilla-2/
image shows green binary text on a black background, Matrix style, with an orange silhouette of an ape; red text reads #APEFEST "Don't look at the ape!" I made the cover image with stock, a bunch of effects, and this public domain artwork: https://artvee.com/dl/gorilla-2/
Do you like found footage horror? With a cosmic bent?? Well. 💀My flash fiction #ApeFest is now live (it's alive... alive!!!!) at @gavagai.com !
gavagai.com/posts/2749
Ahaha probably Triscuit shut himself in there — he knows how to open the cabinet doors (pulling the handle) but sometimes forgets to PUSH to get out 😂
Screenshot of #ApeFest, a story on Gavagai.
In today's Surreal Sunday Editor Pick: A story told in fragments—podcasts, news clips, and interviews—tracing the spread of an image no one should see. The deeper it circulates, the worse it gets. It's #ApeFest by Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social. Read it for free at gavagai.com
