You know what your goal in life should be???

To be on a first name basis with you local librarians.

That’s how you know you’re doing things right.

Earth Day sale on @rhppress.bsky.social anthology On Fire and Under Water edited by @curtisippolito.bsky.social
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ECO24: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction A must-read annual showcase of the best nature-based science fiction and fantasy short stories published around the world every year. "A triumph. 23 stellar tales offering creative and varied takes on...

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Fluffy gray tabby lounging on a carpeted cat tree beside a stair rail with horizontal black bars - and he’s resting his head on one, either despondently or menacingly. Depending.

The Morning Monty chooses laziness over violence…just this once.

A screengrab from Twitter from Faber Books with an image of the UK edition of A VIOLENT MASTERPIECE and a blurb from the great Sara Gran: "A noir dissection of Hollywood for a new generation. A Violent Masterpiece will define the LA novel for a long, long time. Hyperspeed, lush, and deadly, it lives up to the title - I loved this book." Not bad!

Kind words from the great Sara Gran (for the UK edition): "A noir dissection of Hollywood for a new generation. A Violent Masterpiece will define the LA novel for a long, long time. Hyperspeed, lush, and deadly, it lives up to the title - I loved this book."

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FlashFlood is open! We’d love to receive your subs 😊 Flashes up to 300 words, pre 2023 prev published considered, reserved spots for debut writers. You have until 23:59 on 25 April: flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/p/submission...

HAPPY EARTH DAY: To celebrate, RHP is offering their climate change crime fiction anthology for a discounted price of 99 cents for a limited time. Grab your copy today: bit.ly/4nOVXoK #crimefiction #climatechange #earthday2026

Next week! I'm over the moon to be making my 1st appearance at The Twisted Spine in NYC!

I love The Twisted Spine so much & it's such an honor to be doing an event there with the fabulous M. Jane Worma!

Join us next Wednesday 4/29 at 6pm for all the horror fun!

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Whole shelf of SGJ books

Signed up all the SGJ books at the Newnan B&N (including the one BHH still in the store—on hold for someone not expecting a signed/stamped copy, I’d guess)

Writing is hard because it's so easy to say absolutely nothing at all

Happy book birthday to the Bush Tea Murder by @armbernier.bsky.social

“Double Dutch Dare” was selected for the 2026 BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE! To be a part of BAMS with writers I admire who have come before me - Tom Andes, Meagan Lucas, Art Taylor, S.A. Cosby, and Ashley-Ruth Bernier - is insane. Truly the craziest thing NOT on my bingo card this year.

Short Mystery Fiction Society members: Please consider voting for this awesome anthology. Derringer Award voting is open through Wednesday, April 29.

Guinness the black cat lies in a pile of newspapers, his fluffy black tail sticking out and very visible.

THE PERFECT DISGUISE

Guinness the black cat lies in a pile of newspapers, his round yellow eyes peering up from the void.

SHHH I AM CAMOUFLAGED

Guinness the black cat dangles upside down from his favourite armchair, his eyes wide and staring and his vampire teeth showing.

GOOD MORNING WORLD

I HOPE YOU HAVE A NICE DAY

Reading submissions is often hours of "what am I even looking for?" interrupted by brief moments of "oh right, *that*."

I'm so proud to be in @petrichorlit.bsky.social's 10th Anniversary Issue. I hope you'll check it out. It's fabulous!

April 2026 Ten stories picked by Katherine Plumhoff

This month's #Mondettes picked by @kplumhoff.bsky.social

⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Katherine made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing

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My story Mama from the In Too Deep Genesis-themed anthology has been selected for The Best American Mystery & Suspense 2026 edited by Steph Cha & Megan Abbott. Two years in a row my fiction has been included. Beyond grateful.

So proud to share Meagan’s epic story in On Fire and Under Water has been selected for The Best American Mystery and Suspense issue coming out later this year! A truly well-deserved recognition! If you haven’t read this story yet, get to it!
Huge thanks to Steph Cha and @meganabbott.bsky.social!

This Derringer Award-nominated, killer anthology is on sale for less than a buck for the digital version. Get on it.

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4/21/26 — BRIAN KEENE First published in 2020, this novella — an utterly ruthless and unforgiving mix of grief horror and psychological horror — was heralded by Bloody Disgusting, this Is Horror, and others as one of the b...

It's Day 18 of Women in Horror Year. Let's talk about one of the best novellas of the decade, @laurelhightower.bsky.social's CROSSROADS. www.briankeene.com/algorithmzer...

I didn't mention it yesterday, but there will be NO special invites for this anthology. Every piece will be chosen from the open call, which I'm pretty excited about.

A muted greyscale banner for micro fiction, Insomnia by Lena Kinder published on crowcrosskeys.com, featuring a white cat with half its face in shadow against a dark background.

There is a feral animal scampering through the tower this evening. We don't quite know what it is, but we do know that it bites. Visitor, beware. It's safer to read today's micro fiction.

"Insomnia" by @happilylenaaa.bsky.social

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Do you dig our online vibe of weird micros and strange drabbles? Then you should check out longer works in our Rat Bag Lit Digital (or print) Issue #1 available for purchase! Read about it on our Substack.

Guinness the black cat dozing on an armchair that has a green towel laid atop it, looking sleepy and cute. He is Baby.

HI MY NAME IS GUINNESS AND I AM JUST A LITTLE BABY

Guinness the black cat lies on a towel spread over a leather armchair. He sprawls flat on his back, his limbs and tail twisted in bizarre direction.

I AM THE CHAIR

THE CHAIR IS ME