Poster for the stories selected for “Ghosts & The After Life” edited by Ai Jiang:
EC Dorgan “Flehmen Grimace”
Samir Sirk Morató “unwell naturalist’s historic fairy collection”
Emmi Khor “The Art of Rebirth”
A little ghost sketch too!
We are excited to announce the stories for our issue “Ghosts & The After Life” edited by Ai Jiang @aijiang.bsky.social 👻
EC Dorgan “Flehmen Grimace”
Samir Sirk Morató “unwell naturalist’s historic fairy collection” @spicycloaca.bsky.social
Emmi Khor “The Art of Rebirth” @emmikhor.bsky.social
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"In Daniel’s memory, the waters of the swift and scalding spring were dark and viscous, like the back of a seething serpent..."
Check out "We Have Always Bathed in the Scalding Spring" by Stefen Holtrey. 👇 www.thecosmicbackground.com/stories/stef...
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Just a few more hours to get your submissions in!
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This is such a thoughtful review. Thank you!
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Submissions are open for The Cosmic Background's next issue: THROWBACK TECH. Edited by Jacob Baugher. Submissions are open through March 31.
Call for Submissions: Throwback Tech
Guest Editor Jacob Baugher
Haunted Super Nintendos, Tube TVs that show alternate realities, radios that receive broadcasts from the future or other worlds, GameBoy Colors that receive cosmic messages through Pokemon Yellow. We are looking for flash fiction about our technological pasts that affect our emotional presents and physical futures.
Due March 31
Submissions are OPEN for our special issue theme:
THROWBACK TECH 🎥📺📻🎮📀📼🕹️👾
Edited by @prof-bogs.bsky.social
Let's do this. You have until March 31. It's a new year, let's celebrate with old tech.
➡️ thecosmicbackground.moksha.io/publication/...
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Hurray! Great to see this review of @crsutton.bsky.social's KRACKLE'S LAST MOVIE as we hype up for the release on Tuesday!
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blue background, sea monster with long teeth asking "How do you hope readers feel when they turn the final page of your book?"
Last question for @crsutton.bsky.social, we swear.
And join us on Monday for our special PREVIEW NIGHT Zoom launch for Krackle's Last Movie! Link to register in our bio!
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List of upcoming author events including:
Mon, Feb 9 - 6pm PT / 9pm ET - VIRTUAL
Krackle’s Last Movie Book Launch with Split/Lip Press @splitlippress
Chelsea Sutton in conversation with Em J Parsley
Wed, Feb 11 - 6pm PT / 9pm PT - VIRTUAL
’90s Vibes, 2026 Books: 5 Authors in Conversation
Stephanie Austin, Kristine Langley Mahler, Chelsea Sutton, Lauren Westerfield and Maya Jewell Zeller in a reading and discussion
Thurs, Feb 12 - 4pm PT / 8pm PT - VIRTUAL
Writer’s Center Craft Chat on Fiction with Chelsea Sutton
Writer’s Center chat about Krackle’s Last Movie and more
Wed, Apr 8 - 5:30pm PT - IN PERSON at NORTH FIGUEROA BOOKSHOP
Book Launch of Lauren Westerfield’s WOMAN HOUSE
Panel Discussion with Lauren Westerfield, Eva Recinos, Chelsea Sutton, and Kim Young
It's amazing I get to say I have author events coming up :)
All free! The three next week are all virtual! RSVP links on my website: chelseasutton.com
I feel so fortunate to get to carve out some bits of time to talk with other authors about books of all things.
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This was a super fun interview to do. ❤️ @abbyhiggs.bsky.social is awesome.
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Deaths, detentions and deportations of American citizens in the second Trump administration - Wikipedia
Even when there’s no accountability, the record matters. Credit to the Wikipedia editors maintaining this page.
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Vigil Held for Alex Pretti, Second Person Killed by Federal Agents in Minneapolis
Pretti was an intensive care nurse with the Veterans Affairs. He was fatally shot by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday. He's the 2nd person killed by feds this month: unicornriot.ninja/2026/federal...
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A weird little flash I wrote when on a residency in Tennessee this last May is out today on @themetaworker.bsky.social 😱
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I signed 50 bookplates for the first 50 books sold. 📖✍🏼 Watching 50 signatures is riveting content 👀 @splitlippress.com
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I did an unboxing video because that’s a thing you do. Everyone likes watching people open their mail, right?
My novella is coming out from Split/Lip Press on February 10! @splitlippress.com
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So excited for this book to come out ❤️
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Demonstrators at the January 7, 2026, evening vigil for Renee Nicole Good. A tall flag reads "Fuck ICE."
Minneapolis.
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Billions to kidnap your immigrant neighbors off the street and now we’re apparently “going to run” another whole damn country but no money for nutritional assistance for kids or guaranteed, quality healthcare for all Americans.
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A vase of flowers sits on top of copies of Chelsea Sutton‘s novella, KRACKLE’S Last Movie. The flowers are in colors that match the monster faces on the cover and its blue background; an additional copy is turned out to face front and rests atop a video cassette.
Two months until publication day for KRACKLE’S LAST MOVIE by @crsutton.bsky.social and we’re stocked up with copies in the office right before the holiday season swings into high gear—we’ll begin shipping preorders in just a couple of weeks! Order your copy at splitlippress.com !
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EPISODE 160 – LONG WINTER NIGHTS with Chelsea Sutton
We chat with Chelsea Sutton about Holiday Horror, Flash Fiction, Horror theater, the state of podcasting in 2025 and share the first episode of her new multimedia series LONG WINTER NIGHTS!
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