I feel *very strongly* about Apex and I want to live in a literary ecosystem where it survives and thrives. So, help me be good algae here. This metaphor is really wanting to go off leash so I should probably stop, but please back Apex if you can.
If you're looking for a short horror story that will have you sobbing, look no further than @avgreenewrites.bsky.social's story "Bubble Bath" which asks just how much a parent will do for their child, knowing they cannot be saved. Find it in our anthology, Tangle & Fen (link in bio)
#horrorstory
I’m so honored by this review of Horror Vacui - and as a bonus, I’ve also got a solid list of stories to go read next. 💚
What’s a poster you had in your room growing up? (There were at least three other NIN posters, but this was the one right above my bed)
I’ve got a micro piece opening this installment, and the whole episode is fantastic!
I’m driving around in a giant ass suburban as an only-thing-available rental, and friends, there is absolutely no reason for a private vehicle to be this fucking big.
I pine for this gorgeous French restaurant in Nanjing, China (Les 5 Sens) pretty regularly.
Close shots of a very bedraggled North American cardinal after a huge rainstorm
This poor drenched cardinal is so pitiful and irritated.
Loved this story! "No one is ever really ready for a demon to drag them to Hell."!!! And the parenting scenes: so spot on, so solid and emotional amidst [the world] going to hell!
Thank you so much for reading! 💚
Please enjoy a brief respite from the moral, political, and social collapse of the United States, courtesy of the very real and inexplicably ungated walk-in storm drain next to my old junior high! Thank you @giganotosaurus.bsky.social and @tbonejenkins.bsky.social for the space to go long. 💚 🛶
A tow truck hauling an old pickup truck with a completely squashed cab.
I spent about two hours in the car wondering what happened to this truck.
Will someone please produce an actually explicit book about penguins so that the world can see what unhinged penguin material actually looks like, since we seem to be unclear on this point?
I’m furious that any of these titles landed on this list, but the sheer absurdity of banning Tango to the point that it’s #1 year after year consumes me with a particularly spluttery rage.
Penguins. They are penguins. Penguins exhibiting well-documented penguin behavior. They are cute penguins who adopt a cute baby. It’s a book about cute penguins whose moral is basically that all kinds of families love their babies. pen.org/banned-pictu...
For the “read a childhood favorite” task in my annual reading challenge, I busted out Clan of the Cave Bear. Is it perfect? No. Would I be able to not just survive but thrive if I got stranded in the Pleistocene because of how many times I read this book in fifth grade? Thousand percent.
there should be a version of LinkedIn but it's called LynchedIn and we all post the weird and wonderful art we're working on
Oh man. This is absolutely wonderful but heed that content warning!
Oh god the customer service airline rep is gamely mirroring my anxious millennial fawn-response exclamation mark usage. The perkiness of this text exchange is becoming unbearably unhinged.
I made it all the way to the page with the hormone graph in All Fours before I realized I was reading a horror novel.
A screenshot from Duolingo’s Chinese course that reads “He drank three bottles of bailout and now he is sleeping.”
He’s not sleeping, he’s dead, Duo.
Thank you so much for reading 💚
Ummmmm I’m going to need this to get published quickly, because I really need to read it. I love Devil’s Den!
I’m FINALLY watching Penny Dreadful, and my god this show came here ready to have a good time, huh?
This story is incredible.
Jesus Christ, old timey newspapers pulled no punches (1923).
I’m having a really hard time writing right now, BUT I have learned how to make the ever living fuck out of buttermilk biscuits from scratch, so at least it’s not a total wash.
Look, I’m as tired of a Lovecraft pastiche as the next guy, I just don’t know how else to describe the last two hours I spent cleaning out my fridge.
Last call!
Closes tonight at 11:59pm CST
