Bout to have a good ass day

Really appreciate you reading it! 🖤🖤🖤

felt like I was going insane, reading this one, and it was awesome

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"The best trauma occurs when you're young meat."
Ian Kappos in @ergot.bsky.social

ergot. innovative + experimental horror

"Sunlight refracted from dozens of glister shells, turning the bedroom molten. Grandpa lay curled into a fetal position on the floor, crying bloody tears. He was gibbering."

Today on ergot.: 'Late Bloomer' by Ian Kappos

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Excited to share my story “Late Bloomer” is out today at @ergot.bsky.social

My psychiatrist told me to not seem too American while I’m abroad and I said I’ll try to refrain from announcing when I want a hot dog.

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It's Not a Sub Drive but It's a Sub Drive - Apex Magazine If we gain zero new subscribers over the next two weeks, then beginning with the January 2024 issue, each issue will have 16,000 words of original fiction, one essay, one reprint, two interviews (one ...

Apex Magazine Subscription Drive update: Things have definitely slowed down with the drive. We're currently at 157 new subscribers, which is fantastic, but its also very far from our 300 goal.

If we do not hit 300 new subscribers, we will have to cut the size of each issue. All the details here:

By now you know we need to hit 300 subscribers to keep our current issue size for 2024. But we aren't the only magazine asking for support:

Introducing Magazine Timeshares! Pay for your stay, whether it be for as short as a month or as long as a year

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Kathe Koja is a god

ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT A NOVELLA ANNOUNCEMENT

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we wanted to let you know about it now so you can start writing, if you're interested.

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pls help spread the word to your favorite writers!

Oh gosh, thank you so much for reading! I’m delighted you enjoyed it 🥹

I don’t think Bluesky shows threads to people (or maybe everyone is just sick of my baloney?) but my rundown of the new Weird Horror stories is here

Sublet Several days a week, sometimes twice a day, I go into the Room Where My Friends Die.

Here’s a story I wrote 4-5 years ago that a dream publication (@strangehorizons.bsky.social) was gracious enough to publish. I reread it for the first time in a while today, and for no reason other than I’m trying to “do the writing thing” again, I’m sharing it.

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It's Not a Sub Drive but It's a Sub Drive - Apex Magazine If we gain zero new subscribers over the next two weeks, then beginning with the January 2024 issue, each issue will have 16,000 words of original fiction, one essay, one reprint, two interviews (one ...

Over the next two weeks, Apex is doing a push for new subscribers. We need 300 new subscribers to be able to keep publishing issues at the size we currently are. If we don't get that, then beginning in January we have to cut back. Read all the nitty gritty here: apex-magazine.com/apex-blog/it...

This exact thing happened to me. Solidarity. Wouldn’t be surprised if it was for the same magazine haha

OPEN SUBMISSION CALL. Beyond the Bounds of Infinity is officially open for submissions of cosmic horror and weird fiction from marginalized groups. Full information here: rawdogscreaming.com/contact/

This is one I wrote in 2019. It’s pretty sad. Thanks for letting me do some nostalgia bragging strangehorizons.com/fiction/subl...

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Embracing the spiritual oblivion of missing a deadline

Buy my second book, an illustrated short story collection centered on isolation and social performance.
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Goals

Nothing is Safe: an interview with Paula D. Ashe, author of We Are Here to Hurt Each Other - Seize T... First off, massive congrats on your Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson Award nominations! How have you found the experience of your work gaining this kind of attention and acclaim? Thank you so much! My ...

Our cracking interview with @pauladashe.bsky.social is up! I got to chat with her about her fear of teeth, obsession with a historical sect of real life Cenobites, fucked up families, and her horrific short story collection WE ARE HERE TO HURT EACH OTHER, which just won a Shirley Jackson Award!

Not enough credit is given to Dystopia for making Eckhart Tolle sound like a psychopathic Bond villain

It hit a specific nostalgia and touched some specific nerves in a way only another local could have, let’s put it that way. “Sentimental” wasn’t doing the most work