The Short Story Challenge — nycmidnight The Short Story Challenge is an annual creative writing competition that challenges writers around the world to create short stories based on genre, subject, and character assignments in as little as ...

Up for a writing challenge? Join me in the 20th annual Short Story Challenge by @nycmidnight.bsky.social on January 23rd! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/ssc

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We're recording a follow-up episode tonight with more Louvre tea (yes, we will be assessing the suspects' hotness and talking about the mysterious Fedora Man), so while waiting, catch up with Part 1:

My favorite holiday and my first-ever writers convention, @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social, fell on the same weekend. My social battery, my bank account, and my liver will all need a minimum of 5-8 business days to recover. Needless to say, I had a great time.

@dbisdorf.bsky.social thank you so much!! glad you enjoyed it ❤️

congrats!!

Anyone who's seen the dreaded "no werewolves or vampires" on so many magazines' submission guidelines will know how much this means. Thank you Dirty Magick for publishing my shamelessly draculean mafia romp 🖤

Congrats!

Red Moon Rebellion query pitch cover adult political fantasy

Red Moon Rebellion query pitch text

Red Moon Rebellion query pitch characters

Red Moon Rebellion query pitch comp titles: The Poppy War, Shadow & Bone, Casablanca

THE POPPY WAR meets SHADOW & BONE in the adult fantasy debut novel I #amquerying, feat:

🌖 a gritty 1930s-esque second world
✨ industrial magic rooted in Slavic folklore
🌈 gay & bi POV characters
📽️ forbidden wartime romance à la CASABLANCA

#questpit #Q #A #F #HF #RF #OV

France isn't real it can't hurt me