Omg requesting book blurbs is the most mortifying thing I think I’ve ever had to do in my life
Brittany Terwilliger
@brttnyblm.bsky.social
Author of THE INSATIABLES from @ChiReviewPress and THE HOUSE OF BUGMAN forthcoming from Maudlin House, Managing Editor at @pitheadchapel, future ghost www.BrittanyTerwilliger.com
We want your stories! The 2026 Larry Brown Short Story Award is officially open for submissions 1st prize: $500 Guest judge: Deesha Philyaw More info: pitheadchapel.com/larrybrown/
Our August issue is live! JH Lucas Dodge Zelko @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social Jacob Schrodt Jeffrey-Michael Kane @liquid-chicken.bsky.social @zaryfekete.bsky.social Matthew Trumbull Kinga Varga-Dobai Andrew Christoforakis @bethgordonpoet.bsky.social Kaylan McCann pitheadchapel.com/volume-15-is...
Volume 15, Issue 8
COVER ART BY JH LUCAS FICTION ACTS OF GUILE, ACTS OF GRACE BY DODGE ZELKO ORPHANS BY SARP SOZDINLER BEARS BY JACOB SCHRODT THE KEEPING BY JEFFREY-MICHAEL KANE NONFICTION Unknown Calle…
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Our annual short story contest opens in 1 week! See what guest judge Deesha Philyaw has to say about writing that has surprised her lately and what she is looking for in contest submissions.
I took over the Pithead Chapel socials a few weeks ago and yep that’s me replying to my own posts as if someone else wrote them
The Smart Search List of the Day is: Short Stories feat. @necessaryfiction.com @pitheadchapel.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...
Smart Search List of the Day
The Smart Search List of the Day is: Short Stories feat. @necessaryfiction.com @pitheadchapel.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com/search/smart/fiction/short-stories-A0oRqumk
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Congrats to @kimmagowan.bsky.social, @brttnyblm.bsky.social, @karenkay.bsky.social, @stateofkate.bsky.social, and everyone at @pitheadchapel.bsky.social for another new issue!
Volume 15, Issue 7
COVER ART BY CHRISTOPHER GARLAND FICTION The Sex Appeal of the Blues by Deirdre Danklin In the Wind by Christopher Lee Chilton Zachary by James Keith Smith Lost and Found by Katherine Plumho…
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Strange Is the Meat by Brittany Terwillger xraylitmag.com/strange-is-t... Here Lies by Nikki Barnhart xraylitmag.com/here-lies-by... Appraisal by Sam Corradetti xraylitmag.com/appraisal-by...
Our July issue is here! pitheadchapel.com/volume-15-is... Cover art: CHRISTOPHER GARLAND Words: DEIRDRE DANKLIN @grnpointer.bsky.social JAMES KEITH SMITH @kplumhoff.bsky.social GARTH ROBINSON SAMANTHA VARGAS
Volume 15, Issue 7
COVER ART BY CHRISTOPHER GARLAND FICTION The Sex Appeal of the Blues by Deirdre Danklin In the Wind by Christopher Lee Chilton Zachary by James Keith Smith Lost and Found by Katherine Plumho…
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Finally living my dream of having a garden I can go out and cut fresh flowers from
Congratulations @olangela.bsky.social and @francesorrok.bsky.social, as well as all of our contributors, staff, and friends who made the top 50 and long list!
I’m so honored to have a story in this year’s top 50! I see a lot of friends and Pithead Chapel peeps on the list as well - big congrats to all of you! ❤️
Sudha Balagopal@sudhab.bsky.social · last mo.Clang the bells! The @wigleaf.bsky.social Long List and Top 50 list is up www.wigleaf.com.🎈 Special thanks to Guest Selecting Editor, @andrewporter01.bsky.social. Gratitude also to our team who spent countless hours reading. And big 🙏 to Scott Garson without whom this list wouldn't exist! 🌷🌷
Clang the bells! The @wigleaf.bsky.social Long List and Top 50 list is up www.wigleaf.com.🎈 Special thanks to Guest Selecting Editor, @andrewporter01.bsky.social. Gratitude also to our team who spent countless hours reading. And big 🙏 to Scott Garson without whom this list wouldn't exist! 🌷🌷
w i g l e a f : (very) short fiction
An online journal of very short fictions -- under 1000 words.
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Also, love seeing so many writer friends on the @wigleaf.bsky.social Top 50 and Longlist. Yay @brttnyblm.bsky.social! Yay @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social! Yay all of you! Special hoorays for the two @pitheadchapel.bsky.social writers on the Longlist, @olangela.bsky.social and Frances Orrok.
I found out from my mom that someone has been stealing the flowers she puts on my grandpa’s grave and putting them on another grave a couple rows over and I am dying to know everything about this situation
I’m in that weird in-between place where I’m working on a new manuscript but getting ready for the publication of the old one, so I’m constantly flipping the switch like I’m cheating on one with the other one.
This is so funny because the book I was writing that didn’t start out as horror turned out to be horror
Brittany Terwilliger@brttnyblm.bsky.social · 2y agoA while back someone shared with me this image that maps horror movie elements, and although I don’t write horror I’ve found this really helpful for organizing and connecting the dots as I revise my novel
If you start today and write just 2 double-spaced pages a day, by the end of the year you’ll have a book
I joined a horror book club at my local bookstore and we just read Diavola. Very fun summer “vacation gothic” novel
I love it when people come to visit, and I also love it when they leave (and I can get my clean orderly life back) 😂
New @pitheadchapel.bsky.social! Congrats to @kimmagowan.bsky.social, @brttnyblm.bsky.social, and @karenkay.bsky.social for another fantastic issue! pitheadchapel.com/2026/06/01/v...
Volume 15, Issue 6
COVER ART BY JANELLE PAULINO FICTION GRIEF WORK, LLC BY KEITH WOODRUFF BELLY BY SUTTON STROTHER THE CENTAUR DANCES THE GIDDY-UP BUCK BY TRAVIS FLATT PET LOVER BY ANTHONY BROWN NONFICT…
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If there are authors you want to support but you can’t afford to buy their books, request them from your local library!
Hey weirdos we're open for submissions for print issue 27.
Barrelhouse@barrelhouse.bsky.social · 2mo agoReminder
Have you seen the June issue of Pithead Chapel? It’s a good one pitheadchapel.com/volume-15-is...
Volume 15, Issue 6
COVER ART BY JANELLE PAULINO FICTION GRIEF WORK, LLC BY KEITH WOODRUFF BELLY BY SUTTON STROTHER THE CENTAUR DANCES THE GIDDY-UP BUCK BY TRAVIS FLATT PET LOVER BY ANTHONY BROWN NONFICT…
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Death hangs over every room in Brittany Terwilliger’s THE HOUSE OF BUG MAN. Small-town Indiana grief, disappearances, suspicion, and the slow realization that something is deeply wrong inside the family home. Coming Spring 2027 from Maudlin House.
