As we approach spooky season, we'd love to see more horror, cozy-spooky, and autumn themed flash fiction in our inbox! Full submission details available at: hollowoakpress.com/acorns-submi...

if you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky.

Firefly Bonnet

ALT: Firefly Bonnet

static.klipy.com

Donna Scott@wishusdonna.bsky.social · 2d ago

if you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky.

Just read a "bad" review that reaffirmed why I love a particular author. "X offers sparse descriptions and little exposition, leaving the reader to piece together unfamiliar races, customs and terminology with minimal guidance." YUP, the author trusts their readers and the world makes sense...

HAVE THAT, JULES!!!! Dear lord this took more time and effort than it deserved.

We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.

July was a great reading month, with at least one contender for what might be my favorite book of the year... WITCH QUEEN RISING by Savannah Stevens THIS MACHINE KILLS BILLIONAIRES @trnapper.bsky.social KILLSWITCH BILLIONAIRES @mjkuhnbooks.bsky.social VOLATILE MEMORY @sethhaddon.bsky.social.

YOU - “What's it like to miss someone?” TOMMY LE HOMME - “What's it *like*? Good. And bad. An ache that brings you joy.” He smiles warmly. “I think of them a lot. I dream up these silly scenarios, in great detail. Of living with them... it comforts me.”

Okay, but I literally moved primary schools after a teacher aggressively and repeatedly accused me of this 😂

Jamie McKelvie@mckelvie.bsky.social · 5d ago

"Left-handed People: Are They Just Pretending?"

Lets log into Bluesky to see how everything is going...

혼파망 피자

ALT: 혼파망 피자

static.klipy.com

Yeah, we need to normalize things ending.

Yes, I too am a big fan of trickle down economics.

Neon, rain and pre-rendered magic

I appear to be entering another System of a Down era.

Fuck off Garry. These guys are great, and do more for charity in a week than you'll do in your dour miserable life.

Kelly Welles@kellywelles.bsky.social · 7d ago

The Daily Mail called. They want their editorial policy back.

I'm so tired of being forced to work out what's real.

horse girls, historical reenactors, train guys, trauma nurses...i'm NOT saying you should collect neurodivergent friends on purpose btw. i'm saying you're a writer so your friends are already neurodivergent

People with a fantasy sword collection will either be the most wholesome people you could hope to meet, or problematic as hell, and there is no in between.

All of you are forgetting about the best adaptation...

If you want a story that's got the apocalypse aaaaaand is inspired by this photo of my grandparents, well, this is the place for you. 👇

Hollow Oak Press@hollowoakpress.bsky.social · last wk.

We’re still accepting ARC reviewers for our next anthology! If you’d like to join our ARC team, sign up here: forms.gle/SBH9AmSQLeQU...

I know there's bigger things going on right now, but I wish "content creators" would learn what POV means. The "POV, you're a [insert tenuous hypithetical]" format, where nothing about the video is from that POV, quietly boils my piss. And yeah, I'm aware I should just scroll by.

Gabe Erwin: I Know I Gotta Problem

ALT: Gabe Erwin: I Know I Gotta Problem

static.klipy.com

I know horror books don't really tend to have cuddly tie ins, but I really need a Weasel Plume plushie in my life.

Corn on the cob is the most satisfying vegetable, and its not even close.

This video, and the speech from The Great Dictator, are my comfort blankets.

Dan🌹🔵🌊🇺🇸@arepublic86.bsky.social · 2w ago

Still the best speech in the LOTR trilogy. And feels extremely relevant to the times we live in. A lot of days do feel this hopeless.

Just over a week until our Prompted Stories challenge! 🦝 Read this dark, dystopian flash that @davidkmitchell.bsky.social constructed from his three random prompts. Visceral and wrenching writing 🖤 trashcatlit.com/mulch/ Get ready for the challenge: trashcatlit.com/call-for-pro...

It was The Shape of Monsters from @clhellisen.com and Quaint Folk from @bitterkarella.bsky.social btw. There might be some severe lag, but my brain will get there in the end. 👍

David K. Mitchell@davidkmitchell.bsky.social · 2w ago

I was gonna pre order two books..... and I can only remember one of them, and everyone is promoting stuff today so I cant find the post that inspired the thought. I'll find you cool looking book, stay strong. I'm just sleep deprived. Its in there somewhere.

@strangehorizons.bsky.social I can't see that ya'll have actually published anything by them, but just in case they've put that in their bio because contracts are signed or something, from a quick Google search, the fella is very, very, pro gen AI.

I actually think the trillionaire saying his AI tool will remake a movie without the Black and trans actors in it should be a bigger story because it’s a perfect example of why the ruling class wants AI to succeed: so they can remake reality without those they deem undesirable - every nazi’s dream.

Sweet Caroline, and they added the "DOO-DOO-DOO"s

Becky Tyler@beckytylerart.bsky.social · 2w ago

What song did the Sirens sing in The Odyssey? Wrong answers only.