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Mar Vincent

@marofthebooks.bsky.social

Weird little stories in Analog, Strange Horizons, Escape Pod, and other fantastical places. Always seeking human creativity (NO AI), coffee, and petrichor. https://www.marvincent.com/ Currently in the liminal space known as novel revisions. 📝✍️✍️

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Mar Vincent@marofthebooks.bsky.social · 2w ago

Of course 99% of them flee from the mind at the moment, but I regularly think about the ending of Alarm Will Sound by Christopher Schultz. pseudopod.org/2018/01/19/p...

PseudoPod 578: Alarm Will Sound | PseudoPod

And we’re back. This is hour two of Talk it Out. I’m your host, Gabrielle Esposito. If you’re just tuning in, in our first hour on the air we talked at length with Mary from Poughkeepsie, New York…

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Cursed Morsels@cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 2w ago

I was talking to my friend Mae today about how I wish more people cared about and read short stories. A great short story will take only twenty minutes to read but stick with you for twenty years. Wildly powerful artform! What's a short story that fits that description for y'all?

Chaucer Doth Tweet@levostregc.bsky.social · 3w ago

A.I. and corporate lingo are dragging language ynto drugged realmes of vague, airy, plastic nothingnesse: glitz and hyperbole wythout meaning. Language must have fur and clawes, make the floorboardes creake and leave wet dirtye footprintes. Wordes are rayne and fyre and stone. Wielde them. Save us.

Amanda Helms - Preorder THE UPPER TENTACLE@amandaghelms.bsky.social · 4w ago

It's September 18, which means that in exactly one month, my special call for @diabolicalplots.com, Diabolical Rot, will be opening for submissions! Check out the full details here: www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-general-s...

DP General Submission Window and “Diabolical Rot” Themed Window – Diabolical Plots

If you are thinking about starting a short fiction publication and would like to discuss with someone experienced how to get started, please do contact us!

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Mar Vincent@marofthebooks.bsky.social · 4w ago

Stretch out on hard lumpy couch with TV and lights on and glasses stabbing into side of face: asleep immediately. Curl up in perfect comfy bed with white noise machine and peaceful darkness and cozy pillow: never sleep again.

Lightspeed Magazine@lightspeedmagazine.com · last mo.

The 2026 LIGHTSPEED + NIGHTMARE Kickstarter is NOW LIVE! Check out our star-studded lineup of authors & peruse our rewards: subscriptions, signed books, rare magazine collectibles, t-shirts, mugs, and other fun stuff. Thank you in advance if you're able to offer your support.💖 bit.ly/LS-NM-26

LIGHTSPEED & NIGHTMARE Kickstarter graphic. Left side: Bright light blue background with rays (as of light) bursting out from the center. Central image is an open book with a rocket blasting up out of it. Below the book is the LIGHTSPEED magazine wordmark; the word lightspeed is rendered in a orange-to-yellow gradient, with a white outline around it and dropshadow underneath it. Right side: Bright light yellow background with rays (as of light) bursting out from the center. Central image is an open book with a haunted house emerging from it. Below the book is the NIGHTMARE magazine wordmark; the word nightmare is rendered in a dark red to lighter red gradient, with a white outline around it and dropshadow underneath it. Top: the words "LIVE on Kickstarter"
Mar Vincent@marofthebooks.bsky.social · last mo.

Gonna do animated movie week this week including (probably): Fantastic Planet Demon City Shinjuku The Last Unicorn The Dark Crystal (because puppets count as animation) Will happily consider any other animations matching these vibes.

John Wiswell@wiswell.bsky.social · last mo.

This Friday is my birthday! And my publisher just gave me some *audiobook codes* for The Dragon Has Some Complaints, so I'm celebrating with a giveaway. All you have to do to enter is 1) follow me on here 2) reskeet this post 3) reply naming one of your favorite monsters!

John Wiswell@wiswell.bsky.social · last yr.

Unveiling the cover for THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS! Garrodigh is a curmudgeonly three-headed dragon who pretends to be tame so he can eat for free at the local dragon-riding academy. Unfortunately, the rider he's assigned to is... a lot. Coming Summer 2026 from DAW (US) and Arcadia (UK)!

A cover illustrated by James Fenner. A woman with long red hair and padded clothing sits on the ground, petting the head of a smiling serpentine dragon. But the dragon has more than one head! On the left, a second giant dragon head emerges, frowning, looking at her while wearing a monocle. On the right, a third giant dragon head emerges, jaws wide, screaming in anger. The text is teal, contrasting sharply against the red and maroon of the creatures. The text on the cover reads "THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS. JOHN WISWELL, author of the Nebula and Locus Award-winning SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN."
Neon Hemlock@neonhemlock.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Looks like we are about $1.5k away from meeting our second stretch goal, and the crowdfund ends tomorrow! If you would like for us to publish two novelettes instead of just one, consider backing now 💸

Neon Hemlock@neonhemlock.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Submissions are now open for speculative novelettes and/or tiny short story collection chapbooks. Word limit: 7,500 to 12,000 words. Limited print run. Will pay $100 and 25 copies. Deadline: October 15th. More info here: neonhemlock.submittable.com/submit/36598...