“… I felt, perhaps for the first time in my life, or at least it felt like the first time—it always feels like the first time, doesn't it?—a deep, atom-shaped despair.” In Case You Need an Explanation by Ashley Hutson in @eldiagram.bsky.social thediagram.com/26_3/hutson....

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 8260: Whatever genre you write, read folklore. Folklore exists because at some point, people cared so much about a certain thing that they put it into a story, and passed it down the centuries in order to keep it alive. That deserves attention.

zoom meetings in October

new new: "Halloween Party," by Trey Moody: wigleaf.com

This one really prods at you

trampset@trampset.bsky.social · 2w ago

"You’re one of the kids who live in two houses. After the rupture your parents become great storytellers, but they only want to talk about each other." @janstinchcomb.bsky.social's "Something That Happened When You Were a Child" www.trampset.org/post/somethi...

Got a new story, “Here It Is,” in Strange Pilgrims. It’s about Route 66 billboards & high school cheer & holding onto your own life hard with two hands. V cool artwork. Audio by me. Interview at the end in which I talk alt-dimension jobs & more. Here...it is: www.strangepilgrims.com/p/here-it-is...

A reminder that this delicious anthology is available and perfect for Halloween. I'm in here with various cool kids. bookshop.org/p/books/pois...

Poisoned Soup for the Macabre, Depraved, and Insane

A sprinkling of the macabre....A dash of depravity...And a whole lot of insanity. Welcome to POISONED SOUP FOR THE MACABRE, INSANE, and DEPRAVED.51 INGREDIENTS OF NOSTALGIA AND HORRORCurated by Wendy ...

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Firing teapots this week. Here’s a sassy set in sour apple and pink shadow. #pottery 🍏☕️💗💛🩵

Always gratifying to slice open a box chock full of books. Also a pleasure to be a part of the Cornerstone Press family of authors guided by @rosstangedal.bsky.social and his staff. TOLLUND MAN is here.

Many congratulations to Anne Carson for the well-deserved Nobel Prize! This is also great news for Translation, Classics, Poetry, the breaking of generic and disciplinary boundaries, and the fact that you don't have to fit a pre-existing mould to have a brilliant, successful career.

Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁@minibubbly.bsky.social · 4d ago

Canadian Anne Carson awarded Nobel Prize in Literature Carson, 76, has previously won several prestigious literary prizes www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...

Our art submissions are OPEN. 🎨 Want to know what we're looking for? ✏️ Art steeped in memory & awareness. ✏️ Art that eats donuts & watches cartoons on Saturday mornings. ✏️ Art that reminds us of our humanity.

Who else is going to watch North by Northwest tonight? I mean, after watching a horror film.

We celebrate Eva Marie Saint, who died today at 102. A #SagAftraMember since 1947, Saint won an Oscar for her film debut in 'On the Waterfront' and starred in 'North by Northwest.' An advocate for organized labor, she leaves an enduring example for generations of union members.

25 days until Halloween 🎨 kAt Philbin

Unions are expressing support for the student protests in France: “Today’s high school and college students are tomorrow’s workers; they should not have to pay the price for austerity policies.“ - CGT statement www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/w...

Protests Spread Across France, Growing From School Demonstrations

The rallies are a test of the strength of the student-led protest movement that has escalated at French high schools since late September.

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"The students in central Paris have shown a great sense of solidarity with those in the Paris suburbs who face much worse conditions in their schools. There’s a feeling of solidarity and generosity between teenagers that flies in the face of the notion that we live in an era of selfishness."

On the barricades with wheelie bins and shopping trolleys: Paris students rage at politicians and police

Unprecedented protests that began in low-income banlieue are turning ugly, with investigations under way into police brutality

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“Every child is lost. That’s how it works. If your child isn’t lost, you have failed. What is a successful adult if not a child who has disappeared?“ Love this haunting changeling story on @crowkeys.bsky.social by @janstinchcomb.bsky.social! 🔥 crowcrosskeys.com/2026/04/01/c...

Changeling Daycare—Jan Stinchcomb

They’re raising children differently these days, and Diane does not want to be left behind. A changeling in the family is not a tragedy or even a problem for her daughter’s generation, though some …

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Today, Oct 4, is the feast of St. Francis of Assisi: the day when you can bring your pets to church for a blessing.

"How 'blessed' can a country be if it unleashes weapons of annihilation on the vulnerable bodies of children?" Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor, End Times Fascism and the Fight for the Living World #SundaySentence

I'm not one for unboxing videos, so instead I give you this lovely book bouquet! 💐 Or is it more of a book fan? 🤔 DANGLING by Maura Yzmore out now from Anxiety Press Twenty-eight stories about people on the precipice. Absurdism, realism, horror. Buy: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B... #booksky 📚💙

“Your mother shakes when she delivers her speech. You can see her getting smaller right in front of you.” “Kids have no power when their own parents turn into strangers.” and the ghosts you like best @janstinchcomb.bsky.social in @trampset.bsky.social www.trampset.org/post/somethi...

Something that Happened When You Were a Child

by Jan Stinchcomb...After the rupture your parents become great storytellers, but they only want to talk about each other. As you get older, the stories mutate into tall tales.

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“A fake knife can cut you just like a real one.” New story in Flash the Court, out now. flashthecourt.com/2026/10/02/d...

Michael Corleone’s murder of Sollozzo and McCluskey at Louie’s in the Bronx. It’s compressed compared to other scenes, but the action continues all the way to Sicily and decides Michael’s destiny.

Casey Stegman@caseystegman.com · last wk.

What’s your favorite action sequence?

Jeanne Dielman peeling those potatoes

Casey Stegman@caseystegman.com · last wk.

What’s your favorite action sequence?

New story by @lyndseycroal.bsky.social is up at talesfrombetween.com right now!

Me, determined to enjoy Halloween Season despite everything.

Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)

g.h. kirsch@gh-kirsch.bsky.social · last wk.

Let me see if I've got this right. The team of lawyers who stole an election in Florida, and gave W the presidency, are now the Scotus team at the center of the GOP theft of our democracy.

I am so thrilled to see my work in the gorgeous new issue of @south85journal.bsky.social! I had the best time serving as Artist-in-Residence for it. Pls check out my portfolio & artist statement & read the amazing writing in this special issue! www.south85journal.com/artists-stat...

PSA! Our free-submissions window closes today.

I'm sick today but I still want to celebrate #LitMagWeek: @trampset.bsky.social @centaurlit.bsky.social @villaineralit.bsky.social @paranoidxtree.bsky.social @crowkeys.bsky.social @bourbonpenn.bsky.social @poolpartymag.com Monkeybicycle