New essay! "When the Book Wasn’t Better or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Adaptation" by Luke Elliott and James Bailey! buff.ly/u8Lh9hC

heck yeah!!!!!! happy release day to this terrific anthology of trans cosmic horror, featuring new stories and reprints! it is out now and as gorgeous as you are

Tenebrous Press@tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 9h ago

RELEASE DAY! YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM, featuring New Weird Cosmic Horror from 30+ trans & gender nonconforming creators, is OUT NOW WHEREVER BOOKS ARE SOLD. Direct from us: store.tenebrouspress.com Prcoeeds benefit the Trans Doe Task Force & Trans Legal Services Network. Hail the Weird🖤☠️🏳️‍⚧️

I fucking love that DS9 dragged some of its best characters through the worst of what they were capable of and expected them to either live with it or redeem themselves, and for us to forgive them, or simply come to terms with with their choices. Kira and O’Brien always represented this expectation.

Happy Banned Books Week AND Anti-Prime Day! We've spent this week fighting with Amazon, who blocked Issue 3... because a stylized illustration of a statue = porn, at least if you're a queer publication. The best way to support us is directly. Code ANTIPRIME gets you 15% off subscriptions this week.

OTHERSIDE — a magazine of the queer fantastic.

Get more from OTHERSIDE on Patreon. a magazine of the queer fantastic.. Support OTHERSIDE and get exclusive access to their work.

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wrote about one of the craziest worms of all time defector.com/this-worm-ha...

This Worm Has No Ifs And Many Butts | Defector

In the 1870s, as the research ship HMS Challenger passed through the Philippines during its circumnavigation of the Earth, it dredged up a sponge from the gray sludge 95 fathoms (nearly 600 feet) belo...

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She's a 10 but she lures sailors to their death with her enchanted song

i'm at the lit space / i'm at the genre space / i'm at the combination lit space and genre space

The Beast. That first time he roars at Belle? Toddler me could NOT handle that.

Beast Yelling and Roaring

Alt: Beast Yelling and Roaring

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Sleepy Hollow Reviews 🎃@sleepingvillage.bsky.social · 2d ago

In honor of scary media month: what is the first piece of media you remember truly frightening you as a child?

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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor@mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 2d ago

OPPORTUNITY WINDOW is an anthology of #timeloop stories! It will be open October 15th thru 22nd (2026)—note this is ONE WEEK—and responses will go out after the window closes. Originals and reprints accepted. Full guidelines: mercfennwolfmoor.carrd.co#opportunityw... I look forward to reading!!

Oh my: LibreOffice just made "no AI" one of their official features: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09...

Yes, no AI is now a feature - TDF Community Blog

One of the comments on the announcement of LibreOffice 26.8 was a simple question: “So, no AI is now a feature?” LibreOffice does not reject artificial intelligence out of hand, but an office suite us...

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If it's a choice between supporting whales and supporting yachts, I'm just gonna always go with the whales. Like, it's not even close.

Yes. Every scene is the best scene. Be thrilled to write it.

the babahuck@tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 3w ago

rip annie dillard

make it weirder

For October let’s remind ourselves what really matters: weird fiction

Congratulations to the 2026 winners and nominees! Thank you to the jury and those who voted. A shout out to everyone who boosts, reviews, reads, recommends and buys work by BIPOC authors. And dear BIPOC authors writing in these rough times, your work is important and needed. Solidarity. 🖤

The Ignyte Awards@theignyteawards.bsky.social · 3d ago

The Ignytes were created in 2020 as an award series that centers BIPOC perspectives and contributions to speculative fiction. The works nominated on our ballots are the creations of people from these lived experiences, or are works/entities/individuals they hold in high regard. #2026IgnyteAwards

The Outstanding Novelette category recognizes speculative works ranging from 7,500-17,499 words. Congratulations to WE BEGIN WHERE INFINITY ENDS by @somtoihezue.bsky.social #2026IgnyteAwards

Happy Fullmetal Mean Girls Day, to all who celebrate.

Last night’s Annex Gallery opening reception with our own Meg Rowe, as an artist in residence. She’s creating a material record of 350 words and phrases deemed by the federal administration to be “unacceptable” as an act of noncompliance, resistance and pure joy. #craftivism #SalemOr

HELLO! Thank you! It's about ALL those things. It's why I love it!

aquila 🍉 most normal frankenstein enjoyer@belllmonts.bsky.social · 4d ago

"dracula is actually about repression" "dracula is actually about bloodsucking landlords" "dracula is actually about assault" "dracula is actually about xenophobia" "dracula is actually about bram stoker being closeted" dracula is about all of those things welcome to the gothic genre

A first time viewer (@luminousluke.bsky.social) joins two Stalker fans to go deep into The Zone, but is it better than the source, ROADSIDE PICNIC? Author @lauracranehill.bsky.social re-joins the show to cast her vote! 🎙️ bit.ly/4hyFZgM 📺 bit.ly/4yvHgws #wifeshapedbodies #inktofilm #bookvsmovie

Just really getting the sense that no one in Silicon Valley has actually read Frankenstein.

Word's getting out there -- here are LitHub's take on good books this month, one of them mine. My novella PORCELAIN SISTERS is launching Oct 27 at Elliott Bay Books, in convo with Mother Horror herself! @sadiehartmann.bsky.social

Time Travel Romance and Haunted TV Channels: October’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy

It being spooky season, there’s some undeniable horror crossover in these books: haunted dolls, angels that drive you mad, impossible pregnancies as invasive body horror, a nostalgic television dim…

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Holy shit. It's finally happened. I got my first AI author scam email! Am I a Real Writer™ now???

Dena's Aw Shucks Smile

Alt: Dena's Aw Shucks Smile

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Just listened to a patron go through a half an hour phone interview with an AI, just to be asked a question he couldn't "appropriately" answer and get told he was unqualified for the job and hung up on. It was for a fucking TEMP AGENCY.

It's October🎃 which means, SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN FOR BRAVE NEW WEIRD Vol. 5! **This is our yearly Best-Of Weird Fiction anthology, only eligible REPRINTS will be considered** Get the full submissions details here, and check out the full cover reveal! tinyurl.com/4474xej6

Yay! It's pub day for Rose! (And on my wife's birthday, too!)

Solaris Books@solarisbooks.bsky.social · 5d ago

🎉🎂Happy UK Book Birthday to ROSE OF JERICHO! 👻When the dead are not dying, ghosts and ghouls are the least of a witch’s problems in the latest supernatural horror from @alexgrecian.bsky.social , the New York Times bestselling author of RED RABBIT! Available to buy now: buff.ly/5br9qDJ

Well, the break was nice while it lasted, but it's time. Tomorrow I'll start drafting the new novel in earnest. I already have about 8k words I've scribbled out since August. I'm aiming to add 15k in October, then ramp up each month w/the goal of a finished draft by March 1st.

Underwater Mermaid Scene

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Story Hour@storyhour.bsky.social · 7d ago

Burn September down to embers with Story Hour! This week, favorites Meg Elison and Jordan Kurella return. Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PDT! www.storyhour2020.com

Portlanders! Next Friday (10/2, 7 pm) come help me launch the new novella THE VEIL by @niyyahwrites.bsky.social at Rose City Book Pub! Twin Peaks vibes, costumes, cherry pie PLUS a fabulous spooky read. It's going to be so fun! www.rosecitybookpub.com/events-1/202...