Reminded that this is where the cool kids hang out.

also ALSO we're open for novella submissions right now more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions

The Apex Magazine 2027 Kickstarter is currently at $11,636 with 11 days to go. We need another $9,364 to hit our funding goal and secure another year of Apex. Can you help us get there? www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

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An award-winning digital literary journal of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

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I cannot stress enough how helpful it is when you like a thing that someone created (like, say, a book they wrote) & you TELL PEOPLE ABOUT IT. Word of mouth can be an incredible tool, yes, even if you don't think you're a fancy influencer with an incredible following. Your recommendations go places!

Thanks NetGalley for a copy of @amcgeewrites.bsky.social’s ‘A River Wide’. 🌊🗻 Finished this Appalachian-set novella on the plane and enjoyed it! Fast-paced, and the magical realism played well with themes of familial love, nature, and emotional turmoil. I love seeing witchcraft in books!

Today is one of those days where I can tell I have used up most of my juice for the week and I am going to have a hard time producing more things. Please tell me something entertaining to combat my malaise.

this october instead of donating to us, THE DEADLANDS we're asking you to please considering donating to help our #1 editor in chief @ecatherine.com with the bills stemming from her ongoing hospital stay. no coin fundraiser only fundraising Elise 🖤🖤 pls join us + spread the word

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Made it to the new part of this book that I wrote, so now we get to transcribe for a while instead of revising line by line. Huzzah!

Inside me there are two wolves....

Count Draugula@artd.bsky.social · 3w ago

the abolitionist's dilemma

If you missed my reading yesterday, the recording is still up on Twitch and soon it will be over on YouTube (details to come). We had such a lovely time! www.twitch.tv/csecooney

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@csecooney won the World Fantasy Award for Bone Swans in 2016 & Saint Death’s Daughter in 2023. Other work includes Dark Breakers, Desdemona & the Deep, The Twice-Drowned Saint. With husband @writetea...

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Someone told me that a peer spoke very highly of me professionally at work recently and I felt honest-to-goodness surprise, which just goes to demonstrate how significant my imposter syndrome is in all aspects of my life.

TOMORROW AFTERNOON! Join us for a spooky reading hosted by @csecooney.bsky.social Oct 4, 3-4:30 PM Eastern www.twitch.tv/csecooney Line up below!

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@csecooney won the World Fantasy Award for Bone Swans in 2016 & Saint Death’s Daughter in 2023. Other work includes Dark Breakers, Desdemona & the Deep, The Twice-Drowned Saint. With husband @writetea...

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Reading, and writing, are holy. I love reading novels because they tell me something. They say: "this is what someone believed enough to dedicate months or years of their life to say." This is just as true for the trashiest pulp as it is for the highest literature.

Jeff VanderMeer@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 4w ago

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

There are many things I experience in a day that I cannot share on social media, which is good! But it does at times make me wonder how to engage here.

Witchy Links & Lineup! @zzclaybourne.bsky.social @edenroyce.bsky.social @christaqua.bsky.social @virginiam.bsky.social @amcgeewrites.bsky.social @asakiyume.bsky.social @emmajgibbon.bsky.social @stgibbon.bsky.social @nadiabulkin.bsky.social @atsayre.bsky.social csecooney.substack.com/p/october-4t...

October 4th: A Very Witchy Reading

With some very spooky, very dear friends!

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It's 10:44 and I have a deep desire to eat snacks.

Our subscription drive is still going and is now 70 new subscribers short of its goal. We had hoped to reach that in time for our 20th anniversary issue in October so we could give everyone their raises as part of that celebration. It's going to be close. clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

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*Frothing at the mouth with excitement* HEY GUESS WHAT, YOU DON'T HAVE ONE BRAIN, YOU HAVE TWO! med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...

I hate it so much

Lance J.@pandrue.bsky.social · last mo.

"AI companies pirated millions of books to train today’s most popular models, as The Atlantic has previously reported. Those models are now being used to churn out books in a matter of minutes and place them alongside books that represent years of hard work."

Every coping mechanism for staying organized and on-track that I have collapsed in August and I've spent September picking up the pieces. Who knew that having three major life events in the space of two weeks might affect my ability to brain?

Had a wonderful time at my book launch event yesterday. Thanks to everyone who came!

The problem with eating lunch at 11 am is that it is 2 pm and now I am hungry.

A sadde thinge that we have to worke arounde alwayes ys that the quiet, steadye, patient labor and kyndenesse required to holde up the worlde and keepe us all goinge ys nevir a newes item. Unshowye, ordinarye, hard-won skill at the job you must do for othirs to get on. The greatest honor ys ther.

This Sunday is my in-person book launch at Second Cafe in Downtown Roanoke. All events on my site: amandajmcgee.com/upcoming-eve...

Upcoming Events

I’ll try to keep a list of any upcoming release parties, conventions, or author signings here for those who are interested. Check back for updates regularly! Schedule A River Wide Virtual Boo…

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What a week. What a year.

Oh, I'm so pleased by this review of @amcgeewrites.bsky.social's A RIVER WIDE by @cemeterydance.bsky.social! I loved this novella, and TIS THE SEASON! What season, you ask? THE SEASON OF THE WITCH! (Appalachian witches, in this case.) www.cemeterydance.com/extras/revie...

Review: A River Wide by Amanda J. McGee

A River Wide by Amanda J. McGee Interstellar Flight Press (September 7, 2026) Reviewed by Rowan B. Minor Horror and fantasy writer Amanda J. McGee is a poet and novelist who resides in Southwest Vi…

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"...a quick, stunning, and eerie read..." (Cemetery Dance)

A River Wide

Mountains have deep, dark hearts, and those hearts are carved by water. Deep in the shadowed hollers of Appalachia, Rhia Blackburn has always kept her powers and her heart buried. Around here, the riv...

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"Beneath the trees the temperature drops. Aisling is left shivering, her boots swishing through the dewy grass. She barely feels either. Now that she is here, lead fills her limbs. She wants to turn around. She’s good at doing the things she doesn’t want to do. Always has been." #writinglunch

Check out my Big Idea essay on Scalzi's whatever blog! whatever.scalzi.com/2026/09/08/t...

The Big Idea: Amanda J. McGee

Grow where you are planted. In author Amanda J. McGee’s case, that’s right in good ol’ Appalachia. It is because of this that she felt compelled to write her newest novella, A Riv…

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Hello, new followers! I'm Amanda, and I write #specfic, most recently A RIVER WIDE (out now!) from @interstellarflight.bsky.social and "Viridian" in A SINISTER QUARTET from @mythicdelirium.bsky.social.

A River Wide

Mountains have deep, dark hearts, and those hearts are carved by water. Deep in the shadowed hollers of Appalachia, Rhia Blackburn has always kept her powers and her heart buried. Around here, the riv...

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