Re-upping! Editors and publishers only, for now.

Undertow Publications 🇨🇦@undertow.bsky.social · 3w ago

Are you an editor or publisher with an original short fiction project of weird fiction out this year? Anthology? Magazine? Collection? Get it in for consideration in The Best Weird Fiction of the Year.

I am deep in my nerd bag these days, and my most recent post is about some of the craft stuff i’ve learned (or re-learned) watching @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social DM campaign 4 of Critical Role! The guiding principle—the enemy takes a turn!

The Enemy Takes a Turn

what i’ve learned about writing from critical role season 4 (and other TTRPGs)

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In a week and a day, SHE ISN'T HERSELF TONIGHT 🛸 You'll see it upon opening the book, but I'm sharing the dedication page today. It was the drum beating throughout as I wrote Rabbit's story. My weird girl lit book is out October 27 from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social 🖤 bookshop.org/p/books/she-...

it took four hours and emails across three agencies to determine if a simple, polite email invitation was legitimate, in case you're wondering whether AI has improved efficiency in my field

it's finally here... LITTLE DAOIST ORIGINALS for sale up on my ko-fi! This is my first time doing physical goods from ko-fi so please read the instructions should you purchase (mostly so i can send you tracking!). They're $370 incl shipping. literally 1 of each available lol ko-fi.com/s/64bfa0bbc8

ALSO, I'll be doing a Kaffeeklatsch on Saturday at 2pm, for anyone interested! It's basically a chance to sit with me in a small group and talk about whatever you'd like. That could be writing, coffee, coffee, writing, or one of the above! ;)

Marty Cahill@mcflycahill90.bsky.social · 3d ago

If you're at @wfc2026.bsky.social, I'd love to see you! I'm on "Fictional Characters as Wisdom Guides," on Fri & I'm moderating "Transformation: Wouldn’t You Rather Have a Talking Frog?" on Sat w/ THEE @robinhobb.bsky.social! Hope to have a reading in there, too & I'll be at the award banquet! 🦊💜

does anyone want to preorder the apprentice liar and the death of the world from [checks notes] the airport? hudson booksellers........

The Apprentice Liar and the Death of the World

Arrow-Lee sold his first name to Death in a dream. In return, he relives his family’s death in his nightmares until he can figure out how to rewrite time, cheat Death, and live happily ever after. Sho...

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Inspired by Ray Bradbury, After the Fire (working title) honors the legacy of one of America’s most celebrated speculative fiction writers by inviting a new generation of authors to engage with the spirit and social urgency of Bradbury’s work.

Here's the link to guidelines. We can't wait to read your work! theraybradburycenter.org/ray-bradbury...

After the Fire Anthology | Ray Bradbury Center

After The Fire Submission Guidelines Call for Submissions OPEN NOW! Inspired by Ray Bradbury, After the Fire (working title) honors the legacy of one of America's most celebrated speculative fiction writers by inviting a new generation of authors to engage with the spirit and social urgency of Bradbury's work. This isn't a tribute collection or

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1) I'm on the board of the Ray Bradbury Center 2) I am co-editing a new anthology (with Carrie Cooper, Assistant Director of the Ray Bradbury Center and public humanities scholar).

ALSO, I'll be doing a Kaffeeklatsch on Saturday at 2pm, for anyone interested! It's basically a chance to sit with me in a small group and talk about whatever you'd like. That could be writing, coffee, coffee, writing, or one of the above! ;)

Marty Cahill@mcflycahill90.bsky.social · 3d ago

If you're at @wfc2026.bsky.social, I'd love to see you! I'm on "Fictional Characters as Wisdom Guides," on Fri & I'm moderating "Transformation: Wouldn’t You Rather Have a Talking Frog?" on Sat w/ THEE @robinhobb.bsky.social! Hope to have a reading in there, too & I'll be at the award banquet! 🦊💜

Damn, that A League Of Their Own show sure is somethin

A League Of Their Own Team Huddle

Alt: A League Of Their Own Team Huddle

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Who am I going to see at World Fantasy this week??? :D @wfc2026.bsky.social

Zyuranger Super Sentai Roll Call

ALT: Zyuranger Super Sentai Roll Call

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James Morrow shows us how it’s done @morningtransport.bsky.social this morning: JOHN AND THE COSMOS. I am making delighted noises @franwilde.bsky.social edits www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/john-and-t...

John and the Cosmos

James Morrow returns to The Sunday Morning Transport this week with a new alternate universe story containing a famous family’s secret history, and the fate of the galaxy.

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The @morningtransport.bsky.social always delivers but this James Morrow story is brilliant and as playful and surprising as anything Morrow has done (and he's done plenty of playful, surprising, brilliant things): www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/john-and-t...

John and the Cosmos

James Morrow returns to The Sunday Morning Transport this week with a new alternate universe story containing a famous family’s secret history, and the fate of the galaxy.

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Kelly Robson@kellyrobson.com · yesterday

James Morrow shows us how it’s done @morningtransport.bsky.social this morning: JOHN AND THE COSMOS. I am making delighted noises @franwilde.bsky.social edits www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/john-and-t...

If you have not seen the absolute destruction of Pac Money Tommy (former Josh Hawley staffer), getting absolutely fucking wrecked by El-Sayed while trying to heckle him, you have not seen Shakespeare the way it was meant to be performed. A master class in mic skills. "Answer the question, Tommy."

Covie@covie93.bsky.social · yesterday

Narrator: It was in this moment tommy knew he f*cked up..

shirley temple poppi rt if u agree

look if shit is so dire for the democrats that they NEED every vote from trans people, maybe they shouldn't run candidates who are transphobic or fold on even the slightest pushback to trans rights it's not our fault y'all's guys suck

SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

'Tommy' from viral El-Sayed video is former Sen. Hawley staffer with Christian nationalist ties

Thomas Teepell is the son of a former long-time Bobby Jindal staffer who's close to Sean Feucht.

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He is legit so good at this. He never allows them their bullshit premise! He never cedes any ground!

Abdul El-Sayed@abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 2d ago

This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.

Abdul's got the juice in such copious amounts, the man could bottle it and pass it out at marathons to runners. There is such a thing as being empathic, succinct, smart, and confident without letting someone walk all over you, and that's what this clip shows.

Abdul El-Sayed@abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 2d ago

This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.

"'She was magnificent, and few did not love her.' Vel had meant it as a kind of comfort, and yet the madman shrieked then, drowning out Vel’s thoughts as he plunged the knife deep into meat of the shoulder. The Emperor of the Frozen Sun screamed as pain rocketed through him." Broke 70K on the book!

If you're at Gamehole Con this year, @taylorannnx.bsky.social and I are performing Tarokka readings today and tomorrow at booth #56. Swing by the booth to learn your future! I don't mean to brag, but I've only predicted two horrifying personal tragedies. #dnd #WOTCstaff

incredibly humbling to have been first through the breach on this. no trans woman had ever had a horror novel at a big five publisher before MANHUNT, which is not to slap myself on the back but to comment on how lonely and scary it was. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Trans Horror Takes Off

The subgenre, which weaves gory and supernatural tales out of the real terrors of cisnormativity, has quickly become a reader favorite.

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we love see all the support for our Elise thank you thank you for all the shares, the donations, and the kind words about her--it means a whole world. if you can donate/share/send good vibes, we'd love to receive them still xo

Donate to Help Support Elise While She Recovers, organized by Sean Markey

hello. friends if you're reading this, you're likely a Friend of The Deadl… Sean Markey needs your support for Help Support Elise While She Recovers

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Got called "fake as fuck," today & it made me more confused than anything. This person seemed to think bc I didn't respond to all of their texts, (or not in a timely manner), but reached out to ask them how they were, ALL that meant I was fake and nosy. I said, no, my sweet dude, that's ADHD 🙃

My teenage children, who have never set foot in NYC, go around saying "Help me, Mamdani!" whenever anything goes wrong and/or they can't figure out their homework, just to give everybody a sense of the scale of this man's presence in the culture lol

having spent my entire career firmly wedded to yog's law, it's always bizarre to be reminded that there are writers out there spending money (this is a self-help/advice author, not a novelist, so that at least explains why they have money to spend)

Wait, You Guys Are Getting Paid? Meme

Alt: "Wait, You Guys Are Getting Paid?" meme, except that in this case it's obviously wait you guys are paying?

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Polly Farquhar@pollyf.bsky.social · 4d ago

Am still thinking about this, from this summer. (Sorry that it's a substack.) amychan.substack.com/p/i-spent-44...

When I was in high school, every classmate's mother had a horror story about an alley or a secret clinic somewhere, blood and terror and sometimes women dying in the effort to control their own futures. Abortion saves lives.

Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · 2d ago

The reason abortion is popular right now is that roughly three generations of women have had access to it and we all know someone (possibly ourselves) whose life has been saved by it.

The Apex Magazine 2027 kickstarter is at $10,994 out of their $21,000 base goal!! It's the weekend! SHARE THE LOVE! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

Apex Magazine 2027

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

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