Excessive research Excessive worldbuilding Excessive fussing with prose These may all be happening to you. Is your novel PLOT hitting the page? Recognize your own delaying tactics. Write the story. It won't be perfect. You aren't the best writer ever. #writingcommunity #booksky #writinglife

hi yes I'm SO excited that my trans giant robot flash fic is out now at @lightspeedmagazine.com. please enjoy "The Chrysalis of Moth One" 💜 this one is a bit Pacific Rim drift compatibility but make it angry and defiantly trans. I'm so proud of this one ✨ www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-...

The Chrysalis of Moth One - Lightspeed Magazine

They didn’t want either of us to live this long. Sucks for them—we’re good at living in spite. We’re good at surviving, at fighting, at never stopping. Today is the last day we exist in spite of Comma...

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Zach Cregger's RESIDENT EVIL movie hits UK & IRE theatres ONE WEEK FROM TODAY #HorrorSky! #FilmSky #ResidentEvilMovie #AustinAbrams

Editor @thompsinator.bsky.social has finalized the TOC for Saros SF #7! The "Terminally Online" issue will have fiction from Becks Simpson, @kirkvanderbeek.bsky.social, @adamdelrey.bsky.social, Alexandra Nyx, Mir Rainbird, Mathew Lebowitz, and cover art by @chpearcewrites.bsky.social. Stay tuned!

FF#28 Story Preview: "Diet Tips for the Apocalypse" by @sophiecasarico.bsky.social Are you up for a fantastic story about the world falling to pieces around you while you remain oblivious because man oh man did your Mom ever really mess you up? www.fusionfragment.com/issue-28/

The bad things you do to your MC should be a natural outgrowth of how they think. Most people think they are doing the right thing when they make mistakes. The outcome informs them their thinking was flawed, often in simple ways. That is hurtful but necessary. #writingcommunity #booksky #changes

Available in ebook and paperback now: "Sweet Dreams, Honey" by WATG Press, a flash fiction anthology you shouldn't sleep on, featuring my story "Someone Is Editing My Dreams" among a great lineup of fellow writers. Grab your copy today! EU and UK amzn.eu/d/027L67RC US a.co/d/08lXmDC6

Celebrating the first full year of WATG Press publications, dig in if you haven't yet! It's great work by a community of really passionate people, and I'm grateful to be part of it all. watgpress.com/books-and-ma...

WATG Press All Books | Dark Fiction, Flash Anthologies & e-Mags | WATG Press

Shop dark fiction at WATG Press—flash anthologies, microfiction, e-Mags, drabbles, and writing craft books from bold voices who write against the grain. horror, speculative, and surreal flash collecti...

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Spotlight on one of my favorite editors, meet Dakria! thebutcheredwriters.substack.com/p/author-spo...

Editor Spotlight: Dakria

The founder and editor of WATG press talks what it's like to be a horror editor with The Butchered Writers

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Throwback to that time when I found a novel I wrote but completely forgot about

New Flesh 🇵🇸 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈@esedia.bsky.social · 2y ago

That book I wrote years ago us so weird and goes so hard. Mermaid sex! Werebears! Demons! Space termites! Internal anglerfish! Like this book seriously fucks but I also see why it wasn’t published.

🚗 Last Exit is open! Crooked Spine Issue 3 wants American horror filled with lonely highways, roadside dread, and unsettling small-town nightmares. 📖 1,500–3,500 words 💰 $20 + contributor copy 📅 Closes Aug. 24 horrortree.com/taking-submi... From @crookedspinepress.com #AmWriting #Horror

Out now in paperback! The Horror Collection – Darkness Edition by Kevin J. Kennedy and KJK Publishing, featuring my short story "The Shape of a Name". US: a.co/d/03KJV1uj UK/EU: amzn.eu/d/01winlaa

If you have never written a micro fiction or flash fiction, go to markets that publish these works and become familiar with which are good for submission. Many have themes or prompts. These are very short works. You have nothing to lose by trying to write them. #writingcommunity #booksky #shorts

no no it’s the scrolls themselves that are dead. the sea they were found in is actually the pacific. they were in a sunken chest

Excited to be featured in this upcoming issue!

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Editor @thompsinator.bsky.social has finalized the TOC for Saros SF #7! The "Terminally Online" issue will have fiction from Becks Simpson, @kirkvanderbeek.bsky.social, @adamdelrey.bsky.social, Alexandra Nyx, Mir Rainbird, Mathew Lebowitz, and cover art by @chpearcewrites.bsky.social. Stay tuned!

I'm beyond excited! "reLEASEYA" might just be my favorite story I wrote this year, and it's in fantastic company.

Fusion Fragment@fusionfragment.bsky.social · last mo.

Editor @thompsinator.bsky.social has finalized the TOC for Saros SF #7! The "Terminally Online" issue will have fiction from Becks Simpson, @kirkvanderbeek.bsky.social, @adamdelrey.bsky.social, Alexandra Nyx, Mir Rainbird, Mathew Lebowitz, and cover art by @chpearcewrites.bsky.social. Stay tuned!

In another bit of exciting news, WATG Press accepted another one of my stories for the upcoming anthology "Sweet Dreams, Honey". Publishing with them always feels a little like coming home.

Kevin J. Kennedy's Perspective: A Vampire Novella is free for two days. Give it a read! amzn.eu/d/0eUJdfwG a.co/d/010pvoR4

There's so many great mags out there--go read a piece from one you've never read before! This thread that Jeané has put together has a ton of my favourites!

Jeané D. Ridges@jdridges.bsky.social · last mo.

Time for a spec short-form spotlight. I don't always enjoy (or can read—time and brain nopes) everything my favorite publications put out; which makes when that happens all the sweeter. But the work I experience engages, is unabashed with imagination and wondering or pushing, encourages feeling. 🧵🔡

I'm overjoyed to share that one of my stories will be featured in @fusionfragment.bsky.social's Saros Speculative Fiction magazine #7 later this year, headed by guest editor @thompsinator.bsky.social!

amzn.eu/d/0f4T5HiC pre-order my SF thriller #read

The Light Step

The Light Step eBook : Gallo, Kristina: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

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Out now in ebook format, with a paperback edition coming soon: The Horror Collection – Darkness Edition by Kevin J. Kennedy and KJK Publishing, featuring my most visceral (and longest) published story yet, "The Shape of a Name". US: a.co/d/03KJV1uj UK/EU: amzn.eu/d/01winlaa

John Carpenter has released a statement on the passing of Sam Neill: "The world has lost a remarkable actor, father, farmer, and friend. Thank you, Sam, for your extraordinary work, kindness, and the memories."

Any fans of the 1987 movie, The Lost Boys?

My ARC of Help! I Can't Stop Shitting Snakes arrived (available 1/12/2027 @clashbooks.bsky.social) Midwestern Chrome (symbolized by our main Rocker Boy) is out in 5 weeks @tenebrouspress.bsky.social 9 lenticulars left if ya grab TRVE CVLT from my private stock. Stay Weird. Be kind. 🤘💀💜

Should you journal? If you struggle with mental health and depression, you should likely seek some form of intentional processing of those feelings. Journaling is just one form among many. You could also meditate, visit gardens, go to art gallery openings, etc. #writingcommunity #booksky #journals

The debut issue of Crooked Spine is out of the dark and into the world. Crooked Spine is the publication we always wished existed, and we aren’t chasing profit. Buying the book helps us pay the next round of contributors more and keep the press alive. Grab your copy now! a.co/d/0i71t9Hq