Ivy Grimes
@ivygrimes.bsky.social
Writer of dreamlike fiction | she/her | www.ivyivyivyivy.com
Cover reveal: THE DEVIL'S JUSTICE IN NEW ARONA, coming in October from @moanariafc.bsky.social and @demagoguepress and @paippolito.bsky.socia! I drew the illustration with a Rotring Isograph technical pen on Bristol paper, adding the text and white lines by hand using Artstudio Pro on an iPad.
This is based on truth (my baby gnawing his feet) and I consider it Creative Nonfiction.
hex@hexliterary.bsky.social · yesterday"The baby is chewing her fingers." I don't want to spoil too much of this one. The deliriums of parenthood. An absurd, delightful nightmare. You don't want to miss this phenomenally weird tale. It's such a pleasure to have @seanbirnie.bsky.social back in hex this week with Ouroborobaby!
"...everyone is invited to my living room, but if you don’t like sitting next to the metaphorical goblins I made out of candy wrappers, then you should probably leave." ivygrimes.substack.com/p/dear-ivy-w...
Dear Ivy: Writing Advice
craft and weirdness
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This was a super fun interview. If you're in need of a podcast today, this is 35 minutes of USDA Grade A Prime Boulerice shit talking for your listening pleasure
HorrorJoy Podcast@horrorjoypod.bsky.social · 2d agoMeet Your Maker with @michaelboulerice.com is live! redcircle.com/shows/979960... #horrorfans #horrorsky #horrorpod #torn
"The baby is chewing her fingers." I don't want to spoil too much of this one. The deliriums of parenthood. An absurd, delightful nightmare. You don't want to miss this phenomenally weird tale. It's such a pleasure to have @seanbirnie.bsky.social back in hex this week with Ouroborobaby!
Ouroborobaby by Seán Padraic Birnie
The baby is chewing her fingers. She’ll put anything (a phone, a tube of barrier cream, your house keys, an empty blister pack of Methlyphenidate XR, 40mg) into her mouth if you let her. She’s at that...
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My strongest opinion on My Dinner with Andre is that the game in The Simpsons is badly designed; Wallace Shawn's character is an awkward, disorganized speaker. He has few real insights (and those he has, Andre ignores) and almost no bons mots
Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief@katie.bzky.team · 2d agothe other day i made a reference to waiting for godot to a girl who was bewildered by it even though it was topical but i'm thinking on that again because while watching this i thought "oh god is this what i sound like!?"
Guess who has a signing this weekend? I will be at the new Barnes & Noble Livingston location for opening weekend this Saturday from 5 pm to 7 pm. Come say hi! stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/978006...
In case you missed it, here's the PW announcement! We're already finalizing the ARC & cover. I am excited. I am ready to make you suffer.
Undertow Publications 🇨🇦@undertow.bsky.social · 3d agoThe latest @locusmag.bsky.social — which you should subscribe to — has interesting book deal news, including forthcoming titles from @elliottgish.bsky.social @zinrock.bsky.social and @horrorsong.blog
"...everyone is invited to my living room, but if you don’t like sitting next to the metaphorical goblins I made out of candy wrappers, then you should probably leave." ivygrimes.substack.com/p/dear-ivy-w...
Dear Ivy: Writing Advice
craft and weirdness
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Verykind review from the wonderful @tiffmorris.bsky.social about The Cellar Below the Cellar, brings a tear to my eye!
OKD is open for free subs until we reach our cap! Learn more about us and submit your best poetry or flash fiction: buff.ly/chQ4jpz Okay Donkey is always open for tip jar ($2.50) or expedited ($4.00) subs! Your contribution helps us pay our contributors and cover other mag-related expenses.
THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR by @ivygrimes.bsky.social I love pretty much everything Ivy writes, but this might be my favorite yet. A fairy tale with challenging themes that feel truly collectivist, in a way that is almost alien to the average American. Lots of voice and relatable anxiety.
I put together some of my favorite reads of the year so far. If you're looking for a horror or weird recommendation, this is the place! /thread
“The Hearing Trumpet forthrightly introduces eccentricity into the feminist debate as a perspective that’s a legitimate alternative to the patriarchal one: whatever is eccentric is Goddess-like in spirit.” -Olga Tokarczuk
Some sunny Sunday morning body horror for youse
Seán Padraic Birnie@seanbirnie.bsky.social · 4d ago“He has always been the sort of boy who picks at scabs. In class sometimes he digs the compass point into the webbing of his hands. It helps him concentrate: it quells the noise.” www.thedarkmagazine.com/baby-blue/ Very happy to return to The Dark Magazine today with ‘Baby Blue’.
If I stopped feeling like part of a writing community, I don't know if I would care about who reads my writing. I love writing for its own sake, but not publishing. The sense of collectivity and friendship give publishing a good chunk of its meaning to me.
It'd mean everything to me if you preorder my book. But definitely pick up some other Malarkey titles. They're all amazing reads 💙💙💙
Malarkey@malarkeybooks.bsky.social · 4d agoWill’s book comes out in April and it is beautiful. As it’s our first book of strictly flash fiction we are offering a flash sale. Code AFTERLASTCALL gets 50% off anything in our store today only (8/1/26). Great day to preorder Will’s book but the code will also work on all of our other titles!
I recently discovered "The Full Blossom of the Evening: A Podcast about David Lynch and Twin Peaks," and I love it! Recommended! Hosted by @floradoraflor.bsky.social and Indigo. fullblossomoftheeveningpodcast.podbean.com
The Full Blossom of the Evening: A Podcast about David Lynch and Twin Peaks | Indigo and Hilary
Broadcasting from the Bookhouse, Indigo and Hilary discuss motifs, allusions, and resonances across David Lynch’s work and Twin Peaks.
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"He thought he should write it down, what he was dreaming, but he was dreaming, and when he woke up, he forgot everything but the need to remember what had happened in the dream." The legend Calvin Cummings returns to The Bulb Region with two brilliant micros. 🔗 ⬇️
happy thirty-third birthday sale, above/ground press! , in which an anniversary continues to be celebrated, abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2026/07/happ...
happy thirty-third birthday sale, above/ground press!
Today is the thirty-third anniversary of above/ground press ! And that first ever above/ground press event held at the (long gone) Stone Ang...
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Okay I am your book sommelier. Drop $10 ($5 for the zine, $5 for shipping, sorry) on King Ludd’s Rag No. 26, then tell me your favorite poem, book, song, etc., and I’ll pick out a book you might like and include it in your order for free. malarkeybooks.com/store/klr26
KLR 26 — Malarkey
King Ludd’s Rag No. 26 features stories by Kay Vaindal and Eli Sugerman.
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I’m thrilled to have a micro essay about watching my daughter sing in the car in the penultimate M7 mixtape, one of the coolest mags to ever do it
Major 7th Magazine@major7mag.bsky.social · last wk.volume 28 is live, folks. happy sunday ♥️ next volume is our last, get in my inbox! major7mag@gmail.com www.major7mag.com
they say in london you are never more than 6ft away from a poet but i think that's just scaremongering
You may not believe in magic but something very strange is happening at this very moment. Your head has dissolved into thin air and I can see the rhododendrons through your stomach. -Leonora Carrington, The Hearing Trumpet
It's officially official. My debut book has been announced: Land's Sake is a short story collection full of deconstructed fairytales, folktales, and terrors. I had fun writing it. You'll have fun reading it. inkedingray.com/blog/
“Keep talking,” I say to her, as I round the corner into our bedroom. She says my name. Relief. She’s on the bed. I know this without seeing it. I know this house. Today on ergot.: 'Infinity Hotel' by J.R. Andrews www.ergot.press/authors/J.R....
ergot.
ergot. innovative horror
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I am still fundraising for Faith's legal and medical bills. It would mean a lot to me if you can donate if you can or share if you can't.
Georgina Kiersten @ingloriousgigi.bsky.social · 2w agoMy kiddo Faith was a straight A student until her granddad (the only father she knew) died after a long battle with dementia. Now, the legal system is punishing her for having a mental break in the worst time of her life. Please donate or share: tinyurl.com/246c9bbm
