Graham is an artist and old neighbor of mine (we grew up on the same block). Nowadays he paints murals and makes these cool shirts. If this sentiment resonates with you, check out the shop, link in comment! ⬇️
Jen Mierisch
@jenmierisch.bsky.social
Chicago-area writer of humor and horror. HWA member, mom, nerd, Gen Xer. No MAGA 🚫 No GenAI in creative arts 🚫
Psyched to have my short story "Maternity Leave" (a tale of isolation, stalking, and madness) in the brand-new Baneberry Book of Horror! Check out these lovely, juicy, poisoned fruits 👀 Available in paperback, hardcover, and evook. Pre-order link in comments⬇️
Authors, have you tested Pangram on your own writing? What results did you get? I ran a few of my old (2010s) blog posts through it, plus a couple of NPR news articles. It told me everything was 100% human written. I haven't tried it yet on writing I know to be AI generated.
You know you want to write a little 👀 Join me in the @nycmidnight.bsky.social 250-word Microfiction Challenge on December 4th! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/250
The 250-word Microfiction Challenge — nycmidnight
The 250-word Microfiction Challenge is an international creative writing competition that challenges participants to create very short stories based on genre, action, and word assignments in 48 hours.
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To my fellow horror writers 👀 Join me in the @nycmidnight.bsky.social Scary Story Challenge on October 16th! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/scary
Some good news! authorsguild.org/news/authors...
Authors Guild Plaintiffs Win Case Against DOGE - The Authors Guild
May 7, 2026—A New York federal court in a 143-page decision today held for the Authors Guild plaintiffs on every count in its case on behalf of individual writers and scholars against DOGE and the NEH...
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Really cool submission call opening soon! "Side Hustle: Horror Stories for Late Capitalism" agitapublishing.com/submissions/
Poetry Magazine has a special call open for Chicago themed poetry. Details: poetry.submittable.com/submit
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Saw this amazing band live last night. With original songs, a great vibe, and the amount of sheer talent on that stage, I have no idea why Lizzy & the Triggermen aren't absolutely huge. If you're in WI, WA, CA, they're coming your way next! @lizzytriggermen.bsky.social youtu.be/XDkhzVw0yBs?...
When that Man is Dead and Gone (1941) - Protest song against Hitler (Live Take)
YouTube video by Lizzy & the Triggermen
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Got my contributor copy today! I adore this cover and I'm very excited about this brand-new anthology which features my horror story "Food Baby" 👀
Robin Knabel - Inky Bones Press@robinknabel.bsky.social · 6mo agoBook mail! 🖤📚🎉 My official aOf Beasts & Bones copy came today! It’s getting real! It releases in ebook, paperback, & hardcover formats on April 28th, & pre-orders are available now. Contributing authors will be receiving their copies soon, too. I can’t wait to see this book in readers’ hands!
I could not agree more! Constraint will often increase creativity, not stifle it. Some of my best stories came from contest prompts that restricted me to a genre, a word count, a specific action or character. authorspublish.com/constraint-a...
» Constraint as Creative Engine
Every time someone tells me, “Just write whatever you want,” my brain goes blank. Whatever I want? That’s too many doors. I stand in the hallway like an idiot, turning the knob of each one, accomplishing nothing.
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Amen. You won't find me outsourcing my mind to a robot, especially not one trained on human beings' work without permission, attribution, or compensation.
Finished this classic book and had to sit with it for a couple of days. Of all of Levin's books, this one, for me, was the hardest to read, witnessing the MC embrace evil to become a hero. If the goal was to leave us questioning which world was better, the old or the new, then it fully succeeded.
Authors take note 👀
Roger Freedman @rogerfreedman.bsky.social · 7mo agoA reminder to authors: If your book was among the many titles pirated by Anthropic to train their AI, make sure to file your claim by March 30th. Your publisher will be filing, but my publishers tell me that the only way to *ensure* payment is by submitting your own valid claim. #AcademicSky 🧵1/n
Happy Friday the 13th! A great day to have finished this classic 📖
Join me in the @nycmidnight.bsky.social Flash Fiction Challenge on May 1st! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/ffc
The Flash Fiction Challenge — nycmidnight
The Flash Fiction Challenge is an annual creative writing competition that challenges writers around the world to create short stories based on genre, location, and object assignments in 48 hours.
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Finished this last night. An excellent read. I wish everyone in America would read this book, especially politicians.
What he said.
The Author, Séamas O'Reilly@seamas.bsky.social · 8mo agoIn the New Statesman this week, I channel just some of my hatred toward AI Hype into 900 words. On the grifters and rubes surfing a bubble atop a pyramid, and the economy-shattering fraud the rest of us can no longer escape. www.newstatesman.com/science-tech...
You can't seem to get your movies made. Do you: 1. Keep writing original scripts and working on other film projects, 2. Look for a new job, or 3. Create AI-generated movies with software that stole your IP as well as future collaborators' IP, making yourself a pariah? 🤔 variety.com/2026/film/ne...
‘Pulp Fiction’ Writer Says It Was ‘Impossible’ to Get His Movies Made Until He Started an AI Production Company: ‘Just Put AI in Front of It and All of a Sudden You’re in Production on Three Features’
'Pulp Fiction' writer Roger Avary says it was 'impossible' to get his movies made until he started an AI production company.
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“We of the craft are all crazy. Some are affected by gaiety, others by melancholy, but all are more or less touched.” ― Lord Byron
Finally watched SINNERS. Wow 😱 It earned every single one of those Oscar noms.
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