Delighted to be joining these voices for such a good cause. Hope you'll tune in!

The Pixel Project@thepixelproject.bsky.social · 2w ago

PIXEL PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT: The Pixel Project will be holding our 12th annual Fall Edition of Read For Pixels in September 2026 featuring 17 acclaimed authors in support of ending violence against women. For more details, check out the full announcement here: tinyurl.com/R4PFall2026A...

Thank you, Colleen Anderson; judges Erik Hofstatter, Jamal Hodge, Kyla Lee Ward; publisher @rdspress.bsky.social, & artist Jenn Brisson. My "Alpine Divorce" credits its title to Robert Barr’s short story of the same name (English Illustrated Magazine, 1893). HWA's POETRY SHOWCASE XIII releasing Oct!

When @stephenking.bsky.social's IT landed in my teen hands 40 years ago, I was crossing this wall into my own Barrens. Now @horrortom.bsky.social, editor of STILL FLOATING: FORTY YEARS OF PENNYWISE, features my essay alongside a ToC of immensely talented voices: www.tomdeady.com/post/still-f...

Just recorded virtual panel, Necronomicon presents ANTIPODEAN WEIRD & HORROR FICTION: VOICES OF AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND with @leemurraywriter.bsky.social , @aarondries.bsky.social , @geneveflynn.bsky.social , @kaaronwarren.bsky.social & @genni.bsky.social Links in comments!

COVER REVEAL (art: François Vaillancourt) for Tom Deady's @horrortom.bsky.social STILL FLOATING: 40 YEARS OF PENNYWISE featuring 33 contributors' impressions of Stephen King's IT. Releasing in Sept., the antho includes my "The Barrens: The Walled Garden at the Center of Our Story." Link below...

Welcome to week three of our #StokerAwards short fiction showcase. We have one tale for you tonight, about the persistence of nature in the aftermath of mass extinction (by @ledaniels.bsky.social). talestoterrify.com/episodes/747-stokers-l-e-daniels

Actor/occupational therapist, Nicole Swanson smashes it out of the park with her reading of "Stomata" on @talestoterrify.bsky.social ep.747. Thank you, Nicole and Tales to Terrify! Catch it alongside all the Bram Stoker Award® nominees for short fiction: talestoterrify.com

So delighted to be a part of this series! Thank you, @talestoterrify.bsky.social and check out all of these stories, including "Stomata" published in DARKNESS MOST FOWL on talestoterrify.com

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Tales to Terrify is a weekly short horror fiction podcast. We bring frightful stories to your ears audiobook style – unadorned and unadulterated.

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Tales to Terrify@talestoterrify.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The 2026 short story Stoker nominees at TtT: 745: [Ir]reversible by Anna Taborska 746: Autogas Ferryman by @champwongs.bsky.social 747: Stomata by @ledaniels.bsky.social 748: Inheritance by @rjacksonjoseph.bsky.social 749: St. Dymphna’s School for Borderland Girls by Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece

Thank you, @lisamorton.bsky.social, @ledaniels.bsky.social, @aarondries.bsky.social & @lmariewood.bsky.social, for the insights on our virtual StokerCon panel - SCHLOCK HORROR: TERRIBLY AWESOME OR AWESOMELY TERRIBLE? We shared the joy, bravery & wild creativity of schlock.

Mind & heart overflowing. Thank you, John Yu Branscum, @ledaniels.bsky.social, @leemurraywriter.bsky.social, @nadiabulkin.bsky.social, & @kevinwetmore.bsky.social for the incredible discussion on THE STORY SKELETON: EASTERN & WESTERN STORY STRUCTURES & HOW THEY WORK IN HORROR. (virtual StokerCon)

Congratulations to all the Australasian Shadows Awards finalists, including Story Hour guests @ledaniels.bsky.social, @geneveflynn.bsky.social, and @pamelajeffs.bsky.social! You are awesome! australasianhorror.com/australian-s...

Australasian Shadows Awards

The 2025 Australasian Shadows Awards judging is complete and the finalists have been chosen. 2025 FINALISTS Poetry: Katya de Becerra – Anatomy of a Haunting L. E. Daniels – Speak Geneve…

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Looking forward to running this workshop with @ledaniels.bsky.social at StokerCon in June! It was so much fun and we had such a great group when we taught this at Genrecon in February. Come and join us to explore story structures! tinyurl.com/msf6tydp

On my parents' kitchen table in Rhode Island. Thank you to everyone who believed in this story and thank you, Elaine Pascale and Kristi Petersen Schoonover!

Thank you for the shout-out, @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social and the image of one of the greats in such a beautiful film.

Thea O'Ryan Files@theaoryanfiles.bsky.social · 5mo ago

It's World Poetry Day. Here are some poets I follow. Let's celebrate (and promote) some poets today! @danburt.bsky.social @ledaniels.bsky.social @newton1973.bsky.social @spookyspatters.bsky.social @kristinaorlea.bsky.social Also, for the gif, don't forget to add "terror" and "nightmares"!

Congratulations, Katya de Becerra, @geneveflynn.bsky.social and @leemurraywriter.bsky.social! Utterly delighted to share this list with you!

Selfie time! So much fun running the Inklings of a Story: Exploring Eastern and Western Narrative Worlds workshop with @ledaniels.bsky.social at GenreCon 2026. A full house!

This week! Hope you'll tune in and join us!

Matthew Kressel@matthewkressel.net · 5mo ago

Next Thursday, March 19th, I’ll be appearing on the Galactic Terrors podcast with L.E. Daniels and Charles Barouch. Tune in live at 8pm EDT! The episode will be available on YouTube for those who can’t watch live. @ledaniels.bsky.social @hdwp.com @mothman13.bsky.social @carolgyzander.bsky.social

"Stomata", published in Elaine Pascale's DARKNESS MOST FOWL (Godmother of Horror Press) is nominated for a Bram Stoker Award® in Short Fiction! Congrats to fellow nominees, Rhonda Jackson Garcia, Anna Taborska, Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece, & Champ Wongsatayanont! A joy to stand beside you!

...Story Hour congratulates these guests nominated for a 2025 Bram Stoker Award: @ledaniels.bsky.social, @rjacksonjoseph.bsky.social, and @patrickbarb.bsky.social! But wait, there's more! (2/3)

Thinking of joining the fun at GenreCon 2026 but not sure what to expect? Join @pamelajeffs.bsky.social, @ledaniels.bsky.social and me for a free Q&A this Sunday and ask us all your burning questions about Australia’s biggest genre convention! Link: tinyurl.com/5cb2k6rf

An honor to see my short story "Stomata" & DARKNESS MOST FOWL listed on the Preliminary Ballot of the Horror Writers Association's Bram Stoker Awards. Thank you, Elaine Pascale, and Godmother of Horror Press. For voting HWA members, the link to the story is in the comments and good luck, everyone!

GenreCon is always a blast! I'm so happy to be part of the fun again in 2026 with @pamelajeffs.bsky.social & @ledaniels.bsky.social. Thank you, QLD Writers Centre! Check out this article from InDaily: www.indailyqld.com.au/inreview/boo...

In accordance with Bram Stoker Awards® etiquette, I'm pleased to offer copies of 3 stories for consideration in the Short Fiction category: "Stomata" (DARKNESS MOST FOWL, Godmother of Horror), "The Howling Places" (INTO THE DREAD UNKNOWN, Twisted Wing), "Krampus Air" (KOZY KRAMPUS, Underland). Link⬇️

Will we see you at GenreCon 2026? www.indailyqld.com.au/inreview/boo...

GenreCon is now Australia's premier writers' conference - InReview | InDaily, Inside Queensland

GenreCon is now Australia's premier writer’s conference

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Join us for readings from DARKNESS MOST FOWL published by Godmother of Horror Press! I'll share from my sci fi/horror, 'Stomata' as nature finds a way to replace songbirds destroyed by humanity’s exploitation... @vlatinalondon.bsky.social @geneveflynn.bsky.social

All B&N members receive 25% off upcoming releases by inputting code PREORDER25 at checkout. Find This Way Lies Madness here: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/this-way-l... #BNPreorder

Kindling is on the Ditmar Award ballot! (For collection and art) www.conflux.org.au/2025-ditmar-... Congratulations to fellow nominees @catsparx.bsky.social @kaaronwarren.bsky.social Leigh Blackmore @ledaniels.bsky.social and @christaqua.bsky.social

Got a wonderful temp tattoo of a weevil at StokerCon. It lasted Thursday - Sunday. Thanks @ledaniels.bsky.social and @geneveflynn.bsky.social! So many bugs and so much fun.

My Table of Contents Pal @ledaniels.bsky.social and I got to meet in person thanks to Stokercon!

MONSTERS IN THE MILLS nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award! Congrats to fellow nominees: Julia Rios & Nadia Bulkin's WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST LEAVE, Sofia Ajram's BURY YOUR GAYS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF TRAGIC QUEER HORROR, dave ring's THE CRAWLING MOON, & Terry J. Benton-Walker's THE WHITE GUY DIES FIRST.