NEW STORY at Haven Spec

Haven Spec Magazine@havenspec.bsky.social · 3h ago

👀July 2026 Fiction👀 "Pieces of Anna" is a short story by @rlmeza.bsky.social about a father's grief and the kindness of community after he loses his astronaut daughter Read it here: havenspec.com/fiction/piec...

bad brain day’s got hands

A book is not a product like the shelf upon which it sits. Art is not a product like the frame in which it is displayed. If you think of stories or art like that sort of product, if you use AI to "create" it, you are not a storyteller. You are not an artist. This is not an opinion. It's a fact. 5/6

HWA is platforming righteousnessly entitled Pro-AI assholes and including them in their newsletters as they hawk their AI apps and programs and that's why you shouldn't support the HWA.

evergreen decision, not renewing my HWA membership back in 2024 during the “A I policy open comment period and survey”

Welcome to the Ha-pocalypse

Will Aickman@aickmanwill.bsky.social · yesterday

(For real though, thrilled to see Thomas Ha become a three-time World Fantasy Award nominee in a single year!)

Size variation in birds is so stark. Like what if a guy was the size of a cow, what if a guy was the size of a bus, what if a guy was the size of a Kaiju

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈So far it's evading notice on all the MOST ANTICIPATED HORROR OF THE FALL lists, but we assure you: there's a cosmic storm brewing that you'll want on your radar. The successor to the beloved YOUR BODY IS NOT YOUR BODY has entered local airspace. PERSISTENT HORRORS DEMAND PERSISTENT REBELLION⬇️

Gebtle Suggestion #illustration

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 · 4d ago

The 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

There are ONLY 9 DAYS LEFT of the Uncanny Magazine Year 13 KICKSTARTER!! YOU make it possible for Uncanny Magazine to exist!! LET’S MAKE YEAR 13 HAPPEN!! The Space Unicorn Believes in YOU!!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/unc...

You’re going to want to read the Women of the Weird West anthology, which features Indigenous authors (myself and Mathilda Zeller) and many other woc doing interesting things with the genre

Sahoni, Official Re(a)d Wolf@sahoni.bsky.social · 2d ago

I think the abandonment of indigenous elements in peoples weird west setting because they don't want to confront the uncomfortable specter of colonialism and the hollywood indian, let alone get in the way of their fun, is cowardice and contributes to the erasure that often defines indigenous racism.

Got round to updating my linktree, which I mainly use on instagram because it remains rubbish with links. Apparently I have a free trial of Linktree Pro, whatever that is. Either way, there are quite a few free-to-read stories listed here: linktr.ee/seanbirnie

seanbirnie | Linktree

Writer, sometimes.

linktr.ee

accidentally selected Tubi Kids and they wanted me to enter my password to leave, like I have access to that information.

my cat, staring intensely at the wall above me in bed: brrreep! the spider* six inches from my head: shit *safely evacuated outside

human beings of Earth, we have to stop attaching clothing tags in the scratchiest way possible. we have to stop.

The horrors persist. I am the horrors. Enjoy some very normal #frogs. Oh, and happy shark week~

yes to all of THIS

Skulls and Sheets@skullsandsheets.bsky.social · 3d ago

The massive thread of ceiling bosses from the Norwich Cathedral cloisters (this will take some time as going to an event...but this will have lots of beasties and I nearly got run over by the clergy for these)

Heh heh

huck mason@tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 3d ago

never thought short form video would be able to capture a type of humor i can only describe as “the far side-esque” but this comes close.

Books make the world better.

okay. I will write whatever comes and not worry about where I fit or don’t or whether I’m edgy enough or too genre or I don’t care I just need to finish something ffs it does not matter what

The August issue of Clarkesworld is now online and features stories by Ravn J. Silver, Eilis O’Neal, Jordan Alexander, D.A. Xiaolin Spires, E.N. Auslender, Y.M. Pang, and H.H. Pak. clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_239 Subscribe today at: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

yep

Richard Kadrey@richardkadrey.bsky.social · 5d ago

That thing where you have to stand in front of the mirror naked looking for a patch of skin for that new tattoo you want. (Yes, I found the perfect spot)

MAMMAL BULLYING A REPTILE: Nice body temperature dude. Did the sun pick it out for you

As promised, I'm only doing this newsletter thing once a month. This month's guest is the prolific @aijiang.bsky.social, who may or may not suggest that procrastination is all part of the ritual 🤫 thoughthing.beehiiv.com/p/unease-and...

don’t bother. if you’re doing all that and you don’t have a team of people creating the wicker penis so you can put it on camera don’t bother

Just going over edits for my next @trollbreathmag.bsky.social story, due in September! I’m still very excited about my story in the current issue, ‘Or Forever Hold Your Peace’. It’s available now for free at their site and tbh I really really like it? please read it please and thank you

Or Forever Hold Your Peace - Trollbreath Magazine

Or Forever Hold Your Peace

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“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’.