Ryan Van Ells
@ryanvanellswrites.bsky.social
(He/Him) 🏳️🌈 NO FUTURE TO BE HAD out March 2027 from Laughing Man House Author of dark fiction based in Milwaukee, WI. Words in Anomaly, October Screams, and on Creepy. https://linktr.ee/ryanvanells *Opinions are my own*
HWA really screwed up with letting this be published. Insane.
Chuck Wendig@chuckwendig.bsky.social · 2h agoProfessional writer organizations should not send out pro-AI propaganda in the form of tantrum-having "essays" to their members, and I don't think that's controversial.
365 Short Stories in 365 Days 83/365 The Other Side by Alfred Kubin An excerpt from the novel that made me interested in reading the whole thing. A fantastical work of societal and psychological decay. #booksky #nowreading
Ryan Van Ells@ryanvanellswrites.bsky.social · 2d ago365 Short Stories in 365 Days 82/365 The Unicorn by TH White The Once and Future King was my young intro to whimsical fantasy, so it's delightful to finish this anthology with a great excerpt from that book. Whimsical and sad, this is a good one #nowreading #booksky
Contract signed! My flash story Drip Drip Drip will be in the January 2027 issue of Flash Digest from Hiraeth Publishing. #amwriting #horrorwriters #writingcommunity
365 Short Stories in 365 Days 82/365 The Unicorn by TH White The Once and Future King was my young intro to whimsical fantasy, so it's delightful to finish this anthology with a great excerpt from that book. Whimsical and sad, this is a good one #nowreading #booksky
Ryan Van Ells@ryanvanellswrites.bsky.social · 3d ago365 Short Stories in 365 Days 81/365 The Forsaken by Bev Evans A darker look at unicorns in a world where the voices of the gods die and faith wanes. #booksky #nowreading
365 Short Stories in 365 Days 81/365 The Forsaken by Bev Evans A darker look at unicorns in a world where the voices of the gods die and faith wanes. #booksky #nowreading
Ryan Van Ells@ryanvanellswrites.bsky.social · 4d ago365 Short Stories in 365 Days 80/365 The Woman the Unicorn Loved by Gene Wolfe Where do creatures of myth made real belong? #nowreading #booksky
365 Short Stories in 365 Days 80/365 The Woman the Unicorn Loved by Gene Wolfe Where do creatures of myth made real belong? #nowreading #booksky
Ryan Van Ells@ryanvanellswrites.bsky.social · 5d ago365 Short Stories in 365 Days 79/365 The Unicorn by Frank Owen Owen was apparently a prolific author for Weird Tales who has subsequently fallen out of reprintings. This was an interesting attempt at a moral fable with a Chinese unicorn. #booksky #nowreading
365 Short Stories in 365 Days 79/365 The Unicorn by Frank Owen Owen was apparently a prolific author for Weird Tales who has subsequently fallen out of reprintings. This was an interesting attempt at a moral fable with a Chinese unicorn. #booksky #nowreading
Ryan Van Ells@ryanvanellswrites.bsky.social · 6d ago365 Short Stories in 365 Days 78/365 The Sacrifice by Gardner Dozois A short but not so sweet tale, darkly subverting the archetypal myth. #booksky #nowreading
365 Short Stories in 365 Days 78/365 The Sacrifice by Gardner Dozois A short but not so sweet tale, darkly subverting the archetypal myth. #booksky #nowreading
Ryan Van Ells@ryanvanellswrites.bsky.social · 7d ago365 Short Stories in 365 Days 77/365 Unicorn Variation by Roger Zelazny An infinitely charming fantasy story about a man, a unicorn, a sasquatch, and a chess match. #booksky #nowreading
365 Short Stories in 365 Days 77/365 Unicorn Variation by Roger Zelazny An infinitely charming fantasy story about a man, a unicorn, a sasquatch, and a chess match. #booksky #nowreading
Ryan Van Ells@ryanvanellswrites.bsky.social · last wk.365 Short Stories in 365 Days 76/365 The White Donkey by Ursula K. Le Guin A very short and simple fable from one of the best spec fic writers to ever do it. Somehow made me tear up in just a few pages. #booksky #nowreading #fantasyreads
365 Short Stories in 365 Days 76/365 The White Donkey by Ursula K. Le Guin A very short and simple fable from one of the best spec fic writers to ever do it. Somehow made me tear up in just a few pages. #booksky #nowreading #fantasyreads
Ryan Van Ells@ryanvanellswrites.bsky.social · last wk.365 Short Stories in 365 Days 75/365 Elfleda by Vonda McIntyre #booksky #nowreading
365 Short Stories in 365 Days Mythological Beast by Stephen R. Donaldson #booksky #nowreading
Ryan Van Ells@ryanvanellswrites.bsky.social · 2w ago365 Short Stories in 365 Days 72/365 The Night of the Unicorn by Thomas Burnett Swann Short, sweet, and simple. A nice moral. Though I can't help but feel that Sturgeon did the inversion of the Unicorn trope better. #booksky #nowreading
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365 Short Stories in 365 Days 72/365 The Night of the Unicorn by Thomas Burnett Swann Short, sweet, and simple. A nice moral. Though I can't help but feel that Sturgeon did the inversion of the Unicorn trope better. #booksky #nowreading
Ryan Van Ells@ryanvanellswrites.bsky.social · 2w ago365 Short Stories in 365 Days On the Downhill Side by Harlan Ellison Ellison's voice is rarely this poetic, but he does something beautiful in this ghost story. A tear inducing ending as well. #booksky #nowreading
365 Short Stories in 365 Days On the Downhill Side by Harlan Ellison Ellison's voice is rarely this poetic, but he does something beautiful in this ghost story. A tear inducing ending as well. #booksky #nowreading
Ryan Van Ells@ryanvanellswrites.bsky.social · 2w ago365 Short stories in 365 Days 70/365 The Flight of the Horse by Larry Niven Goofily funny #booksky #nowreading
365 Short stories in 365 Days 70/365 The Flight of the Horse by Larry Niven Goofily funny #booksky #nowreading
Ryan Van Ells@ryanvanellswrites.bsky.social · 2w ago365 Short Stories in 365 Days 69/365 Eudoric's Unicorn by L. Sprague de Camp Less ethereal magic and more silly humor. #booksky #nowreading
365 Short Stories in 365 Days 69/365 Eudoric's Unicorn by L. Sprague de Camp Less ethereal magic and more silly humor. #booksky #nowreading
Ryan Van Ells@ryanvanellswrites.bsky.social · 2w ago365 Short Stories in 365 Days 68/365 The Silken Swift by Theodore Sturgeon Done with The Dark Descent and on to a new anthology which begins with this classic of unicorn stories. Sturgeon is subtle, poetic, allegoric, and a pleasure to read. #booksky #nowreading
365 Short Stories in 365 Days 68/365 The Silken Swift by Theodore Sturgeon Done with The Dark Descent and on to a new anthology which begins with this classic of unicorn stories. Sturgeon is subtle, poetic, allegoric, and a pleasure to read. #booksky #nowreading
Ryan Van Ells@ryanvanellswrites.bsky.social · 2w ago365 Short Stories in 365 Days 67/365 A Little Something for Us Tempunauts by Philip K. Dick What a conceptually horrifying vision for a time loop #booksky #horrorbooks #nowreading
365 Short Stories in 365 Days 67/365 A Little Something for Us Tempunauts by Philip K. Dick What a conceptually horrifying vision for a time loop #booksky #horrorbooks #nowreading
Ryan Van Ells@ryanvanellswrites.bsky.social · 3w ago365 Short Stories in 365 Days 66/365 The Hospice by Robert Aickman A socially anxious fever dream. Something's off, but who's to say what it is? #booksky #nowreading #horrorbooks
365 Short Stories in 365 Days 66/365 The Hospice by Robert Aickman A socially anxious fever dream. Something's off, but who's to say what it is? #booksky #nowreading #horrorbooks
Ryan Van Ells@ryanvanellswrites.bsky.social · 3w ago365 Short Stories in 365 Days 65/365 The Asian Shore by Thomas Disch Eroding identity, in hostile foreign lands #booksky #nowreading #horrorbooks
365 Short Stories in 365 Days 65/365 The Asian Shore by Thomas Disch Eroding identity, in hostile foreign lands #booksky #nowreading #horrorbooks
Ryan Van Ells@ryanvanellswrites.bsky.social · 3w ago365 Short Stories 365 Days 64/365 The Willows by Algernon Blackwood This is the cosmic horror story in my mind. Still modern and still eerie. #booksky #nowreading #horrorbooks
365 Short Stories 365 Days 64/365 The Willows by Algernon Blackwood This is the cosmic horror story in my mind. Still modern and still eerie. #booksky #nowreading #horrorbooks
Ryan Van Ells@ryanvanellswrites.bsky.social · 3w ago365 Short Stories in 365 Days 63/365 Afterward by Edith Wharton #booksky #nowreading #horrorbooks
365 Short Stories in 365 Days 62/365 The Damned Thing by Ambrose Bierce #booksky #nowreading #horrorbooks
Ryan Van Ells@ryanvanellswrites.bsky.social · 3w ago365 Short Stories in 365 Days 61/365 The Beautiful Stranger by Shirley Jackson Jackson is such a master of the subtle, domestic horror tale. What is supernatural and what is psychological here? #booksky #nowreading #horrorbooks
365 Short Stories in 365 Days 61/365 The Beautiful Stranger by Shirley Jackson Jackson is such a master of the subtle, domestic horror tale. What is supernatural and what is psychological here? #booksky #nowreading #horrorbooks
Ryan Van Ells@ryanvanellswrites.bsky.social · 3w ago365 Short Stories in 365 Days 60/365 What Was It? by Fitz James O'Brien #booksky #nowreading #horrorbooks
So many people asking, “What tropes do you prefer?“ I prefer authors who write what they feel without worrying about tropes. Rip open your heart and share it with me. Make me laugh until I can’t speak. Give me your own tears until I feel we are one. #skywriters
