On "gatekeeping", writing is the price of entry to being a writer. It's the only bar you have to clear.
Sasha Brown
@sashabrown.bsky.social
Sasha Brown is a Stoker-nominated writer whose stories have been called “Creative! But in a bad way.” He’s in lit mags like Passages North and Wigleaf, and in genre pubs like Bourbon Penn and Weird Horror. He’s online at sashabrownwriter.com.
I am the Official Melodakazooist of Agita Press you people better start being cooler to me you can start by preordering Grace Daly's new book agitapublishing.com/catalog/esca...
Escapist Fiction
Your gentle roommate is getting violent. Your Type-A girlfriend is neglecting her job. Your loving mother is creeping you out. Everyone is acting strange, but don’t fret: The narrator is here to guide...
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Agita Publishing (formerly From Beyond Press)@agitapublishing.bsky.social · yesterdayThe trailer for Grace Daly's ESCAPIST FICTION is live!
THAT'S ME, OMG IT'S ME, LOOK LOOK I hope you like potty-mouthed harpies! And murder! It's my 50th story acceptance! And it's to a press I love, for a story I love. That's nice, isn't it? This is fun.
Agita Publishing (formerly From Beyond Press)@agitapublishing.bsky.social · 7d ago“Make him notice you,” I say to my reflection. “Make shit happen.” Sasha Brown is joining SIDE HUSTLE: HORROR STORIES FOR LATE CAPITALISM with "The Harpies of Central Park Tower." Coming in March 2027. @sashabrown.bsky.social
this is so good! oh man, voice! It's so clever, I love this piece. @nightshadesmag.bsky.social continues to have extremely good taste in weird shit.
Parker M. O'Neill@parkeriswriting.bsky.social · 2w agonew story out today in @nightshadesmag.bsky.social. Yes it's a weird POV and yes its written like a long speech to text message don't worry about it! www.nightshadesmag.com/your-mothers...
doing a scavenger hunt with my kid where each clue is a puzzle that must be solved (it's a chore I want him to do with me) 1) Look upon the fairest hill; Plant a glyph to keep it still. Once the garden is protected, Your next clue may be collected. (plant the pretty garden stone he made me)
what's a better name for a lizard: Burt Macklin or Duke Silver
in trouble with the wife for calling watermelon "the celery of fruit"
You ever eat something just to find out whether it's food?
"It takes a while for whatever I’m writing to find its identity. A novel may become a story, which may become a screenplay—because, why not?...I feel like I marinate a lot. I think one of the greatest skills a writer can have is patience." -interview with Joey Hedger
Interview with Joey Hedger
Deliver Thy Pigs, community, going veg
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Having a 10yo is great because they're at an age where you can announce "Your mother and I are avid Frenchers" and watch them die inside
Sasha's Organizational Tip: do you have a Bullshit Zone? Everyone in your family needs a Bullshit Zone. Easily accessible, relatively visible, judgment free. Mine is next to the printer. I go through it when I run out of room for new bullshit.
They're holding in a rant about second person POV. Clenching so hard. They even have that upper lip sweat.
Daniel Miller@danielmiller.bsky.social · 3w agoYou're holding in a rant about second person POV. Clenching so hard. You even have that upper lip sweat.
I cannot emphasize enough, don't give your kid an A name. I get exponentially more butt dials than the rest of you. (sidenote: only my mom, and you, calls me Sasha)
During Covid, I used to set up these complicated Dragon Hunt quests in the woods for my kid and his friend. One of them ended at Ponyhenge, a real place in Mass. It's very cool and so is this story.
Kaleidotrope@kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 3mo agoFind the strange and secret places in @faithallington.bsky.social’s new story “Ponyhenge.” kaleidotrope.net/spring-2026/...
hey if being covered in cockroaches is on your bucket list, I got a story for you
Pete Ward@phenryward.bsky.social · last mo.Unpleasant little tale here in @fraidycatpress.bsky.social - a route-one skincrawler filled with horrible creatures (including the protagonist). I enjoyed it immensely. fraidycatpress.com/raw-life-by-...
before anyone starts thinking we're good parents, I just gave my kid a strawberry - a normal, whole strawberry that hadn't been sliced - and he went "how am I supposed to eat this"
My 10-year-old kid cut and arranged this bouquet! Life skills!
Several people have asked me recently why Analog/Asimov's/F&SF/Ellery Queen/Alfred Hitchcock still don't have Submission Grinder listings again, because the communications from SFWA on the subject have been so positive. So I thought it might be worth addressing this briefly.
good morning to everyone else whose child is putting on a magic show in their bedroom at 5:34 am
Hi! I'm a first reader at @apexmag.bsky.social. I've read 1,668 stories for Apex. This is the best one. www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
My Suicides
I don’t know if, in the beginning, it was that they promised me anything, or if I imagined they promised me something. At the...
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YO THIS STORY IS BADASS, I'M JUST SAYING, IT'S VERY ENTERTAINING AND YOU SHOULD READ IT
Strange Horizons@strangehorizons.bsky.social · 2mo agoA Funny Thing Happened on the Limbhackers Forum by Katharine Tyndall @katharinetyndall.bsky.social "Hey limbhackers i need help jailbreaking my new enduro bracchio lux. Just got it a few days ago and cant access all systems. The fingers lag..." Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
I'm up in Flash Fiction Online with...let's call it a musical. I wrote a musical.
Flash Fiction Online@flashfictiononline.bsky.social · 2mo agoCitizens! Get up and dance, there’s been a mugging! Will the crime make it onto the leaderboard? Our May closer is the surreal piece “Citizens!” by Sasha Brown #flashfiction #writingcommunity #amreading #sciencefiction @sashabrown.bsky.social flashfictiononline.com/issues/may-2...
we turned a closet in the attic into a comic nook for our kid this whole project cost like $20 (the lights)
Today's flowers: it's peony season. The yellow is my beloved Bartzella, and the coral one is a coral one that puts up exactly one flower every year and here it is.
IT'S TRUE NM WHITLEY'S STORY IN THE DARK FUCKIN RULES, AND SO DOES MINE IN SMALL WONDERS
nm whitley@nmwhitley.bsky.social · 2mo agoICYMI over on the newsletter i was out here hollerin about how my story “Chicken Finger” is up and free to read in the latest issue of the Dark Also a couple bonus rex of work from @sashabrown.bsky.social and @dsfalowo.bsky.social so check it out if that's your thing!! buttondown.com/shortstoryre...