I am under attack [ant in my bed and spider on my laptop] I love spiders. But not surprise spiders close to my skin!

In rereading my WIP I came across the perfect scene to put a piece of exposition I've been struggling to place. Wishing you all a similar moment in things coming together. #writesky #writingcommunity

Fall is a season of change, of a transition from past to future or vice versa. Stay tuned for information about the launch of our first edition of Lore and the opening of submissions for our poetry imprint, Rime... all coming very soon. #writesky #indie #booksky

RIP to two of the best to ever do it

Statement from the HWA Board of Trustees: The Executive Leadership and Trustees on the Board of the Horror Writers Association has voted to remove Sephera Giron from her position as Trustee effective immediately.

May I offer you a scifi short today? 👀✨h

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This week's #freefictionfriday is "Prompts for a Perfect Daughter" from @issuesinst.bsky.social by @aijiang.bsky.social. A young protagonist is forced to follow strict prompts embedded deep in her brain via an implant installed by her parents in the hopes of guiding their child to live a good life.

It is worth noting that the writer of that HWA newsletter telling people to embrace AI, has an AI based coaching app they are selling

Guess who has a signing this weekend? I will be at the new Barnes & Noble Livingston location for opening weekend this Saturday from 5 pm to 7 pm. Come say hi! stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/978006...

"Today is August 4, 2026" There Will Come Soft Rains By: Ray Bradbury

Just so you know, the GoodReads giveaway for Jenny Will Eat You Now ends TODAY at 11:59 PM PST! Almost 4000 people have entered to win 1 of 50 books and ✨ YOU ✨ could be one of them. www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

You can kill a French vampire with a baguette. It's a painstaking process but it works.

Need more Canadian speculative fiction in your life? Of course you do! Here are a few of my favorite Canadian spec fic titles published last year. 🇨🇦 acwise.net/fantastic-ca...

I've sent out a short story every day this week :) it's been a nice little new habit. Summer 2026 is the season of realistic goals!

I feel this. The idea that disturbing, dark fiction is more "unethical" than fluffy, gentle fiction is not an idea I think needs to be taken seriously!

ered@ered.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Seen some talk of unethical fiction, so here’s my take

Here’s a look at the wildfire smoke that descended Thursday afternoon in Western Pennsylvania #smoke #pittsburgh #pennsylvania #wildfire #fire https://triblive.com/local/regional/wildfire-smoke-worsens-air-quality-across-pittsburgh-region/ 

I miss when the Northeast did not have a fire season.

My local library has a continuous used book sale. Just got a big bag of mystery/thriller for my grandma's 82nd bday. Never flowers or candles for her--always tales of blood and murder. I love her reading tastes.

I attended a writers conference last week and participated in a flash fiction challenge to write and submit a piece in the same evening. On the conference blog, check out my piece: "The Life of a STEM Tutor in the 24th Century" as well as more great SFF stories from other participants! #writersky

Flash Mob Takeover

These flash fiction stories were generated during a 45 minute workshop. The brave souls who wrote them agreed to having their stories posted the same night they were written. 🧿 🧿 🧿 Battle Fatigue B…

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Our tabling event at the In Your Write Mind Writers Conference was a success! Thank you to all who have submitted or just stopped by to say hello and learn more. Submissions for Lore close at the end of June, and submissions for Rime, our poetry-focused imprint, will be opening soon. #writersky

LORE: narrative and visual storytelling, modern mythology in the making. We seek short stories, flash fiction, & short graphic novels of all genres that answer: What does it mean to be in this current time and place? Submissions for our first issue close in 5 days on 6/30! #writersky #booksky💙📚

Common Folk

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Just over a week left to get your application in! To address a point we saw, we know this is a small grant. We're a very small business! If you're not sure how $100 would help, what about buying a few books? Notepads? Registering a web domain? Getting a coffee and sitting somewhere quiet to think?

Sliced Up Press@sliceduppress.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Are you a queer author? Could you use $100 to help you with your writing journey? Apply for our LGBT+ Writer's Grant today! Or, y'know, anytime this month. 🏳️‍🌈 Full details here: sliceduppress.com/lgbtwritingg...

She’s here. 💀 Jenny Will Eat You Now is available for pre-order wherever books are sold. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Jenny-... #coverreveal #coverart #horror #JennyWillEatYouNow #debut

In the battle of "grocery shopping while neurodivergent" today, the store drew first blood (cut my hand on a price tag holder) (a small cut, I'm fine) but I won the war (only spent 20 minutes inside, it wasn't loud or crowded despite being lunchtime, and there was no line at the checkout) 😌

Books by Black authors that take place in Texas for Juneteenth. ✊🏾

🌊🌬️⚙️A RIVER FROM THE SKY⚙️🌬️🌊 is officially out in the world!! 👀🤍✨ this marks the conclusion of the Natural Engines duology—thank y’all for coming on the journey with me! 🥹🤍🌊🌬️⚙️🏰🍃🎐 @titanbooks.bsky.social 💫

It is publication day for Women of the Weird West!! 🥳 What a journey! This anthology published by Brigids Gate Press and edited by me is near and dear to my heart. I am grateful to the authors for their fascinating tales spanning far-flung galaxies to classic Old West settings.

I'm pleased to report the stinging nettle survived the transplant! I was like, it had better survive after how far I went out of my way to not kill it! My wrist's sacrifice was not in vain...

R. Ruhl 🌙@writingruhls.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A couple days before StokerCon and I got a hairline fracture in my wrist, sustained after fighting to repot a nettle with its superpowered root system (I won the fight, btw 😌). Hoping it clears up in a few days, but until then I'm stuck not being able to write or garden. Why is resting so hard!

I miss my StokerCon friends already! We need to have StokerCon more than once a year, and we need at least an entire day with no events or panels where we all just sit in a big circle and hang out with snacks.