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missdefying.bsky.social
horror writer. IGNYTE and World Fantasy Award winner. producer of NIGHTLIGHT (horror written by Black writers) & producer/writer of Afflicted horror thriller audio drama (Lovecraft Country meets True Blood) toniaransom.com
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Get early access to the season 8 premiere of award-winning horror fiction @nightlightpod.bsky.social by subscribing on Patreon where you can listen to my story “The Spirit Bed” read by the amazing @missdefying.bsky.social. www.patreon.com/posts/122002.... The public release will be Feb 18!

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Wanna hear a spooky story written by a Black writer for #BHM? Subscribe and listen now!

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Wanna hear a spooky story written by a Black writer for #BHM? Subscribe and listen now!

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

If you are near London, I am jealous. Go see this on my behalf and tell me all about it!

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

ICYMI, @nightlightpod.bsky.social is returning next month with an amazing story I’ll announce as soon as the contract is signed. Meanwhile, consider signing up as a patron so you get access before the public!

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

I’m at 11% of my absolute minimum goal! Almost half of one month’s expenses taken care of! Thank you all so much 🖤

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

Tonia is awesome. Help her. out if you can, because she deserves all the support the universe can bring her.

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

Please help Tonia out if you can... She's one of the good ones.

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

My friend is going back to school to be a paramedic! She's a single, disabled mom who has had a lot of struggles with unemployment. I'm really excited for her to take these next big steps, but she needs some help! www.gofundme.com/f/toniascome...

submitted 35 days ago • 2 comments

Hey remember me saying how great @nightlightpod.bsky.social is? The creator could use a little help going back to school for a more stable career. I think we all have friends who can testify how brutal tech burnout is, and how much difference even a little help while recovering can make.

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

Have y'all listened to NightLight? It's phenomenal. I like to recommend folks start with The Power by Linda Addison or Malaika Descending by Sheree Renee Thomas

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

In other news, I’m going back to school because tech is literally killing me with the stress of the constant search for work. I’m a Black single mom with PTSD and ADHD and could *really* use your help bridging the income gap. Please help? gofund.me/db894df3

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

Hey, so @nightlightpod.bsky.social is coming back next month! More details: www.patreon.com/posts/nightl...

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

If you’re going to do the David Lynch memorial meditation tomorrow, may I suggest Raphael Reiter (both YT and podcast available!)

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

damn that is cold 🤣🤣🤣

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

My story "Recipe for a Zombie" made Ellen Datlow's The Best Horror of the Year Recommendations List (2023). This story is from Blackened Roots: An Anthology of the Undead published by @mochamemoirspress.com. Thank you @nicolegkurtz.bsky.social & @missdefying.bsky.social who accepted it!

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

I haven't logged into BlueSky in forever. Thanks for all the new follows! I'll get around to following the folks I know back, and after the new year I'll be posting here more often. I'm still taking a little mental health break, and hope you're all taking care of yourselves <3

submitted 95 days ago • 1 comment

I'm slowly resurfacing into the world of social media. Is BlueSky threading stuff right so I can tell a story on here, or is that still a hot mess? 😂

submitted 295 days ago • 3 comments

Y'all. Crowdfunding is hard these days. Please give whatever you can to this fellow @fableandfolly.bsky.social show. And if money is tight, spread the word to anyone who will listen!

submitted 295 days ago • 0 comments

Finished this great one Risen by Tonia Ransom @missdefying.bsky.social. Enjoyed Alexandra's sense of humor in the face of life and death and death! She also writes the Afflicted podcast. Go listen!! afflictedaudio.com

submitted 346 days ago • 1 comment

Hey all, I've started a new column at Atlas Obscura! It's called "Eerie Feeling," and it takes Mark Fisher's definition of the "eerie" as a jumping off point to delve into some of the weirder aspects of history. You can read the first installment, on the Mad Gasser of Mattoon, Illinois, here:

submitted 449 days ago • 10 comments

Let me say it again: practice relentless positivity. Celebrate everything. The harder they hate, the harder you work. Support those who deserve it. You have two hands: use one to climb and the other to help those behind you. It makes life better. Be good. Spread love. Stay cool.

submitted 453 days ago • 2 comments

If you are screenshotting Elon Musk and Trump tweets only to rebroadcast it here where we can’t mute key words then I’m gonna have to mute or block you, friend. We unfortunately can’t avoid thinking about those two but I refuse to let them dominate my free time.

submitted 456 days ago • 4 comments

My Southern Gothic horror story “The Stringer of Wiltsburg Farm" is up at PseudoPod for their 2023 Anthology and Collection Showcase. Thanks to the production team & @missdefying.bsky.social for her fantastic narration of this sticky, dirty tale. Monsters or family, which has the strongest claws?

submitted 466 days ago • 0 comments

this. and remember, podcasts that publish short fiction have even higher expenses, but we’re often forgotten in favor of magazines for support, reviews/word of mouth, and awards.

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