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Art-obsessed writer and editor | bookreviewer | SHUWPF graduate | she/her
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Ruadán Books will be opening for novel and novella submissions on June 1! If you have a complete manuscript in the dark speculative fiction, horror, mystery, or thriller genres, we want to hear from you. ruadanbooks.com/submission-...

Signed up all the SGJ books at the Tattered a cover in B terminal at DEN on the way home (BHH is on order) (pictured: not my arm (which, really, is a description of most photos, now that I think about it))

Vampires seem to be holding their own lately. Hope that continues. Here's my offering thrown on the collective pyre, COFFIN MOON. Comes out in September. Preorders are invaluable, thank you. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/760818...

HAPPY #CATURDAY EVERYBODY

Next month is Pride, & fuck the haters, let your rainbow flag fly! At Stone’s Throw, we’re hitting back against LGBTQ+ hate, and looking for stories of Pride Rage. Send stories by 5/4, & authentic voices are strongly encouraged! @queercrimefic.bsky.social www.rockandahardplacemag.com/stones-throw...

TAKING SOME ME TIME IN MY CAT CAVE

LOVE all of these awesome magazines & we're thrilled to be counted among them‼️ Thank you @mynachang.bsky.social ❤️ We adore @beardedbetts.bsky.social story--thank you for the shoutout ⚡

Do you write: ✅Slices-of-life ✅Stories OR Are you: Struggling to sort the differences? (Look we get it) @allisonwrites.bsky.social skillfully settles these questions & more through a lens of Matthew Goldberg's "On Auto." ♥️ Take a peek. #writingcommunity #amwriting intrepidusink.com/the-art-of-f...

Don't mess with mama. Check out "Goodbye Tommy," by @tammywritesbooks.bsky.social for this month's Stone's Throw entry: www.rockandahardplacemag.com/stones-throw... #crimefiction #flashfiction

@rhppress.bsky.social presents: Writing Short Crime Fiction That Stands Out. Join instructor @steveweddle.bsky.social (Author of THE COUNTY LINE) for an online course May 10-24. Learn how to craft stories that grab editors and readers alike. More info: bit.ly/3Y7LTwy

Next month is Pride, & fuck the haters, let your rainbow flag fly! At Stone’s Throw, we’re hitting back against LGBTQ+ hate, and looking for stories of Pride Rage. Send stories by 5/4, & authentic voices are strongly encouraged! @queercrimefic.bsky.social www.rockandahardplacemag.com/stones-throw...

This is a craft essay.

Holy smokes, I'm a finalist for the Locus Award for Best Editor! Thanks so much to everyone who voted, and congratulations to all the amazing nominees. locusmag.com/2025/05/2025...

Grab your flashlight! Get a compass! 🗺️ THE MAP OF LOST PLACES comes out TOMORROW! Escape into 22 short stories exploring strange cities, terrifying towns and lost landscapes, guided by some of the most beloved voices in surreal fiction! 🧭🏕️ Get lost with us: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/the...

I am honored and humbled to have my story picked for this month’s Stone’s Throw entry! Thanks to the editors and @keithroysdon for pushing me to write this!

Don't mess with mama. Check out "Goodbye Tommy," by @tammywritesbooks.bsky.social for this month's Stone's Throw entry: www.rockandahardplacemag.com/stones-throw... #crimefiction #flashfiction

In our latest podcast for Patreon subscribers at @rhppress.bsky.social , we talk to author Gabriel Hart about his writing, national parks, and punk rock. Join our Patreon today and listen to this great interview: www.patreon.com/posts/rock-a...

Okay, it's come out in the @barrelhouse.bsky.social newsletter, so it's official: We're opening for print submissions (fiction, nonfiction, poetry) on May 30 Peruse general submission info here and get ya s#*+ ready, y'all: www.barrelhousemag.com/submission-i...

It's been a while since I had a brand new story out, so I'll be shouting about this one for a bit, I guess. "Highway 1, Past Hope" in The Deadlands is a story about bones and what keeps them together. 🦴 psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

@rhppress.bsky.social presents: Writing Short Crime Fiction That Stands Out. Join instructor @steveweddle.bsky.social (Author of THE COUNTY LINE) for an online course May 10-24. Learn how to craft stories that grab editors and readers alike. More info: bit.ly/3Y7LTwy

In our latest podcast for Patreon subscribers at @rhppress.bsky.social , we talk to author Gabriel Hart about his writing, national parks, and punk rock. Join our Patreon today and listen to this great interview: www.patreon.com/posts/rock-a...

Next month is Pride, & fuck the haters, let your rainbow flag fly! At Stone’s Throw, we’re hitting back against LGBTQ+ hate, and looking for stories of Pride Rage. Send stories by 5/4, & authentic voices are strongly encouraged! @queercrimefic.bsky.social www.rockandahardplacemag.com/stones-throw...

How's your Thursday? Thanks to the SMFS judges and everyone who voted. Also, congrats to fellow Flash nominees @cwblackwell.bsky.social and @marythor.bsky.social , Derringer Anthology winners @crimefictionwriter.bsky.social and Barb Goffman, and all the other nominees and winners. 😀

Submissions are open now, fwiw, and will be all month. I pay $100 plus commission original art for every accepted story, and publish bangers. ashortstorylong.submittable.com/submit

how about a thread of some great journals that are open rn? this funicular post mentions us, so it grabbed my attention, so we'll start here. they're great, and open now!

"Lullabies for Suffering" is currently FREE on Kindle! You can pick up stories by @gabino.bsky.social, @kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social, Caroline Kepnes, @markmatthews.bsky.social, @jfdt.bsky.social, and me! It's currently #1 in Horror Anthologies right now! #WritingCommunity #Books #free

Submissions tomorrow... or just under 75 minutes. shotgunhoney.com/submissions/...

As a journalist, I did a whole series of increasingly-horrifying stories about a local, private-equity nursing homes that included a man dying from neglect.

It’s National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day! As most of you know, I’m a passionate advocate for adoption. Not only to save the lives of superb shelter cats like Fergus & Francie, but to withhold money from the commercial breeding world which has done tremendous harm to the health of so many “purebreds”. 💔

COVER REVEAL: Check out the amazing cover @lynnehansenart.bsky.social created for @pippinacious.bsky.social's BOTTLING HIS GHOSTS! This is the 8th novella in our series and it's coming July 15th. rawdogscreaming.com/book/bottlin...

I love pre-orders because it’s a little gift for future me and when grumpy people say *another* book? I say oh I ordered this forever ago which also prevents me from smacking them upside the head.

Today is my birthday! Don't worry, there's still time to get me a gift. You can order a copy of THE BIG REWIND, NEGATIVE GIRL or 120 MURDERS (with my story "Tornado Mother") from a local bookstore, library or Not-Amazon bookshop.org/p/books/nega...

Tune in on August 5th for this great night of SF reading! Look at this lineup of genre titans! Also, why does it look like we're part of a Most Wanted poster and I got killed off?

WHAAAAT? Thank you so much @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social @lumchanmfa.bsky.social for this honour for my centipede-woman-college reunion story! Congrats to the other winners and HMs! So chuffed to be there with you amazing women 🧡🧡🧡

BIRDSSSSSSS

Coming this July from @cwblackwell.bsky.social and @rhppress.bsky.social: Pre-order your copy today: bit.ly/4ifdItV

In our latest podcast for Patreon subscribers, we talk to author @gabrielhart about his writing, national parks, and punk rock. Join our Patreon today and listen to this great interview: www.patreon.com/posts/rock-a...

@rhppress.bsky.social presents: Writing Short Crime Fiction That Stands Out. Join instructor @steveweddle.bsky.social (Author of THE COUNTY LINE) for an online course May 10-24. Learn how to craft stories that grab editors and readers alike. More info: bit.ly/3Y7LTwy

In our latest podcast for Patreon subscribers at @rhp.press, we talk to author Gabriel Hart about his writing, national parks, and punk rock. Join our Patreon today and listen to this great interview: bit.ly/4juhq…

Take it from @muchadoaboutnil.bsky.social , THE ONE PERCENT available now from @rhppress.bsky.social : bit.ly/4j31UMg

2-Year-Old Unaware He’s Basis For 6 Couples’ Decisions Not To Have Kids theonion.com/2-year-...

Adopt don’t shop!

I see that Cemetery Dance is trending for being late with royalties and shitty to authors. I was around when Chizine went down in flames for similar reasons and let me remind authors that 1) a legit press does not do you a favor by publishing you 2) a press that is having severe money and systemic