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Agita Publishing @agitapublishing.bsky.social · 2h

Maybe I'll feel better if I buy another record.

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John Picacio @johnpicacio.bsky.social · 13h

🧵 Attention, Fellow SFF Artists and Authors -- here is my response to Must Read Magazines, after they presented an Asimov's art contract expecting me to waive all Moral Rights and Copyright to my art. And, I would strongly advise the following to my fellow pros…. 1/

John Picacio’s response to Must Read Magazine’s request for his waiver of all Moral Rights and Copyright of his commissioned art for an ASIMOV’S assignment. Short version — Picacio says a resounding NOPE.

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Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social · 15h

To follow-up — I just read @donatoarts.bsky.social's Facebook write-up, the details of which are extremely depressing. I'm sharing the link here, because it appears he's left it unlocked in order to spread the word and warn other professionals. This saddens me. www.facebook.com/donato.gianc...

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Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

And it came to pass that many thousands of literary events were conceived, and notifications of such multiplied thrice daily, and lo, the literary events were not strewn across the year, as is sensible, but crammed into a single month, and the month was named October

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 07/10/2026

this october instead of donating to us, THE DEADLANDS we're asking you to please considering donating to help our #1 editor in chief @ecatherine.com with the bills stemming from her ongoing hospital stay. no coin fundraiser only fundraising Elise 🖤🖤 pls join us + spread the word

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Agita Publishing @agitapublishing.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Dorothy Quick. Amanda Helms. Yvette Tan. M.M. Olivas. Sonia Sulaiman. Jolie Toomajan. Sonia Marie Barry. E. Catherine Tobler. Kat Weaver. Maggie Schreiter. All in/on the same book. Stay tuned.

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Agita Publishing @agitapublishing.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Since I'm out here sowing discord, I might as well mention that I haven't been able to finish a Mike Flanagan joint since Gerald's Game.

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Agita Publishing @agitapublishing.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I realize this is sacrilege to some people but: there are so many other authors out there whose work could/should be adapted for the screen before one more fucking Stephen King adaptation gets greenlit.

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Agita Publishing @agitapublishing.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Dorothy Quick. Amanda Helms. Yvette Tan. M.M. Olivas. Sonia Sulaiman. Jolie Toomajan. Sonia Marie Barry. E. Catherine Tobler. Kat Weaver. Maggie Schreiter. All in/on the same book. Stay tuned.

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It's Banned Books Week. My fellow librarians, listen carefully: your book displays should be almost exclusively writers who are alive. Yes, I know classic literature is also being banned, but most of those authors are dead. They aren't suffering financially from bans and challenges.

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

HORRORZINE SPOTLIGHT: The Public Collectors booklet Horror Decor collects about 5 years of my photos of Halloween decorations in my neighborhood in Chicago. People go hard over here! Still available for $9.00 but will soon be out of print. halfletterpress.com/horror-decor/

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Horror Decor

Public Collectors publication #82 is a photo booklet surveying five years of Halloween decoration documentation in Chicago's Avondale neighborhood area.

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Agita Publishing @agitapublishing.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Will those small gourds that look like pumpkins attract smaller bears?

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Agita Publishing @agitapublishing.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

THE EFFECT OF LOCAL CUISINE ON BIRTH RATES. In this series of unaskedfor replies on your posts, I shall

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Agita Publishing @agitapublishing.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

When I make this expression after I say something, it means I was joking. When I make this expression, it means I was serious. I hope that helps.

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Agita Publishing @agitapublishing.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

When I make this expression after I say something, it means I was joking. When I make this expression, it means I was serious. I hope that helps.

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Agita Publishing @agitapublishing.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

SIDE HUSTLE: HORROR STORIES FOR LATE CAPITALISM AUTHOR INTERVIEW NUMBER TWO! Cardigan Broadmoor and A.J. Sharpe discuss telling horror stories through unconventional techniques -- Cardigan's is told in legal depositions, A.J.'s in dark web chat logs. youtu.be/7fgIdQ-TFBA

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Side Hustle author interviews: Cardigan Broadmoor and A.J. Sharpe

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Agita Publishing @agitapublishing.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

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Side Hustle author interviews: Cardigan Broadmoor and A.J. Sharpe

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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I'm reading an early copy of Side Hustle: Horror Stories for Late Capitalism from @agitapublishing.bsky.social, and God, "TOM" by Michelle Sturges-Brown is such a brutal, sad, incredible story. Up there with "The Mub" by Thomas Ha for essential AI hater stories.

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I'm building my Cursed Classroom curriculum, and I'm curious if folks have any free-to-read-online recs for... -Short horror stories with unusual depictions of vampires -Short horror stories with atmosphere-rich settings -Short horror stories that don't explain much and are all the better for it

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Agita Publishing @agitapublishing.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"Donna Martin Will Eat Your Face" is a vampire-ish story from Agita Mag's 2nd issue. "Collection" from issue 1 doesn't explain a damn thing and I love it for that.

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Meg Elison @megelison.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Please remember that for every VE Schwab and Stephen King, there are a lot of banned Black, queer, and POC writers you've never heard of, to whom it is maybe not a badge of honor but a denial of their voice. Being banned is not a marketing opportunity, unless one is already rich.

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Kate Hagen's House of Horrors 👻 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I've been wondering what's actually up here for a while + you're not going to believe this but the answer is, once again, private equity. www.avclub.com/shout-factor...

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Shout! Factory put old "lost" TV directly into fans' hands—until one day it didn't

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Agita Publishing @agitapublishing.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Today in side hustles: a guy bought a book from me on ebay. He is the son of the author. He wants it to disappear, and he's REALLY ANGRY at me for being unable to make ebay remove all record of the listing. Also he seems mad that I can't control Google. Sigh.

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Juan Martinez @fulmerford.com · 03/10/2026

Please spread the word far & wide: applications to the Litowitz MFA+MA are now open: it's a two-year fully-funded program (ie, you don't pay for it) w/ health benefits & a $47k/year stipend. I'm reading fiction applications. Deadline is 12/1/26 english.northwestern.edu/graduate/adm...

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THE LITOWITZ CREATIVE WRITING GRADUATE PROGRAM: Department of English - Northwestern University

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Agita Publishing @agitapublishing.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Congrats to all the winners, especially the two veterans of our shopping mall anthology, @somtoihezue.bsky.social and @angelaliu.bsky.social !

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I've been heartened to see Zachary Gillain's weird fic/ekphrasis call for Agita and Michael Kelly's announcement of his occasional journal Pale Grey Idol. I'm also happy to see Three-Lobed Burning Eye fund for another year, which disclosure I will have a story in!

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⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.com · 03/10/2026

Happy first #Caturday of October from me and this truly superb, classic meme 🦇🐈‍⬛🦇

Cover of Type O Negative's Bloody Kisses that shows two women's faces passionately brushing up against each other
Underneath is a similar pose but this one is of two cats

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Agita Publishing @agitapublishing.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Appending -fucker to just about any word is a good reason to download something.

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Zachary Gillan @megapolisomancy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I’m guest editing the next issue of Agita; send me your weirdest <1000 word stories about weird art. Authors from marginalized backgrounds encouraged and prioritized. No AI bullshit. The weirder the better. agitamag.com/submissions/

Issue 3: Ekphrasis
Between October 17 and November 17, guest editor Zachary Gillan will accept submissions of weird flash fiction that features ekphrasis.
Ekphrasis is the verbal representation of a work of visual art.
Weird fiction is a verbal representation of the world, in order to unsettle it.
We want stories that live at the intersection of the two. Pieces that emphasize the eerie power of weird art, whether fully ekphrastic or embedded within a traditional narrative. How does the weird seep in as reality is doubly estranged from these two layers of representation? Cursed paintings, uncanny statues, haunted mezzotints-send us your stories of weird art.
Publication date: February 1, 2027

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

When Lucy from Compass Books in Dartmouth, Devon, was victim to shoplifting people told her to install CCTV. Instead she put this ancient book thief curse on the wall from the Monastery of San Pedro in Barcelona so book stealers would be consumed by "the flames of hell" with "their members blasted".

A Curse Against Stealers Of Books
For him that
stealth a book from
this place, let it
change into a
serpent in his hand
and rend him.
Let him be struck with
palsy,
& all his members
blasted.
Let him languish in
pain crying aloud for
mercy, & let there be be no surcease to his
agony till he sink to
dissolution.
Let bookworms gnaw
his entrails in token of
the Worm that diets not,
& when at last he
goeth to his final
punishment, let the
flames of
hell consume him
forever & aye.
(Monastery Of San Pedro, Barcelona.)

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Agita Publishing @agitapublishing.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Agita Magazine opens for submissions on October 17 for issue 3: ekphrasis. Ekphrasis is the verbal representation of a work of visual art. Weird fiction is a verbal representation of the world, in order to unsettle it. Send us stories at the intersection. Guidelines at agitamag.com/submissions