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Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · 28/08/2024

I've made two starter packs with speculative fiction publications - magazines and podcasts - on Bluesky. I hope they make it easier for people to find & follow a whole bunch of great spec-fic venues. I'll keep adding as I go. Starter pack 1: go.bsky.app/4FbEmZU Starter pack 2: go.bsky.app/ASWSvfZ

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Ahmed Family @ahmedwithfamily.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Hello beautiful hearts I hope you help me for my children to meet their needs I have run out of food and milk for two days we will not get donations I really hope you help me for my children we live thanks to your donations 🙏🏻😔

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Happy "Microsoft trying to force CoPilot subs" day in the UK for all who celebrate. (They just pinged me my renewal notice with it carefully worded to sound like a compulsory general price increase). 1) Go to your account page 2) Hit cancel 3) Change sub back.

screenshot showing choice of plans between Microsoft 365 and "lower cost without AI" option.

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Alice Austin @alaustin120.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

No kitchens in space, only a staff canteen. #wipsnips

I turn to the door, but Sandra blocks me. The horrible bitch. She knew exactly where I was going, and she knew everyone else would be here too. I should’ve known. I would have realised if she hadn’t been distracting me the whole time.
“Go on,” she says, nudging me forward. “I’ll be right beside you.”
“I’m not making a fucking announcement.” I stride into the canteen, heading straight for the food cupboard. I snatch out a packet, not even checking what it is, and try to leave. Before I can go anywhere, I hear my own voice cutting through the awkward silence.
“Hello everyone. Our captain has an announcement to make.”
I whip around and glare icy daggers at Sandra, wondering if anyone would care enough to stop me if I just walked over and strangled her.

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Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author @chaoticauthor.online · 15/01/2025

The questions are over for another week! There is no algorithm here, so your engagement matters: answer the questions *and* encourage and talk to each other! Use the feed (bsky.app/profile/did:...) or click the hashtag to find them. Anything to share? Sale? New release? Promote below! 👇

Image shows creepy figures behind a curtain. All text is in the post.

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Bex Rolls Dice @bexrollsdice.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Now that's a horrifying thought! But if I had to pick, it'd be some foggy, grey town on the coast in the north of England. Stick with what you know, eh 😉 #HorrorWritersChat

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Alice Austin @alaustin120.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Aghhh, that's tricky! Maybe space? Probably giving this answer because I've got space on the brain at the moment, but I feel like it's the location I could do the most with story-wise. #horrorwriterschat

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Alice Austin @alaustin120.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

If it's somewhere I don't know, I get really paranoid about portraying it incorrectly and having people be like "that's not what it's like at all" 😆 #horrorwriterschat

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Alice Austin @alaustin120.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

I tend to prefer fictional... not entirely sure why. Sometimes they're heavily based off real places though! #horrorwriterschat

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Alice Austin @alaustin120.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

I keep missing #horrorwriterschat, glad I caught it today! I'm Alice, I like writing people having existential crises, usually caused by some sort of paranormal weirdness. My WIP isn't actually horror, it's a self-loathing researcher who gets trapped with 6 parallel universe versions of herself.

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Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin @miseryvulture.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

January is always a lean month and I find myself predictably broke. So if you're interested in purchasing a signed copy of my book for a tenner, shoot me a DM. I have 6 copies up for grabs.

The cover of Wax & Wane by Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin, which features a high-contrast black and white rendering of the Wolf boy of Nuremberg.

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Harper L. Carnes @harperlcarnes.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

PET SEMETARY X THE RITUAL 📖 A grieving husband turns to the Old Gods to revive his deceased spouse, but the resurrected man’s insatiable hunger for flesh forces him to choose between love and his own humanity. #W #H #R #LGBT #A #BluePit

A mood board for Bones WIP. Top left: A close-up of a person pulling their lip down to reveal sharp, fang-like teeth. Top right: Red boots standing in a puddle of blood. Bottom left: A stag in a misty forest. Bottom middle: A silhouette of a woman with long, messy hair, backlit by fiery red light. Bottom right: A cluster of orangish sunflowers. The phrase 'He belongs to the Old Gods now' is written at the top right.

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marycwilliams.bsky.social @marycwilliams.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Black Mirror x Rejection Character-driven with light speculative elements, this novel-in-stories spans 10 connected tales with fresh takes on the daily dystopias of modern American life. At its center is a mysterious red book that changes the life of everyone who encounters it. #BluePit 📖 #A #Q

Six images: a server room, a keyboard, UFOs, a phone, a person in VR headset, and book at the center.

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raghad ☀️🍊 @raghadjibril.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

#bluepit AHS: Freakshow x Stalking Jack the Ripper A schizophrenic acrobat accepts a job as a secret informant on a British circus infamous for its Freakshow & a slew of unsolved murders. He must distinguish fact from falsity, as he navigates Britain’s festering underbelly—& come out of it alive.

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A blonde woman with albinism
A man’s silhouette behind a sail or a tent
A woman with melting clown makeup
A circus tent with hanging lights
A circus tent
A ringmaster’s suit
A brown skinned man’s eye
An acrobat’s performance
A Black woman’s face

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✨ Hylia ✨ @priestesshylia.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Think: The Shining x The Night Circus — A perfectly timed offer An ominous hotel Cryptic staff Nightmare guests Tyler just wanted an interesting experience— now he’s in too deep. Can he adapt and uncover the truth, or will the mysteries of the hotel drag him under? #BluePit 📖 #W #D #H #F #YA #A

A photograph of a dimly lit hotel hallway with the text “The Good Shade Hotel” overlaid. It is not a proper book cover, just an ambient page for a mood board.

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Alice Austin @alaustin120.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

WILDER GIRLS X LAST NIGHT IN SOHO After moving house, Ellen just wants to settle in. But when disturbing dreams start blurring over into the real world and her body starts to undergo a grotesque transformation, real life becomes the least of her worries. #bluepit #h #f #a 📖

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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

We need as many creators to respond to the UK’s consultation on AI & Copyright as possible. If you want to respond, here are some draft answers you can copy & modify. Link to the consultation questionnaire is in the doc. docs.google.com/document/d/1... 🧵

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Draft Template Consultation Responses

Fill out the consultation here: https://ipoconsultations.citizenspace.com/ipo/consultation-on-copyright-and-ai/consultation/ 4. Do you agree that option 3 - a data mining exception which allows right...

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Christopher O'Halloran—author @cohalloran.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

The end—or entirety, if we're being honest—of 2024 was chaos, so I forgot to post a list of eligible works for awards, but here's a few of my stories that came out last year!

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Wytwavedarling (she/her) @wytwavedarling.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Would you vote for Guinness in the poll for America's favorite dog? He'll love you forever, especially if you give him a belly rub when next you see him... 🐶🗳️🐕🐾 americasfavpet.com/2025/guinnes...

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Will Guinness take home $10,000 and be featured on the cover of Modern Dog? You decide!

A big goofy mutt who loves to wrestle and run, but also lives for being a couch potato and cuddling…even with cats

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Lawrence Harding (she/her) 🏳️‍⚧️ @lhardingwrites.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

As an extra-happy part of a Happy New Year - I'm excited to open 2025 with a story in Bite from @gravesidepress.bsky.social! In The Church of St Januarius, a priest must grapple with his faith and his new, undead, congregation Available from multiple places here: graveside-press.com/product/bite/

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Alice Austin @alaustin120.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Happy 2025 everyone! And happy release day to BITE from @gravesidepress.bsky.social! Check it out if Nosferatu has given you an appetite for more vampires this year: graveside-press.com/product/bite/

An anthology promotional image featuring a vampire with long hair and ragged clothes. The text reads "BITE: A vampiric anthology".

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

UK Folks. If you're concerned about the catastrophic impact of generative AI on the creative industries & the theft of artists/writers creations, then you REALLY NEED to complete the below online consultation form. This is your chance to say 'fuck off, this is not okay' www.gov.uk/government/c...

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This consultation seeks views on how the government can ensure the UK’s legal framework for AI and copyright supports the UK creative industries and AI sector together.

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Christopher O'Halloran—author @cohalloran.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Jess and Tim did an amazing job as editors for Howls from the Scene of the Crime, but you really have to read her short fiction if you love the gothic and the creepy. And volcanoes, but who doesn't love volcanoes? 🌋

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#BluePit - A Storytelling Hype & Pitch Event @bluepit.bsky.social · 04/11/2024

Announcing #BluePit! The first BlueSky exclusive writing pitch event open to all genres! Much of the #WritingCommunity is migrating due to Twitter's new AI & block policy, so the time has come to bring pitch events with us. Agent participation is welcome & public feeds will be provided!

Please visit BluePit.carrd.co to review the rules for #BluePit.

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Alice Austin @alaustin120.bsky.social · 10/09/2024

Looks like Anterior Skies vol 1 is free on Amazon for a short period of time! Anyone fancy some weird, cosmic SFFH? mybook.to/OrF1Av9

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Alice Austin @alaustin120.bsky.social · 10/09/2024

Looks like Anterior Skies vol 1 is free on Amazon for a short period of time! Anyone fancy some weird, cosmic SFFH? mybook.to/OrF1Av9

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Alice Austin @alaustin120.bsky.social · 02/09/2024

I had a story accepted in @gravesidepress.bsky.social 's Bite anthology, coming out December this year! It's called Blood Red, Snow White. I'll let you guess what it's about 😏🧛‍♀️

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Dianne @diannethegeek.bsky.social · 27/06/2024

5 places to track your writing that aren’t #NaNoWriMo, a thread. Until NaNoWriMo can get their shit together after last year's scandals, I'm opting to track my words somewhere else. I just don't want to support the org or be counted in their numbers anymore. Here are five websites I found:

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Jessica Peter @jessicapeter.bsky.social · 22/08/2024

I’m moderating a panel on writing ghost stories on Sunday at Fan Expo in Toronto, with a great list of panelists. Come on out if you’re around!

It reads “HWA panel at Fan Expo: I Ain’t Afraid of No Ghost Story! Sunday, August 25th at 1:30pm, Theatre #7 (Room 715B), South Building. Moderator: Jessica Peter. Panellists: Ai Jiang, Tim McGregor, C.C. Adams, and Sephera Giron.” Picture of dancing skeletons!

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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 17/07/2024

Labour members have opened a petition to Wes Streeting. Anyone can sign it. "We, the undersigned, are calling on you to immediately withdraw your support for the ban on puberty blockers for trans young people." actionnetwork.org/pe... #transgender #LGBTQ #LGBT #Labour #trans

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 04/07/2024

UK friends, please don't assume this is a given. Get out and vote!

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Alice Austin @alaustin120.bsky.social · 01/07/2024

Finally got novel #2 to a point where I'm happy for people to see it and sent it off to some beta readers! I forgot how exciting it is to get to this stage 🥲

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Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 27/05/2024

If you, like me, feel powerless in the face of the mass casualties in Gaza, this charity is working to provide healthcare, education, and aid to kids on the ground there. If you have a few dollars to spare, they can use them! www.healpalestine.org

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HEAL Palestine – Health, Education, Aid, Leadership

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Alice Austin @alaustin120.bsky.social · 12/05/2024

Missed the northern lights. Boooooo

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⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.com · 07/04/2024

📣 🚨 Ghouls & goblins, witches & weirdos! 🚨📣 I made a list of all the #horror #indie #SmallPress #book #publishers so you can have them all populate into a single feed! 💙📚 A gigantic thank you to @dailymonster.bsky.social who very kindly showed me how to do it 🤘🏼 ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️😈⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

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Jessica Peter @jessicapeter.bsky.social · 20/03/2024

Hey have you heard about the antho I’m co-editing, HOWLS FROM THE SCENE OF THE CRIME? It’s crime, it’s horror, it’s 22 stories of gorgeous grit by amazing authors, and illustrated too! We’re Kickstarting now so check it out or back it here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/how...

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Wytwavedarling (she/her) @wytwavedarling.bsky.social · 07/03/2024

Are you ready for another @howlsociety.bsky.social anthology? Next up: Howls from the Scene of the Crime! Featuring original art and horror to keep you up night after night! #Horror #Crime #Stories kck.st/3V56j8x

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Alice Austin @alaustin120.bsky.social · 03/03/2024

Always good to reread something and discover that it's not actually as crap as you'd convinced yourself it was.

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X (Xen/Cole McCade)🏳️‍⚧️He/Him🏳️‍🌈 @thisblackmagic.bsky.social · 05/02/2024

The Spoutible data breach was way worse than I thought. If you have an account there, I would change your password and/or just delete the account. *Every* user's records have been scraped, including phone numbers, bcrypt pw hashes, 2FA, and password reset tokens. www.troyhunt.com/how-spoutibl...

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How Spoutible’s Leaky API Spurted out a Deluge of Personal Data

Ever hear one of those stories where as it unravels, you lean in ever closer and mutter “No way! No way! NO WAY!” This one, as far as infosec stories go, had me leaning and muttering like never be...

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GHOULISH BOOKS WILL KILL YOUR PARENTS @ghoulish.bsky.social · 02/02/2024

Now seeking submissions for GHOULISH TALES ISSUE #3: ghoulish.rip/reopened-for... Deadline: March 29 Word count: 5,000 max (short stories); 2,000 max (non-fiction) Payment: 10c per word Simultaneous Submissions: Yes Multiple Submissions: No Reprints: No AI Submissions: Fuck no.

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E.M. White, load-bearing grad student @emwhite.sadbutbuildingworlds.blog · 11/01/2024

Sharing this since I don't believe Spindle House is on Bluesky yet. Why try to get your horror published through increasingly back-asswards mainstream publishers when there are plenty of good indie presses out there?

An announcement from indie publisher Spindle House Press:

On February 1st, Spindle House will be opening for novelettes between 7,500 and 20,000 words

More info coming soon

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Brigids Gate Press @brigidsgatepress.bsky.social · 29/12/2023

Pre-orders go live this weekend 🖤

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Agita Publishing @agitapublishing.bsky.social · 19/12/2023

XANAX HAMSTER is a biannual zine for flash horror trunk stories. Subs open Feb. 3-4, & Feb. 2 for BIPOC/LGBTQIA+/disabled writers. 5 cents a word. Co-edited by Ende Mac and Mike Phillips. Issue 1 cover by Bonnie Hockin. Details at frombeyondpress.com

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Alice Austin @alaustin120.bsky.social · 06/12/2023

This has got to be one of my favourite horror collections. Love to see this!

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