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Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social · 2h

Super busy right now with random plans and yard work and getting ready for a book event this weekend but you know what'll definitely help is all those extra plants I just bought that I'll need to find homes for in my gardens

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Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Seated for Beware Boiúna. Only person in the theater. Literally the only thing I know about this movie is what the poster looks like. Hope it's good lol

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Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Randomly reminded of the TI-84 calculators we used in high school Calculus and how my friend got a school calculator and @calligator.bsky.social had the high score in the games on it.

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Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Up north with old college buddies. Perfect weekend.

A photo from a porch overlooking a bay, light colors on the horizon from a setting sun

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Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I definitely remember! So maybe I've only had this idea since it was your idea lol I'm not sure now. It's a great idea if it was originally yours!

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Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

To be clear I've done this too but we gotta stop. There's no expiration date on art

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Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If I had time/money/resources(lol) I'd start a review site/publication that pays for critical reviews of books and movies that are *at least* 3 (maybe 5) years old cuz I'm getting sick of "late to the party but I finally read/watched X!" and it's a thing that came out like 6 months ago

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Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

There's a curling club I so desperately want to join but it's juuuust too far away to be reasonable to do every week and that makes me sad. Someone start a curling club with dedicated ice in my town please

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Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Ha, no thanks! I'm ready for cooler weather. Not exactly ready for winter, but I'm over the heat

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Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's a rainy, dreary day, the first of October, why oh why do I have to be at work instead of home with the lights off watching horror movies

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Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Okay, yeah, that's a fair reason lol

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Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I responded and said they could reach out to me directly for these types of inquiries and they said "I thought you were on the email chain!" and like, yes I was but why did the other 30 people need to be involved. Where is logic

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Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Why do people insist on "Reply All" when they only need to respond to one person. Like, what compels them to do that.

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Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Those final pitches at 100 were always *electric*. But yeah man, I'm right there with you (I'd mostly just love for the Tigers to not be bad, haha)

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Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Absolutely. You just don't see starting pitchers like those two anymore. I've been watching JV pitch for nearly 2/3 of my life lol.

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Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Watching Justin Verlander pitch one last time. Man, emotional.

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Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Had a blast watching RESIDENT EVIL (2026) in theaters the other day. Felt so much like watching my friends play scary video games (not much of a gamer, myself). Relentless pace, scary, often funny, all in under 95 minutes. Great soundtrack too. Hell yeah, I say.

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Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Donated my first two middle grade books to my son's school library last year and I guess each week now he checks to see if they're checked out (they currently are!). And then yesterday he told the librarian there was a new book and she needs it. Kid's doing better marketing than I am lol

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Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Ever read a book that is great and doing cool things on a craft level but like it's distracting because the book is constantly sparking ideas and making you want to go write? Idk if that makes sense or what is says about me though

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Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If there's one thing I always want, it's to be more festive. Or something. haha

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D. Matthew Urban @breathinghead.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Exciting announcement!! I'm thrilled to be working with Cursed Morsels again to set a new collection of weird horrors loose in your neighborhood. Can't wait for everyone to see what's behind door number zero 🚪👀😱

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Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Huge congrats, Dave! So glad to see more of your work getting out into the world!

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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Announcing our newest collection acquisition: NOWHERE'S DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN by D. Matthew Urban ( @breathinghead.bsky.social ). I'm so delighted to work with Dave again, and y'all are going to love this incredible weird book. Read more about it in our newsletter: buttondown.com/cursedmorsel...

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Announcing Nowhere's Door Is Always Open

Great, Weird Things Coming Now that the contract ink has dried and a soul has been exchanged, I can announce Cursed Morsels’ latest single-author short story...

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Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Apparently the ever-increasing gray hairs on my head are so shiny my wife thought I had tinsel stuck in my hair. That's fun, I guess?

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Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Oooh yeah, this might be exactly what I'm looking for. Thanks, Tom!

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Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Anyone know any good examples of short horror vignettes (versus, say, horror flash fiction)?

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Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

That's it exactly, isn't it? Finally got some words down and things are starting to open up

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Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Got a couple hundred words in doing just that! Turns out, getting a few sentences down starts to unlock the story--who knew!? (It's me, I knew. Maybe next time I won't hesitate for weeks haha)

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Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Been thinking about a story idea for a while, something that'll likely be flash, maybe micro length, and I'm struggling to crack just how I want it to go. But like, only thinking and no writing ain't gonna cut it, yeah? Time to write.

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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Cursed Morsels: A Food Systems Horror Anthology submissions are still open through the 28th! I'll admit that I'm getting lots of stories that don't fit--too sci-fi, too lighthearted, insufficiently focused on systems--so keep that in mind when you submit a story. cursedmorsels.com/submission-c...

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Submission Calls

Cursed Morsels: A Food Systems Horror Anthology submission call (open August 24th through September 28th) OverviewCursed Morsels: A Food Systems Horror Anthology is open to both horror and Weird fi…

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Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It's been getting chilly at night and we've been able to keep the windows open and I'm feeling so alive

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Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The series is getting a rebrand and subsequently Melon Head Mayhem will get a new look and re-release in January. The original version was still available for a little while, but it looks like that's no longer the case. Unfortunately that'll likely mean waiting until January. Sorry about that!

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Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It was mostly awesome! I forget how much fun (but exhausting) it is to meet readers and sell books in person

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Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Sweet! Thanks for checking it out!

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Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

In the past 24 hours I tabled and sold books at a lit fest, participated in an author panel, and got a rejection for a short story submission. Nature is healing or whatever

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Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Thanks dude! Feels great to get back out. Sold a decent amount of books too, which doesn't hurt!

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Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Out here selling books for the inaugural Holland Lit Fest!

Me, sitting at a table with all my books for Holland Lit Fest

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Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This past weekend was the last cottage weekend of the year. Always bittersweet because I love fall but will miss going up north to the lake until next year. We spent some of our time searching for a lake monster.

A photo of a small metal row boat with an outboard motor. In the boat is a woman and her young son, who's holding a net. The boat is floating in a lily pad-covered cove in an inland lake in Michigan. The shore is overgrown with shrubs and trees. In the corner of the photo is a thumbnail of the cover of my middle grade horror book, The Legend of Lost Lake, which bares a remarkable resemblance to the photo. Additional text indicates the book is available for purchase now.

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Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

First rec hockey game tonight after 4 months off and it's always the same two things: The first half of the first period is basically torture. But the first post game beer is the best beer.

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Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I think you're spot on. Way less of an issue if it's not for me lol

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Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

yeah I know they'll take like 5 minutes tops but that's not the point

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