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Austin Wilson

@austinrwilson.bsky.social
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Writes SFF, horror, comedy. Work in Ahoy Comics, Black Hare Press, Defenestration, Magnetic Press. Owns Moss Heart Books & hosts Ledger: A Writing Podcast. Reads scripts for Austin Film Fest. linktr.ee/austinRwilson patreon.shibboleth.me

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i should clarify, when i write people doing bad things, it's because i am bad. they are me. more importantly, when you read about those bad things, they also become you. that's how story works. in fact, you are going to think about murder before this skeet ends. how's that feel, sicko.
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Steven Caumo @stevencwriter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Happy #FridayReads! An e-book copy of my novel DRYAD is included for free when you purchase a paperback directly from JournalStone! It's the first in a planned trilogy, and the sequel is quietly waiting on my flash drive for the next open submission period. journalstone.com/bookstore/dr...
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Dryad - JournalStone
DRYAD Deep in the woods, the last dryad—Scarlet Oak—mourns her fallen sisters and seethes with hatred for humanity. In nearby Evergreen, Persephone “Percy” Birch is home from college for the summer, l...
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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Not even my French tour can stop #FridayReads! Let’s share some books and boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. No witty stuff today. I’m in France for two weeks because of this book, which is only $2.99 right now! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CP...
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The Mask of the Red Jeph @ass.golf · 22/09/2026
I must once again emphasize that if you are putting art on the internet, you need your own website in case some fucking management ghoul decides the platform they paid too much money for isn't worth how much they paid for it
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Austin Wilson @austinrwilson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Shibboleth: Some Call It Fiction (SCIF) 002.a is live! $5 Patreon tier gets both digital &print resolution files. FOUR PAGES w/ new art from Luca Vassallo, new weird fiction, and the finale of the alien encounter seen in SCIF 001. Go to patreon.shibboleth.me or buy through Itch or my website.
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Austin Wilson @austinrwilson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The newest Shibboleth: Some Call It Fiction (SCIF) is coming out this week! Here's a sneak preview with some art from Luca Vassallo!
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Austin Wilson @austinrwilson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
THE NIGHT COUNTRY by Stewart O'Nan. One of the *most essential* autumn reads in existence. An incredibly funny heartbreaker about friendship, family, and lost causes. I try to read it every October.
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Austin Wilson @austinrwilson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
LIGHT FROM OTHER STARS by Erika Swyler. A mother/daughter relationship that wrecked me, and a bonus father/daughter too. Just a magical sci-fi that I am begggggging someone to reprint so I can sell it to and recommetit to everyone.
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Austin Wilson @austinrwilson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is a quote I share with other writers whenever I get a chance. I read it to the writing group I host every Saturday, and it's been on my mind today as well. I hope it helps you too.
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Seth T. Hahne @sethhahne.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I finished page 3 of my new graphic novel, CHAPTER 54, The Town-Ho's Story. (The lettering remains a stand-in until I decide exactly how I want to letter this, whether doing it myself or hiring it out.)
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buy my book @nmamatas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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H.P. Lovecraft is THE FAILURE OF THE CENTURY | The Fabulist Magazine
It’s after midnight in Providence, when the eccentric, problematic author H. P. Lovecraft receives three visitors: Fellow pulp writer Frank Belknap Long; Lovecraft’s estranged wife, the voluble and vi...
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buy my book @nmamatas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Did you get your paycheck today? May I recommend my writing guide or my new play?
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Starve Better by Nick Mamatas | East Bay Booksellers
Starve Better: Surviving the Endless Horror of the Writing Life
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Stephanie Campisi @stephcampisi.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Happy #FridayReads! My whimsical, non-scary zomcom 10 Things I Hate About Zombies is now in shops everywhere! bookshop.org/a/975/978000... Signed copies: www.meetcutebookshop.com/item/-N6gmzy...
10 Things I hate About Zombies, showing two Portland hipsters fending off zombies with an axe and a blender
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Peter Rosch @peterrosch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If you've been waiting for a deal to read WTDCD, I can tell you it'll be $1.99 next Thursday on Kindle, and likely on Nook too (sometimes that happens). Anyway, MARK YOUR CALENDARS. Lol. You won't. But you might. Have a great weekend, everyone! Thanks @gabino.bsky.social 🖤
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Austin Wilson @austinrwilson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Introducing Gia Petoskey, the Occult Journalist starring in the Shibboleth novel I'm writing. Art by Luca Vassallo!
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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It’s #FridayReads time and Hispanic Heritage Month, so let’s share books and boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Here’s a paragraph from Coyote Songs (only $2.99!). You know, for no reason at all. Go ahead, share what you love! www.amazon.com/Coyote-Songs...
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Austin Wilson @austinrwilson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I'm super excited for this! Ready to read some good unsettling stuff for the season. (and for every season)
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Austin Wilson @austinrwilson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Today's writing soundtrack is Black Sky Giant blackskygiant.bandcamp.com/album/end-of...
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a team of bumblebees @saramchenry.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
bury me in khakis and a lanyard so hell knows an expert is coming
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Austin Wilson @austinrwilson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
There are bigger problems, sure, but choosing to publish your ebook exclusively through Amazon is just misguided for your work, the community of writers/readers, and yeah for capitalism too. If you don't have an epub for sale on your *own website* at least, you're FUMBLING THE BAG as the Zs say.
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Austin Wilson @austinrwilson.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
@tachyonpub.bsky.social I'm heading to SF this month, my second time there, and I'm looking to make it as booky/nerdy as possible. What should I see? Does Tachyon have an HQ? Thank you!
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C.W. Blackwell @cwblackwell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Thanks Gabino! My historical crime novel THE COLD DARK FOREVER releases next week! Part love letter to California’s Central Coast, part homage to 1950s Gold Medal paperbacks. Can’t wait to share it with everyone soon!
Book cover depicting Big Sur’s Bixby Bridge in black and white with swirling bubbles in the foreground
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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s share books and boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. The novel that started it all for me here and in France, launched barrio noir, and became my first film option is just $2.99 right now! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0D8...
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Austin Wilson @austinrwilson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A flash fiction piece I like and am proud of "So What, Laws Don't Apply to Sad People?" can be found right here.
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So What, Laws Don’t Apply to Sad People?
Flash Fiction - A bad day getting worse, then getting better, but staying weird
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Austin Wilson @austinrwilson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This isn’t a post about writing rules you should follow. Do what works for your story!
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Austin Wilson @austinrwilson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
New Ledger interview is up! I talked with cartoonist Emil Wilson, author of "The Nightingales". Listen on Substack or Spotify or Apple Podcasts or wherever!
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050: Emil Wilson - Cartoonist, “The Nightingales”
A beautiful graphic novel told through a character’s sketchbook and more
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Austin Wilson @austinrwilson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Ben Shelton is absolutely one of the worst winners I've ever seen.
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Austin Wilson @austinrwilson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I just chatted with cartoonist Emil Wilson about his wonderful graphic novel “The Nightingales.” It’s a beautiful and emotional tale based on a true story from he and his family’s lives. It’s sad, funny, and so wonderfully illustrated. The episode will be out this Friday!
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Chris Schweizer @ NCAF & NYCC @schweizercomics.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Finished Castle Cutaway Illustration for OUTLAW'S APPRENTICE
drawing of a castle with its walls and floors cut away to reveal its intterior, and an inset featuring an outbuilding with the same approach. Title text says "Cedarcrest Castle"
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Austin Wilson @austinrwilson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I guess 2026 is the official year all the "media" companies don't shy away at all from telling you how much they hate your stupid idiot ass and then ask for your money anyway. And maybe a lot of people just say "Okay yeah that's fine!" and then pay them????
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Austin Wilson @austinrwilson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Every single comic I've ever had the pleasure to create has been lettered by @dchopkins.bsky.social, who works at @andworld.bsky.social and I simply can't recommend working with either place ENOUGH. I said enough! You had to keep reading! I love them deeply!
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Austin Wilson @austinrwilson.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I'm definitely not refreshing my order page to see when my @supernote.com Manta takes its literal first few seconds in transit. (I am. I may need help.)
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Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
KEEP YOUR TIRED-ASS AI ON THE PAGE🚫🤖 With these and dozens of other: Gloriously Imperfect Heartfelt + Terrifying Weird as Fuck 100% Human Made Books (+ eBooks too! We love machines that know their role.) Available at store.tenebrouspress.com
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Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
If you're hanging around Lincoln on Saturday the 12th, swing by Barnes and Noble Southpointe! #LNK Kickoff isn't until 6pm, so you won't even have to deal with football traffic *or* miss the game if that's your thing 😉. Embrace the dark future with me.
Author signing Michael Bettendorf 
The future's so bright. "Does what only the finest dystopian sci-fi can: shows us ourselves in the reflection of a cohesive, all-too-plausible future. Highly recommended." - Sean Doolittle, devices free weekend. 

"An unmissable genre mash-up that brings to mind the best of Philip k dick." -Michael Moreci, Barbaric, Wasted Space. 

August 2026. Tenebrouspress.com.

Saturday, September 12th 11am-1pm Barmes and Noble southpointe
Cyberpunk/ tech bour / scuzzy sci fi.
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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s share books and boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. The novel that started it all here and in France—and my first film option—is just $1.99 on all digital on all platforms! www.amazon.com/dp/B0D8HN8NHH bookshop.org/p/books/zero...
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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
📌 Wyrd Science 8, on sale now packed with features on Dolmenwood 🍄 Blades in the Dark 🔪 The Old King's Crown 👑 Doomsong ☠️ Bunnies & Burrows 🐇 Tunnels & Trolls 🧌 Kamping Kitbash 🏕️ Zines 📚 Aggro 1970s Comics 🦈 Folklore 🧙 Weird Fiction 👽 Dungeon Synth 🏰 & lots more Now with working URL! wyrd.science
A fanned out stack of copies of Wyrd Science issues 1-8
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Austin Wilson @austinrwilson.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
A new Wyrd Science magazine appearing means I buy said magazine. I freakin’ love them. Didn’t have a chance to grab issue 08 until today. Thank you @wyrdscience.bsky.social for keeping the fun (and informative) coming.
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Austin Wilson @austinrwilson.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Just keep making things. Onward.
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Austin Wilson @austinrwilson.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
NEW EPISODE! Caroline Bicks, inaugural @stephenking.bsky.social Chair in Lit at the University of Maine & author of “Monsters In the Archives: My Year of Fear With Stephen King” stopped by! If this doesn’t get you excited about writing…well, I hope something does! open.spotify.com/episode/3chd...
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049: Caroline Bicks - Stephen E. King Chair In Literature, "Monsters In the Archives" author
Ledger: A Writing Podcast · Episode
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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s share books and boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. The HOBAR ebook is only $1.99 for a limited time! That’s a lot of creatures from beyond the reef, horror, crime, vengeance, murder, and magic for cheap! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CP...
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Austin Wilson @austinrwilson.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
“Dead is better” is better than “Death is better” - But why? Give a listen to Caroline Bicks discuss Stephen King’s writing and why it works!
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Austin Wilson @austinrwilson.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
NEW EPISODE! Caroline Bicks, inaugural @stephenking.bsky.social Chair in Lit at the University of Maine & author of “Monsters In the Archives: My Year of Fear With Stephen King” stopped by! If this doesn’t get you excited about writing…well, I hope something does! open.spotify.com/episode/3chd...
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049: Caroline Bicks - Stephen E. King Chair In Literature, "Monsters In the Archives" author
Ledger: A Writing Podcast · Episode
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Austin Wilson @austinrwilson.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
It appears I've missed a whole shit load of stuff regarding the Horror Writer's Association while ignoring social media. Holy moly.
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Austin Wilson @austinrwilson.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Shibboleth: SCIF is a legit newspaper! It's huge, filled with story and art, and next month's is already under way. You can of course join the Patreon or you can just buy the issues through austinrwilson.itch.io or austinRwilson.com as well.
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Austin Wilson @austinrwilson.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
My Patreon is officially launched with Some Call It Fiction (SCIF) 01, a Shibboleth publication. Volume 01 is a 2-page underground newspaper of UFO sightings, high strangeness & more, featuring original HUMAN ART, all written by me. The $5 tier get digital resolution AND print-res files.
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Austin Wilson @austinrwilson.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Brand-new X-Files write-up available on my blog! “Yes, Mulder makes a joke about the porn that was in the VCR before Scully put in the tape she's watching. The '90s walked a real different path, my friends.” www.austinrwilson.com/xfiles-02/21...
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2.11 - Excelsis Dei — Austin R Wilson
Written by: Paul Brown Directed by: Stephen Surjik Aired on: December 16, 1994 Cold Open : 4:00 Visuals : Nothing noteworthy, really. The inciting incident is, unfortunately, the rape of a nurse...
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Austin Wilson @austinrwilson.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Hoosier, through and through. I love Debs and have a fictional newspaper named after him in one of my Shibboleth stories.
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Austin Wilson @austinrwilson.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
And we go to the VAR, which says “Oh that’s an oopsie for Argentina"
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Austin Wilson @austinrwilson.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Zero Argentinian shots on goal and we’re in extra time. Yep.
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Austin Wilson @austinrwilson.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
@realgdt.bsky.social Maestro! Any update on The Blackwood Tapes Vol. 2? Very much looking forward to it. Hope all is well with you.
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