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Brittni Brinn @brittnibrinn.bsky.social · 17h

Never have I ever been so excited for October 🖤🖤🖤

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Elliott Gish @elliottgish.bsky.social · 17h

Happening this month!

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Cat Rector @catrector.com · 20h

HEY HALIFAX READERS Booktoberfest is THIS SATURDAY and we want to see you there! 70+ authors of all genres are selling and signing books, you can attend workshops and readings, and you can support your local library at the same time Bring a friend, tell your book club, come visit us!

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Booktoberfest 2026. 70+ Nova Scotian authors and publishers. Free Writing workshops and readings. Halifax Central Library. Saturday October 3 11-3pm.

A list of the 70+ local authors that are attending the event

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Tiffany Morris @tiffmorris.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I wanted to share my grandmother’s story but Native people shouldn’t have to share our trauma for non-Native people to care about all the ways Canada has harmed and continues to harm us.

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Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Strange Horizons Fiction Submissions open on the 1st of October, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC! The max word count per story will be 5,000 words. There will be a 1,000 story cap. Once we reach that number of submissions, the window will close. Link to more information ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

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Brittni Brinn @brittnibrinn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I'm running a workshop with the @writersfedofns.bsky.social ! Want to submit a genre story, but don't know where to start? We'll be discussing everything from where to find calls to how to prepare and send out your work! You don't have to be a WFNS member to register! writers.ns.ca/workshops-ev...

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Sending it Out: what to expect when submitting short genre fiction (virtual) with Brittni Brinn

Workshop Thursdays, Oct 15 & 22 (7pm - 9pm) Registration open

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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Today, tomorrow, and Monday are the last days to submit a food systems horror/Weird fiction story! Looking forward to reading yours: 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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Elliott Gish @elliottgish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I'm doing two events in NS next month! The first is a joint signing with Bee Stanton at NovelTea in Truro on October 10. The second is Hauntings and Harvests, an author reading with @tiffmorris.bsky.social, @thisisannick.bsky.social, and Margo Wheaton at WFNS in Halifax on October 24. Come hang!

A poster advertising a joint signing at NovelTea with authors Bee Stanton and Elliott Gish on October 10.

A poster advertising Hauntings and Harvests, a joint reading on October 24.

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Brittni Brinn @brittnibrinn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Very excited to have a story in this anthology!

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Brittni Brinn @brittnibrinn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I have to remember I'm in a different time zone now so that I don't send "how is your day going?" to my friends at midnight

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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I really want Cursed Morsels: A Food Systems Horror Anthology to happen, but right now, I only have a couple stories I'm considering accepting. A couple stories do not make a book! So, if you have a dark, strange horror or Weird fiction story about food SYSTEMS (not just eating foods), send it in.

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David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 14/09/2026

Lovely news: The Butcher’s Daughter has been nominated for Newfoundland’s Killick Capital Fiction Award. Congrats to @corinneleighclark.bsky.social @sohopress.bsky.social and me 🖤

Longlist for Newfoundland’s Killick Capital Fiction Prize - the salt box olive, the beltane massacre, seal of salvage, vigil, and the butcher’s daughter

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Tiffany Morris @tiffmorris.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

My work has benefitted greatly from Eric’s advice and insight - highly recommend!

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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Our open call for horror and Weird fiction collections ends on Monday. If you have something that fits our guidelines (please read them!), send it in: cursedmorsels.com/submission-c...

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Submission Calls

Horror and Weird Fiction COllections Submission Call (OPEN Until September 14th) Submission CallSingle-author horror and Weird fiction short story collections. 40K to 60K words—no exceptions. Ideal…

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Tiffany Morris @tiffmorris.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I was also thinking recently about how my writing is sometimes charged with being pretentious. I don’t think it is - it’s poetic but my work is still about working people and common experiences of grief, economic precarity, toxic relationships. To me, pretentious lit is boring rich people problems.

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Sonja Boon @storiedselves.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Booktoberfest, hosted by @writersfedofns.bsky.social, is coming up on October 3, and I'll be there with 2 books that are close to my heart: Dear Mr. Smallwood: Confederation in the words of those who lived it and What the Oceans Remember: Searching for Belonging and Home.

A blue poster featuring a dandelion in cyanotype style. The text reads Booktoberfest 2026. Halifax Central Library. Saturday, October 3 11 am - 3 pm. 70+ Nova Scotian authors & publishers. Free writing workshops & readings.

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 08/09/2026

I'm all for holding onto physical media, but the CD is too delicate, too mercurial in its way. It'll get scratched, or burned by your friend who doesn't smoke but always has a lighter. We were so close with MiniDisc and so what i'm saying is we should release new albums on Nintendo Switch cartridges

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 08/09/2026

ANYWAY WICKHILLS IS COMING OUT TOMORROW it is an BOOKE (it is not a novella, you can read page counts, I know you can) And the LAUNCH PARTY IS ON THE 15TH so you better BE THERE OR BE A RECTANGULAR THING (also I am trying to make arrangements to livestream it, stay tuned) 🫡

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Tiffany Morris @tiffmorris.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Happy Labor Day! The future belongs to the workers. 🖤❤️🏴

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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

If you've ever worked on a farm, at a ranch, in a food bank, at a grocery store, in a food shipment warehouse, at a food marketing firm, or at any other food systems-related job, I'm very interested in the story you might submit to our food systems call. cursedmorsels.com/submission-c...

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Submission Calls

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Brittni Brinn @brittnibrinn.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

As someone relatively new to horror movies, it's fun to recognise tropes as I'm watching something. Like the leg-injury-leading-to-the-horror-limp! It happens a lot!

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Little Ghosts Books @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It’s almost sweater weather here in Toronto, and that means the Little Ghosts classic crew neck is back! Rep our Storefront and stay warm and cozy while catching up on scary books this season. Available in S - XXXL ! Happy September, Little Ghosts! 🖤👻📚

This Little Ghosts black Crew Neck Sweater says •Little Ghostss Books” a Good Story Will Haunt you and features an illustration of the little ghosts bookstore storefront

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 04/09/2026

This is all so good, and loved this line towards the end. "Criticism is ultimately a product of sustained curiosity and care; music criticism persists because it offers the type of context and friction that fandom alone cannot."

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What Does It Even Mean to Be a Music Critic Now?

A veteran culture writer surveys the radically transforming journalistic ecosystem.

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 02/09/2026

ALSO if you are local to #yeg and coming to @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social for my WICKHILLS launch party on September 15, you could get a POSTCARD DESIGNED BY A BUGGE! :D They turned out very cute! In my humble opinion! audreys.ca/events/58407...

a stack of small postcards, showing a city assembled out of clip-art labeled WICKHILLS. below it says "is this your year? why not holiday in beautiful wickhills? fine dining - art - museums - music. sponsored by the wickhills board of tourism." there is no comment on the dragon flapping above the market street clock tower.

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Ann Leckie @annleckie.com · 02/09/2026

Categories are fake, there will always be weird edge cases where the boundaries fail, this is just a fact. The question is not "is this category REAL or TRUE" the question is "is this category USEFUL" because categories are tools, not features of the universe.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Workinge IX to V, nys no waye to make a livinge, Scarsli gettinge by, all the takinge but no givinge, Thei but selle thy mynde and ne nevir issue credit -- Ynogh to make thee wax woode yf thou let it!

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Brittni Brinn @brittnibrinn.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Am writing again, may the autumn vibes guide me.

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 31/08/2026

Congratulations to Fred Fordham for receiving the 2026 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story or Comic! Available in English from Clarion Books and Walker UK, and available or forthcoming in Catalan, French, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, and Turkish.

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Joanne Merriam @joannemerriam.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Come see me at @writersfedofns.bsky.social's Booktoberfest at the beginning of October! With Julian Mortimer Smith Fri Oct 2nd, 7-9pm Yarmouth Waterfront Gallery Book Fair Sat Oct 3rd, 11am-3pm Halifax Central Library More info at writers.ns.ca/programs/booktoberfest/ #bookstagram 💙📚 #BookSky

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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

If you like lush prose, strange ecology, and apocalyptic storytelling, pick up The Writhing, Verdant End, an anthology exploring the awe, terror, and strangeness of the natural world in dire times, feat. Corey Farrenkopf, Tiffany Morris, and Eric Raglin. www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/the-...

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The Writhing, Verdant End paperback | Cursed Morsels Press

An ailing community traverses a chasm of nightmare animal amalgams to reach the lush paradise beyond. Lovers in a plant apocalypse fight for survival and search for meaning in the face of immeasurable...

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Tomorrow I'll be at Fanexpo in Toronto from 2-6pm. If you're there and want to say hi come see me and my other horror writer friends. We have a table in the Book Nook so there is a place to chat and of course buy books!

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 27/08/2026

ALSO HI if you are local to Edmonton #yeg I would love to see you in person at @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social on September 15 at 7:30 for the launch party for my fantaspionage novel WICKHILLS! :D Pls dress as a spy *undercover is fine audreys.ca/events/58407...

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Book Launch with Premee Mohamed | Audreys Books

Edmonton's Oldest Independent Bookstore selling new books for adults and children

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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

👁️WEIRD HORROR EBOOK GIVEAWAY!👁️ In Shaky Pictures of Vanished Faces, characters twist in the grip of forces beyond their understanding. To enter this giveaway, simply reply with your personal favorite force beyond your understanding.

The cover for Shaky Pictures of Vanished Faces by D. Matthew Urban. A grotesque fleshy monster sits at a kitchen table in the dark with a cup of coffee.

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Peter Counter, Nightmare Host @peterbcounter.com · 24/08/2026

Not sure if this has been mentioned yet, but we are home to a vibrant horror literature community. Some of the most exciting horror novels of the decade are from Canadian and First Nations authors. One particular masterpiece is Red X by @daviddemchuk.com: www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/653244...

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Red X by David Demchuk | Penguin Random House Canada

A hunted community. A haunted author. A horror that spans centuries.

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Peter Counter, Nightmare Host @peterbcounter.com · 24/08/2026

More on the note of our glorious horror lit community: everyone must feast upon Mi'kmaw poet and author @tiffmorris.bsky.social's delicious new cannibalism novella Carnalis. kingsbookstore.ca/item/x3uVCQu...

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Carnalis by Tiffany Morris | King's Co-op Bookstore

Wealthy party girl Lauren hungers for human flesh. Her girlfriend Alex, a recently injured dancer, is trapped in Lauren's toxic and deadly spiral. The looming threat of capture may prove to be less da...

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Westwood Creative Artists @westwoodcreative.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Deals! Deals! Deals! Congratulations to Linda Bailey, Patrice Dutil, and @elliottgish.bsky.social on their respective book deals 🎉 . . . #bookdeal #dealreport #PublishersMarketplace #newbooks #canadianauthor #CanLit

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Brittni Brinn @brittnibrinn.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Great news as we get to read a @elliottgish.bsky.social novel soon! Congrats Elliott!

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Brittni Brinn @brittnibrinn.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The Patch Project omnibus has been languishing in formatting purgatory but thanks to the intercession of a book layout saint will have a new and improved print look in the very near future! I might even throw a little resurrection party for the new edition 👀

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Ann Leckie @annleckie.com · 16/08/2026

Was having a conversation on this topic just recently. A book (or story or painting or movie or whatever) is not a puzzle with a Correct Solution. It's an experience to think about and with, to chew over and then bring to other experiences.

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Brittni Brinn @brittnibrinn.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Continuing to catch up on all the horror films, I can now add The Fly to my watched pile! What a gross movie, I loved it 🪰🧤🍫 The computer has to go crazy for the flesh!

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Little Ghosts Books @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The Screenwriting Workshop @jkrawczyk.bsky.social is BACK! In person, this 5 week course is friendly to writers of all skill levels. Learn craft & structure, and leave with your own script! Thrilled to say former students have shorts in our festival showcase. 🎥👻 www.littleghostsbooks.com/events

Screenwriting Workshop: Wednesdays 6:30 to 8:30 Sept. 9-Oct. 14 In person at Little Ghosts Books. $99 for a 5 week course!

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 13/08/2026

I get that I’m a broken record on this, but often when I read about the collapse of the media industry there’s a comment of “I wish I would have just gotten a job where i lift things/gotten a trade” as if those are simple lives of idyllic income and I wish people considered how hard those jobs are

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Brittni Brinn @brittnibrinn.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Running a poll today to find out how many of my coworkers know who John Carpenter is.

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Brittni Brinn @brittnibrinn.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Games I've played recently that vibe with Misplaced! - Universe for Sale: philosophical encounters, detachable body parts - Citizen Sleeper: the system is exploitative but being active in community unlocks new possibilities - Disco Elysium: dystopian city, can't remember literally anything

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