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Caleb Bethea (they/them) @calebbethea.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Fever Clowns is out now 🤡 Six stories of experimental clown horror abomination. Published by Anxiety Press. Cop the collection: www.amazon.com/dp/B0HKMMKM5...

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Caleb Bethea (they/them) @calebbethea.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Say what you will about America but we’ve got some killer cryptid game.

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Caleb Bethea (they/them) @calebbethea.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

The cover for my next book is coming together and holy hell it looks good.

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Caleb Bethea (they/them) @calebbethea.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Fever Clowns, a collection of stories where the painted faces are just as scared of you as you are of them. Out 9/15/26 through Anxiety Press.

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Caleb Bethea (they/them) @calebbethea.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Fever Clowns. My debut collection of short stories. Out 9/15/26 through Anxiety Press. Meet me in the woods for your balloon animal.

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Caleb Bethea (they/them) @calebbethea.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

She’s arrived ✨ Thank you @tenebrouspress.bsky.social for picking up Glitter in Your Eyes for a Brave New Weird Award. I’m going to make this my whole ass personality now. Edited by @alexwoodroe.com Cover art by @mattblairstone.bsky.social Story originally published in @hexliterary.bsky.social

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Caleb Bethea (they/them) @calebbethea.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Nearly 10,000 words into this novel and there are 0 dead bodies. Who am I? What is this book? Am I slow burning, or have I just gone soft? Was I crowned the Writer in Residence at Murder Beach for nothing? Kidding. Book’s a total heater. The leech count alone makes up for any lack of dead bodies.

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Caleb Bethea (they/them) @calebbethea.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

I looked into the crystal ball and no one knew you

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Caleb Bethea (they/them) @calebbethea.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Horror’s up right now! A horror novel won the Pulitzer. A horror movie won best picture. What a sick time to be writing horror. What a sick time for the horror-curious to dip their toe in horror. The water’s fine. Hail Horror!

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Caleb Bethea (they/them) @calebbethea.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Joined a literary movement known only as Dirtbagmaxxing. We’re accepting new members.

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Caleb Bethea (they/them) @calebbethea.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

What rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouches towards Bethlehem to be published? My surreal home invasion novella is officially on sub. Ya’ll send me the vibes.

Black and white selfie of me with my hair down, a black shirt, a necklace, and some eye glasses.

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Caleb Bethea (they/them) @calebbethea.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Reading some dark fantasy and came across a little ditty about a person named Jack Porker (written in 1991). Is this the predecessor of John Pork (2018)?

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Caleb Bethea (they/them) @calebbethea.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

My ultraterrestrial monastic Irish Catholic horror story is live today with God’s Cruel Joke. Thanks to Lee for taking this dense slice of my brain. Stay wary of the holes 🕳️ www.godscrueljokelit.com/c-bethea-exh...

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Caleb Bethea (they/them) @calebbethea.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Blazing to the post office today. Lmk if you want a copy, signed and sigiled. $25 including shipping 😈

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Caleb Bethea (they/them) @calebbethea.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

And I had to cop the Asimov because my grandfather was a an unofficial disciple of his. Plus, I’ve never seen a book printed in the 70s that I didn’t need to buy. 10/10 haul 📚

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Caleb Bethea (they/them) @calebbethea.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Got to scale one of those rolling ladders at a cozy little bookstore. Bucket list item achieved. Also, I’ve been on a Moorcock kick but didn’t know this book almost certainly influenced Bowie’s conception of Ziggy’s band? Does anyone have gnosis on this?

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Caleb Bethea (they/them) @calebbethea.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

I’ve got a whole ass collection of such sufferings if any press wants to take a peek. K thanks!

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Caleb Bethea (they/them) @calebbethea.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

I am indeed writing gas station sword and sorcery.

Selfie of my in a camo hat, Undeath to shirt, and bug-eyed sunglasses

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Caleb Bethea (they/them) @calebbethea.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Hail the slippery stuff. Story taken from the now-defunct Mouthfeel Magazine.

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Caleb Bethea (they/them) @calebbethea.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Magic is in store, but consider refusing it.

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Caleb Bethea (they/them) @calebbethea.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Get in, loser. We’re pulling Tarot. Drop a comment and I’ll drop a one-card read.

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Caleb Bethea (they/them) @calebbethea.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Been a minute. Do people still exist here?

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Caleb Bethea (they/them) @calebbethea.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Listening to Pig Destroyer in the van today when my 6yo asked if this was “metal or black metal?” And now my baby knows about grindcore.

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Caleb Bethea (they/them) @calebbethea.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Still plenty of healing to do, but there are more and more days where I realize the younger me would be pretty stoked with how I turned out.

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Caleb Bethea (they/them) @calebbethea.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Shortlisted, baby! Thank you @tenebrouspress.bsky.social for nominating my @hexliterary.bsky.social story for Brave New Weird Vol. 4. Feels good. Feels WEIRD. 👀✨🔪

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