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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Our next sub call creeps ever closer and it's our first for horror only 🦝 We want biohazards and our sub call page has inspirational images and ideas. Unleash your dark biology...call open 27th Sept to 11th Oct and publishes on All Hallows Eve trashcatlit.com/call-for-bio... #submissioncalls

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DarkHolmePublishing @darkholmepub.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The stories that stay with us aren't always the longest... They're the ones we can't stop thinking about. If you've written horror you're genuinely proud of, we'd love to read it. 🖤 Link in bio. #WritingCommunity #AmWriting

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Charlie Kondek @charliekondek.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Excellent pub just putting out great work in the 3k word range.

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

every time I say this, someone didn't know: you can get the NYRB, the New Yorker, the LRB, Paris Review, The Spectator (weirdly not New Statesman), The Week, both French & Italian Vogue & New Scientist among many many other magazines FREE via the Libby app from your local library?

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Charlie Kondek @charliekondek.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

On my much neglected substack, I wrote about my writing process, something I find difficult to do. Would love to hear from others, though, on their process! charliekkendo.substack.com/p/on-plottin...

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On plotting a story

With an example. It's not always this visual

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Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Hey! The Goodreads page for WAVES OF BURDEN is up. Would mean a lot if everyone would mark “Want to Read.” www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...

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N.J. Gallegos is Dr. Spooky (she/her) @drspookyer.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Today is my book release day! One of my favorite collections is King’s Skeleton Crew and I’ve always wanted to release a short story collection. Today’s that day! Time of Death: A Collection of Medical Horror is here! Ghosts, werewolves, zombies, scary nuns, you name it, we got it!

Time of Death: A Collection of Medical Horror by N.J. Gallegos

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MrBullBull @mrbullbull.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

"I'm in love with Veronica. I don’t mean the child in front of me you pervert. I’m in love with the idea of her, of a holy connectedness that could exist between people & the divine source of it, of all the human experience in microcosm." @charliekondek.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...

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Rock and a Hard Place @rhppress.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN: In this gritty collection of crime stories, Derringer Award-winning author @cwblackwell.bsky.social mourns an America lost to the shadows, exploring a broken economic system that has given rise to rampant inequality, violence, and darkness. Available now: bit.ly/4runwWU

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Charlie Kondek @charliekondek.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Could not be more proud and grateful to have a piece at Literary Garage, a publication I have much admired. Hope you'll give this one a read and tell me what you think!

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Charlie Kondek @charliekondek.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Thrilled and grateful to have a piece in the November issue of @afterdinnerconversation.com. Available at Amazon in print or Kindle, or free on Libby. I'd love it if you checked out this and the rest of this wonderful magazine! a.co/d/bbf60Ra

A copy of the literary magazine After Dinner Conversation sitting next to a coffee cup on a small table in a garden. In the background, fallen leaves surround a small statue of St. Francis of Assisi.

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Charlie Kondek @charliekondek.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

"There's two ways to do things, God's way and your way." "Well between the two I'll take my way. It pays better." I'm thrilled to have a 5K word piece at A Thin Slice of Anxiety and I'd be grateful if it made its way into your TBR pile. www.athinsliceofanxiety.com/2025/07/fict...

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Fiction: A Simple Exchange

Because Life is too Short to Read Bullshit

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Charlie Kondek @charliekondek.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Hey, @barronauthor.bsky.social your recent piece at @afterdinnerconversation.com was deeply moving, man. Praised it at the Other Place but had to come over here to do the same! hang on, lemme find the link....

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Kyle Harrison @kyleharrison.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Detroit vs. Everybody

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Charlie Kondek @charliekondek.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

"If anyone ever wrote a novel about advertising she could think of no better title than The Deck." At 5,000ish words it's a little on the longer side, but I'd be grateful if you put it in your queue. www.thebloominonion.com/longform-story

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If You're Gonna Make a Mistake — The Bloomin' Onion

Do you want to win or not?

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Charlie Kondek @charliekondek.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Beyond excited to be in this anthology! Judy and Superior Shores keep putting out great work and I'm so glad to be a part of it.

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Charlie Kondek @charliekondek.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Yesss. Looking forward to this, Mike! Trash Cat is a treasure.

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Ian Johnson @youcanandyouwill.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Absolutely over the moon to have this short (my first!) published, and by the exceptional Trash Cat Lit. Features characters from my WIP novel, so I'm very attached to it! Love, lust, betrayal, regret, what's not to like (don't answer that, I'm too fragile) trashcatlit.com/in-the-fulln...

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In the Fullness of Time

Ian Johnson Listen to Ian read his story: What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done? Over after-work wines, Cass had caved to her primal self, that hair-pulling surrender – a rocky softness she…

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

SLM is PROUD to be a paying market ✨ So the biggest THANK YOU to those who tip during our TIP JAR Months...like April! Donations help us pay our contributors, Submittable fees, and printing costs 💕

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Please, please, please, I need your help! (it's for next year's rankings...) Does anyone have a copy of Best New Poets 2016, 2019, 2022, 2023 and/or 2024? If not, could you please retweet? Thank you so much! 🙏

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Charlie Kondek @charliekondek.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Does anyone want to not do their day job and instead talk about books, stories, movies and writing? hahaha

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Steve Pepple @steve-pepple.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Bicyclist and roller skater on the Dequindre Cut, a rails to trails bike and walking path just east of downtown Detroit. #Photography #StreetPhotography #nightphotography #Detroit #DequindreCut #GoldenHour

Color photograph of a bicyclist and a person on rollerskates passing in an underpass on the Dequindre Cut, a rails to trails bike in walking path, in Detroit at dusk.

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Charlie Kondek @charliekondek.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

I'm working with Leah now and she's terrific. Give her a follow!

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Nick Kolakowski @nkolakowski.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Want to fill your ears with a wide-ranging discussion of crime fiction, the writing life, and more? I'm on WRBH New Orleans talking everything from writing noir to the inspiration of books like 'Love & Bullets'! ( @shotgunhoney.com ) #amwriting soundcloud.com/wrbhreadingr...

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Writer's Forum: Nick Kolakowski

Originally aired on February 25th, 2025.

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Nick Kolakowski @nkolakowski.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

In my latest Substack, I’m talking about how taking a technique from the movie “Seven” (the writing of it! not killing people in odd ways!) can help you give your characters an interesting tension and inner life. #amwriting substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Building Your Fictional Characters' Core: Lessons from 'Se7en' and More

Giving your characters a little inner tension can make them far more compelling.

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Charlie Kondek @charliekondek.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

I've killed a creative director. Sorry, a creative director is killed in this 2,000 word short story that I am honored to see published at a much admired crime journal. I hope you'll give it a read - and that's no April Fool's joke. all-due-respect.blogspot.com/2025/04/issu...

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Issue #86 -- April 2025

All Due Respect, Crime Fiction, ADRCrimeFiction, Noir, Outlaw, Hardcore

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Writing about the worst people in the world means you have to have a puppy sitting on your shoulder at all times so you don’t go insane

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Charlie Kondek @charliekondek.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

What has two thumbs and just saw The Conversation (1974) for the first time? How could I have gone so long without seeing this??

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Enigmatic Mirror Press @enigmaticmirror.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

www.mysteriononline.com/2025/03/the-... In “The Gift”, a Christian police officer is tempted to collaborate with a medium on his latest case, where the clock is ticking and a child’s life is in danger. New from @charliekondek.bsky.social!

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The Gift

by Charlie Kondek Detroit Police Officer Tim Miner had two women on his mind. One was Mother Grace, his mentor in the gift of prophecy, w...

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Charlie Kondek @charliekondek.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Hm! For later reading... does bsky not have a bookmark function?

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Charlie Kondek @charliekondek.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

It's an honor to have a piece at Mysterion, a long-admired publication of speculative fiction that engages with the Christian faith. I hope you'll read this 3,500 word story about a Detroit cop with the gift of prophecy, and the lines he may or may not cross. www.mysteriononline.com/2025/03/the-...

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The Gift

by Charlie Kondek Detroit Police Officer Tim Miner had two women on his mind. One was Mother Grace, his mentor in the gift of prophecy, w...

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Jordan Heath-Rawlings @jordanhr.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Excited to share a personal project I've been working on. I've heard the best thing you can do for your country in tough times is use the skills you have. So I hope you'll subscribe, share and listen to Elbows Up, a podcast about how, exactly, Canada can be strong and free. Forever. lnk.to/AhF2DG

Charlie Kondek @charliekondek.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Friends, I am honored and thrilled to have a story in Mysterion. Keep your eyes open for this one in the coming months: www.mysteriononline.com/2025/03/marc...

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March 2025

Greetings from the suburbs of Boston, where we hope it will be getting warmer real soon now! We're currently reading the stories submitted i...

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Charlie Kondek @charliekondek.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

If you're not reading Trash Cat, you should be! Great to work with, great contributors. Keep an eye on upcoming submission opportunities, including their first print anthology!

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Charlie Kondek @charliekondek.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

This was excellent. I just got hip to Merganser and will be reading more.

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Charlie Kondek @charliekondek.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

One, read this. Two, start following this excellent publisher of faith-engaging speculative fiction!

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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

We have three confirmed dates for March for writealongs. Join Trash Cat for a generative writing session using prompts. All the details and sign up form are on this page: trashcatlit.com/write-along-... We hope to see you there! 🦝

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Aaron Burch @aaronburch.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Rowlf a first round draft pick for knowing the deal.

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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

If you’re a writer and want some fellowship and inspiration, follow @tobiecarter.bsky.social and @kellymalacko.bsky.social and join in the no-pressure, all fun chat here Thursday evening. #ThrillsAndChills

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Russell Thayer @russellthayer10.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

More quirky crime by the talented @cstegman.bsky.social.

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