Reposted by Chelsea DavisPseudoPod 🎙️ @pseudopod.org · 17/09/2026Featuring our audio producer, the fabulous @chelsead.bsky.social! 0105
Reposted by Chelsea DavisDan Hartland @danhartland.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Booker longlist week continues with @chelsead.bsky.social on Missouri Williams’ The Vivisectors. Love how this review focuses on that traditional “literary” effect of characterisation, while siting it in the book’s interesting approach to that supposedly “speculative” technique of “worldbuilding.”strangehorizons.comThe Vivisectors by Missouri WilliamsThis novel cues us to distrust metaphor. 1105
Reposted by Chelsea DavisPseudoPod 🎙️ @pseudopod.org · 31/07/2026The portal opens tomorrow… are you ready? We want horror stories up to 6,000 words, including flash. Originals and reprints. We pay $0.08 per word. Simultaneous submissions are accepted so long as you keep us informed. More details on our website (below). 312083
Reposted by Chelsea DavisRajiv Moté @rajivmote.bsky.social · 05/06/2026I'm thrilled that "Othertongue", my weird horror story about disembodied alien language and a xenophobic fascist response, joins this collection of trippy, au courant horrors. I ADORE how PseudoPod rendered my "subliminal" boldfaced words in Pine Gonzalez's excellent audio. It even creeped me out! 142
Reposted by Chelsea DavisPaula D. Ashe @pauladashe.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Tool had me passionately singing Sartre this whole time? Disgusting. This story is good. 481
Reposted by Chelsea Davisterror @weedlejuice.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Saw your man floating ass up in the bog. Undignified 191658582
Reposted by Chelsea Davisergot. @ergot.bsky.social · 28/05/2026"The problem...was...the yawning abyss that separated their respective brains... You could look and talk and think alike, but none of these were the same as occupying a single physical space." Today on ergot.: 'One and One and One are One' by @chelsead.bsky.social www.ergot.press/authors/Chel...ergot.pressergot.innovative + experimental horror 083
Reposted by Chelsea Davisergot. @ergot.bsky.social · 28/05/2026"An orgy was as good a place as any to start. Television said that sex brought people closer together, and greater closeness was what they wanted." Today on ergot.: 'One and One and One are One' by @chelsead.bsky.social www.ergot.press/authors/Chel...ergot.pressergot.innovative + experimental horror 0144
Reposted by Chelsea DavisSix-Eyed Kitten @andrewkozma.net · 28/05/2026It is very disturbing (complimentary). 141
Reposted by Chelsea DavisJoe Koch @horrorsong.blog · 28/05/2026Turning your friends into cubes is the new sex 4244
Chelsea Davis @chelsead.bsky.social · 28/05/2026My short story about friendship, plastic surgery, & the problem of other minds is now available on ergot. ◾◼️⬛◼️◾ www.ergot.press/authors/Chel...ergot.pressergot.innovative + experimental horror 4204
Reposted by Chelsea Davisergot. @ergot.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Tomorrow on ergot. (we're doing an early one this week): getting together with some good friends, with Chelsea Davis chelseamdavis.netchelseamdavis.netChelsea Daviswriter & radio producer 1104
Reposted by Chelsea DavisBruce H. McCosar @bmccosar.bsky.social · 12/04/2026I loved it! The last line just killed it. (Well, literally) 111
Chelsea Davis @chelsead.bsky.social · 11/04/2026My short story about meth, estate disputes, and swamps appears in this week's PseudoPod with a pitch-perfect narration by Rae Lundberg 🌴 Read or listen in celebration of National Siblings Day! 172
Reposted by Chelsea DavisPseudoPod 🎙️ @pseudopod.org · 27/03/2026A very special call: Over our 20 (!) years we’ve published stories from all the continents of the world, except Antarctica. We want to remedy that. We’re looking for stories between 2000–6000 words from writers who are in, have recently been to, or have plans to visit Antarctica in the near future. 1211896
Chelsea Davis @chelsead.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Each installment of Shrieks & Howls discusses one comedy alongside one horror film. The only rule is that their titles must share a word in common. You can read the archive here, or subscribe for free to catch future editions: shrieksandhowls.substack.comshrieksandhowls.substack.comShrieks & Howls | Chelsea Davis | SubstackDissecting what makes you laugh & what makes you scream, two movies at a time. Click to read Shrieks & Howls, by Chelsea Davis, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers. 000
Chelsea Davis @chelsead.bsky.social · 20/03/2026In the latest edition of my essay series on horror & comedy, I discuss the films SOUL PLANE and CARNIVAL OF SOULS. Both are nightmarish fantasies of social & geographic mobility. shrieksandhowls.substack.com/p/carnival-o...shrieksandhowls.substack.comCARNIVAL OF SOUL PLANESBefore we get into this edition of S&H, here are a few pieces I’ve recently published elsewhere: 100
Reposted by Chelsea DavisTales to Terrify @talestoterrify.bsky.social · 13/03/2026It's week 2 of #WiHM. A grandmother warns her new granddaughter of the world of men (by @l-foxauthor.bsky.social, read by @michelle-kane.bsky.social). Then, two sisters try to banish their visions of otherworldly beings (by @chelsead.bsky.social). talestoterrify.com/episodes/737-l-fox-chelsea-davis 1118
Reposted by Chelsea DavisDan Hartland @danhartland.bsky.social · 01/01/2026I could keep going day by day, tbh: @deanleetal.bsky.social on Magica Riot, @chelsead.bsky.social on Julia Armfield, @tristanbeiter.bsky.social on North Continent Ribbon. We really are gifted with - and grateful for - excellent, lovely writers.strangehorizons.comPrivate Rites by Julia ArmfieldThere’s a plodding pace to things in Private Rites, and by design. 262
Chelsea Davis @chelsead.bsky.social · 04/01/2026For @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social ), I reviewed Katherine Dunn’s first, and posthumous, collection of short fiction. Violence, motherhood, resilience, boxing. lareviewofbooks.org/article/fles...lareviewofbooks.orgFlesh Under Pressure | Los Angeles Review of BooksChelsea Davis considers Katherine Dunn’s posthumous story collection ‘Near Flesh.’ 033
Reposted by Chelsea DavisLos Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 04/01/2026"'Near Flesh' often treats motherhood and violence as two sides of the same coin, or sword." @chelsead.bsky.social considers Katherine Dunn’s posthumous story collection "Near Flesh." lareviewofbooks.org/article/flesh-u… 032
Chelsea Davis @chelsead.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Subscribe here to catch future essays, or to read the archive. Recent essays cover BRING HER BACK, THE CELL, THE WEDDING PLANNER, etc.: shrieksandhowls.substack.comshrieksandhowls.substack.comShrieks & Howls | Chelsea Davis | SubstackDissecting what makes you laugh & what makes you scream, two movies at a time. Click to read Shrieks & Howls, by Chelsea Davis, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers. 000
Chelsea Davis @chelsead.bsky.social · 21/11/2025In the latest edition of my essay series on horror & comedy films, I discuss SORRY, BABY and THE DEVIL'S BATH. St. Agnes, suffering, and specialness. shrieksandhowls.substack.com/p/agni-dei 162
Reposted by Chelsea DavisKristina Ten @kristinaten.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Absolute dream speaking with @chelsead.bsky.social for @electricliterature.com about the great Dorothy Allison, the agency in body horror, my perpetual motion sickness, where people-pleasing gets dangerous, being your own absent babysitter, and more.electricliterature.comA Provocative Story Collection About Immigrants, Bodies Under Siege, and the Horror of Being Perceived - Electric LiteratureKristina Ten’s “Tell Me Yours, I’ll Tell You Mine” gets spooky about girlhood 0114
Reposted by Chelsea DavisMattilda B Sycamore @mbsycamore.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Here it is, the call for submissions for my next anthology, ACT UP BEYOND NEW YORK: Stories and Strategies from a Movement to End the AIDS Crisis, to be published by @haymarketbooks.org! Please forward widely!⚡💕⚡💕⚡ Here's the link to the call: www.mattildabernsteinsycamore.com/other 6176144
Reposted by Chelsea DavisSamuel M. Moss @perfidiousscript.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Hey! I'm reading in SF this Thursday! Et al. Gallery at 6pm with @milesklee.bsky.social @spookymeatball.bsky.social @chelsead.bsky.social, Colin Winette and Lucy Corin 094
Reposted by Chelsea DavisSamuel M. Moss @perfidiousscript.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Very excited to share the official announcement of my first book 'The Veldt Institute'! Official Double--Negative announcement here: www.instagram.com/p/DOIx9MGkWxg Add it on Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/24... Order it on Asterism: asterismbooks.com/product/the-...instagram.comLogin • InstagramWelcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world. 52615
Reposted by Chelsea DavisBright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.com · 17/08/2025Real talk (reel talk?): BWDR recently lost a partnership that covered nearly half our operating budget, so things are suddenly very tough. If what we do has ever meant something to you, or you’ve ever thought about subscribing, now’s the time—it *truly* makes a difference.brightwalldarkroom.comSubscribe - Bright Wall/Dark RoomSubscribe for $29 a year Subscribe now to receive immediate access to each new essay we publish, plus our entire 135+ issue archive. Bright Wall/Dark Room is 100% independent, runs no ads, and strongl... 3311279
Chelsea Davis @chelsead.bsky.social · 12/08/2025It was a total delight to interview @annaleen.bsky.social about their new queer sci-fi novella, Automatic Noodle. You can read the interview online now, or in print this Thursday ✨ tinyurl.com/yc53d83uebar.comAnnalee Newitz’ ‘Automatic Noodle’ – Queer robots in futuristic California“I love writing gay robots,” Annalee Newitz says. It’s clear the Lambda Literary Award-winning author and science journalist had a ball writing “Automatic Noodle” (Tor), their fourth queer sci-fi book... 081
Reposted by Chelsea DavisPseudoPod 🎙️ @pseudopod.org · 31/07/2025Well, we tried to stop the portal, but it looks like it’s opening anyway. Oh well. We open for submissions at midnight. Ish. Horror. Up to 6,000 words, including flash. Originals and reprints: you may submit one of each. Don’t agonise over your cover letter. Just send us a brilliant story. 7233127
Chelsea Davis @chelsead.bsky.social · 28/07/2025I reviewed Silvia Moreno-Garcia's newest novel for the @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social. The Bewitching is a reflection on misanthropy, cross-cultural witch lore, and the pleasures of research. lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...lareviewofbooks.orgThe Heart Is a Lonely Haunter | Los Angeles Review of BooksChelsea Davis hangs out with dead people in Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s “The Bewitching.” 011
Reposted by Chelsea DavisLos Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 25/07/2025"But who needs sex when you’ve got books? Minerva’s emotional connection to the dead authors she studies is so hot-blooded it verges on the erotic." @chelsead.bsky.social reviews "The Bewitching." lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-hea… 031
Reposted by Chelsea DavisPseudoPod 🎙️ @pseudopod.org · 23/06/2025Woo! Delighted to have been nominated by the BFS for Best Audio! 🎉 Congratulations to The Tiny Bookcase, Breaking the Glass Slipper and, of course, our friends in the Castle! @podcastle.org 86110
Chelsea Davis @chelsead.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Subscribe or read the archives: tinyurl.com/mcmj4pfkshrieksandhowls.substack.comShrieks & Howls | Chelsea Davis | SubstackDissecting what makes you laugh & what makes you scream, two movies at a time. Click to read Shrieks & Howls, by Chelsea Davis, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers. 000
Chelsea Davis @chelsead.bsky.social · 13/06/2025In the latest edition of my horror-comedy newsletter, Shrieks & Howls, I wrote about Bring Her Back and Bring It On. File under: mourning & melancholia, pirated copies, Nancy Kerrigan. Read here, & subscribe for free at the link in the comments to catch future installments. tinyurl.com/5b8hs6r3 121
Chelsea Davis @chelsead.bsky.social · 04/06/2025@celardolor.bsky.social @incastellated.bsky.social 120
Chelsea Davis @chelsead.bsky.social · 04/06/2025For The Brooklyn Rail, I reviewed Naomi Falk’s mesmerizing memoir-in-art, The Surrender of Man. brooklynrail.org/2025/06/art_...brooklynrail.orgNaomi Falk’s The Surrender of Man | The Brooklyn RailAn editor and art book designer who has worked in galleries and museums, Falk offers up her own existential and emotional bildung (education) as a case study in how artistic experience might help nonb... 154
Reposted by Chelsea Davisjae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 23/05/2025ok so an important thing i really think people on bluesky need to hear about the anti-trans megabill the tl;dr is that you could actually turn the tide of trans rights in america right now but if you don’t act now, then we’re all cooked indefinitely please read on 🧵 1637402743
Chelsea Davis @chelsead.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Tysm @chronicleflask.katday.com for your thoughtful host commentary! 130
Reposted by Chelsea DavisDani Daly @danooli.bsky.social · 21/05/2025So this story by @chelsead.bsky.social means a lot to me, and I am very proud of the narration for it. I hope you like it too! 155
