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Chip Houser @chiphouser.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Publication day! I have a micro in this issue (tw: sexual assault). Many thanks to editor Charlotte Joyce Kidd, @tom1walsh.bsky.social @claudiamonpere.bsky.social @nbrogdonwrites.bsky.social @kathyfish.bsky.social, Nancy Stohlman, and the Shadowcliff Retreat crew for supporting me while I wrote it.

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Chip Houser @chiphouser.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Many of my published stories are the result of prompts, which are magic mind-stretchy things. Here's a new one, written about a photo I drew from a pile provided by Nancy Stohlman at the flash fiction retreat she and @kathyfish.bsky.social hosted in Grand Lake, CO this summer.

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Richard’s Christening, June 1957, by Chip Houser

Richard’s Christening, June 1957 This time is a beautiful time, when the innocent shine of our babies’ eyes reflects your bright, bright future. This time, when we celebrate new life swaddled in...

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Chip Houser @chiphouser.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Book mail received. Introduction read. I’m in for ‘educational AND fun’. Thank you for creating this @lindzmcleod.bsky.social !!!!

Cover of ‘An Honor & A Privilege’ by Lindz McLeod and others, published by Stanchion Books.

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Chip Houser @chiphouser.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

This is such a a magical tale. I mean, it’s dystopian scifi but the story feels like magic it’s so beautifully done. Comgratulations @ianli.bsky.social and thank you for publishing it @smallwondersmag.com

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Chip Houser @chiphouser.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Daek, funny, and insightful. Three tasty flavors in one flash here folks.

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Chip Houser @chiphouser.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Received my contributor copy today - this is a beautiful book! Looking forward to reading the other stories in between shameless covergazing. Thanks for making a beautiful book Inkd Publishing!

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Psychopomp @psychopomp.com · 15/01/2025

Announcement: Psychopomp is relaunching Fantasy Magazine WELCOME BACK, FANTASY! full details here: psychopomp.com/fantasy-maga...

the promo cover of Fantasy Magazine shows a women in the grass with a glowing sky behind her. The text says Returning June 2025 Fantasy Magazine

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Chip Houser @chiphouser.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I just finished reading this and it was delicious. The reviewer says it all better and smarter than I could, I’ll just add that it was wonderful, fun, utterly engaging, and gorgeously imagined and written. A.C. Wise: more Bastion please! (The book itself is gorgeous too-I ordered the hardcover.)

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REVIEW: Out of the Drowning Deep by A.C. Wise

Out of the Drowning Deep by A.C. Wise is entertaining, moving, and gave me a fresh perspective on myself–what more could I want?

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Chip Houser @chiphouser.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Congratulations on a great review @acwise.bsky.social! How can I not go read this right now???????

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A.C. Wise @acwise.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

A really lovely review of Out of the Drowning Deep!

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Steve Toase @stevetoase.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Then on the 8th December I will be running a workshop on #archaeology and #folkhorror as part of Darkness in the Fields: Midwinter, looking at ways to use archaeology when writing fiction, particularly horror. www.eventbrite.com/e/darkness-i...

Darkness in the fields: Midnwinter 7th-8th December
Full line-up:
Leslie J Anderson - author of The Unmothers and more
Kay Chronister - author of The Bog Wife, Desert Creatures, Thin Places and more
Alex Davis - creative writing lecturer and workshopper
Robert Edgar - editor, The Routledge Compaion to Folk Horror and more
Ruth Heholt - editor, Folk Horror: New Global Pathways and more
Olivia Isaac-Henry - author of Sorrow Spring and more
Lauren McMenemy - author and workshopper, editor, Trembling With Fear
Steve Toase - author of Dirt Upon My Skin, To Drown in Dark Water and more

Full schedule:
SATURDAY 7TH DECEMBER
12pm-1pm Lauren McMenemy - Workshop: Ritualise Your Folk Horror
1pm-1:30pm BREAK
1:30pm-2:30pm Robert Edgar - Workshop: Urban Folk Horror
2:30pm-3:00pm BREAK
3:00pm-4:00pm Olivia Isaac-Henry - Author Interview
4:00pm-4:30pm BREAK
4:30pm-5:30pm Leslie J Anderson - Author Interview

SUNDAY 8TH DECEMBER
12pm-1pm Ruth Heholt - Talk: Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness as Folk Horror
1pm-1:30pm BREAK
1:30pm-2:30pm Steve Toase - Workshop: Hidden Beneath the Surface - Archaeology and Folk Horror
2:30pm-3:00pm
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3:00pm-4:00pm Alex Davis - Workshop: Common People - Folk Horror and Class
4:00pm-4:30pm BREAK
4:30pm-5:30pm Kay Chronister - Author Interview
Day Tickets £20 Weekend ticket £36

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Steve Toase @stevetoase.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

I have 2 events coming up next month 2nd of December I'm taking part in a celebration of recent @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social Shadows releases, including my archaeology themed horror collection Dirt Upon My Skin, alongside @davebjeffery.bsky.social, Kayleigh Dobbs, Brian Evenson & Teika Marija Smits

An image to advertise a celebration of the latest Black Shuck Shadows books with Kayleigh Dobbs, Brian Evenson, Dave Jeffery, Teika Marija Smits, Steve Toase, and publisher Steve Shaw

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Chip Houser @chiphouser.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

This is a gorgeous, insightful, funny, and thoughtful ghost story. Loved it.

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Chip Houser @chiphouser.bsky.social · 01/08/2024

Looking forward to reading all the killer weirds within!

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PodCastle @podcastle.org · 18/06/2024

#PC844: On Snowflake-Veined Wings written by @chiphouser.bsky.social and read by @leighwallace.bsky.social. Previously published by Bourbon Penn. Rated R. Content warning for bodily fluids. podcastle.org/2024/06/18/p...

#PC844: On Snowflake-Veined Wings written by Chip Houser and read by Leigh Wallace.

“Amalia runs her finger around the inside of her Tupperware, wiping up the last of her leftover poutine. Her fall allergies kicked in a few days ago, so she doesn’t really taste the gravy. But she’d rather finger-clean her Tupperware at her table than go wash it because Jerry and three of his sales team flunkies are clustered by the sink watching a video on his gigantic phone. From their crude commentary and the video’s crashing waves, then the gagging, she can guess what they’re watching. Why they’re silent for once, too. It’s a clip of a woman in the Côte d’Azur, slim and tan in her pink maillot, running in slow motion into the waves. The man who’s filming keeps calling out Sirène! Amalia watched the video earlier that morning; it was all over her feeds. The video is like a Viagra commercial, until the woman vomits an impossibly long stream of brightly colored fish into the surf.

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Kat Howard @katwithsword.bsky.social · 13/05/2024

I have some openings in my editing calendar. I do developmental editing on novels and novellas in multiple categories and genres. More info and contact form here: www.kathowardbooks.com/editing I'm always happy to answer questions. Signal boosts appreciated - thanks in advance.

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Kat Howard — Editing

Kat Howard's goal as a freelance editor is to help writers get closer to the book that they want to be writing. She works with writers at all career stages and in various genres and covers things li...

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Corey Farrenkopf @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social · 16/04/2024

ONLY 4 DAYS until my debut novel, Living in Cemeteries, is out in the world!!! @raforall.bsky.social said some really nice things about it in Booklist! Here’s her full review :) raforall.blogspot.com/2024/03/what...

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Chip Houser @chiphouser.bsky.social · 09/04/2024

Today’s new, fancy, gorgeous hidden tee will give me the sneakret superhero strength to survive another work day. Thank you @apexmag.bsky.social.

Blue t-shirt with white moth line drawing and tag line GET WEIRDER FASTER www.apex-magazine.com

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Chip Houser @chiphouser.bsky.social · 08/03/2024

Very excited to receive my copy, congratulations @carinabissett.bsky.social!

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Chip Houser @chiphouser.bsky.social · 14/02/2024

Book mail today is my contributor copy of Pulp Lit 41! It’s a gorgeous book with a lot of stories and illustrations. Thank you @pulpliterature.bsky.social for including my dark little flash!

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Bourbon Penn @bourbonpenn.bsky.social · 13/02/2024

Bourbon Penn 32 cover reveal. Early release is available now to subscribers!

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Chip Houser @chiphouser.bsky.social · 12/02/2024

Weekend occurrences in Chazzlandia, two happifying & one not so much: 1) received my first ever royalty check, 2) applied for full SFWA membership, & 3) because of those two I am no longer eligible for a contest I have such a fun story for. I’m attempting to be mature about this, but: garbage sauce.

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Chip Houser @chiphouser.bsky.social · 04/02/2024

I used old school drafting software to draw this today, mostly so I have a graphic to put on my website for a forthcoming story. Probably took two hours? It's for "Bad Meat" which will be in The Drabblecast @drabblecast.bsky.social in the future. Drawing is much faster than writing.

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Chip Houser @chiphouser.bsky.social · 09/12/2023

A flash of mine is in this issue, I can't wait to see what it was all about and read the other stories just beyond the cool cover.

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Chip Houser @chiphouser.bsky.social · 22/11/2023

Take note all book gifters! Not for me, I have it, and it is supergood. This collection is full of all the good speculations, terrorfuls, humors, and surprisings.

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Chip Houser @chiphouser.bsky.social · 04/11/2023

A gorgeous story, @mckatie.bsky.social. Wow. Thanks for pointing me toward it @thomasha.bsky.social!

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Chip Houser @chiphouser.bsky.social · 24/10/2023

Great stuff as always, starting with the absofantasticool cover art!

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Corey Farrenkopf @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

Want to join the Eastham Library for a free 5 week genre writing workshop with @oliviawaite.bsky.social , @premeemohamed.com , @acwise.bsky.social , @gabino.bsky.social , and @sentencebender.bsky.social??? To sign up for Zoom/in person, go here: easthamlibrary.org/so-you-want-to…

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Chip Houser @chiphouser.bsky.social · 19/10/2023

A sketch that is waaaay too festive for the story this bird is in.

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Chip Houser @chiphouser.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

This was much fun (so many trees)! I wish I could be so articulate at that hour. OK, any hour really.

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Chip Houser @chiphouser.bsky.social · 26/09/2023

Thank you @thomasha.bsky.social for rolling with all the beautiful story darknesses nestled @bourbonpenn.bsky.social.

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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 21/09/2023

PLEASE RP Space Unicorns! Uncanny Magazine will be open to short story submissions from October 2 to October 16! WE CAN'T WAIT TO READ YOUR STORIES!!! www.uncannymagazine.com/submissions/

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Chip Houser @chiphouser.bsky.social · 19/09/2023

Look what arrived just in time for a work trip—have darkness, will travel. @thedeadlands.com

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Chip Houser @chiphouser.bsky.social · 06/09/2023

Chipbook! Definitely borrowing that Toasian bit o’ cleverness.

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 09/08/2023

Welp! The New York Times has a stunning review of @tobithedreamer.bsky.social's "Jackal, Jackal." “Vivid and twisted, ironic and stirring ... told with verve. Ogundiran’s prose has a warm, enthusiastic vitality.” — Chelsea Leu, The New York Times Congratulations Tobi! bit.ly/nytimesjackal

Link to New York Times online review of "Jackal, Jackal," showing front page of review with headline Horror Stories That'll Leave You Haunted and Bewitched

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Chip Houser @chiphouser.bsky.social · 27/07/2023

If it has an eye infection, it’s a styeclops.

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Chip Houser @chiphouser.bsky.social · 26/07/2023

My author copies arrived today from Redbird Chapbooks, along with a charming card and handwritten note. I'm not sure what fancy feels like, exactly, but this is probably a good approximation.

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