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Melissa Ostrom @melostrom.bsky.social · 5h

Firing teapots this week. Here’s a sassy set in sour apple and pink shadow. #pottery 🍏☕️💗💛🩵

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Adam @chalicotherex.bsky.social · 21h

The premium on my duelling insurance went through the roof, so I have to avoid getting into fights for a while.

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Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social · 20h

What good is the hottest sauce in the world if it doesn't cure the common cold?

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Bloody Rain--Happy Halloween! 🩸 @simplyrain.bsky.social · 22h

Wampire Veekend

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hark! a hellcat @harkahellcat.bsky.social · 22h

Zed Leppelin

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Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I'm actually very excited for this story because it's the first publication where I wrote the first draft without editing at all (a la 90 day novel), which means this story has a stronger shape than my others.

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Holly Pelesky @hollypelesky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

you guys i am now an expert on arizona ask me anything

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Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Where can I find oceanfront property for cheap?

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xavier garcia @xaviergarcia.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Hey everyone! The good news keeps coming. I got a new Lady Blood story published! If ya got time for some evil Mayan gross horror Sword & Sorcery, definitely check out issue #195 @aurealisfsf.bsky.social's mag. This piece is one of my favourites! aurealis.com.au/store/aureal...

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Aurealis #195 — Aurealis

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Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

COMNG SOON! I just sent my edits back for my piece in this (I need to hire a copyeditor!). Part WV-themed middle-aged anarchopunk antifa crime fiction. Part hitachi and sickle romance. All inspired by Woody.

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Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

There was genuinely a time I just wanted to be Anne Carson. My first thesis was about her, Angela Carter, Virginia Woolf and Jeanette Winterson. I even won an award for it. But alas, all I can ever be is just me.

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Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Congratulations to the woman who taught me about the gender of sound, about water, about tangos and the beauty of the husband, about grief, about joy, about how to write poetry and essays, and about being the only person in the classroom who had ever heard of Anne Carson!

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L Mari Harris @lmariharris.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

There's still time to submit to us at trampset, but that time is not unlimited. Once our Dec issue is full, we will take a short break for the holidays.

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LJ Pemberton @ljabouttown.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

do!

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Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

My friends and I are going hog wild all over Haddonfield yelling “Evil dies tonight!” and accidentally killing each other

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Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I am extremely biased bc I love both of these people, but this is a wonderful conversation. I really really loved their talk of play as an adult. I loved their convo about writing. I love their talking about about everything.

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Joey Hedger @joeyhedger.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This is a wonderful interview with two wonderful writers/people. Better give it a listen buds!

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Matthew Zanoni Müller @matthewzmuller.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Hey, listen up!

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Sheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Seasonal reminder that you too can enjoy these weird western Canadian tales, just ask your friendly local independent bookseller or library for a copy! 🎃 👻 👽 📚

Where the Pavement Turns to Sand by me, Sheldon Birnie, and some pumpkins

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Suzy Eynon @suzyeynon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I had so much fun talking with @ljabouttown.bsky.social! LJ is an amazing interviewer and was patient with my nervous speech habits/knew how to draw the story out and made me so comfy. We laughed, maybe we cried too? but you can't see our faces.

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Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I've been waiting for this one! Thank you! This is like Christmas and you are Santa Claus

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Brandon Diehl @iambrandondiehl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I walked into the bathroom and there was a moth sitting on the toilet. I said, "Oh, sorry," and left, closing the door behind me.

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Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

My interests are wide but these are the ones that helped me understand there's life outside GNR and Led Zeppelin

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 04/10/2026

Alll of this. I started my career in construction, working office jobs alongside people who worked trades. Know how many 60-year-old guys I saw working as bricklayers? Doing demo? Zero. How many 50-year-old roofers there are? Zero. One reason unions fight for high wages is because careers are SHORT.

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This is why I get pissed off when anyone accuses me of being an elitist when I say young people should go to college if they can. I say that because my dad was a local lineman and contractor who did heavy physical labor for years and has had chronic back pain since his early 30s

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Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I was raised by a nurse with an associates degree and a steel mill electrician. I am not denigrating the value and dignity of blue collar work when I ask how many elite national media staffers are raising future bricklayers themselves. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

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Time to Consider Becoming a Bricklayer

College degrees hold less value, while jobs in the trades are booming.

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Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I mention this song on the podcast. Perfect song for spooky season. I'm also thinking about Todd Rundgren's gross comments. Women are fantastic.

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Lush - Superblast! (Official Video)

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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Hey all! I got to be on the spooky season edition of DCPL’s podcast talking to the wonderful @chrisstevenson.bsky.social - it was a fun, haunted convo and you should listen!

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Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Today is a Saturday and it's a good day to pop this on your phone or whatever. Amber let me ask the important questions like, "Are fairy tales useful for adults?" and "Why are adult afraid to play pretend?" and "What's your favorite Halloween costume?"

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Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

New Podcast! I interview the amazing @ambersparks.bsky.social about her debut novel, childhood and adulthood, magic, and Halloween. Donna Arrendell interviews the participants of the short horror films workshop. Best podcast ever! dcplpodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/com...

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Coming Into Spooky Season | DC Public Library Podcast

In this episode, we’re coming into spooky season. In Get Lit Chris Stevenson interviews Amber Sparks about her debut novel “Happy People Don’t Live Here” which is now in paperback. After that we’ll br...

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Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Always a pleasure introducing students to THE BLOODY CHAMBER (had one stay after class to say it was one of the best books she'd read in her entire life.) countercraft.substack.com/p/angela-car...

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Angela Carter and the "So Fucking What?" Approach to Writing

Recommending The Bloody Chamber for your October reading pile

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elle @girlinsynthesis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If you don't social media, I get it, but these ladies are perfection. www.instagram.com/reel/DbEnOBF...

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Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”

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Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Thank you to @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social for publishing my experiment. My siblings (who are not readers) said they loved it and this is exactly the type of poem people want (which is how they think) and I should make a t-shirt out of it.

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Cowboy Jamboree @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"stink, beer...& salt...sears on the/leather of...sleeveless jackets on burly... men & mc club patches" Dig Friday Night Ride to Mary’s, Naturally by Christopher Stevenson in Cowboy Jamboree's newest issue, EAGLE-EYED: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/friday-night...

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Friday Night Ride to Mary's, Naturally

Friday Night Ride to Mary’s, Naturally by Christopher Stevenson Author's Note: I watched all the Eagle Pennell I could I get my hands on. Eagle Pennell captured a changing Texas. So, for...

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Burning Near the Highway @artark.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Cause I been broke and I been throwed I been learned, damn, I should've knowed That Helena, Montana beats hell in a city gone cold -Terry Allen, "Helena Montana" www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXD4... Below: Terry Allen, Visions Behind Glass (Billingsgate), 1983, and the artist's explanation

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Christina Tudor @christinaltudor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

You heard it here first, CALL MY BODY A CAUTIONARY TALE is UNHINGED and BRILLIANT. Thank you so much to @writesloud.bsky.social for featuring my debut @thirtywestph.com flash collection in this roundup: washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7924... Get a copy: www.thirtywestph.com/shop/p/callm...

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Spot LIT: Short on Time? Read a Chapbook

Have you heard of chapbooks—the little cousin to novels, essay collections, and short story collections? If not, you’re missing out on an entire series of short works from today’s writers. Modern publ...

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