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Darren Croucher @darrenwriter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It was a wonderful event, so inspiring! Thank you for putting the anthology together!

Darren Croucher @darrenwriter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Loved listening to @anandalima.bsky.social & @dianawallachauthor.bsky.social talk about their stories in new antho SOMETHING FOLLOWED US HOME, edited by @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social. Great evening with excellent questions from moderator @mariatureaud.bsky.social at @doylestownbookshop.bsky.social

Ananda Lima, Maria Tureaud, and Diana Rodriguez Wallach at Doylestown Bookshop

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Cynthia Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Number 1: US Hispanic American Literature & Fiction Number 2: Horror Collections & Anthologies SOMETHING FOLLOWED US HOME is available now in the United States in English and Spanish, and Tuesday, October 6 throughout Latin America and Spain.

Amazon Hot New Releases - Number 1: US Hispanic American Literature & Fiction

Number 2: Horror Collections & Anthologies

SOMETHING FOLLOWED US HOME is available now in the United States in English and Spanish, and Tuesday, October 6 throughout Latin America and Spain.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 30/09/2026

53 years ago, hip-hop was born at a back-to-school party in the Bronx. Now, the Bronx School of Hip Hop is preparing a new generation of artists to shape what comes next. I sat down with Nas to talk about the past, present, and future of hip-hop in NYC — from the turntables to our classrooms.

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Mayor and Nas sit down to discuss the past, present and future of hip hop in NYC

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Darren Croucher @darrenwriter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Need the movie version of this. I bet Guillermo would have done it this way.

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Cynthia Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

There are 103 days until December 31st. If you wrote 500 words every day from now until then you would have a novel completed by the end of the year.

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I loved eating Chik-Fil-A. Can't remember the last time I ate there. I used to go to Hobby Lobby weekly. Haven't walked into one in over a decade. I enjoyed Harry Potter, past tense. My life is not wanting of joy without these things the way it would be without all my LGBTQIA+ friends. Choose love.

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Darren Croucher @darrenwriter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I nearly dropped my phone when I found out we could have had a Lilly Wachowski MANHUNT show. That would have been incredible. This interview is essential reading. Of course the wizard author has responded, and it’s as pathetic as you’d expect. She’s so offended by people pointing out what she does.

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Darren Croucher @darrenwriter.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I’m actually swooning over it…

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Gemma Amor @manylittlewords.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Hello. I announced a new book today 😊 AMMONITE, coming from Rapture Trade, 2027, courtesy of Rapture Publishing and Shortwave Books Some things are better left buried... More info here: www.fangoria.com/ammonite-gem...

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Darren Croucher @darrenwriter.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

It’s ghost writers all the way down

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Darren Croucher @darrenwriter.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Now Danny Boyle’s praising and using AI?! Fuck’s sake.

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Darren Croucher @darrenwriter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Exciting! A doozy is exactly what I was hoping for! It sounds amazing, honestly. Can’t wait for spacey folk horror.

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Darren Croucher @darrenwriter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I love everything about this! Loved the horses, very excited for the space book.

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Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 02/09/2026

Okay, but Christopher Nolan gets to write the first review

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

(It’s true!)

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

In honour of the wonderful human who was Dolly Parton, give someone a book today.

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

every billionaire & tech mogul, they all want to be adored & celebrated without doing the things Dolly did with a fraction of the power & money. What she had, she gave away. I'm sure she was comfortable (& that's good!). But she just relentlessly helped. It's not that difficult. Love. Care. Help. 💚🌸

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library gifted more than 332,000,000 books since it was first created 31 years ago.

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Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton rose from poverty to stardom. She gave $500 to every student in her hometown who finished high school; she built hospitals & bald eagle preserves; her Imagination Library has gifted 300 million books to children. Roger Ebert met her and came away thinking she was a literal angel. RIP.

“In Dallas for the premier of '9 to 5', I had an uncanny experience, and on the plane home to Chicago I confessed it to Siskel: I had been granted a private half hour with Dolly Parton, and as we spoke I was filled with a strange ethereal grace. This was not spiritual, nor was it sexual. It was healing and comforting. Gene listened and said, "Roger, I felt the exact same thing during my interview with her." We looked at each other. What did this mean? Neither one of us ever felt that feeling again. From time to time we would refer to it in wonder.”

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Darren Croucher @darrenwriter.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I can’t believe I got to see the Demon Boiz live!!! Always a pleasure to catch up with you, sir.

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Michael Bailey @nettirw.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

What I want / expect from a writers organization:

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

In the beginning, HWA controversies were spaced by 24 weeks. Then 13, then 6, then every 2 weeks. The last one was a week. In four days, we could be seeing an HWA controversy every eight hours, until they are coming every four minutes. Friends, we should witness a double event within seven days.

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Darren Croucher @darrenwriter.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Got my vote. Y’all fuck up, ya gotta go see Gabino…

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Adam Cesare @adamcesare.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

REACTOR has debuted Matt Ryan Tobin’s gore-geous cover for my YA vampire novel BLOODSICK. I’m excitable and claim all my books are my best book, when it comes time to promote. But this truly is The Big One. Preorders now in hardcover or paperback. Judge for yourself the first 2 chapters are here:

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

obviously i think AI is an abomination. i have talked about this for a long time and will continue to do so, but today i was struck with something REALLY COOL that i do not think is discussed enough on the opposite end: the JOY and FULFILLMENT of being able to hire and work with human artists.

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Darren Croucher @darrenwriter.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Same. Would be nice if they could implement even one additional person looking at the newsletter before it goes out

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Darren Croucher @darrenwriter.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

“So yeah! We’re kinda fucking mad about it!” Thank you Chuck for absolutely nailing in detail how many of us feel about gen AI and that racist pro-slop slop newsletter

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Not only would I not care if AI vanished overnight, I wouldn't even NOTICE.

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Eve Harms, Orph Understander @eveharms.com · 05/08/2026

This is so disgusting. A new low for the organization. The HWA’s members deserve better. Indigenous horror writers deserve better.

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Delilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Getting real sick of slop midwives pleading for a 'respectful discussion' of AI as relates to the arts. Your use of AI to 'make art' is not respectful. It benefits from stolen art, destroys the planet, and does not make you an artist any more than someone driving 26.2 miles is a marathoner.

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Space Cowboy Books @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

If you are using AI/LLM you are not part of our community. We write. You push buttons trying to make a quick buck. That makes you a scammer not an artist.

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Todd Keisling @toddkeisling.com · 05/08/2026

Alt-Text version here: bsky.app/profile/mark... Thanks to @marksweeney.bsky.social for reposting.

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The A.V. Club @avclub.com · 21/07/2026

This other mommy nearly burns the house down in the #trailer for Blumhouse's latest horror movie. www.avclub.com/other-mommy-...

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Jessica Chastain is demonic, horrible at cooking pasta in Other Mommy trailer

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Dan Hon @danhon.com · 16/07/2026

Hollywood baffled at largest ever feline attendance at opening night,

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Shortwave Publishing @shortwavebooks.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

THE SUNDOWNER'S DANCE is out for the first time in paperback today! @toddkeisling.com's latest novel, selected as one of the Best Books of 2025 by Library Journal, "is an unforgettable journey of grief, cosmic horror, and making the most of the time we’ve got left" (Gwendolyn Kiste).

The cover of Todd Keisling's The Sundowner's Dance book, next to the quote "A pitch-perfect blend of horror and heart." -Library Journal • Best Books of 2025, Library Journal • First time in Paperback! Out Today!

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Darren Croucher @darrenwriter.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

It fully deserves all the accolades! Loved this one, highly recommend y’all get on this train.

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