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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Record shop visit with a friend: -Mistook Morrissey for Charlie Kirk -Learned that The Greatest Showman is metal -Found out Trapt and Meghan Trainor are shelf buddies alphabetically

Morrissey album where he looks like Charlie Kirk

Me looking stupid while holding Trapt and Meghan Trainor CDs

The Greatest Showman CD shelved in the metal section

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Incredible thrift store find that we didn't end up buying because it wasn't worth the curse.

Framed art piece of a really scary looking baby/fetus with blue-grey skin

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Michael glares down from a window of our haunted-looking house. Photo credit to @pg13andabsurd.bsky.social

A white and orange cat staring out the window of a house with old, haunted-looking siding.

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Lots of writing courses price out folks on a budget, but this one won't! Join my affordable Cursed Classroom this November where you'll learn how to write effective short horror fiction and submit your work to markets. Details here: ericraglin.com/classes-and-...

Now Accepting Applications for
CURSED CLASSROOM
What is it?
A month-long class taught by Eric Raglin this November. It’s geared toward newish writers who want to improve their short horror fiction writing skills and learn how to submit work for publication.
How much does it cost?
Five of the slots cost $100, and the other five are completely FREE, thanks to anonymous donors.
I’m Interested! How do I join the course?
Check out the specific course details here: https://ericraglin.com/classes-and-editorial-services/

Then, email me at ericraglin1992 [at] gmail [dot] com.
I’ll get back to you quickly!

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Here is the roughly-outlined vision. Any interest?

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

If you're sitting on a horror manuscript and want to get it to the next level, book my editorial services. ericraglin.com/editing-serv...

Are you a writer hoping to improve your manuscript?

Have you read and enjoyed these Cursed Morsels Press releases?

Email Eric Raglin, Cursed Morsels editor, and book his editorial services!

Booking Details:
https://ericraglin.com/editing-services/

Books pictured included Antifa Splatterpunk, Shredded, Bitter Apples, No Trouble at All, The Nightmare Box, Lupus in Fabula, Shaky Pictures of Vanished Faces, The Writhing, Verdant End, Gore Poetics, and Under a Malevolent Eye.

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Apparently I sound like someone from Colorado, a place I have never lived! mydialect.us/quiz-standar...

A dialect map saying I sound most like someone from Colorado.

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

You heard Elford! Lonesome and Festering is gruesome, pissed off, and mean. If that's your kind of horror, preorder my collection here: www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/lone...

A five-star review by Elford Alley: Gruesome body horror delivered with righteous fury. Raglin has always excelled with the short story, starting with his first collection, 2021's Nightmare Yearnings. His voice has only grown stronger, and far more pissed off. Lonesome and Festering is a collection of mean horror stories, which you won't soon forget.

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Well, that's a delightful way to start the day. Thank you, Chiitan!

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I'm not a Toronto Tempo fan, but I think it's kinda iconic that they were like, "You know what? Having only one mascot sucks. We need TWO, and they need to be GAY and UNNERVING."

Dez (the butch turtle mascot) and Dot (the snow hare mascot with a deeply unnerving stare)

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

New ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review of Lonesome and Festering just dropped! Rebecca appreciated its grossness, absurdity, and--huh, would you look at that--earnestness. If that kind of horror is your thing, preorder a copy: www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/lone...

Thank you for the ARC! Raglin’s work is always entertaining. Lonesome And Festering left me giddy with disgust in the best way possible. The grossness and absurdity is refreshing and cathartic, I love anything that pushes against the usual horror tropes. At the same time, every story has an underlying earnestness, whether I’m rooting for the protagonist or not. Also there are multiple repulsive holes! Personal favorites were The Cystress and Fumigate Me.

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Introducing our new cats: Michael Apricot (the orange one) and Todd James (TJ) Apricot (the tabby), married couple and bonded pair! We love them already.

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

My review of Hermit and Pig, a fun and cute video game that loves hitting you over the head and never truly lets you sit with the darkness it brushes up against.

Hermit and Pig is a cute, fun game about the impossibility of retreating from society so long as the worst capitalist institutions on Earth remain. The game starts you in that cozy, illusory place of solitude--a slightly grungy digs in the middle of the woods, far away from anyone. But the solitude doesn't last long, and soon you're snout-deep in the precarity and violence of late capitalism, represented by the mysterious DT corporation.

The game doesn't shy away from themes like worker disposability and police brutality, but it also never feels all that heavy; the dialogue is consistently lighthearted, often funny and absurd. It's also very obvious that it's trying to communicate a message: Capitalism Bad, Cops Violent, Corporations Evil. I agree with those ideas, but their presentation is so direct that it sometimes feels dull. The game holds your hand and points out every Important Takeaway rather than letting these takeaways marinate through subtler suggestion or ever truly letting the player feel their darkness. A better version of the game would probably be subtler and darker without losing the whimsy and humor. That's a delicate balance, and I applaud anyone who can make it work.

These critiques aside, I did enjoy the game. The combat system is fun, if a little frustrating at times (I'm slow with the combos!), and I dug the enemy designs. If you want an entertaining eight or so hours, give it a go. Just don't expect top-notch story and writing.

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Preorder my dang book, Lonesome and Festering, if you like strange horror stories about fighting for love, surviving dystopia, and becoming your worst self under capitalism and fascism. www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/lone...

Me standing in front of a tall wooden clock with a paperback copy of Lonesome and Festering

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Fans of strange and grotesque queer horror will enjoy "The Birthday Hole," first published in Slay and Slay Again! and soon to be republished in Lonesome and Festering, my next collection of horror and Weird fiction. Preorder here: www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/lone...

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That night, my dreams boiled into malformed visions. A callused tunnel contracting. Lightyears of oozing cosmic muscle. The tang of shit. The tingle of mint. The smack and squelch of Something dragging itself through jellied wastes. Glistening, starless darkness. A sob swallowing a laugh swallowing a moan.
Excerpt from “The Birthday Hole”

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

"The Wolf" is about an artistic high school student and the supernaturally predatory military recruiter who won't leave him alone. You can read it in Shortwave Magazine and, if you want to read more of my work, preorder my upcoming collection Lonesome and Festering from the Cursed Morsels store.

Inside is a business card as black as the witching hour. Its gold print reads, Corporal Randy Mills, followed by contact information and a recruitment office address. When Hunter drops the card, ink peels away, a circular black dot sticking to his index finger. He licks his thumb and rubs the stain, but it’s as stubborn as a tattoo.

“Did I mention the enlistment bonus?” Mills asks.
Read “The Wolf” and other stories in Lonesome and festering
Preorder: https://www.cursedmorselspress.com

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Preorder LONESOME AND FESTERING and you'll get to read one of the darkest, most cathartic stories I've ever written about getting caught in the mental illness blast zone of someone you love dearly. www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/lone...

PREORDER: https://www.cursedmorselspress.com
I tug it three times before the pocket of bone cracks back into place. When I wiggle the plunger free, Ryan looks good as new.

He winces before speaking. “Some people just cave in. It’s a fact of life. I don’t get why everyone acts like it’s this terrible fucking thing. If someone’s okay with it happening, just let it happen. Their body, their choice.”
Excerpt from “Cave In”

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Just $3.99 to preorder the Lonesome and Festering ebook, which features "The Chalk Martyrs," my favorite story I've ever written about the bodily, occult, systemic horrors of education. This is just one of many bangers in the collection. www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/lone...

“Then there’s the Gym teacher Mae Foltz with her missing ear. The scar tissue is red, inflamed, and ugly—more DIY than surgical. Why she chose to remove such a visible part of her body is a mystery to me, but maybe that’s the point: to display her sacrifice proudly. A medal of ruined cartilage.”
Excerpt from “The Chalk Martyrs,”
PREORDER: https://www.cursedmorselspress.com

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I'm in the seasonal mouthwash aisle. Anyone need anything?

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Want to sample Lonesome and Festering before you preorder it? Read "The Coral Tombs" over at Haven Spec for free. It's about a grieving and angry ghost coral reef tour guide. havenspec.com/fiction/the-...

A widower reaches his violent breaking point while giving a tour of a haunted coral reef. A student pays off his lunch debt by toiling in the endless, monster-infested caverns beneath his school. An old woman discovers her fate is grotesquely connected to the endangered toads she’s trying to save. A lapsed member of a queer motorcycle gang returns to rekindle a romance, commit arson, and summon Satan.

Lonesome and Festering is Eric Raglin’s latest horror and Weird fiction collection for sickos, featuring stories about fighting for love, surviving dystopia, and becoming your worst self under capitalism and fascism.
PREORDERS OPEN (OUT NOV 10th)
https://www.cursedmorselspress.com

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Rest in peace, Ethel. You were such a sweet, funny, chill, strange cat. We love you!

Ethel curling up on the carpet. Adorable gray cat!

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Got a horror or Weird fiction manuscript that needs an editor's eyes? I'm now booking developmental editing and line & copy editing clients for the second half of July. Reach out if you'd like to work together!

editing services open for
horror and Weird fiction writers
Developmental Editing:
2¢ per word

Line & Copy Editing:
2¢ per word

One-Hour Call to Discuss Edits & Writing Goals:
$45
*Inquire for sliding scale rates*
Email ericraglin1992@gmail.com to book

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The opening page of my workplace surveillance horror story, "Rest Not, for You Have Scarcely Toiled," featured in the anthology.

Rest Not, For You Have Scarcely Toiled
by Eric Raglin
Three criers in a row were too many for one shift. The first woman was all sniffles and snot; the second, heaving sobs; and the third, one long haunting wail that put Thalia’s heart in a vice grip.
Stick to the script, her boss always said about these tough conversations. Never let yourself get trapped on a call.
But how could Thalia possibly recite her next line when a debtor was lamenting what had become of their life? A tragedy of three part-time jobs patchworked together and a dementia-ridden mother waiting for care at home. “I caught Mom drinking dish soap last night. Puke on her shirt and bubbles in her mouth. How am I supposed to keep her safe when my third shift of the day starts in fifteen minutes? And how the fuck am I supposed to deal with you people on top of that?”

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I'm a third of the way through Woodworking by Emily St. James, and God, it's such a stellar book.

Cover of the book, featuring a stack of school desk chairs messily arranged and piled.

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

The degree to which I'm addicted to this shit needs to be studied. I don't even like licorice that much! How did this happen?!

Wiley Wallaby soft and chewy classic red licorice

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Because I read a book about how to officiate my friend's wedding, Goodreads recommends How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Never heard of it, so I'll give it a read!

Goodreads recommending How the Grinch Stole Christmas because I read By the Power Vested in You - How to Officiate a Wedding

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Patrick Walker from 40 Watt Sun just played one of the loveliest, most enchanting acoustic sets I've seen in ages.

Patrick Walker with his acoustic guitar on stage

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Writers: if you're struggling to convince bookstores and libraries to carry your books, you gotta take the absolutely audacious approach Walt Whitman uses in this poem. He really said, "Oh, you already have 1,000,000 books? Well, none that have seen the shit I've seen. Let me in!"

SHUT not your doors to me, proud libraries,
For that which was lacking on all your well-fill'd shelves, yet
needed most, I bring;
Forth from the army, the war emerging—a book I have made,
The words of my book nothing—the drift of it everything;
A book separate, not link'd with the rest, nor felt by the intellect,
But you, ye untold latencies, will thrill to every page;
Through Space and Time fused in a chant, and the flowing, eternal
Identity,
To Nature, encompassing these, encompassing God—to the joyous,
electric All,
To the sense of Death—and accepting, exulting in Death, in its turn,
the same as life,
The entrance of Man I sing.

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I can only assume, based on these trending topics, that Nintendo just announced the official Dr. Oz video game.

Trending Bluesky topics:
1) Xenoblade
2) Deltarune
3) Dr. Oz
4) Kingdom Hearts IV
5) Final Fantasy

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

I was just trying to go minigolfing yesterday and Google Maps suggested two places I've never even looked up before as additional options. What a great combo!

A screenshot of a map of Minneapolis that highlights the location for Center for Victims of Torture and Dairy Queen

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Someone in the cryptozoology subreddit misspelled the Australian cryptid Yowie as "Yaoi," and you know what? Hell yeah.

A depiction of the Yowie--a bipedal ape creature--holding a dead wallaby. Behind it is the silhouette of a waving person next to the Yowie, which is a head taller than them.

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Went to see Backrooms tonight and, after the screening, used the theater restroom, which looks like it belongs in the Backrooms.

Flusher on a tiled wall that connects to nothing. It's just sort of there.

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I don't want to be at work. I want to be at home playing Dread Delusion.

Highly polygonal graphics. Pinkish-red sky. A stone structure in the background. Sword pointed forward at a masked creature also wielding a sword.

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

What happened last night in the Mall of America parking garage is not reflective of who I am as a person. I'm learning, growing, and trying to do better. 🖤

Me with wild eyes and a wide-open mouth, having a great time in the Mall of America parking garage

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Dipped my head in the barrel of mystery liquid outside 7-Eleven and now I'm blonde.

Me with a blonde short haircut standing in front of a beautiful flowering tree and some mystery liquid barrels

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

May Day parade in Minneapolis was whimsical, rad, and fun!

Float of a construction vehicle running down a bunch of ICE SUVs.

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

On my hardest days, he's there for me. Photo credit to @pg13andabsurd.bsky.social

Snapchat filter of Shrek putting his arm around me while I'm on the couch looking at my phone.

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

My dear friend Mae Murray said kind things about my editorial abilities! If you'd like me to edit your horror or Weird fiction, please book with me. I'll give your manuscript the care and attention it deserves. Booking details here: ericraglin.com/editing-serv...

Finishing a round of edits on a story for @ericraglin1992 and just reminded all over again what a brilliant editor he is. He asks all the right questions and pushes to get the story to the place it needs to be. We should all be so lucky to have friends and editors like this in our lives.

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I'm at a work conference, and the conference organizers created a shared playlist that anyone there can add to. Who can guess my contributions?

Playlist includes Bad and Boujee, OOOUUU, drop dead, Love's Train, Jojo Siwa's Bette Davis Eyes, and Animal Crackers in my Soup, plus about a hundred other songs not pictured

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Just finished a book that made me feel like this about 70% of the time. On to better books!

Text chain.
I saw this and it made me think of us. (Sonic wedding pic)
Sigh.
Is that a dreamy sigh?
You know it's not.

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Biggest fan of the Minnesota Twins to ever live.

Me frowning hideously from the back of the stands, looking out on Target Field.

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Someone with good taste forgot their copy of Let the Right One In in the restroom at work.

The book in question, abandoned on top of a paper towel dispenser.

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Wishing every ICE agent a happy #FrostbiteFriday later this week! We fucking hate you people.

Weather report for Friday 1/23 in Minneapolis. -8 Fahrenheit high with a -20 low.

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