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Tiffany Michelle Brown (she/her) @tmbwrites.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's Oct 1st, and Ominous Thrill: HER HORRORWEEN - fearsome tales from fearless women is heeeeeeeere! There's already so much for you to listen to! Kicking it off is my poem, Chase the Dark, plus two stories, The Solitude of Birds and Nailbed. Listen wherever you get your podcasts!

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Abra Staffin-Wiebe @abracanabra.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Delighted to announce my story is included in Her Horrorween, a Halloween horror audio anthology! Free on all podcast platforms 10/26/26. Listen to the awesomely chilling trailer on Spotify (1m27s): open.spotify.com/episode/73qj... #Booksky #SpookySeason #Horror #podcast #AmWriting #ShortStory

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M.R. Robinson @mruthrobinson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Oh! And speaking of guidelines and policies: WE OPEN TO SUBMISSIONS FOR ISSUE 4 AT MIDNIGHT EASTERN ‼️ Please send us the stories and poems only you could write! We can’t wait to read your work!

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Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE

Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.

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Lauren C. Teffeau @teffeau.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Get excited for Ominous Thrill's audio drama series Her Horrorween--15 episodes featuring horror stories by women, including "Gray Rock Method" by moi! Patreon subscribers get first dibs! Details: ominousthrill.com/about-ominou...

Promo image for Her Horrorween - Fearsom Tales from Fearless Women from Ominous Thrill featuring "Gray Rock Method" by Lauren C. Teffeau in an inset box with a serious looking woman and the tag line " A psychiatrist seeks an unorthodox solution to help a client with a triggering traumatic history."

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H. Marin @hanmarin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

thrilled that my feminist frankenbabes short “We Are but Conduits” is coming out in Ominous Thrill‘s #HERHORRORWEEN special event on October 28th. keep your eyes and ears peeled, but maybe keep the rest of your skin on while you can… #spookyszn #authorsofbsky #horror #speclit

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To cheat death is to create monsters.

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Holly Hefner @hollyhefner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Her Horrorween begins ✨tomorrow✨ on Ominous Thrill. My sapphic dark fantasy romance drops Oct 16, but you can subscribe and hear all the stories here: ominousthrill.com/herhorrorween

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Ominous Thrill: Her Horrorween | OMINOUS THRILL | AN AUDIO FICTION HORROR ANTHOLOGY

Ominous Thrill: Her Horrorween - 15 fearsome tales from fearless women all October, 2026

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Holly Hefner @hollyhefner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Local News: “Here’s why your tap water is going to taste like dirt again this year.” Me: Is it because of the ghosts? @juxentente.com: … @juxentente.com: Kind of? Bodies are nutrients.

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Holly Hefner @hollyhefner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My child was given the option to pick a book from the used bookstore to read during an upcoming vacation, and he chose a very pretty coffee table mythology book. I support his excitement and interest and I did not tell him no. *sobs in bookshelves full of teen hyperfixation*

A bookshelf containing some of the best and most accessible books on mythologies and fairytales. Not pictured: my copy of Italian folktales because I pulled it down recently while working on a short story. And, yes, my children know they can always borrow my books, but mom’s books don’t have shiny covers. D:

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Holly Hefner @hollyhefner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My sister’s friend needs horror recommendations for her 12-year-old. Hehehehe 😈

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Holly Hefner @hollyhefner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I am waiting for the Mcsweeneys version of that list where Property Brothers is all 100 entries.

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Holly Hefner @hollyhefner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Wait a minute. Wait a gosh-darn minute. Old Gregg, who helped me and my sister bully our brother Greg for years, is Noel Fielding, the delightful gothy cinnamon roll from British Bake-off?

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🌿Elaine Tipping🍃 @triaelf9.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

ALSO READERS PLEASE YELL ABOUT YOUR FAVS! Word of mouth is the only remaining advertising that actually works, ya'll. The more you love a comic, the more you yell about it, and it feels great to yell about a thing you love ^_^

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Holly Hefner @hollyhefner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hotter tip, create sub folders with update days, and make sure @rosalarian.bsky.social is at the top of your Monday and MWF folders.

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A screenshot of a bookmark folder named “Monday.”

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Holly Hefner @hollyhefner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I have a lot of angry and conflicted opinions about a specific healthcare product, but oh my god this mermaid ad is very good.

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

get in sluts we're wiping out medical debt

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Don't work harder or smarter. Work darker. Use your knowledge of ancient magic to call upon the old gods. Turn all CEOs into newts & ferns. Cover all data centers in moss & wildflowers and let the raccoons have them. You deserve a rest.

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Holly Hefner @hollyhefner.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It's really nice having an in-house fact checker.

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Holly Hefner @hollyhefner.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Did we all know Danny Elfman is ✨ripped✨?

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Holly Hefner @hollyhefner.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

My kid is trying to do a math project and the generative ai tool keeps trying to give him cat photos instead of the box and whisker chart he wants to make.

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Holly Hefner @hollyhefner.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Subscribe links here for wherever you podcast so you can listen to The Lycanthropy Is Not a Metaphor when it drops October 16 😱: pod.link/1726990321

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Holly Hefner @hollyhefner.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

(I heard some of the audio from my sapphic werewolf story as it will be read on Ominous Thrill and, y’all, it sounds so good!)

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Holly Hefner @hollyhefner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

My weird body horror story about postpartum anxiety and stolen babies just found a home! 🪲😱

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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I really want Cursed Morsels: A Food Systems Horror Anthology to happen, but right now, I only have a couple stories I'm considering accepting. A couple stories do not make a book! So, if you have a dark, strange horror or Weird fiction story about food SYSTEMS (not just eating foods), send it in.

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Holly Hefner @hollyhefner.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

@juxentente.com’s arch nemeses are my arch nemeses.

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Holly Hefner @hollyhefner.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Shameless self-promotion? For #SapphicSeptember, you can read a preview of my 🌶️🌶️🌶️ queer magical girl love story at Bothered Stories: www.botheredstories.com/post/how-to-...

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Magical Girl Redux

After discovering her wife was a secret superhero, a mother has to decide what's next for her family.

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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Hey, folks! I'm extending the Cursed Morsels: A Food Systems Horror Anthology call, so you now have until September 28th to submit a story. I was worried I wouldn't have enough stories to fill the book, so it seemed like the right move. Details here: cursedmorsels.com/submission-c...

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Submission Calls

Horror and Weird Fiction COllections Submission Call (OPEN Until September 14th) Submission CallSingle-author horror and Weird fiction short story collections. 40K to 60K words—no exceptions. Ideal…

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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I am not first and will be far from the last to say this: I have purchased so many books because I saw them recommended or publicized here on bsky. I cannot urge you all enough to KEEP TALKING ABOUT BOOKS. I know it's easier to talk up someone else's book, but this also means you, the shy author.

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Holly Hefner @hollyhefner.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I kept thinking about the dearth of bleak fiction, and pulled together a list of magazines and anthologies that want rage and despair with links to their requirements: juxentente.com/no-happy-end...

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Holly Hefner @hollyhefner.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

This whole thread. I love cozy fiction. But I also love desperation and despair.

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Sometimes when you speak out about something, someone shows up and says, I would like your bleak horror and that is why speaking up sometimes works! Saying you want something lets people know you want it and then maybe a good thing happens!

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Holly Hefner @hollyhefner.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Flash piece for the Endings antho: submitted.

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Holly Hefner @hollyhefner.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Here’s a first: literally chopped a story in half after 23 people independently told me, “oh, your story ends here.” It’s flash now I guess.

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Holly Hefner @hollyhefner.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Ooh, I think I have one nearly ready for this call. 😈

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Holly Hefner @hollyhefner.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Me: You don’t have an Oubliette? I thought you did. @juxentente.com: Nope, nothing from that set. Me: Oh. They should do a Secret Lair for Labyrinth and include Oubliette. That’s my pitch to WotC.

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Holly Hefner @hollyhefner.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Today was an art and vendor hall day, and I have so many goodies. My favorite pick up is a trio of beautifully creepy art from @babswebbart.bsky.social

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Holly Hefner @hollyhefner.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I know that DragonCon is always the busiest on Saturday, but the crowds seem extra crowded this year.

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Holly Hefner @hollyhefner.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I thought I curated my Dragoncon schedule, and then I saw more people I like are on even more panels, and I just have to star those, too.

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Holly Hefner @hollyhefner.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This is one of my favorites—it’s delicious.

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Holly Hefner @hollyhefner.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Tremblay could have ended Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep with the quiet, sad horror. But he chose violence, and I love it.

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Holly Hefner @hollyhefner.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

And it is off into the void. Sapphic Martian story ended up at almost 6k. 😱

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Holly Hefner @hollyhefner.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Ugh this story is so good but no no no don’t do what the writers tell you not to do!!

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Holly Hefner @hollyhefner.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

My high school senior lit teacher Ms. Anderson introduced me to Perkins Gilman, Hurston, Chopin, and others. The Yellow Wall Paper remains one of my favorite horror short stories.

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Holly Hefner @hollyhefner.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

This one is real good; Sparks’s narration is excellent.

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Holly Hefner @hollyhefner.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I may have convinced the owner of my local bookstore to pick up Ruby Dixon tonight by comparing Bull Moon Rising to Stawdew Valley dungeon crawling.

A woman in a black t shirt and jeans stands in front of a projection screen displaying a PowerPoint slide about the monster erotica novel Bull Moon Rising. She is making a very compelling argument to an unseen audience about how wholesome the book is.

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Holly Hefner @hollyhefner.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I am working on my day job PowerPoint presentations so that I can spend time tonight working on my hobby PowerPoint presentation.

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R.L. Meza @rlmeza.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

your mission, should you choose to—no, this is the mission. you’re going. git

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Holly Hefner @hollyhefner.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I wrote 2k words last night and I am itching to write the rest, but instead I have to be a grown up and do my grown up job.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I am currently closed to rejections. Rejections received outside of the submission period will be deleted unread.

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Holly Hefner @hollyhefner.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

My local book shop is hosting a PowerPoint night and I want to pitch “Monster Smut is Wholesome Actually.”

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Graeme K @juxentente.com · 03/08/2026

This is apparently the single oldest non-photo image in my Photos library. My babies are super old now, but @hollyhefner.bsky.social and I used to quote this to each other all the time when they weren't. Thank you @katebeaton.bsky.social

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