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SACosby @blacktopkid.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Portrait done by Paul Reich photographer at #BLOODYSCOTLAND

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Coy Hall @coyhall.bsky.social · 19h

My new novel, Devilry in Godling Wood: A Medieval Horror, will have an audiobook! A first for me. Richard Reed is the narrator, and he does an incredible job with it. Out Oct 23. Add on Goodreads if interested: www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...

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Agita Publishing @agitapublishing.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Agita Magazine opens for submissions on October 17 for issue 3: ekphrasis. Ekphrasis is the verbal representation of a work of visual art. Weird fiction is a verbal representation of the world, in order to unsettle it. Send us stories at the intersection. Guidelines at agitamag.com/submissions

A black circle. On the outside it says "agita 3" and "agitamag.com." On the inside it says "Ekphrasis, February 1, 2027, submissions open Oct. 17 to Nov. 17, Guest editor Zachary Gillan."

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Evan Narcisse @evnarc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Lemme tell y’all something: Helen Folasade Adu knew we would need this.

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Sade - When Am I Going To Make A Living - Official - 1984

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Coy Hall @coyhall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Scythian Wolf is back with its third open call & third historical horror anthology. This time it's Ancient Rome. Here are the initial details. More info soon.

Ars Moriendi: Horror Tales of Ancient Rome
Payment: $75 USD per story
Word Count: 4500-10000
Open: February 1 - February 28, 2027
Submit to: the.scythian.wolf [at] gmail.com
story Must be set between the years 753 bce and 500 ce
story must include a supernatural element
with setting and details, historical accuracy is vital
Reprints Welcome but Note when submitting
stories that utilize Generative AI will be rejected
submit as .docx attachment (no links)
subject line: rome submission: story title
multiple submissions? no
simultaneous submissions? Yes
no submissions or inquiries prior to february 1, 2027
Payment via Paypal Only

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ExpendableMudge (he/him) @expendablemudge.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Congrats to @riverheadbooks.bsky.social! Nominated for the Booker Prize AND on the 2026 Longlist for the National Book Award for Fiction. THE DISAPPEARERS by MARLON JAMES via a rare-for-me 5* review: #Booksky 🌈📚 expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-...

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THE DISAPPEARERS, deeply angering and saddening Booker Prize longlistee

THE DISAPPEARERS MARLON JAMES Riverhead Books ( non-affiliate Bookshop.org link) $13.99 ebook, available now SHORTLISTED FOR THE 20...

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Stephen Graham Jones @stephengrahamjones.com · 26/09/2026

Probably I was supposed to talk about writing and books? But: things happen.

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Victor De Anda @victordeanda.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

THE SDA ARRIVES ON OCT. 6! Big thanks to @ilynwelch.bsky.social for her review of this antho I'm proud to be a part of. Big thanks to Matthew David Goodwin @richienarvaez.bsky.social and @diversionbooks.bsky.social for pubbing. #supernatural #fantastic #speculative #detective

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Coy Hall @coyhall.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Check it out!

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Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

if you think about it, the physics that dictate the turning of the seasons on planet earth are a lot like a big ol' mechanical shitting duck. anyway, read about automata: geoliminal.com/2026/09/19/a...

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Automata in Weird Fiction

To celebrate (and *ahem* advertise) the fact that my short story, “Vaucanson’s Canard,” is available for preorder as an absolutely gorgeous pamphlet from Paradise Editions (with i…

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026

NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.

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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way

After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...

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Shotgun Honey @shotgunhoney.com · 20/09/2026

If we had a 25% or free shipping sale, would you be interested. Need to get rid of back stock.

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The White House war on Aaron Rupar reveals one thing: they are terrified of voters seeing him as he truly is. www.salon.com/2026/09/16/w...

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White House doesn’t want voters to see the real Trump - Salon.com

Natalie Harp’s enormous bag and unflattering photos of Trump's rear end fuel attacks on a reporter

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Richard J @preachypreach.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

quite something this paragraph.

After meeting with delegates from the two sides in South Florida, Kushner and Witkoff emerged with a peace plan that would have required Ukraine to accept nearly all of Russia’s demands: ceding territory, promising never to join NATO, and drastically shrinking its army. Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s press secretary, hailed the proposal as “a good plan for both Russia and Ukraine.” But, when the plan became public, it collapsed under a wave of outrage. Even Rubio reportedly derided it as “Russia’s wish list.”
Some observers suspect that Russia has effectively offered the Americans business deals in exchange for a favorable peace agreement. “This is the generally held view,” the former U.S. official in the region told me. A classified report produced by a European intelligence agency states that Trump and people around him have discussed several potential contracts in Russia. The report is not dated, but the European official who gave it to me said that the details were first discussed sometime after Trump invited Putin to Anchorage, in August, 2025. Twice that year, Kirill Dmitriev, the head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, was allowed to enter the U.S., where he talked about investment opportunities. “The privatization of American foreign policy is quite far along,” the official who gave me the report said. (A spokesman for Kushner denied that U.S. officials would profit from the deals under discussion.)
The document lists ten potential ventures, which it says appear to “have been originally designed by the Kremlin’s political and business elites.” They include reopening the Nord Stream 2 pipeline under American control, resuming ExxonMobil’s operations in Sakhalin, and drilling for oil in the Sea of Okhotsk. According to the report, there was discussion of unfreezing Russian assets that are held under American sanctions. The document mentions people who might participate, including Trump, Witkoff, and Kushner. It also names Richard Grenell, the former Presidential en…

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Coy Hall @coyhall.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Death’s Other Kingdom: Horror Tales of WWI is on sale for 99 cents this week at Amazon US & UK. mybook.to/WWI

Death’s Other Kingdom: Horror Tales of WWI. Edited by Coy Hall.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/09/2026

NEW: Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas Wedding Was Secretly Bankrolled by Russian Oligarch Close to Putin Umar Kremlev footed the bill for hundreds of thousands of dollars of wedding expenses at Donald Trump Jr.’s lavish wedding, including renting out a private island and paying for the fireworks show.

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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch

The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...

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C.W. Blackwell @cwblackwell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Thanks Gabino! My historical crime novel THE COLD DARK FOREVER releases next week! Part love letter to California’s Central Coast, part homage to 1950s Gold Medal paperbacks. Can’t wait to share it with everyone soon!

Book cover depicting Big Sur’s Bixby Bridge in black and white with swirling bubbles in the foreground

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/09/2026

Newsom: "He's not screwing around. He wasn't screwing around when he called Greg Abbott for 5 seats, said he was entitled to 5 seats. Why does he do that? Because he knows he's going to lose the election unless he rigs the election before one vote is cast. That is what we're up against."

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.

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Coy Hall @coyhall.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I'll have two new short stories and a novel out this October! All historical horror, two medieval and one in the 1600s.

October Releases:

October 2: As a Wolf to Artemis
October 13: Being the Fragmentary Testament of the Mechanical Monk of Caserta
October 23: Devilry in Godling Wood

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Coy Hall @coyhall.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I’ll have a short story in this anthology! It’s called ‘Being the Fragmentary Testament of the Mechanical Monk of Caserta.’

When the World Stopped. Release is October 13.

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Armand Rosamilia @armandauthor.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

have a new flash fiction story up! www.yellowmama.online/not-yet-cind...

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Rock and a Hard Place @rhppress.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

DON'T LOOK TWICE: Check out this month's great story on STONE'S THROW by Lisa Robertson. You might be seeing double. Read it today: bit.ly/4i7paLZ #flashfiction #crimefiction

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TC Parker (she/her) @tcparker.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Our submission window may have closed... but #SapphicSeptember is now upon us! Fortunately I have many fictional lesbians for your perusal payhip.com/NefariousBat...

Promo image featuring covers of some of my horror books: Saltblood, Hummingbird, Salvation Spring, The Nine O'Clock Horses, A Press of Feathers

Text reads: Can I tempt you to some sapphic horror?

Promo image featuring covers for some of my crime books: Tradwife, The Long Con, The Debt, The Push, The Remembrance

Text reads: or some sapphic crime?

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Victor LaValle @victorlavalle.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

New Marlon James novel dropped. THE DISAPPEARERS. If you didn’t know, now you do. I’m excited as hell to read it. Looks like Times was too.

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Cynthia Gómez @cynthiasaysboo.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

So this is still a true thing that I get to say: Muñeca is a finalist for the Octavia E. Butler award!

Images of five book covers for Octavia E. Butler Award (Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror)

As You Wake, Break the Shell by Becky Chambers (Harper Voyager)

Muñeca by Cynthia Gómez (G.P. Putnam's Sons)

The Flayed Man by Chloe Lauter (Soft Skull Press)

Fabulous Bodies by Chuck Tingle (Tor Nightfire)

The Fox and the Devil by Kiersten White (Del Rey)

Image of the cover of the book Muñeca, by Cynthia Gómez (me)

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Coy Hall @coyhall.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Some new reviews for my medieval horror novel, Devilry in Godling Wood. Release is October 23 from Sentinel Creatives. You can help me out by adding it as 'Want to Read' on Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...

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Coy Hall @coyhall.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I’m looking for ARC readers for my medieval horror novel, Devilry in Godling Wood. If you can help me out, let me know. No preorders, but paperback, ebook, & audiobook will be out Oct 23.

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SACosby @blacktopkid.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

"Anthony lay his forehead against the cool tiles of the shower. He looked down and saw the water and the blood that wasn't his swirling together as they both flowed down the drain. If only memories could be washed away as easily " HIGHWAY FULL OF NIGHT WIP

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C.W. Blackwell @cwblackwell.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Here it is—the cover reveal for THE COLD DARK FOREVER! My 1940s crime novel releases SEPTEMBER 15, 2026 from @shotgunhoney.com

The cover art for THE COLD DARK FOREVER by C.W. Blackwell depicts a black and white image of the Bixby Bridge in Big Sur with seas bubble emerging in the fore ground.

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Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

King Ludd’s Rag is a magazine devoted to long short stories. With no ads or grants we rely on sales to cover author payments (a somewhat nominal fee of $100 per story). The 27th issue comes out in October and is up for preorders now: malarkeybooks.com/store/klr27

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King Ludd's Rag No. 27 — Malarkey

King Ludd’s Rag No. 27 features two short stories: "Deadhead" by E. Nolan and "Sunscorched in Cactus Town" by Rebecca Grandsen.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

🔥 TEXAS: “Registered voters in Tarrant County has increased 30% — to be closing polling stations is blatant voter suppression… when I joined the Navy, I swore an oath to defend the Constitution from enemies foreign and domestic…Talking to you, Comrades."

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Cowboy Jamboree @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

THE CAPTAIN'S BEEN DRINKING, a new novel from @thedrevlow.bsky.social will be out August 18th from CJ Press. Preorder the ebook now. Paperback and ebook available on the day. Dig it: a.co/d/04NbbwGB

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