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Joelle Killian @joellekillian.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

My most stupid and disgusting story is now LIVE (lol) at Die Laughing! dielaughingmag.com/2026/04/10/r... Wanna see raw meat influencers gone feral? (I really wish this would stay satire and not reality 😕) CW: no seriously, it's gross

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Joelle Killian @joellekillian.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

This brthday bitch says: 52?!? I DEMAND A RECOUNT! (Seriously, though. Might be better than 50. Have hope, young 'uns.) Today Richie is treating me to a lavish Moroccan brunch at Aziza, then we're going dancing to David Harness at Audio SF's daytime party. Love you all, and happy to be here 💝

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Joelle Killian @joellekillian.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

This was extremely helpful in breaking our household dependency and finding a better alternative: www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/a-complete...

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How to quit Spotify

This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative

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Joelle Killian @joellekillian.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Freddy misses her gogo block 👻🎃👺💀

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Joelle Killian @joellekillian.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

TWENTY YEARS AGO today the Living Dead Girlz had our first performance! Kicking off five years of Amber’s choreography, youtube parodies, horror cons, deep/dumb bonding, and over-the-top hemotechnics.

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Joelle Killian @joellekillian.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Are you looking for some freaky sh*t? (no judgement) Check out these wild rides: MOONFLOW by BITTER KARELLA Cosmic sporror featuring a trans mycologist trapped in a psychedelic mommy-milker-cult of TERFS powered by the eldritch gods of the forest. Extraordinarily funny and SO VERY, VERY MOIST.

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Joelle Killian @joellekillian.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

In honor of today's Folsom festivities, here's my story "Existential BDSM" (link in bio). I'd also like to apologize for manifesting this reality (written pre-election) 😢 frightinthenight.wordpress.com/2024/07/27/e...

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Existential BDSM by Joelle Killian

You’re a masochist. Orchestrating the universe’s workings for your own pleasure, transforming everyone into a whip-wielding master. Pervert. Not satisfied with mundane dungeons and pro-dommes, you’…

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Joelle Killian @joellekillian.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

"I’m Entering My Apocalyptic Era", in which an undead dance troupe threatens to end this stupid epoch, is now up at Die Laughing! dielaughingmag.com/2025/08/29/i... [NOTE: This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual persons or dance troupes, living or undead, is purely coincidental.]

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I’m Entering My Apocalyptic Era by Joelle Killian

People villainize Zoey for how things went down. Which is wild, considering what a complete dumpster fire your world was, even before I returned. 0/10, would not recommend. But I’ve been planning a…

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Joelle Killian @joellekillian.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

We have already nominated our nonfiction of the year, and it's this memoir from a local paramedic. A behind-the-scenes look at our broken systems and history of the ambulance, told with both dark humor and compassion. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/729122...

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A Real Emergency by Joanna Sokol: 9780771006579 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

Introspective, richly layered, and surprisingly hopeful, A Real Emergency is a love letter from a paramedic to the best and worst parts of her career. For fifteen years, Joanna Sokol filled private n...

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Joelle Killian @joellekillian.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Are you a size queen who craves absorbing worlds with massive pagecounts? Check out these chonky tomes: DEMON COPPERHEAD by Barbara Kingsolver Pulitzer prize-winning epic about an Appalachian orphan, and also the best audiobook I’ve ever heard.

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Joelle Killian @joellekillian.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

My story "Transferable Skills" (a vocational history gone awry in our tech-saturated hellscape) is out now at Phano! Love the accompanying image, and impressed with the thoughtful editorial process. Thank you Phano crew! www.phano.co/articles/tra...

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Transferable Skills

Ready to match with a future of professions?

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Joelle Killian @joellekillian.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Q: Could it be worse? A: Yes :( CHAIN-GANG ALL-STARS by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Gladiators fight for their freedom within a dystopian private prison system on reality TV. Adjei-Brenyah illustrates the need for prison abolition via sharp writing and superb characterizations.

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Joelle Killian @joellekillian.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

From last week's Tesla protest, sentiment still stands

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Joelle Killian @joellekillian.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

In "Toxic Positivity," a depressed skeptic confronts an intense inner critic while on an esoteric Wisdom Quest. The editor of Cold Signal makes unique collage art to go with each story, and I adore what he chose for mine! An Underworld-themed issue of dark stories. cold-signal.com/toxic-positi...

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Toxic Positivity – Joelle Killian

Toxic Positivityby Joelle Killian I dig ragged nails into my thighs, quietly hyperventilating as our Quest Guides circle around us. Neither their altar crowded with owls, nor the sunlight flooding …

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Joelle Killian @joellekillian.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Do YOU want to revisit your goth-club glory days and escape this grim meathook reality? Read "10 Signs You’re Addicted to ReVisit" to learn more about this immersive VR--but beware its hidden nostalgia traps. Now up at Exquisite Death! www.exquisitedeathezine.com/10-signs-you...

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Joelle Killian @joellekillian.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

New story out in Inner Worlds today! This love letter to the good ol’ days of Bay Area warehouse life captures a moment of unexpected insight amidst the chaos. inner-worlds.ghost.io/ghosting-beg...

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Ghosting Begets Haunting, by Joelle Killian

She stands motionless on the dance floor, surrounded by ravers who paid to get into this warehouse—her home—for a party that’ll help cover next month’s rent.

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Joelle Killian @joellekillian.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

A bunch of 10p folks (including me) appear in next week's Inner Words! Super excited 🎉

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Joelle Killian @joellekillian.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

I am *51* today, which is truly a no-fucks-given age, I gotta tell you 💀

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Joelle Killian @joellekillian.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Do you hate reading but want someone to tell you spooky stories? "Treatment of the All-Consuming Client" is now on the Lunatics Radio Hour podcast! It's my very first audio publication! Their production slaps <3 Story starts less than two minutes in: www.lunaticsproject.com/episodes/epi...

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EPISODES | Lunatics Project

The Lunatics Radio Hour podcast deep dives into the history of horror and the craft of modern day storytelling. Listen to all epsiodes here.

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Joelle Killian @joellekillian.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

My story "This Place Will be the Death of Us," in which therapists are haunted by bureaucracy, is now free to read online! Link in bio. This one goes out to all my former Work Spouses + everyone we trauma-bonded with at our Agency from Hell <3 www.metastellar.com/fiction/this...

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This Place Will Be the Death of Us - MetaStellar

A group of therapists are attacked by their own building. They must rely on a drug-induced second sight to survive.

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Joelle Killian @joellekillian.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

WAY behind, but I finally finished my Top 11 Books of 2024! (because I couldn’t narrow it down to 10, and in no particular order) There were so many great things I discovered! What were some of your favorite reads last year?

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Joelle Killian @joellekillian.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

These three featured immersive worldbuilding and cool conceits... "Blackfish City" by Sam J. Miller: Multi-POV post-climate-change metropolis sci-fi thriller with many queer/NB characters. (Love how the author's community organizing background shows up.)

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Joelle Killian @joellekillian.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

This is what happens when you have no other hobbies! Do you want book recommendations? COME AT ME, BRO 🤓

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Joelle Killian @joellekillian.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Books about the beauty/wellness industry are so hot right now (see: "The Substance"), but these are my favorite!

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Joelle Killian @joellekillian.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Two absolute bangers that I missed back in the 90s but are 100% my jam:

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Joelle Killian @joellekillian.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Four queer extreme/body horror bangers that you probably shouldn't read (unless you, like me, are very desensitized): Gretchen Felker-Martin: -Manhunt -Cuckoo Alison Rumfitt: -Tell Me I’m Worthless -Brainwyrms

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Joelle Killian @joellekillian.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Three more books with delightfully eerie vibes:

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Joelle Killian @joellekillian.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Just visited the de Young exhibit of Tamara de Lempicka, Polish bisexual Art Deco style ICON. Super inspiring, see it if you have a chance!

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Joelle Killian @joellekillian.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Four funny/dark lit-fic books with unhinged, messy antiheroines who can't seem to get out of their own way (and hence are entirely relatable)... Otessa Moshfegh: My Year of Rest and Relaxation Melissa Broder: Death Valley Jen Beagin: Big Swiss Lisa Taddeo: Animal

Literary fiction featuring iconic, messy anti-heroines

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Joelle Killian @joellekillian.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

It's SF/F/H awards eligible season, so I did the thing that others are doing! All stories can be found here: linktr.ee/joellekillian

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Joelle Killian @joellekillian.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Thank goodness for this senior puppy, we're gonna need all her floopsy goodness in the days to come 💜

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Joelle Killian @joellekillian.bsky.social · 08/10/2024

My story "This Place Will Be the Death of Us," about mental health workers attacked by their haunted beauracracy, is out in the October issue of Cosmic Horror Monthly! I processed a heap of old agency trauma in this one :D

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Joelle Killian @joellekillian.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

Folsom Street Fair daytime realness with Miss Tanya 💜

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Joelle Killian @joellekillian.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

Loving this new and highly accurate portrait of me 🐍

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Joelle Killian @joellekillian.bsky.social · 07/07/2024

"You Are a Rock God" in Mythaxis Magazine, in which you embody the self-destructive titan of your dreams: (CW: substance abuse) mythaxis.co.uk/issue-35/you...

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You Are a Rock God

Speculative Fiction Without Distraction

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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 20/06/2024

Story Preview #7: "10 Signs You're Addicted to ReVisit" by Joelle Killian. This story has everything: lost love, DJ h4ck3r, daydreaming while your manager talks about metrics, oh and also the realization that you've got a self-destructive obsession with your worst moment.

Circling again around the moment just before your impending doom. The thrill of pressing on that bruise.

revisiting the past / relapse? / trading one addiction for another

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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 20/06/2024

To read more by Joelle, check out "3:33 a.m." in Maudlin House: maudlinhouse.net/333-a-m/

Joelle Killian is a queer Canadian living in San Francisco whose fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Mythaxis, Trembling With Fear, and Cosmic Horror Monthly. One of her doppelgängers is a psychologist writing about psychedelic therapy. Another was once in an undead dance troupe.

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Joelle Killian @joellekillian.bsky.social · 22/06/2024

Yay, my story just dropped in the first issue of Weird Lit Mag! In "I Don't See How That's Any of My Business," a queer man struggles with the TMI forced upon him by distorted vision (CW: self-harm, medical gaslighting, homophobia, eye violence). www.weirdlitmag.com/fiction/i-do...

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"I Don't See How That's Any of My Business" by Joelle Killian | Weird Lit

"Without a cloud in the sky, the evil daystar burns my irritated eyes. Though it serves me right for staring at my phone for hours, swapping nudes with DemonTwink on Grindr."

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