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Kevin Loughrin @kploughrin.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

The long-awaited Chickenshit Review is a little different this week, but I think it's for a good reason. Please enjoy! hellomynameischickenshit.substack.com/p/a-very-spe...

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Kevin Loughrin @kploughrin.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Wow, that's a devastating piece of work. Beautifully done. Congrats on the publication!

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Kevin Loughrin @kploughrin.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

My short story, THE TELLERS, I’d love with The Lindenwood Review today. Check it out, share it, and you too can imagine what it might be like if you’re father hit your mom with his car. digitalcommons.lindenwood.edu/cgi/viewcont...

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Kevin Loughrin @kploughrin.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

I would kill for an AKA someday. Some of us can only dream.

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Kevin Loughrin @kploughrin.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Just got my second short story acceptance in a month. Honestly, it's so much easier to get these stories published when I ACTUALLY SEND THEM OUT. #horror #writing #publishing #accepted #shortstories

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Kevin Loughrin @kploughrin.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

This week's Chickenshit Newsletter is on IT FOLLOWS and it's alllllll about sex cuz I hear that sells. It's not...sexy...I mean...at all. But still. open.substack.com/pub/hellomyn...

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Kevin Loughrin @kploughrin.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

A fitting film as we lead up to Halloween. Honestly, this is the kind of movie that still keeps me up at night. Just the willies everywhere. Chickenshits, beware. hellomynameischickenshit.substack.com/p/hello-my-n...

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HELLO MY NAME IS: THE CONJURING

It's The Exorcist meets Hallmark film. Completely wholesome. Utterly terrifying.

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Kevin Loughrin @kploughrin.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

What…is this? I don’t even…I don’t even know what this is.

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Kevin Loughrin @kploughrin.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

This week's Chickenshit Newsletter is about the villain of my Chickenshit origin story: The late, great Freddy Krueger. hellomynameischickenshit.substack.com/p/hello-my-n...

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HELLO MY NAME IS: FREDDY KRUEGER

The one-trick-pony from hell.

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Kevin Loughrin @kploughrin.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

@thebuffwriter.bsky.social Great meeting you at Mystery to Me on Thursday! Started your book yesterday and really enjoying it so far.

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Kevin Loughrin @kploughrin.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

substack.com/@hellomyname... First Chickenshit Newsletter, hopefully of many. I still lose sleep over scary movies, but I was shocked that The Exorcist was kind of...sweet?

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HELLO MY NAME IS: THE EXORCIST

I really wish someone would have taken that crucifix out of that poor girl's hand.

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Kevin Loughrin @kploughrin.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Oh man this would be a dream come true.

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Kevin Loughrin @kploughrin.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Wife says I make laundry complicated but it's simple: 1. Wash 2. Dry 3. Put on trampoline 4. Use sheet to carry up three flights of stairs like Santa 5. Leave clothes in pile 6. Sift through clothes daily like they fell out of the world's worst pinata 7. Repeat...monthly #SAHD

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Kevin Loughrin @kploughrin.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Just got home from my 20-years high school reunion where I fell down the stairs during a tour of my old school.

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Kevin Loughrin @kploughrin.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Is it possible that someone just needs to reset the #publishing console? Maybe blow in the cartridge? See what happens after that? #WritingCommunity

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Kevin Loughrin @kploughrin.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Hey #WritingCommunity, I'll be in #Chicago for the afternoon. Anyone want to meet up for #coffee?

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Kevin Loughrin @kploughrin.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Thank you, I have really never heard anything about it except for oh my god did you see that dress so what do I know. lol

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Kevin Loughrin @kploughrin.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

lol Not a joke and I really appreciate it. In all the years I've heard about the Met Gala, I have only ever known that it's a time where people dress up and take pictures and have never heard a single detail about what happens AT THE GALA. This clears up a lot for me, so thanks again.

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Kevin Loughrin @kploughrin.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Okay, but like what happens after they get their picture taken? Is the gala...just over? #MetGala

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Kevin Loughrin @kploughrin.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

This is my favorite weekend of the year. Really looking forward to connecting with anyone else who’ll be attending. #JustWrite2025

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Chicago Writers Association @chicagowrites.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Last Chance to Register! Let’s Just Write! is less than a week away. Join us for one of the best #writersconference in the U.S. Learn more about #registration, hotel, and #conference program at www.chicagowrites.org/conference #JustWrite2025 #lastchance

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Kevin Loughrin @kploughrin.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Hey #writingcommunity. I did some work revamping my website. Would love to hear any thoughts if you're willing to check it out! Thanks! www.kevinloughrin.com

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KEVIN LOUGHRIN

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Kevin Loughrin @kploughrin.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Damn. That is…wow. Cant wait to read it.

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Kevin Loughrin @kploughrin.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I just finished reading Julia Fine's (@finejuli.bsky.social ) novel The Upstairs House. It's just stunning. Very powerful and unsettling in a way that is truly haunting. It's been days and I'm still thinking about it. If you haven't read it, please do. God, was it good. #booksky #HorrorLit

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Kevin Loughrin @kploughrin.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

I hear the "reimaginings" are really having a moment right now. This is a great pitch. Good luck!

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Gert Ramm 🦋 @rammwriter.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Slow Horses ➕️➕️➕️ Time travel's brutal for an MI5 agent on the run from his government. They almost blew up 1972; he got the blame. Now there's a temporal vortex to close, if the hunters don't kill him first, and a Russian spy from 1997 is running interference. #Q #A #SFFT #MiseryPit #agentguide 🦋

There is a green background with lines of code running down it. A man's head and shoulders are in silhouette against the lines of code. The text is in courier font and all capitalised. It reads:

An agent's guide to:
Out of Time
By Gert Ramm
Espionage/time travel thriller

Images from Pixabay.

There is a green background with lines of code running down it. A man's head and shoulders are in silhouette against the lines of code. The text is all capitalised and in courier font.

The text to the left of the man's head reads:

Comps:
Slough House Series (Mick Herron)
Here and Now and Then (Mike Chen)
Dark Matter (Blake Crouch)
The Anubis Gates (Tim Powers)

The text to the right of the man's head reads:

TV Comps:
The Ipress File
Day of the Jackal
Life on Mars
Callan

In the bottom right-hand corner is an image of a semi-automatic pistol with seven rounds of ammunition beside it.

Images from Pixabay.

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Gert Ramm 🦋 @rammwriter.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

The Ipcress File x Life on Mars 🔫 High-stakes thriller 🔫 Time travel twist 🔫 Stale beer espionage 🔫 Weird science 🔫 Cold War subterfuge 🔫 Working class hero 🔫 Hunter to hunted 🔫 Antagonist from the future 🔫 Enemy turned ally 🔫 Proles vs privilege #Q #A #SFFT #MiseryPit #editors #litagents 🦋

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Kevin Loughrin @kploughrin.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Love a good Shining comp. Good luck today. Sounds like a great read.

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Kevin Loughrin @kploughrin.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Fragile sanity really intrigued me. Good luck with this.

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Kevin Loughrin @kploughrin.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

I found my #agent at an event like #MiseryPit and would love to help others do the same. Let me know if you'd like some extra eyes on your pitch. I can't promise I can help, but I'd love to try. Good luck! #Writing #Querying

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Kevin Loughrin @kploughrin.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Good luck with it. Sounds wonderful.

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Kevin Loughrin @kploughrin.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

This seems like it would be funny. Is it funny? Sounds wonderful.

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Kevin Loughrin @kploughrin.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

MISERY PIT?? Oh wow, I'm looking forward to that. lol

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Kevin Loughrin @kploughrin.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

I wish I would have known about this sooner, I would have loved to read more pitches. When's the next one? Good luck!

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Kevin Loughrin @kploughrin.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Met my agent through pitching events like these, but love meeting other horror authors. Good luck, and hope the road gets less bumpy.

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Brandon Love @blovewrites.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

17 is hard, but when you're set to take over presidency from your father, survive a ☠️ attempt, are betrayed by the two you love & learn your role is to maintain peace by keeping 200yo lies & manipulating the public or start the biggest war in centuries, 17 is REALLY hard. #2025Pit #Q #YA #SF #LGBTQ

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Amber Baird @amberbairdpdx.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

KINSHIP, 84k, #A #H #T w/ #LGBTQ rep. Megan’s reunion with her long lost brother is complicated when he kills his lover. Luckily, Megan’s prepared for this. Subversion of gothic tropes + send up of true crime culture. #2025Pit

Collage of 5 images overlaid with word KINSHIP: sharp metal nails coming out of a bright red lipsticked mouth, a lesbian couple clasping hands, a bloody white cloth against a pink background, light shining behind a spiderweb with a juicy spider and the shadow of a hand, a man's bare back as he is held by another man.

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