Mark Peters @markpeters.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is an excellent story, and absolutely worth your time! Support good stories by good people! 😁 132
Mark Peters @markpeters.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Amazing story published today from @muteddragon.bsky.social . Check it out at the link below! 084
Mark Peters @markpeters.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Now reading (I’ve been excitedly waiting for this one!): 030
Reposted by Mark PetersSJ Townend @sjtownend.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This morning, I decided to introduce my books to each other. Foolish move. The chonkier one tried to consume the other. The slimmer one retaliated with a firm crane kick. They have since been disciplined and returned to separate regions of their living quarters. 032
Reposted by Mark PetersCatherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This is in ONE HOUR! Come join us! 055
Mark Peters @markpeters.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Reminder that every day is a great day to read @angelaliu.bsky.social . Here’s a few of my faves to get started: www.uncannymagazine.com/article/what...uncannymagazine.comWhat We Mean When We Talk About the Hole in the Bathroom - Uncanny MagazineAfter dinner, the woman and her husband argue about the hole in their bathroom. It’s not such a big hole. Two feet by two feet, the kind you might drop your garbage into every Thursday night and never... 2115
Reposted by Mark Peters🐍 Abigail Kemske 🐍 @abigailkemske.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Made a new banner for my social accounts featuring many of the covers for books and mags I have stories in!! 🤩 Sometimes I still can’t believe that I’m a published writer. 😭 3172
Reposted by Mark PetersClarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 17/09/2026Files are at the printer. Official release date is November 17th, but if you order it direct from us, it will be signed and could be sooner. shop.wyrmpublishing.com/b/bsfoty2025 28822
Reposted by Mark PetersMarissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026IT'S TODAY!!! My fantasy novella, A DUBIOUS CLAMOR, is out today! From here on out, if you suddenly have the urge to read about harpies, opinionated weapons, and a bunch of misfits fighting the fash, you can just DO THAT! Order direct or from bookstores: hornedlarkpress.com/product/a-du... 34445164
Reposted by Mark PetersGavagai @gavagai.com · 11/09/2026In today's featured Editor Pick: What does spring mean when the person you love is no longer there to see it? A lush and unsettling story of grief and a world that insists on continuing to grow around us and despite us. It's Moss-Made by Samara Auman. Read it for free at gavagai.com 072
Mark Peters @markpeters.bsky.social · 12/09/2026“I ought to be thy Adam; but I am rather the fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed.” Mary Shelley - Frankenstein (1818) 030
Mark Peters @markpeters.bsky.social · 09/09/2026***SUBMISSIONS OPEN*** BoB wants to see your dark fiction stories! Please see details in the link below. 031
Mark Peters @markpeters.bsky.social · 05/09/2026This is going to be so good! I have no doubt about that (spoken as someone who has read almost everything @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social has published!) 😁 1103
Mark Peters @markpeters.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Excellent, excellent story. Please give it a read! 111
Mark Peters @markpeters.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Did you know? WiHAMA also has a Supporting Membership tier that is open to EVERYONE? I‘m proud to help support this organization! 042
Reposted by Mark PetersHorrific Scribblings @horrificscribs.bsky.social · 28/08/2026NEW SCRIBBLING ALERT! Honored Scribe SJ Townend returns with her third HORRIFIC SCRIBES offering, “Bedroom Eyes.” horrificscribblings.com BONUS! Now in Horrific Bloggings: an interview the author! #quiethorror #domestichorror #folkhorror #psyschologicalhorror #horror @sjtownend.bsky.social 053
Reposted by Mark Peters🧑🏻🦽➡️🦄 Eva Roslin (they/them) ⚨ 🍁 @evavroslin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Folks, I am in dire straits because of disability agency cutting me off (again) and less $ from diff med leave. If you're able to boost the signal, or are in a position to send coins, please consider so I won't have to move back with ab-us-ers 🙏🏻 gofund.me/e9deece80gofund.meDonate to Help Eva Stay Safely Housed, organized by Eva RoslinHi everyone, I need help to keep paying the rent and not be forced to move back into an ab… Eva Roslin needs your support for Help Eva Stay Safely Housed 02024
Mark Peters @markpeters.bsky.social · 25/08/2026“She herself is a haunted house. She does not possess herself; her ancestors sometimes come and peer out of the windows of her eyes and that is very frightening.” Angela Carter, “The Lady of the House of Love” (1975) 160
Mark Peters @markpeters.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Great new story in Gavagai from @renanbernardo.com - check it out! 154
Mark Peters @markpeters.bsky.social · 18/08/2026This is a tough choice! But I’d have to say Peter S. Beagle, for his ability make the fantastic feel so real on an emotional level. Definitely the author I‘d turn to for a comfort read when needed. 020
Mark Peters @markpeters.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Wow, this is such a beautiful, intensely emotional poem. 161
Reposted by Mark Peters🐍 Abigail Kemske 🐍 @abigailkemske.bsky.social · 14/08/2026August newsletter is live! What did I find in the woods this time?? abigail-kemske.beehiiv.com/p/liken-to-l...abigail-kemske.beehiiv.comOn Summer Break ☀️ Ghosts 👻and Being Your Own Oracle 🔮Summer Break ☀️ Ghosts 👻 and Letting Randomness Be Your Muse🔮 061
Mark Peters @markpeters.bsky.social · 12/08/2026My son made these drawings, and we are over the moon that John shared them! 290
Mark Peters @markpeters.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Amazing new story from @horrorsong.blog in Gavagai. I repeat: Amazing. 163
Mark Peters @markpeters.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Hush (2016). First time watch - I really liked it! 030
Mark Peters @markpeters.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Very sad news. Little, Big is a true masterpiece of fantasy literature. 062
Reposted by Mark PetersAngela Liu @angelaliu.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I have an interview in the new issue of @orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social where I talked a bit about my story "Brainstem Disco, 2191," how I write flash vs. poetry, and thinking in multiple languages. (Already peaked some of the poetry in this issue + might have found a new favorite for 2026 too 👀) 1177
Reposted by Mark PetersJohn Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Photos cannot express my elation at the fan art this family brought me. It's INCREDIBLE. Pictures forthcoming. 0391
Mark Peters @markpeters.bsky.social · 05/08/2026It was wonderful meeting @wiswell.bsky.social tonight! He’s just as kind as you might expect from his writing. Thank you, John, for taking the time to meet with your readers! 2140
Mark Peters @markpeters.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Great essay! Definitely worth a read. Now excuse me while I go dust off some of my old favorites. 062
Reposted by Mark PetersH. Marin @hanmarin.bsky.social · 26/07/2026if you guys catch 5 quiet minutes today, please give “Age Cannot Wither Her” a read. it’s a sapphic love story that begs the question: do we really *have* to let go of the ones we love when they die? it also may or may not have a surprise beheading. 1125
Reposted by Mark PetersChristine Hanolsy (she/her) @christinehanolsy.com · 31/07/2026ICYMI because I shared this in the middle of the night - I have a new story up at @gavagai.com! api.gavagai.com/share/posts/...api.gavagai.comBitter TeaI have orchestrated this scene meticulously. Arranged every element. I know how this conversation will end, even if she does not. I do not wish to begin it. And yet.“I have been called home.” I refuse... 063
Mark Peters @markpeters.bsky.social · 01/08/2026It's Saturday! 📺 Post a cartoon TV series you love.static.klipy.comRace Cars, Lasers, Aero PlanesAlt: Race Cars, Lasers, Aero Planes. Intro to DuckTales show. 040
Reposted by Mark Peters🐍 Abigail Kemske 🐍 @abigailkemske.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I did a little interview about my latest story “The Tongues of Ghosts” published in @foofarawpress.bsky.social . Check it out! 063
Mark Peters @markpeters.bsky.social · 26/07/2026If you see this, quote skeet a pic of yourself in sunglasses. 040
Mark Peters @markpeters.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Amazing story - helped get me out of a short story reading slump. Highly recommended! 020
Mark Peters @markpeters.bsky.social · 17/07/2026“Once upon a time there was a silence that dreamed of becoming a song, and then I found you, and now everything is music.” - Laini Taylor, Muse of Nightmares (2018) 000
Reposted by Mark PetersHildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 15/07/2026COVER REVEAL! 🎉 DOWN WHERE MONSTERS DWELL is a dark, historical fairytale steeped in Icelandic folklore, about the powerful bond between mother and daughter, and how quickly fear can lead to violence. The isolated fjords of Iceland await 🗻Coming 3.9.’27🗻 from Tor Nightfire 23588115
Mark Peters @markpeters.bsky.social · 15/07/2026“Why are you wasting time when there’s such an increasing lack of it ahead?” Great new story from @babarnett.bsky.social ! A fun, quick read, but delivered with a sort of quiet restraint that makes the strangeness feel completely believable. 043
Mark Peters @markpeters.bsky.social · 10/07/2026“Can glass get hugs?” Anyone who has loved (and lost) a pet should check out “Wiggle All Happy”, the latest over at Gavagai. @risawolf.bsky.social has created an inventive, bittersweet tale - read for free below! 152
Mark Peters @markpeters.bsky.social · 10/07/2026“After a pause she said, ’I see your magic is not good only for large things.’ ’Hospitality,‘ he said, ’kindness to a stranger, that's a very large thing.’“ Ursula K. Le Guin - The Tombs of Atuan (1970) 050
Reposted by Mark Peters🐍 Abigail Kemske 🐍 @abigailkemske.bsky.social · 09/07/2026🌿 The first installment of Liken to Lichen! 🌿 I did a thing. abigail-kemske.beehiiv.com/p/the-first-...abigail-kemske.beehiiv.com🌿 The first installment of Liken to Lichen! 🌿What to expect and some cool lichen. 095
Reposted by Mark PetersCatherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Eeee!!! It me!!! I am so thrilled my story "Shelley's System Data for the Play Test of Sinister Susurrations" will be in this anthology. And I cannot wait to read all these other stories. I mean, wow, those titles are PERFECTION! 😍 2164
Reposted by Mark PetersKatherine "Kat" Silva @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social · 06/07/2026You can now add DICHOTOMY to your TBR on Goodreads! www.goodreads.com/book/show/25... Make sure you've got the jump (or hop?) on this before it comes out in 2027 and pre-order your copy now. Links in my profile! 044
Mark Peters @markpeters.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Flash Fiction rec: “How His Sins Caught Up to the Unpierceable Laoji” by @muteddragon.bsky.social What a great story! I read it yesterday and I keep thinking about it today. A cleverly written piece that hits hard and lingers after the end. smallwondersmag.com/piece/how-hi...smallwondersmag.comHow His Sins Caught Up to the Unpierceable Laoji - Small Wonders“It was the first true test of the alchemist’s work. He promised me dominion over metal in exchange for crafting seven swords. An entire year’s work!" 131
Mark Peters @markpeters.bsky.social · 04/07/2026The latest story from Gavagai is a beautifully written burst of dark fiction. Despite the short length, @noorlovelace.bsky.social crafts a character who is both horrifying and sympathetic. 163
Mark Peters @markpeters.bsky.social · 03/07/2026New issue of Clarkesworld off to a great start: “The Life and Times of the Extraterrestrial Potoo” by K.J. Khan is a moving, bittersweet tale worth checking out. “I don’t know, to be honest. You just look like a Dave to me.” clarkesworldmagazine.com/khan_07_26/clarkesworldmagazine.comThe Life and Times of the Extraterrestrial Potoo by K. J. KhanClarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast. 030
Reposted by Mark PetersCoy Hall @coyhall.bsky.social · 02/07/2026COVER REVEAL! Here it is, the cover of my medieval horror novel, Devilry in Godling Wood. Coming this fall from Sentinel Creatives. Art by Yanina Nesterova. 1611029
