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Samantha Bryant | She/her @samanthabwriter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The first of my Indie books is officially in the black! And the second one only needs to sell one more print copy to get there. Not bad for nine months in! Check out the details over on Substack: samanthabwriter.substack.com/p/going-indi...

Promotional image for the Substack post, featuring a photograph of me and a friend standing on a hill at a Book event.

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gradientdescent @gradientdescent.net · 06/10/2026

boycott it so your trans friends don’t get a sick feeling in their stomach when they come over to your house for a party & see a stack of HP merch on your bookshelf, politely excuse themselves a bit early without saying anything, and then go home feeling just a little degraded

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026

This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead

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Michael G. Williams 🏳️‍🌈 @mcmanlypants.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Sting of Death was such a rollicking good time in a theater! Looking forward to the rest.

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David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 04/10/2026

Sunday brunch salad bar at the Eagle:

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Jeremy Ghooooost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Would anyone like to grab a Jeremy Creature to celebrate the Halloween season while I'm preparing packages for the post office? Each Creature is designed and hand-sewed by me and takes many hours to create. jeremycreature.bigcartel.com

Here's a lovely pic of some of my hand-sewn, fabric art Jeremy Creatures. The ground is green fur and the background is a beautiful galaxy print fabric. One creature is a gray rock with two different sizes black eyes and a little frown. There's a tall ghost with about 35 black eyes of different sizes and a wide mouth full of sharp teeth. There's another spirit with many eyes, twirly head wisps, and an open mouth with sharp teeth. There's also a ghost with a tiny face, with two different sized eyes and a little frown. There's a black ghost with a gray moon face, their body covered with hand-embroidered stars and planets of various sizes and colors. There's a frowny white ghost featuring embroidered red flowers. There's a super tiny frowny white ghost, and a super tiny black ghost with four eyes and embroidered stars.

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Michael G. Williams 🏳️‍🌈 @mcmanlypants.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I can. Not. WAIT. for this event in December! Seven of NC's finest horror writers reading their own ghost stories in the shadow of the holidays? This will be SO FUN! (And it's online, so it's an easy drive no matter where you are!) 💙📚🩸 #writingcommunity #hwa www.wake.gov/events/ghost... 👻

A flyer for "Ghosts of Winter's Past", a North Carolina author panel over Zoom at 6:30 PM Eastern on December 3, 2026, hosted by Wake County Public Libraries. Moderator: P.M. Raymond. Panelists: Michael G. Williams, Nicole Kurtz, Samantha Bryant, Garrett Boatman, David Voyles, and Jon Carroll Thomas. Registration required via https://www.wake.gov/events/ghosts-winters-past-nc-author-panel!

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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Michael G. Williams 🏳️‍🌈 @mcmanlypants.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Had the most amazing time joining the @queerolinaorg.bsky.social book club tonight! Kind, thoughtful people in community is a balm in anguished times.

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Michael G. Williams 🏳️‍🌈 @mcmanlypants.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Option B: a world in which queer people grow up and live their lives without bigotry being the norm. (My favorite, @natania.bsky.social's Love in Netherford, makes passing mention that there are bigots out there but literally everyone else thinks the bigots are complete freaks.)

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Michael G. Williams 🏳️‍🌈 @mcmanlypants.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Looking forward to sitting down on 10/15 with @samanthabwriter.bsky.social and @charliemewshaw.bsky.social to read from our works and talk about horror & folklore as a space to safely cope with difficult feelings and learn resilience, courtesy of Chatham Community Library! bit.ly/4juqMzN

A flyer for an event titled "Spooky Season is My Safe Space" at Chatham Community Library in Pittsboro, NC, at 6:00 PM on October 15, 2026. This event will feature three authors reading from their work and discussing horror and folklore as a space for learning resilience and how to deal with difficult feelings.

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 29/09/2026

Last two days to grab this mystery bundle!

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Michael G. Williams 🏳️‍🌈 @mcmanlypants.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I suspect it's that they've been in charge here so long they've gotten horribly sloppy or, terrifyingly, they're so awash in super-PAC money they don't have to care about getting it right.

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Michael G. Williams 🏳️‍🌈 @mcmanlypants.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I live in a different state, but every R mailing we've gotten has been addressed to a former resident who hasn't lived here in years, no longer lives in this state at all, and was registered as a D when they did. I'm just like, OK, more to shovel into recycling, I guess.

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Rainbow Space Magic @spacemagiccon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

At RSM this year: Approaching local businesses, organizations, etc can feel daunting. @cloviseditorial.bsky.social @klnoone.bsky.social @mcmanlypants.bsky.social & @vriccithode.bsky.social will discuss ways to collaborate RSM is a free, virtual queer SFFH con! Details: rainbowspacemagic.org

To the left of the background is dark blue with lines connecting small white lights in a seemingly random pattern. Across the image in the middle is a rainbow. The rest of the background is dark blue. The text reads: Rainbow Space Magic, A Queer SFF Convention, RainbowSpaceMagic.org October 3-4 Below that it says: Collaborating with Businesses Then there is a row of pictures of individuals with their names below. The names are: Genevieve Clovis, KL Noone, Michael G. Williams, Vanessa Ricci-Thode

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Michael G. Williams 🏳️‍🌈 @mcmanlypants.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Rereading Asimov's FOUNDATION AND EMPIRE (1952) about hegemonic powers which, convinced of their own infallibility & propped up entirely by manufactured nostalgia, anti-democracy themselves to death. Ah, yes, these must be the "good old days" when "sci fi wasn't political" one hears so much about.

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Michael G. Williams 🏳️‍🌈 @mcmanlypants.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Had an absolutely amazing time hanging out with Charlie, talking research into folklore and legends, and chatting with folks last night courtesy of South Carolina State Library's Speaker at the Center series. Also: a successful remote viewing experiment, and a visit with the lions from Lausanne!

A large metal sculpture of a lion atop a raised platform in front of the South Carolina State Library in Columbia, SC.

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T. Frohock (she/her) @tfrohock.com · 06/09/2024

What is common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders? If you live in NC, you may apply for a library card with the State Library of North Carolina (statelibrary.ncdcr.gov) and have access to JSTOR (and a lot of other cool databases).

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State Library of North Carolina | SLNC

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Michael G. Williams 🏳️‍🌈 @mcmanlypants.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

My queer Appalachian cosmic horror novel CHILDREN OF SOLITUDE is out now in all kinds of formats and all kinds of places (including audio!). Does it have parasites? That depends on whether extended families count! michaelgwilliamsbooks.com/where-to-buy... #HorrorWritersChat

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Where to Buy Children of Solitude – Michael G. Williams

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Ell Huang ♠️🩶🤍💜 @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Oooh good question. I’m a sucker for the siren song trope. Characters fighting something, but then being lulled into a false sense of security bc the thing luring them sounds soothing. I’d first depict their POV, being comforted til they relax, then cut to the body horror. #HorrorWritersChat

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Michael G. Williams 🏳️‍🌈 @mcmanlypants.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

My arm defies me, lifting scalpel instead of stake. One slash & my other lifts the largest flask. The vampire, stone-steady, smiles as he bleeds. "If you could find me," he murmurs with ventriloquistic stillness, "so can others. Time to wear *your* face for a while. Now drink." #HorrorWritersChat

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Michael G. Williams 🏳️‍🌈 @mcmanlypants.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

When someone must have what they do not want? That's *the good stuff*. That's the only time the physical body horror works for me (e.g., "Slither," which is AMAZING). Knowing someone has been overtaken by an invasive craving is terrible in the most enticing way. #HorrorWritersChat

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Michael G. Williams 🏳️‍🌈 @mcmanlypants.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Mental, every time. I love stories in which people wonder whether the thoughts they hear are their own--and discover they are not. I love invasive minds, psychic assault, spiritual wasting. I don't find physical suffering entertaining. At best it leaves me bored. #HorrorWritersChat

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Michael G. Williams 🏳️‍🌈 @mcmanlypants.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I'm Michael, I write queer cosmic & supernatural horror! Vamps seem an obvious answer, but my favorites are from the 1998 BBC series "Ultraviolet," about a team of vampire hunters who very clinically treat Code V's as a public health risk, a terrible slow-motion pandemic. #HorrorWritersChat

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Ell Huang ♠️🩶🤍💜 @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Hello I’m Ell and I write ace horror! I heard SPREAD ME by Sarah Gailey is hilarious. I also like the Youtube parody “Kiss Me (Kill Me)” which arguably features an eco-horror parasite taking over, and I have a T-shirt of the worm in your brain from Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared. #HorrorWritersChat

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

She-Ra > Sheeran

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Rainbow Space Magic @spacemagiccon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

What kind of panels do we have at #RainbowSpaceMagic this year? We have Group Marketing! With @duckprintspress.com @edalelane.bsky.social @authoralexharvey.bsky.social @mcmanlypants.bsky.social & @kitauthor.com RSM is a free, virtual queer speculative fiction con! Details at rainbowspacemagic.org

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Alex, the Writing Boo-basaur @authoralexharvey.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Last year, I went to a very disappointing Worldcon panel which reminded me how privileged a lot of writers are and how we inherently associate community access with wealth. So anyway, if you DON'T want to just be told how you need to go on a retreat for the 5000th time, check this one out!

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Rick Hollon @mimulus.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

1. Jack-in-the-pulpit berries. 2. White snake root. 3. Turkeytail mushrooms and lichens. 4. White wood aster.

Up-close photograph of a bundle of red berries of the Jack-in-the-pulpit plant, growing low to the forest floor.

Photograph of bundles of small white flowers of white snakeroot growing in the forest undergrowth.

Photograph of an old fallen log now grown with turkeytail mushrooms, lichen, and moss.

Photograph of the flowers of white wood aster growing in a patch of sun in the woods.

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Jeremy Ghooooost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

My hand-sewn creature bags are perfect for carrying creatures and objects such as a tiny witch homunculus, a monster finger puppet, a mushroom creature, etc. jeremycreature.bigcartel.com

Here's a lovely photo of Prisma. She's a black ghost with a gray moon face, twinkly black eyes, and a little frown. Her body is covered with stars of various colors and sizes. There's every color of the rainbow, as well as pink. The top of her head is a metal coin purse clasp. She's wearing a black fabric witch hat magnetically attached to the clasp. There's green fur in the background of the pic.

Surrounding her are various objects. There's a black clay mushroom creature I made with one eye and red spots. There's a tiny can of peanuts, a yellow monster finger puppet, a small Goosebumps book keychain. There's also my fabric art tiny witch homunculus and her rainbow staff. She's a greenish homunculus creature with twinkly red eyes.

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

go.bsky.app/H8e4DSB

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Michael G. Williams 🏳️‍🌈 @mcmanlypants.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Today seems like a really excellent day to avoid social media (he said, in a post on social media).

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Michael G. Williams 🏳️‍🌈 @mcmanlypants.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

And it was embarrassingly revelatory to me that the question "how do I make these characters into someone I want to spend time with" could have an answer as simple as "model them on people you love." I don't know if there's a point to this thread. But here we are.

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Michael G. Williams 🏳️‍🌈 @mcmanlypants.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I have come to subtly assume the world will never offer anything both big and good again (not just pleasurable, but *good* in moral/ethical/philosophical senses), and yesterday featured multiple badly needed contradictions of that view. I need to remember that. I need to open back up to good.

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Michael G. Williams 🏳️‍🌈 @mcmanlypants.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Also last night I broke down sobbing when I got to explore a new set of materials for a beloved story and setting I thought would never again offer the delight of surprise after its creator died and realized just how deep I have sunk into the room temperature water of depression and cynicism.

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Michael G. Williams 🏳️‍🌈 @mcmanlypants.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

It gets harder and harder to write things that are fun and funny (which I try to do, even/especially when writing horror). But today I wrote a scene essentially roleplaying a convo with one of my BFFs, whom I dearly miss seeing all the time, and all of a sudden the characters were having fun again.

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Bradley Ramsey @imagine2create.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Oh hell yeah, this sounds awesome! 👀

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Michael G. Williams 🏳️‍🌈 @mcmanlypants.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Thank you, @erynmccee.bsky.social! This week was AWESOME! My queer Appalachian cosmic horror novel CHILDREN OF SOLITUDE is out now in basically every possible format and outlet, and I'm working on a companion to it right now! #HorrorWritersChat

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Michael G. Williams 🏳️‍🌈 @mcmanlypants.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

😘 Look at it this way: now I get to brag about pinning a note to someone's door with a knife!

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Michael G. Williams 🏳️‍🌈 @mcmanlypants.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Music. In one WIP, music has been a way to keep Them asleep his whole life, his only defense, and he loves its power. He just isn't sure he loves power itself anymore. In my other (unrelated) WIP, music has never been meaningful. It's about to be used against him, though. #HorrorWritersChat

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Michael G. Williams 🏳️‍🌈 @mcmanlypants.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"Looks like the note worked," I say aloud, "but what am I going to drive into their door to get the knife back?" Silence, as I wait to see if someone responds. Once we're both certain we're alone, Pooh Bear crosses his arms and gently chides, "Oh, like that's your only knife." #HorrorWritersChat

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Michael G. Williams 🏳️‍🌈 @mcmanlypants.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

In one WIP, the land itself feels familiar but that familiarity was gained in part through rituals that now feel hollow. The protagonist isn't sure the things he used to venerate are still up there--and if they are, why they've gone silent. Are they pissed off or simply sleeping? #HorrorWritersChat

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Michael G. Williams 🏳️‍🌈 @mcmanlypants.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I'm Michael, I write queer cosmic & supernatural horror. My most precious comfort toy was (and is) a Winnie the Pooh bear sitting on my altar right now. In college it was stolen as a joke, and I secured his return by pinning a note to the thief's door using a ritual dagger. #HorrorWritersChat

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Michael G. Williams 🏳️‍🌈 @mcmanlypants.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Indeed, of my publishers, the one who’s pulled exploitative stunts is also the one who never registered my book for copyright so now neither of us gets anything. (They already weren’t getting any more of my books.)

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Rainbow Space Magic @spacemagiccon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Group Marketing: Marketing is hard! Let’s talk about ways to market collaboratively and make the process easier and more enjoyable. With @duckprintspress.com @edalelane.bsky.social @authoralexharvey.bsky.social @mcmanlypants.bsky.social & @kitauthor.com

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Rainbow Space Magic @spacemagiccon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Collaborating with Businesses: Approaching local businesses, organizations, & communities can feel daunting. This panel will discuss ways to collaborate successfully. With @cloviseditorial.bsky.social @klnoone.bsky.social @mcmanlypants.bsky.social & @vriccithode.bsky.social

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David Niall Wilson @davidniallwilson.com · 08/09/2026

This seems like a good day to remind everyone my very first published novel was Star Trek Voyager #12 - CHRYSALIS - has better reviews on Amazon.com than Goodreads... was fun. #Startrek #Voyager Also got to pitch for a couple of years for TV episodes and was paid once for an idea they did not use.

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Chrysalis (Star Trek: Voyager, #12)

When the sensors of the USS Voyager detect abundant pla…

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