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J.M. Thor 🧿

@mr-thor.bsky.social
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School librarian. Dad x 3. Writer of weird fiction and horror. MLIS 2025 ✔️ eml jm[dot]thor[dot]author@gmail.com

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J.M. Thor 🧿 @mr-thor.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Would you rather be cursed by a demon to remain chained to the Neverending Pasta Bowl At Olive Garden for the rest of your living days, or to the Endless Shrimp At Red Lobster, suffering an eternity of exponentially dwindling portions for every meal?
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J.M. Thor 🧿 @mr-thor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Halfway through King & Straub's The Talisman for the first time, as a stop on my Dark Tower journey (also for the first time). I am enjoying it so far (Wolf! Wolf!), but it does read like the final boss of Pantser narratives. What will happen next? O great mystery of the universe!
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J.M. Thor 🧿 @mr-thor.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
GET IT TOAD
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J.M. Thor 🧿 @mr-thor.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
This owl grows his consciousness slowly, surrounding it with barbs, and he is very proud of what he has accomplished.
A 70s style ceramic owl mug with a tall spindly cactus growing out of it
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J.M. Thor 🧿 @mr-thor.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Today is my birthday and all I want is for a massive wave to sweep all the fascists into the sea
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J.M. Thor 🧿 @mr-thor.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Thank you for reading! 🖤
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J.M. Thor 🧿 @mr-thor.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
You'll find my story, The Fathomeer, in this anthology, alongside other wonderful tales. Don't miss this deal!
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J.M. Thor 🧿 @mr-thor.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Holy shit new mclusky just dropped
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J.M. Thor 🧿 @mr-thor.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
I love reading horror, but I'm never quite scared by it. That is, until I picked up a book of @brianevenson.bsky.social's stories. ~ "I seem to be standing on your clothing," he told the other. "It's not my clothing," the face said. "No?" said Grauer. "What is it?" "My skin," the face said.
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J.M. Thor 🧿 @mr-thor.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
This fellow's dance deserves a Sisters of Mercy soundtrack and some blacklights
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Coy Hall @coyhall.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Experimenting by releasing a short story on Kindle & KU. Rider in the Widow Lands is a 25 page sword & sorcery tale. Available now! Mybook.to/widowlands
Image is ‘Knight at the Crossroads’ (1878), a painting by Viktor Vasnetsov. It features an armored man on a white horse, looking across an open field. Text reads Rider in the Widow Lands: A Sword and Sorcery Short Story by Coy Hall.
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J.M. Thor 🧿 @mr-thor.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
This is Sunday sorted
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Wendy N. Wagner 🎃 @wnwagner.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
One day left to submit your work to Nightmare Magazine! We close at 11 pm tomorrow night. As ever, we're looking for short stories under 7500 words, flash stories 0-1500 words long, poetry, and creative nonfiction.
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Whisper House Press (Steve Capone, Jr.) @whisperhousepress.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
The DOOM SCROLL call for submissions opens TOMORROW. Social media horror. Please spread the word. whisperhousepress.com/whisper-hous... #horror #publishing #callforsubmissions #mundanehorror #socialmedia #fiction #DOOMSCROLL #Writersky #Writers #writingcommunity
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Doom Scroll
Whisper House Press will open for submissions in February and March 2026. We’re aiming to publish Doom Scroll in late October, 2026. Here are the details you need to know to prepare for the o…
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J.M. Thor 🧿 @mr-thor.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Just joined the Horror Writer's Association #HWA 🤘
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J.M. Thor 🧿 @mr-thor.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Halfway through King Sorrow, and I am pleased to report that @stephenking.bsky.social's habit of mentioning a "blue chambray shirt" in every novel is a legacy that Joe Hill carries proudly. Loving the book so far! (and reading it in my red flannel shirt, for all you shirtheads out there)
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J.M. Thor 🧿 @mr-thor.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Ayyyyy! My old college town bookstore! My ghost still lingers there.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
By who? Who shot the person dead? You saw the video. We all know a federal agent shot a man dead who was prone on the ground. Also, it's not "according to officials." It's according to verified video seen with your eyes. Not saying what anyone can obviously see with their eyes is a form of lying.
NYT push alert: "A person was shot dead today during a struggle with federal agents in Minneapolis, according to officials."
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J.M. Thor 🧿 @mr-thor.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
I sure miss when it used to be fun to Look At The Internet
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J.M. Thor 🧿 @mr-thor.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
He said the thing!!!
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J.M. Thor 🧿 @mr-thor.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Schrödinger's president
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J.M. Thor 🧿 @mr-thor.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Well if this isn't the coolest thing I've ever seen! Amazing work @cosmonautcloud.bsky.social!
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J.M. Thor 🧿 @mr-thor.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
That cover art is siiiicckk!
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Bad Hand Books @badhandbooks.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
AAAAAAAHH! Print ARCs of THE BOATMAN by @alexgrecian.bsky.social just came in. Coming April 7. badhandbooks.com/purchasedire...
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J.M. Thor 🧿 @mr-thor.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
What a nice message to wake up to this morning! The Fathomeer can be found in This World of Vile Wonder - check it out if you prefer the sea to keep its secrets.
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J.M. Thor 🧿 @mr-thor.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Oh wow, thank you so much for the kind words! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
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J.M. Thor 🧿 @mr-thor.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Wrote this a year ago, not sure if I ever shared it. Gotta click thru to @gavagai.com for the whole thing.
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J.M. Thor 🧿 @mr-thor.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Inauguration Day Blues — by J.M. Thor Woke up this morning Got the baby on the potty Got screamed at Did not scream back though i needed to I held it like a big kid Made egg salad on toast because The store only had hard boiled Kids have the day off school And I have the day off work Not to honor …
A cropped image of Martin Luther King Jr.s crossed arms, etched in stone at his memorial.
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J.M. Thor 🧿 @mr-thor.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
You heard the fella, pre-order The Boatman!
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J.M. Thor 🧿 @mr-thor.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Its the kind of book you can read in a day and think about for the rest of your life. Highly recommended! Thank you to @badhandbooks.bsky.social for the advance copy.
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J.M. Thor 🧿 @mr-thor.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Just finished The Boatman, @alexgrecian.bsky.social's upcoming, and it was a real treat. My favorite kind of spec fic, where one small thing is different and we examine what scenarios may unspool. Its a poignant meditation on mortality and legacy, and surprisingly, also a breezy beach read. 1/
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Jonathan Hoefler @jonathanhoefler.com · 15/01/2026
While the pasty incels who work the federal agencies continue to churn out feeble, bloodless AI pastiches of Axis propaganda, here’s how a living breathing artist powerfully invokes design history. This is by illustrator Emily K in South Philly, a free poster-sized download on her website: →
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J.M. Thor 🧿 @mr-thor.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Like how many books will not get written, how many paintings will not get finished, how many songs will go unsung because these fuckers in charge make us too stressed out to find the mental space to be creative
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J.M. Thor 🧿 @mr-thor.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Feeling very distant from inspiration right now. I'm sure I'm not the only one
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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
The book gods have determined that THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS is a mere $1.99 on your favorite electromagnetic reading platform if you’d like an easy entry point to friendship breakups, broken people, creepy interstitial terrain, and a haunted house that is a house that haunts. Tell your friends!
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ON FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1998, five teenagers went on a camping trip in the middle of the forest.
ONLY FOUR OF THEM RETURNED.
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Gavagai @gavagai.com · 02/01/2026
We’ve got several stories eligible for 2025 awards in our first ever horror anthology, including Stoker and Best Weird Horror! Check out some of our best work in the Gavagai Horror Anthology Volume One! Link in comments!
Screen cap of our horror anthology on Gavagai.
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J.M. Thor 🧿 @mr-thor.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Today was one of those days with my daughters made of many small heavens that crowded around us, all trying to out-lovely one another. I am grateful for the time I get to spend with them and for the simple gifts we give eachother every day, often without even noticing.
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J.M. Thor 🧿 @mr-thor.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Happy birthday! I'm having one with you and cracking open your Night & Day anthology as we speak.
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J.M. Thor 🧿 @mr-thor.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
How do i join
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Great post about generative AI. Happy Holidays. Don't say I never gave you anything. anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
I do understand: you want permission. There’s a machine in the corner wrapped in human skin that makes things out of shit and blood to look like whatever you want (as long as you don’t look too closely). You gave one to your teacher and they didn’t notice. Your boss told you to use it after they laid off half the team and it was fine. You fed one to your kids and they liked it. You want to know you can use it sometimes without me thinking less of you. You don’t need me to believe it’s useful, you just want me to be polite about it.
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J.M. Thor 🧿 @mr-thor.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Also of note:
A box of petit fours rearranged to say SHARTS
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J.M. Thor 🧿 @mr-thor.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Set sail for holiday cheer on the
A box of petit fours with the remaining letters rearranged to say HMS RATS
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J.M. Thor 🧿 @mr-thor.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
I just finished Coffin Moon by @keithrosson.bsky.social and let me tell you, that book has the fuckin' JUICE. It is so good. And as a former North Portlander, it was really nice to see some of my old stomping grounds on the page. I never visited the Childrens' Museum, but I can believe it was there🤘
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Coy Hall @coyhall.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
The Scythian Wolf historical horror anthologies are on sale for 99¢ this week!
The graphic features two books, side by side. The book on the left is Death's Other Kingdom: Horror Tales of World War I. The book on the right is This World of Vile Wonder: Horror Tales of the Scientific Revolution. The text below the books reads: Ebooks 99 cents. Amazon US and UK. December 23 through 30.
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Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
A selection of great indie books I read this year. I highly recommend all of these!👇📚 (See list below, left to right)
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J.M. Thor 🧿 @mr-thor.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Currently reading: The Book of Dead Days — Marcus Sedgwick #AmReading This book takes place from 12/27 to 12/31, aka the "Dead Days," per the author's introduction. I'm gnna read each day's section on the matching calendar day because, y'know, why not?
Cover of The Book of Dead Days by Marcus Sedgwick
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J.M. Thor 🧿 @mr-thor.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
On the 12th day of Christmas, best I can do is a shrike in a yucca tree.
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