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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

3 out of 10 slots filled. No one has claimed any of the 5 free scholarship slots yet, so they're still available!

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Cursed Classroom is limited to ten seats, so reach out as soon as you can! Free scholarship seats are available, too. See the details in the quoted post.

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

New horror writers: Applications for my Cursed Classroom are open! This affordable, month-long class will meet each Tuesday in November. You'll learn how to write more effective horror and how to submit to short fiction markets. Interested? See details here: ericraglin.com/classes-and-...

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Classes and Editorial Services

Cursed Classroom: Open for applicants through October 31st, 2026 What is Cursed Classroom? This month-long horror-writing bootcamp is aimed at writers on a budget. The ideal participant for this co…

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Sliced Up Press @sliceduppress.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

📺 An evil corporation with murderous robot mascots 📺 Teen drama archetypes trapped in a nightmarish loop 📺 A beat-up cartoon dog seeking freedom from its sadistic creator All of this and more in SATURDAY MOURNING TELEVISION Get yours here: sliceduppress.com/smt

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SATURDAY MOURNING TELEVISION

Paperback ISBN: 9798233846199 Ebook ISBN: 9798232030445 The house is quiet. Other worlds await. It’s Saturday morning and you’re alone with the TV. You turn it on, inviting all kinds of…

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Here is the roughly-outlined vision. Any interest?

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ZD Dochterman @zddochterman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

If you haven’t read this collection, it’s one of my favorites in recent years.

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

incredibly well-done resident evil teaser from a movie theater

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Sliced Up Press @sliceduppress.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

💀📺 IT'S RELEASE DAY! 📺💀 Tune in to 30 short stories and poems about early morning kid's TV in SATURDAY MOURNING TELEVISION Links to buy in paperback or ebook here: sliceduppress.com/smt

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SATURDAY MOURNING TELEVISION

RELEASE DATE: 31st AUGUST 2026 Paperback ISBN: 9798233846199 Ebook ISBN: 9798232030445 The house is quiet. Other worlds await. It’s Saturday morning and you’re alone with the TV. You tu…

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Elias Eells- Bar Cart Bookshelf @eliaseells.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Book club where we all read a different nonfiction book each month and then get together and explain some of what we learned

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Rachel Gluckstern @rgluckst.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.

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tunes to make you run away @whippoorwont.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

"people are anthropomorphizing LLMs because they are so astonishingly good at processing human thought and language" people will anthropomorphize a chair if you put the stitches in the right place.

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Matt Peters @mrmightyink.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

New narration! I had the pleasure of reading Natalia Theodoridou's “Horse Boy” for Uncanny Magazine Podcast Episode 72A. It's one of those stories where the less you know going in, the better. Come for the Greek mythology, stay for the identity crisis.

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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Y'all. I know you're tired of my running on about this, and I *want* to give you a break over the weekend, but I CAN'T fail these cats. They need a HOME. They're affectionate, relaxed and in decent health, and their issues are MINOR and EASILY MANAGEABLE. All we need is to find That Person.

Gray cat with white flash on throat, sitting on bed, looking up.

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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

but he's totally good with litterbox use if you can keep the bathroom door closed. Cannot emphasize enough how affectionate he is—he'll strop your legs if you're standing, plop on you if you're not and otherwise stick like Velcro.

Wally, a gray cat with a white flash on his throat, eyes showing absolutely nothing behind them but love.

Wally lying down, showing his other white flash on the belly. He has spread ears, but it's a lie: he's genuinely oblivious and unbothered by ANYTHING.

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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

ORPHANED CATS NEED FOREVER HOME IN NORTHEAST (PLEASE READ *ENTIRE* THREAD) My wife's childhood friend died Thursday, leaving his two *mildly* special-needs cats. The elder, Wally, is about 13. ABSOLUTELY affectionate cat; GLORIOUSLY dim. His only issue is that he poops in bathtubs if given a chance

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Dara @dara59.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Ozymandias shoulda made two monuments so he could have told people to look upon his works ye mighty and de spare

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Nichole L. Lightner @nicholeon.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

This is the only weird west fiction I want in my timeline.

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Sasha Brown @sashabrown.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

important lizard update: howdy pardner

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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Kevin passed about an hour ago. The time to find his cats a home IS now, and I'm not one step closer to finding it. Please, friends.

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Jennifer Dionisio @jenniferdionisio.com · 19/08/2026

It's way past time that mentioning the artist when promoting books, physical media, film posters etc. should be the norm. With slop everywhere, let ppl know you hired an artist! This is good marketing, you look good because of it. Which is why it feels suspicious when ppl don't do this

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GHOULISH BOOKS WILL KILL YOUR PARENTS @ghoulish.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

our new bookmarks are gonna look so fucking sick, thanks to the one & only @bettyrocksteady.bsky.social

front of the bookmark says GHOULISH BOOKS in goopy handdawn text. back of the bookmark is a three eyed monster thing

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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

AI feels like something Cosmic Horror has warned against for the last 100 years. Stories like this read like a lazy scholar who got hold of cursed amulet wishing for everyone to see their intelligence, and by the end they're giggling "See? See!" as their brains dribble out their ears.

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

The Wachowski sisters didn't use 120 cameras to film one shot just so you could tell me that AI is "inevitable."

Bullet time sequence in The Matrix featuring 120 still cameras in a big circle

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Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Jim Henson didn’t muppeteer a tiny green frog that was singing and playing the banjo, with rubber gloves while totally submerged underwater in a airtight aluminum tank just so you could tell me that AI is “inevitable”.

Comic page depicting how the did the scene in the Muppets Movie with Kermit playing the banjo in a swamp

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Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin @miseryvulture.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

On "gatekeeping", writing is the price of entry to being a writer. It's the only bar you have to clear.

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Die Booth @diebooth.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

1) This is one of the reasons I do not trust any 'pay to be a member so you can appear legit' organisation 2) Sèphera Girón apparently enjoying her 15 minutes of infamy, I imagine she'll probably profit from this more than it will damage her, because that's how things operate in the writing world

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Karlo Yeager Rodríguez @kjy1066.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

If you're a writer aching to write a spirited defense of AI/slop. . . May I suggest: don't

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Mr Dr Bae @dallas-taylor.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Seconded

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Sasha Brown @sashabrown.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Holy shit, I just read it. @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social this is trash, you guys. It's trash. This goes against my values and I don't want to be associated with it. Can we get a statement on who thought this was cool, please?

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Andrew F. Sullivan @afsulli.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

wild amounts of dog shit in the air

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Oh wow. Congrats to the finalists. Honored to be included with these authors. Thanks to World Fantasy Con, the judges, @clarkesworldmagazine.com, and @undertow.bsky.social. And thanks to readers who enjoyed and talked about these stories. Really means a lot.

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2026 World Fantasy Awards Finalists

The World Fantasy Awards ballot for works published in 2025 has been announced. The awards will be presented during the 2026 World Fantasy Convention, scheduled for October 22-25, 2026 in Oakland C…

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Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · 04/08/2026

Well I mean SOMEONE had to season the primordial soup.

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Derek Faraci @whwoolhat.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Bet you didn't know that the Little Morton Salt Girl is an immortal being who existed before there was life on Earth.

An ad for Morton Salt that shows the Little Morton Salt Girl with her umbrella. The text reads "She was there when life was created."

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

He was very weary; the day had been long, and full of dragons.

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Agita Publishing @agitapublishing.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

OK, that was fun. Sixteen amazing authors are joining Lauren Bolger, Poppy Z. Brite, and Mae Murray in SIDE HUSTLE: HORROR STORIES FOR LATE CAPITALISM. Coming in March 2027.

Broadmoor, Cardigan
Brown, Sasha
DeHaan, Laura
Dimaro, Felix
Fahmy, Yasmeen
Fleck, Jennifer
Hertzberg, Nick
Linardos, Akis
Masterson, Casey
Murray, Mae
Osha, Jorja
Sharpe, AJ
Sturges-Brown, Michelle
Teng, Emily
Warlen, Kristina
Whalen, Andrew
Wiggins, K.A.

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Orion's Belt magazine @orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

We are thrilled to reveal the cover art for our summer issue #36, coming out in August! More here: www.orions-belt.net/issues Cover Art “SUN II” by David Alvàrez, with design by @ashsmash.bsky.social. To subscribe & read it as soon as it’s released, & support our work: bit.ly/orionsbelt-patreon

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Marissa van Uden @marissavu.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Preorders are now open for ECO25: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction! Please support our little imprint and this series by preordering -- it makes a huge difference to the success of the books. And you get 30% off the price ✨🦋🌿

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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The ecofiction season is upon us! 🌸🐛🌟 The next installment in our annual ECO anthology series is available for preorder NOW! Click the link below and grab your copy of ECO25: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION today! 🌱📚🌙 www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...

"A New Generation of Stories
ECO25
The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction
PREORDERS NOW OPEN"

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