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Tired: knives in black leather gloves & spurting blood Wired: strangled by fuzzy blankets and drowned in lukewarm chicken soup

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Zachary Gillan @megapolisomancy.bsky.social · 6h

I’m guest editing the next issue of Agita; send me your weirdest <1000 word stories about weird art. Authors from marginalized backgrounds encouraged and prioritized. No AI bullshit. The weirder the better. agitamag.com/submissions/

Issue 3: Ekphrasis
Between October 17 and November 17, guest editor Zachary Gillan will accept submissions of weird flash fiction that features ekphrasis.
Ekphrasis is the verbal representation of a work of visual art.
Weird fiction is a verbal representation of the world, in order to unsettle it.
We want stories that live at the intersection of the two. Pieces that emphasize the eerie power of weird art, whether fully ekphrastic or embedded within a traditional narrative. How does the weird seep in as reality is doubly estranged from these two layers of representation? Cursed paintings, uncanny statues, haunted mezzotints-send us your stories of weird art.
Publication date: February 1, 2027

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 11h

My third novel, HERO COME HOME, officially has a cover! Preorderable from the usual places us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

The cover of my third novel, HERO COME HOME. Four human figures centred, the main image being that of a bearded man looking back over his shoulder (that's Oro, the protagonist), with a circle of symbols behind him. We can see a swan and a key. In the foreground are three people: two women, one with a mysterious marking? scar? who knows!? on her cheek and the other carrying a sword, flanking an older, balding man holding up a pistol. The possibly-scarred woman looks ever so slightly amused, and that is certainly very like her. Everybody else is not happy to be here, or indeed, anywhere

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 12h

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”

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Always Crashing @alwayscrashing.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Have learned that we are apparently on a "Best Kept Secrets" starter pack and y'all you really should not be keeping that secret

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bog landlord @pondslurp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i had a blast but can you please not invite basho next time? his vivid depictions of the change of seasons make me painfully aware of my own transience

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social

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Lauren @tinylongwing.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Walking foster dog Daisy through our lovely Central Oregon scenery has been a fun addition to my usual #Waymakers running and art. I'm sad she hasn't found an adopter yet! But she's been a joy to host.

Photo of a tan dog on a leash walking on a dirt road through fields of golden drying vegetation and a rich blue sky. Distant rolling mountains sit on the horizon.

Photo of the same happy tan dog sitting on the trail and smiling at the camera. She has a pink harness and pink leash.

Same tan dog on a gravel road walking on a partly cloudy day past huge stacked bales of hay on the right and an irrigation sprinkler on the left. Her little red bandana says "adopt me".

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i should clarify, when i write people doing bad things, it's because i am bad. they are me. more importantly, when you read about those bad things, they also become you. that's how story works. in fact, you are going to think about murder before this skeet ends. how's that feel, sicko.

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emma burnett @slashnburnett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Amirite tho

White text on yellow-orange ombré background that reads:
Don't let Al ruin your writing.
It's your writing.
Ruin it yourself.

Amirite

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Samuel M. Moss @perfidiousscript.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Uh oh, looks like Arundel Books got a bad case of THAT HEAT

Book display with a number of books, including 'Double Black Diamond', 'New Platz, New Paltz' and 'The Veldt Institute' all from Double--Negative press.

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Laurent Peraldi @tintamarre.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Edward Steichen

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impure moods @nickgreergkcin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

𝑫𝑶𝑮 𝑩𝑬𝑳𝑶𝑾 a novel by Nick Greer 264pp October 20, 2026 double--negative.com/004-dog-belo...

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Reminder that in Canada upon becoming an engineer you get an iron ring made of a collapsed bridge, purposely designed to be uncomfortable, to remind you that your ethics demand you give a fuck even about the boring grudgework of such as double-checking your math. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ring

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Iron Ring - Wikipedia

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Dim Shores @dimshores.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

OK, this is not a drill. The final proof for SUFFERING THE OTHER looked great, and I have ordered books from the printer! I will have a small quantity on hand this Sunday at Sinister Book Fair in Sacramento, and will begin shipping orders and contributor copies next week.

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Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

if you think about it, the physics that dictate the turning of the seasons on planet earth are a lot like a big ol' mechanical shitting duck. anyway, read about automata: geoliminal.com/2026/09/19/a...

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Automata in Weird Fiction

To celebrate (and *ahem* advertise) the fact that my short story, “Vaucanson’s Canard,” is available for preorder as an absolutely gorgeous pamphlet from Paradise Editions (with i…

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I can't pay for this, but I can credit you in the back. I need names of fake artists for the Southern Reach coffee table book. These would be painters, sculptors, potters, etc., living on the Forgotten Coast who paranoid Central investigates as their work appears to contain knowledge of Area X.

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Samuel M. Moss @perfidiousscript.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

'The Veldt Institute' is one year old! It is all about: Strange places Strange thoughts Strange structure Strange people Strange art et cetera etc. Copies from the second printing are back out in the wild and also available at asterismbooks.com/product/the-...

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The Veldt Institute | Asterism Books

### *At the Veldt Institute everyone is sick, so no one is sick.* Endless fields of grass. A sky so bright there are barely shadows. At the center of this expanse is the Veldt Institute, an austere s...

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LRB Bookshop @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk · 09/09/2026

was standing behind charlie while he served a customer and he turned down a proffered £20 note because the king was winking on it. we looked it up afterwards and it turns out this was a big mistake

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Joe Koch @horrorsong.blog · 17/09/2026

Yeah, the more I think about it, the more I'd say I'm a painter who's using the medium of words instead of tempera or oil or charcoal. I'm not telling you a bedtime story with good guys and bad guys and a tidy ending. I'm painting a canvas for you to react and respond to. Your feelings are your own.

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Joe Koch @horrorsong.blog · 17/09/2026

Sometimes I feel bullied and shamed by people with gads of books coming out and precocious daily word counts. Then I come to my senses and say fuck that nonsense. I'm not a word machine. I'm not even a writer, really, because I'd liken my work to painting a landscape rather than handing you a map.

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Joe Koch @horrorsong.blog · 17/09/2026

It's popular and seems encouraging & kind to say "just get some words on the page and fix them later" but I disagree. Write only what is essential, what your soul says is necessary to survive. Write with intention, precision, and force. Write with fervor, or not at all.

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david c. porter (read NTTN) @davidcporter.net · 16/09/2026

today in Keep Planning, new prose from returning contributor Eric T. Racher – i call it only "prose" because i'm truly not sure there's any more specific descriptor yet invented for the strange, dark, heady blend of literary forms to be found here. do not miss this one

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Zachary Gillan @megapolisomancy.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Since other people are already talking 2027 releases, guess it's time for my niche: here is a post for listing out weird fiction publishing next year. Readers, writers, presses, publicists, whoever, let me know what's what.

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Ben Lockwood, PhD @benlockwood.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Have you read the latest from @rottingleafmag.bsky.social? It’s gross and visceral and very cool 👇

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 14/09/2026

Please don't let AI do your scam vetting

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Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

New York Times focus group of 10 Trump voters: 5 believe they have already received their $5,000 check from President Trump, 2 think they got it but "clicked the wrong thing" and lost it, 2 say they haven't gotten their 5k yet, 1 says she regrets vote for Trump because he "pardoned Amber Heard" (??)

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Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

You should be allowed to post nudes on LinkedIn

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ian kappos @nokappos.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Pretty cool that my story “Late Bloomer” is one of the @ergot.bsky.social stories selected as a September monthly read by the Literary Horror group on Goodreads

Christi Nogle, "The Thicket"
David Leo Rice, "The Museum of Leaving My Room"
lan Kappos, "Late Bloomer"
Ivy Grimes, "Hitchcock"
James Tadd Adcox, "A Haunting"
Merl Fluin, "Alarm Call"
Nathan Grover, "Juniper Tree: A Cutting"
Samantha Barrett, "Slasher"
Samantha Riley, "Utukki Limnu"
S.D. Stewart, "The Violence of Displaced Reference"
Tremain Xenos, "To This False Plague"
Victor Sweetser, "Nostrum"

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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

An unexpected thrill: sitting down at the Aero with Richard Kelly ahead of the 4K theatrical rerelease of his cult classic Donnie Darko on its 25th anniversary. We talked about fighting for an artistic vision and whether “I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion” will be quoted in his obituary.

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Richard Kelly on Donnie Darko at 25: ‘It’s a Miracle That Any Movie Gets Made’

The director discusses his debut novel, staying true to an artistic vision, and the absurd line of dialogue from Donnie Darko he believes will find its way into his obituary.

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Samuel M. Moss @perfidiousscript.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Once every year or two Visqueen's 'Sunset on Dateland' starts playing in my head and I listen to it again. Figure not many people outside of Seattle are familiar with them, but man this is a pop album that has held up so well. visqueenvaxxine.bandcamp.com/album/sunset...

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Sunset On Dateland, by Visqueen

9 track album

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Ben Lockwood, PhD @benlockwood.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This is our second piece in a row to feature original artwork from the author. It’s very cool and you should check it out

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 06/09/2026

more books that make people go "this is not for everyone but I loved and hated it for reasons I cannot explain" in their three-star reviews

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A.M. Tuomala @amtuomala.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

For my part, I am extremely excited for more showy, experimental, voice-forward prose. I want to see writers take big risks, until being playful with language doesn't feel like a risk anymore.

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s.j. bagley @heksenhaus.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

more people should talk about how c.m. muller is one of the best contemporary editors of short horror fiction, every anthology and/or journal he's been involved with has helped me discover so many writers i was previously aware of. he's a powerhouse, like an american michael kelly.

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D. Matthew Urban @breathinghead.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

1. Consider the slab 2. Offer facts to the slab 3. ??? 4. Dream world

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Samuel M. Moss @perfidiousscript.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

One of the greatest things that fiction can do is allow us - force us, really - to remember that there are many things out there that we do not understand, and many other things that will never be able to understand.

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Samir Sirk Morató @spicycloaca.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

learning to effectively withhold information is a skill, and a valuable one. plus, you can't figure out your style & preferences (not some reader's preferences. *yours*) if you're too afraid to explore, assess, & learn. get your hands dirty!

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 03/09/2026

The Spirit of Endurance, Harold Cazneaux, 1937. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cazneau...

A River red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) hollowed out with age

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ergot. @ergot.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Tomorrow on ergot.: waking up in a new place, to some hard facts, with D. Matthew Urban @breathinghead.bsky.social

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jonny @misterbloat.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

It’s about time we had a reckoning with the need so many writers feel to over-explain everything aspect of their stories, even in non Weird genres. Readers don’t need to be babied. Let us figure things out. Leave room for interpretation. Over-explanation makes writing worse.

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Ito Romo @itoromo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

End-of-Summer Flash Sale! Use code SUMMER26 for 30% off FILTH EATERS (and these four great reads) at DeepVellum.com #BookSky

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

these people should be ashamed of themselves for several reasons share.google/IB2NzxpKmZaF...

The USFS said the climbers told them they had used an artificial intelligence platform, YouTube videos and AllTrails to plan the trip. They said they relied on AI to decide what food to bring and how much food and water they would need.

The group said it packed supplies for an eight-hour climb, not its roughly 16-hour ascent. The climbers said AI recommended simple carbohydrates instead of fats because fats “take too long to digest.”

“We relied too much on AI rather than our own critical thinking,” the group told rangers

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Andrew F. Sullivan @afsulli.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

books can be about bad people. the characters are not your friends. the protagonist is not you.

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sanctorium.bsky.social @sanctorium.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Jan Mankes

Painting

Jan Mankes was a Dutch painter who died in 1920 at age 30 after producing over 300 paintings and drawings.

a full bird on a trailing vine, full foliage to the right. paled dark blue to paled white blue

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Samuel M. Moss @perfidiousscript.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

September 1st and Walmart's already playing 'Christine', 'A Forest' and 'Black Celebration'. It comes earlier and earlier each year. They aren't even waiting till Labor Day anymore!

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