Rachel Abbey McCafferty @ramccafferty.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It’s October! Time to … continue reading & writing & watching horror. But now: I’m on theme. 040
Reposted by Rachel Abbey McCaffertyChill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026literally HUNDREDS of places are waiting for your writing this October. save this list! 0235
Rachel Abbey McCafferty @ramccafferty.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Oo I have one in this. The inspiration I need to finish an entry for this year, maybe? 032
Reposted by Rachel Abbey McCaffertyKaitlin Ruiz @kaitlinruiz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026one thing I tell myself these days, when everything feels irreparable, is that you don't have to fix everything, and you never have to go it alone. if you find one thing you can do consistently in the company of others, you will have accomplished so much more than you can rightly enumerate. 26114
Reposted by Rachel Abbey McCaffertyGareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Art, literature and music are ways we express our human experience. Generative AI has nothing to say. Its remixed slop can only ever be, to quote Shakespeare, “a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” 411031
Rachel Abbey McCafferty @ramccafferty.bsky.social · 27/09/2026My most old person opinion is that QR codes are the worst. 020
Rachel Abbey McCafferty @ramccafferty.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Transmogrified is the perfect way to explain how it goes from one song to another lol 020
Rachel Abbey McCafferty @ramccafferty.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Oh yeah, monologue and music co-existing at all times! 130
Rachel Abbey McCafferty @ramccafferty.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Ah, the start of the weekend. Almost time to move all the chores Monday Rachel thought I’d accomplish tomorrow to next week’s to-do list. 120
Rachel Abbey McCafferty @ramccafferty.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I’ve always got something in the background lol 030
Reposted by Rachel Abbey McCaffertyRachel Abbey McCafferty @ramccafferty.bsky.social · 21/09/2026If we are talking top TV shows of this century, I’m just going to stop everyone: it’s Six Feet Under. 111
Rachel Abbey McCafferty @ramccafferty.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Today, it’s the Daria theme song over here. 3100
Rachel Abbey McCafferty @ramccafferty.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I will never not be amazed that there are people without a song stuck in their heads at all times. 2514514
Reposted by Rachel Abbey McCaffertyRachel Abbey McCafferty @ramccafferty.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Have you ever read a book and partway through you’re like, why is the author writing this? What exactly are they trying to say? The problem is when it’s your own book. 2101
Rachel Abbey McCafferty @ramccafferty.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Hey, finishing them is half the battle 010
Rachel Abbey McCafferty @ramccafferty.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Fair but also — people need to listen to lyrics lol 000
Rachel Abbey McCafferty @ramccafferty.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Sometimes I think the media literacy crisis is new and then I remember Born in the USA came out in 1984 and well. 110
Rachel Abbey McCafferty @ramccafferty.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Have you ever read a book and partway through you’re like, why is the author writing this? What exactly are they trying to say? The problem is when it’s your own book. 2101
Rachel Abbey McCafferty @ramccafferty.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I needed this reminder. Sharing in case you do, too. 071
Rachel Abbey McCafferty @ramccafferty.bsky.social · 21/09/2026In case someone other than @lamaryanne.bsky.social wants to see my list. 120
Rachel Abbey McCafferty @ramccafferty.bsky.social · 21/09/2026A happy birthday to Mr. King, for all the stories and the nightmares and the tears, for all the writers you’ve inspired (and promoted), from one of many, many Constant Readers. Your books always feel like coming home. 010
Rachel Abbey McCafferty @ramccafferty.bsky.social · 21/09/2026If we are talking top TV shows of this century, I’m just going to stop everyone: it’s Six Feet Under. 111
Reposted by Rachel Abbey McCaffertytrampset @trampset.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Nominee Avra Elliott's "Strange Like Me" www.trampset.org/post/strange...trampset.orgStrange Like Meby Avra ElliottI remember a story he wrote about seaglass, followed by the words of Dybek whispered as foreplay. It isn’t easy to fall in love. There has to be strangeness. There has to be a dead lady... 111
Reposted by Rachel Abbey McCaffertytrampset @trampset.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Nominee Oladosu Michael Emerald's "Reasons to Stay Alive When the World Burns" www.trampset.org/post/reasons...trampset.orgReasons to Stay Alive When the World Burnsby Oladosu Michael Emeraldafter Nikita GillBecause the sky still hangs its blue between the bombs. Because your mother’s voice is a compass needle trembling north. Because the taste of mangoes clings ... 231
Reposted by Rachel Abbey McCaffertyRachel Abbey McCafferty @ramccafferty.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Small win season over here. 041
Reposted by Rachel Abbey McCaffertyAnna Vangala Jones @anniejowrites.bsky.social · 14/09/2026not now, novel. mommy is writing another short story right now 0351
Rachel Abbey McCafferty @ramccafferty.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Inside of you are two wolves and one wants to throw everything out immediately and one wants to save that “good bag.” 030
Reposted by Rachel Abbey McCaffertyRachel Abbey McCafferty @ramccafferty.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Details from @bulbculture.bsky.social are here! bsky.app/profile/bulb... 022
Rachel Abbey McCafferty @ramccafferty.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Details from @bulbculture.bsky.social are here! bsky.app/profile/bulb... 022
Reposted by Rachel Abbey McCaffertyRachel Abbey McCafferty @ramccafferty.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Horror fans be like “I needed this” and “this” is an uninterrupted hour to read about made-up people trying to survive terrible situations. 0133
Reposted by Rachel Abbey McCaffertyRachel Abbey McCafferty @ramccafferty.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Working on some other girlhood as monster stories right now, so let me re-share the first little haunting … 051
Rachel Abbey McCafferty @ramccafferty.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Horror fans be like “I needed this” and “this” is an uninterrupted hour to read about made-up people trying to survive terrible situations. 0133
Reposted by Rachel Abbey McCaffertyRachel Abbey McCafferty @ramccafferty.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Another fun call for Halloween. bsky.app/profile/cynt... 101
Rachel Abbey McCafferty @ramccafferty.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Another fun call for Halloween. bsky.app/profile/cynt... 101
Reposted by Rachel Abbey McCaffertyCynthia Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Maybe this is short notice, but last October I shared a new micro fiction horror story each day on my Substack. I want to do that again. Can you all get me something by September 28th? Micro fiction. Horror. Gothic, atmospheric and dread over gore. 1247
Rachel Abbey McCafferty @ramccafferty.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Calling Blink-182 a throwback: that hurts, local alt rock station. 130
Reposted by Rachel Abbey McCaffertyRachel Abbey McCafferty @ramccafferty.bsky.social · 01/09/2026It’s got to be at least 30 years since I first heard Man in the Box and it still makes me feel like I could straight up run through a wall every time. 021
Rachel Abbey McCafferty @ramccafferty.bsky.social · 03/09/2026This made me laugh. Also, I am deeply identifying with Rough Draft this morning. Is it somehow still morning? 010
Rachel Abbey McCafferty @ramccafferty.bsky.social · 02/09/2026NO (except when it’s an intentional style choice). 010
Rachel Abbey McCafferty @ramccafferty.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Oh no why did this break containment? (also, very sorry everyone identifies with my expensive errand) 050
Reposted by Rachel Abbey McCaffertyAnna Vangala Jones @anniejowrites.bsky.social · 02/09/2026writing tip: when in doubt, read 8452153
Rachel Abbey McCafferty @ramccafferty.bsky.social · 02/09/2026You know, there is one of those social media phrases/ideas I can get behind — the idea of romanticizing the small, normal moments in your life. I was just watering the garden and saw a rainbow in the spray and a bee carrying pollen and that’s cool! More of that! 130
Rachel Abbey McCafferty @ramccafferty.bsky.social · 02/09/2026It’s very cool and normal that the “quick” in-between grocery trip still costs at least $50. 2736824
Rachel Abbey McCafferty @ramccafferty.bsky.social · 01/09/2026We’re lucky is what I’m saying but I need the responsibilities to slow up so I can read. 010
