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@rsljnr.bsky.social
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(he/they)🌹AHRC-funded and researching (New) Weird & Ligotti @ Uni of Liverpool 🌹 work at ergot., CHM, Sans Press, Vastarien 🌹 the way in is the way out 🌹https://linktr.ee/RSLjnr

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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Hi. Everything I want to say it at the following link, which contains why I think Patrick Barb should not be HWA President. I'm going to step away from socials for a few hours now, and will see you all later. 🫀 CW: sexual misconduct. theodorehill.weebly.com/statement.html
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Carson Winter @carsonwinter.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Brave of Theo to post this. Please read it. This sort of behavior shouldn't be tolerated.
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RSLjnr @rsljnr.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
was so happy to be in this with some amazing writers to do it. bucket list publication ✔️ DONE
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RSLjnr @rsljnr.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
"i'm not good at goodbyes" -- a tribute attempt at painting oliver tree.
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RSLjnr @rsljnr.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Kay Nielsen, Sir Olaf and the Underworld, 1913
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RSLjnr @rsljnr.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
such a beautiful piece about the weird entangled spaces of the internet that captures everything good (and bad) about platforms, info-capital, and the simulacra of the self. amazing format. amazing writing.
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Katharine Tyndall @katharinetyndall.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
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RSLjnr @rsljnr.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
photo from my Pint of Science talk where I said being scared is good, actually, and presented my thesis research about weird horror's ability to reimagine and decolonise its own racist and bigoted roots. Or, why we like the weird in such weird times.
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RSLjnr @rsljnr.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
gofund.me/f8ac5c365 if anyone is able to share, or even donate, please help us. Leo is such a gentle baby. New to the universe, curious and so loving, Leo would boop your nose if you were sad, would hang on your back if you needed a hug. He's not my baby but I'm lucky enough to think he is.
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Donate to Help Save the Bravest Boy, Leo Williams, organized by Richard Snowden-Leak
From the moment we set eyes on Leo, we knew he was going to be a goober. … Richard Snowden-Leak needs your support for Help Save the Bravest Boy, Leo Williams
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RSLjnr @rsljnr.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
in honour of backrooms day, I wanted to flag @eerieyore.bsky.social 's beloved editorial project Between Doorways: www.saltheartpress.com/between-door... I'm biased being in the collection at the end, but I just feel like the stories in this have done "liminal" in the best ways we all love.
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BETWEEN DOORWAYS — Salt Heart Press
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The Fantasy Hive @thefantasyhive.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Today on The Fantasy Hive RSL interviews @carsonwinter.bsky.social on his latest genre-blurring sword and sorcery fantasy novella THE CORPSE PRIEST “It was important to me to show a different kind of hero” Review Link: fantasy-hive.co.uk/2026/05/inte...
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Interview with Carson Winter (THE CORPSE PRIEST) | Fantasy-Hive
Today RSL interview Casron Winter about his genre-blurring sword and sorcery novella THE CORPSE PRIEST: "It was important to me to show a different kind of hero"
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RSLjnr @rsljnr.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
loved interviewing @carsonwinter.bsky.social for Corpse Priest. Please give this book a good read. Amazing piece of art. Weird, gothic, and horrifying.
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RSLjnr @rsljnr.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
my article is up about weird fiction in weird, horrifying times, and the community that forms around people trying to wrestle their fears together! www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/t...
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The H Word: Why Do We Like the Weird? - Nightmare Magazine
I, like many of us, am always scared. A friend of mine once asked me why. And the first thing that came to my head was to show him Junji Ito’s “The Enigma of Amigara Fault.”
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RSLjnr @rsljnr.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
happy bookday ivy!! if anyone wants to read Ivy's thoughts on the writing and pbulishing of the book, do give this a read! fantasy-hive.co.uk/2026/03/inte... then go buy it!!
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Interview with Ivy Grimes (THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR) | Fantasy-Hive
Ivy Grimes is originally from Birmingham, Alabama, and she currently lives in Virginia. She has an MFA from the University of Alabama. Her stories have appeared in The Baffler, Vastarien, hex, Maudlin...
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Wendy N. Wagner 🎃 @wnwagner.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
This is a phenomenal message -- a bright and thought-provoking discussion for your Tuesday.
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RSLjnr @rsljnr.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
goin thru demos to maybe turn into tunes with proper recording stuff and there's a tune i keep restarting on the demo, with the first line of "i've been playing the same four chords for months now" -- because me parents are arguing in the background lmao art mimics life mimics art
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RSLjnr @rsljnr.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
the stars fell, and they have eyes and teeth (and I accidentally let one in. i was waiting for me Amazon delivery.)
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RSLjnr @rsljnr.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
new art!! was nice to attempt a creature feature
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⛩️ 𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒃𝒚 𝑯𝒊𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊 ⛩️ @deathbyhibachi.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Doomscrolling #Art by Adrien Conrad
Skully slouches back in a chair scrolling endlessly in his phone
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RSLjnr @rsljnr.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
such a banger story depicted perfectly. don't miss x
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PseudoPod 🎙️ @pseudopod.org · 12/12/2025
🦑 Episode 1007… “The first person to see the wave was a fisherman.” The Children of the Event, by Carson Winter Narrator: Matt Arnold Host: Alasdair Stuart Audio: Graeme Dunlop pseudopod.org/2025/12/12/p... This story was first published in the collection ‘Portraits of Decay’
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PseudoPod 1007: The Children of the Event
The first person to see the wave was a fisherman. Like most of his kind, he was strong, fond of water, and a heavy drinker; he wore rubber boots and a yellow coat slicked with salmon guts.
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Rhiannon Rasmussen @charibdys.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
PSA: Dim Shores is down to 50 copies left of THE MAIDENS OF MIDNIGHT! Preorder this lo-fi horror collection here: dimshores.bigcartel.com/product/the-...
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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
I'm literally just a girl with a basement full of demon jars and I'm not going to apologize for that 💅🍓🫙✨ Satisfy your craving for scrumptious surreal horror and check out THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR by @ivygrimes.bsky.social, available for preorder now! 🌌 www.apexbookcompany.com/products/the...
The "girlhood is a spectrum" meme with "bonne maman advent calendar" on the left and "ted bundy's demonic soul trapped in a jar" on the rightCover of THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR by Ivy Grimes
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RSLjnr @rsljnr.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
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John Chrostek @johnchrostek.com · 01/12/2025
Resharing this uplifting review for the evening people! DO's a tiny press and the lion's share of promotional work falls on me to do, so every ounce of good feedback and help in getting the book out there means so damn much
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Feast of the Pale Leviathan
Check out Feast of the Pale Leviathan - <p>A man falls asleep on a river raft tube and drifts out to sea, where he is found and devoured by a titan of unbelievable size. But rather than death, what Ow...
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Ivy Grimes @ivygrimes.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
💜💜💜
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Ivy Grimes @ivygrimes.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Many thanks to RSL and The Fantasy Hive for this beautiful and deep review of The Cellar Below the Cellar 💜🖤
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RSLjnr @rsljnr.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
it's truly a beautiful piece by @ivygrimes.bsky.social. pensive, mysterious, thoughtful, and weird in all the beautifulest ways. thank you for the ARC, and I can't wait for this to be out!
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John Chrostek @johnchrostek.com · 29/11/2025
Dope article. If you’re looking to dig deeper into the story and its themes after reading, there’s a great free anthology featuring writers like @horrorsong.blog @joellekillian.bsky.social @carsonwinter.bsky.social @rsljnr.bsky.social @cjsubko.bsky.social , TJ Price & more. I’ll link it below 🤘
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Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Lit mags are usually known for their slow response times, but these amazing flash fiction pubs are trying to change that! Submit to them here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/fast-f... #writing #writingcommunity #litmags
Fastest flash fiction magazines that respond in 1 week or less

• Bending Genres -  Thrilling, fanciful, oddball, unusual, stunning

• Flash Frog - Stories like dart frogs: small, bright, and deadly to the touch

• HAD - Minimalist, irreverent mag with popup submission calls

• Kinda Weird Mag - Celebrating creativity at its roots

• The Insurgence - Informative critical writing and celebratory creative writing

• Genrepunk Magazine - Literary magazine for weird little experiments

• Mukoli: The Magazine for Peace - Peacebuilding, healing, and changemaking

• Hotch Potch Literature and Art - Discover, delight and differentiate

• The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts - Weekly bursts of compression & decompression

• MetaStellar - Wandering to the limits of what could be

• The Future Fire - Progressive speculative fiction

• The Rye Whiskey Review - E-zine dedicated to all things barroom

• Intrepidus Ink - Gutsy, fearless, and unapologetic

November 13, 2025
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Rhiannon Rasmussen @charibdys.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Maidens of Midnight, my debut lo-fi horror collection, is up for preorder. I'm proud of this weird little book, a collaboration with excellent illustrator @luciaretamales.bsky.social, but you don't have to take my word for it. Here's what @brianevenson.bsky.social wrote on the collection:
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The Fantasy Hive @thefantasyhive.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
November always manages to fly past as we gear towards the holidays but the team still managed to pack the month full of excellent reads - check out what their Top Picks were! Read more: tinyurl.com/nvdmevas
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Joe Koch @horrorsong.blog · 24/11/2025
Every day you can choose not to feed the hate machine.
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Carson Winter @carsonwinter.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
PORTRAITS OF DECAY from @saltheartpress.bsky.social is eligible for all those cool awards folks are talking about! If you're a fan of weird fiction in the vein Padgett, Fawver, Jackson, Ligotti, and Cushing, check it out!
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Phoenix Alexander @dracopoullos.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Story day!! I’m so delighted to debut in @unchartedmag.bsky.social with ‘Love Story in Colored Glass:’ an inter-dimensional love story about a starship that breaks reality - and a pair of lovers who find themselves, again and again, across the fracture. www.unchartedmag.com/stories/love...
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Love Story in Colored Glass - Uncharted
“This,” her father says, the stone a matte black promise in his hand, “is how your ship will travel.” With a bravura flick, he throws it out onto the lake, but all she can focus on is the spike of ten...
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Ivy Grimes @ivygrimes.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
This is a thread of stuff that inspired my novella THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR, out with Violet Lichen Press on Feb 18, 2026! Thread updated weekly, maybe? www.apexbookcompany.com/products/the... www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
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The Cellar Below the Cellar
Preorder and save 30%! Release Date 2/18/26 A playfully dark folk horror inspired by the fairy tale "Vasilisa the Beautiful" and the mythology around Frau Perchta, set under the blazing sky of endless...
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Ivy Grimes @ivygrimes.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
"We clash with a world that we simply do not feel part of. When I read Ligotti, and I found the...malaise at being trapped into an existence we didn’t consent to—I finally found out that not only was I not alone, that there was a massive community of us." @rsljnr.bsky.social
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Interview with authors of We Will Speak Again of the Red Tower
Ligotti, community, encrimsoning
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Ivy Grimes @ivygrimes.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Here's the aurora-filled novella for anyone who is particularly into auroras right now: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/the...
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The Cellar Below the Cellar
Preorder and save 30%! Release Date 2/18/26 A playfully dark folk horror inspired by the fairy tale "Vasilisa the Beautiful" and the mythology around Frau Perchta, set under the blazing sky of endless...
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John Chrostek @johnchrostek.com · 13/11/2025
Grappling with some serious existential & financial angst today. Friendly reminder I've got two fun books with big ideas out that cool readers seem to really enjoy. Would love for you to check 'em out, too
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Angel L🏳️‍⚧️ @angelvleal.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
ok but this story "Bog Eye" by @rsljnr.bsky.social is a weird masterpiece. It's chaos and poetry and really strange mutant philosophy and I just love it. I hope more people read this
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RSLjnr @rsljnr.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
can't wait to buy this. big congrats again ivy!!!! x
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Ivy Grimes @ivygrimes.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
A lovely poetic piece by @suzyeynon.bsky.social: ettereview.com/fall2025/eyn...
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Suzy Eynon | -ette-review
Suzy Eynon in -ette-review Issue 6: Fall 2025
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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
As night falls and the sky begins to dance, something looms over the dark horizon... 🌕🏚️🌌 Full cover reveal of THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR by @ivygrimes.bsky.social coming Monday!
A dark mountain landscape silhouetted against a sky filled with Northern lights, bright stars, and an unnaturally large full moon. The text "A folk horror novella" is visible behind the Northern lights
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RSLjnr @rsljnr.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
last week I was able to have one of my fave stories appear in one of my fave publications -- I can't wait to see the next piece they release :)
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The Fantasy Hive @thefantasyhive.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
RSL was fortunate to receive a very early copy of Jo Kaplan's upcoming horror novel THE MIDNIGHT MUSE: "Kaplan masterfully evokes the reader’s belief in a spectrum of characters" Read more: tinyurl.com/59haa69d @clashbooks.bsky.social @joannapary.bsky.social
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RSLjnr @rsljnr.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
"Notions" -- painted Mr Blanky from the Terror, played by Ian Hart. One of me fave characters
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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
The parents in DONNIE DARKO have their faults but I always loved how supportive and loving they were. How they used humor and care with their son to help him through his struggles with mental illness.
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Jonathan Gensler @jongensler.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
This newest bit of beautiful word noise from @rsljnr.bsky.social just ripped open my mind. You should let it rip yours open too. Join us.
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Ivy Grimes @ivygrimes.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Many thanks for including Glass Stories on this list!! 🖤
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Carson Winter @carsonwinter.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
You're all sleeping on @rsljnr.bsky.social. Check out their new story, "Bog Eye", on @ergot.bsky.social. Reads like a Ligottian eulogy with some fantastic prose. www.ergot.press/authors/RSL/...
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innovative + experimental horror
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