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Sam Arlington @samarlington.com · 18/03/2026

"Best Seats in the House," a splattery, Americana-inspired account of things being put back in their right place, is part of this excellent collection. Check it out!

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Sam Arlington @samarlington.com · 01/01/2026

NEW STORY 🌊 A rebirth? A shared paradise? The fever dream of a dying mind? We see what we want to, I suppose. "THE SEA MOTHER" 🐉 will see you now at www.pulpasylum.com @pulpasylum.bsky.social #pulpfiction #darkfantasy #fantasylit

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BILLY RAMONE'S PULP ASYLUM

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Sam Arlington @samarlington.com · 01/09/2025

NEW FLASH ⚡️ Ohio. Millennial dad rock. A texting sock monster. 🧦😱 What else could you need in a 5-minute #horror story? Read "MY SOCKRIFICE, OR THE LOOSING OF THE DRYERGEIST" free at www.flashphantoms.net/september-fl... #horrorlit #tragicomedy

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September Flash Fiction Horror | Flash Phantoms

For the month of September 2025, these are the horror stories of 1,000 words or less that entertain us the most.

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Sam Arlington @samarlington.com · 14/08/2025

Slightly diminish a band: Megaseriousillness

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Sam Arlington @samarlington.com · 14/08/2025

"...each degree a betrayal, each hour a soft lie told in freon." I'll read whatever Mr. Longmire has written.

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Sam Arlington @samarlington.com · 09/08/2025

We have rules in America's game ⚾️ There are... consequences for flouting them. Honored to provide the finale for @horrificscribs.bsky.social Exhibit 3. Read "BEST SEATS IN THE HOUSE" and the other terrifying transformations free at horrificscribblings.com/exhibitthree/ #horror

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Horrific Scribes, Exhibit Three: Terrifying Transformations at Home, at Work, and at Play

This exhibit arranges stories that depict unsettling, uncanny, and just plain terrifying disruptions in the "orderly" spheres of social life.

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Sam Arlington @samarlington.com · 07/08/2025

N: Isafjordur E: Tokyo S: San Juan W: Honolulu

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Sam Arlington @samarlington.com · 05/08/2025

I liked it better before the internet.

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Sam Arlington @samarlington.com · 31/07/2025

Almost 2 months of BOREALISTA. Don't fib, you totally didn't see that ending coming. #pulpfiction www.epicechoesmag.com/data/files/d...

Cover of Epic Echoes Vol 4 featuring a spiral galaxy in watercolors

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Sam Arlington @samarlington.com · 22/07/2025

Fucking hell, the Prince himself

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Sam Arlington @samarlington.com · 14/07/2025

The most whimsically absurd thing you'll read this Monday, and that's some stiff competition 🙃 Nice one, @supernaturalfeat.com 🤙

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Sam Arlington @samarlington.com · 09/07/2025

Intro time! I'm Sam, more or less. Old at writing, new at fiction, not too hung up on genre lanes, aspiring multi-award-losing pro. My stories so far blend elements of sci-fi, fantasy, dystopian & horror, from campy to pulpy to vaguely literary. Published a few; more + a novel in the chute.

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Sam Arlington | Author

SPECULATIVE FICTION AUTHOR sci-fi noir | dark fantasy | horror théâtral

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Sam Arlington @samarlington.com · 08/07/2025

Happy fortnight-a-versary to "BEST SEATS IN THE HOUSE," the feel-good blood and guts story of the season! There's no crying in baseball, but there will be blood... and maybe killer glitter. Surreal. Suspenseful. Subversive. Read it FREE at horrificscribblings.com #horrorlit 😱📚

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Horrific Scribes

Horrific Scribes is an expanding archive of provocative, scary, and strange fiction (and some poetry) by various authors.

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Sam Arlington @samarlington.com · 07/07/2025

BOREALISTA is a month old! Read it free in Epic Echoes 4. Fearless guide Ana leads a group of desperate migrants north through the dangerous borderlands toward the promise of safety and a better life. Their story may seem familiar... at first. #pulpfiction www.epicechoesmag.com/magazine

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Magazine — Epic Echoes

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Sam Arlington @samarlington.com · 03/07/2025

These are some first-rate rejections I've been getting. Immensely helpful individual feedback almost every time. I can't overstate how valuable that is as a new fiction writer. Bravo, editors that do that. #writingcommunity

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Sam Arlington @samarlington.com · 26/06/2025

Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs. (“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)

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Alt: Clip from Interstellar: the black hole Gargantua

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Sam Arlington @samarlington.com · 24/06/2025

New story out today in @horrificscribs.bsky.social! Read "Best Seats in the House" free at horrificscribblings.com and poke around the expert-curated exhibits while you're there! #horrorlit 📚😱

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Horrific Scribes

Horrific Scribes is an expanding archive of provocative, scary, and strange fiction (and some poetry) by various authors.

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Sam Arlington @samarlington.com · 17/06/2025

A real live pulp, and I'm in there! Check out Borealista and the rest of the rad stories in Epic Echoes Vol 4 #pulpfiction www.epicechoesmag.com/magazine

Hard copy of Epic Echoes Magazine vol. 4

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Sam Arlington @samarlington.com · 12/06/2025

Happy to have gotten 2 rejections on 2 different stories in the past 24 hours because both came with individual feedback. A free MFA in lieu of an acceptance is a fair trade.

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Sam Arlington @samarlington.com · 09/06/2025

Turn 2: Shirley Jackson Ursula K LeGuin Mary Shelley Margaret Atwood PD James (Hope it's alright if I play again.)

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Sam Arlington @samarlington.com · 09/06/2025

Isaac Asimov Phillip K. Dick Stephen King Charles Bukowski Kurt Vonnegut

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Sam Arlington @samarlington.com · 05/06/2025

"Borealista," a tale of daring and hope in the borderlands, is officially out in the world! Read it free online at epicechoesmag.com/magazine, also available in print. #pulpfiction #borealista #hopepunk #epicechoes #dystopian

The cover of Epic Echoes Magazine vol 4, featuring a dramatic watercolor of a spiral galaxy and the taglines "action!" and "adventure!"

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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Reason #35,714 not to get too down on your skills as a writer after a rejection: I reject publication-worthy stories almost every single day. Seriously, I wish there were more mags (or that I had unlimited cash to buy more stories) because there's so many great stories out there.

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Sam Arlington @samarlington.com · 29/04/2025

Submission accepted! My new short fiction piece, a twisty-ish dystopian adventure with a glimmer of hope, will run this summer in a classic pulp anthology. Details to follow! #pulpfiction #girlsprotectinggirls #adventurefiction #dystopian

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Sam Arlington @samarlington.com · 13/04/2025

Officially kicked off my fiction experiment with a first short story submission last week. Thanks in advance to anyone, slush readers or otherwise, who ever reads one of my pieces to the end. One of these is more special than any 50 of my nonfiction/news pieces

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