iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Nathan Makarios @paralogion.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Shit man, this is actually what I need to integrate more into my work. So much of what I struggle with is my instinctive tendency to try to plaster weird over a bedrock of logistic realism and it just ends up diluting it.

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Zachary Gillan @megapolisomancy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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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Sarah Karasek @sarahkarasek.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Why is it so hard to find a site that lets me build a custimized site (for free) without AI? 😭 I'd html the hell out of it; I just don't have the funds for a domain name.

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Surly Amy @surlyamy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is your periodic reminder to make sure you are registered to vote. And to make a plan for voting. Ok then. Good day to you.

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Hey so do we understand now what I mean about AI being about enforcing a form of slavery ? And a “black box” to justify-it Or do you need a PHD / white person to explain it And that Gen AI is very much about trying to get aesthetics away from certain people to justify their segregation

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Nicole M. Wolverton (she/her/hers) @nicolemwolverton.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Three book events this month, three next month... and then I'm going into hibernation until Meat Sweats comes out in March (okay, I do have one event in January). If you're in Philly or Doylestown, do swing by! #booksky

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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

If my math is wrong, don't say anything, it's rude to the aliens 😘 After telling her boyfriend about her past alien abductions, he kicks her out, sending her life into a spiral of bodily transformation, self-loathing, strange encounters, and alien hope SHE ISN'T HERSELF TONIGHT is out in 51 days 🛸

a closeup of a black tattoo showing UFOs next to the cover of She Isn't Herself Tonight by Hailey Piper, art by Caroline Johnson. Around this is text in neon pink: In (Area) 51 days, let's get our hearts broken and watch the skies (and start to transform, but don't worry about that)

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Nate's Myth @natesmith.dev · 05/09/2026

"have you asked chatgpt ?' no mf, I conferred with Zoltar

Zoltar, the arcade fortune teller featured in Big (198x, Tom Hanks, Robert Loggia)

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Zachary Gillan @megapolisomancy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

As always I am especially eager to hear about forthcoming weird fiction by authors who aren’t white, or cishet, or in the global north, or etc

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Patrick Clancy conspiracy theories are the bottom of the bottom of the sewer of conspiracy theories.

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Shane Hawk @shanehawk.com · 02/09/2026

Indie Bestsellers List Update x Week of Sept 2, 2026. We’ll keep the NWAN series going if y’all continue to show up like this. Thank you for supporting Indigenous Horror. NWAN2.com NeverWhistleAtNight.com

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I’m delighted to announce that my debut book of poetry has found a home with @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social and will be available this October 2nd! Stay tuned for all kinds of book launch details 💜

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Opinion Editor @ Bluesky @dly.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

boy, are you a data center bc you are sucking the life out of me

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

“At 12:32 a.m. my son was on a FaceTime call with his friends that were coming to get him,” he said. “We were told that my son was shot at 12:35 a.m.. So what kind of encounter could have ensued? What kind of communication could that officer have given him?”

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Erin Brown @babblewocky.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Volume 2, has been UNBOXED!!! Thanks @undertow.bsky.social. Check out “The Night Market,” a nasty little yarn so horrifying that the very punctuation fled from the page…

The blue cover of the book The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Volume 2, on bed of leaves.

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Submissions are now open for speculative novelettes and/or tiny short story collection chapbooks. Word limit: 7,500 to 12,000 words. Limited print run. Will pay $100 and 25 copies. Deadline: October 15th. More info here: neonhemlock.submittable.com/submit/36598...

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Neon Hemlock - Speculative Chapbook/Novelette

Neon Hemlock Press is open to submissions of speculative chapbook manuscripts from August 20 to October 15, 2026. We expect to publish at least one chapbook next year; if the stretch goal in our curre...

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Corey Brickley * Blight's Hollow Dot Com @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Trying to kill the part of myself that feels embarrassed for asking, but I'm between freelance payments right now and really hurting for money if anyone has interest in buying some sweet threads www.fibonaccideathspiral.com or prints www.inprnt.com/gallery/velv...

T-shirt of a painting of a woman riding a dragon

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Sarah Karasek @sarahkarasek.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

When I was a kid, I thought the phrase was "making end's meat." Like, making enough money to buy the old meat, or the end cuts from the deli. The meat of the end.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

New: the highly controversial AI music generator Suno was hacked. The hacker sent us Suno source code; it shows the company scraped YouTube Music, Deezer, and Genius. In all, Suno scraped *decades* worth of music from the internet. Obviously didn't pay artists www.404media.co/hack-reveals...

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Nicole M. Wolverton (she/her/hers) @nicolemwolverton.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Looking forward to Saturday, taking part in the Philly Bookstore Crawl at A Novel Idea! #booksky

promo tile for Philly Bookstore Crawl on Saturday, Aug 22

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Little Ghosts Books @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

It’s time for LITTLE GHOSTS FESTIVAL again! Free to attend! Catch 20+ vendors, 6 panels, and a Sunday night showing of indie short films all curated by the ghostly team. Grab great local art, indie horror books, VHS tapes and more! Sept 26 & 27 , 1-6pm 🖤👻 www.littleghostsbooks.com/little-ghost...

Little Ghosts Festival (2)!

Saturday & Sunday Sept. 26 & 27th 1-6pm
THE TRANZAC CLUB 292 Brunswick Ave Toronto ON
Horror Vendors, Panels, Short Films
www.littleghostsbooks.com/littleghostsfest

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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Please share! Poets! Uncanny Magazine will be open to poetry submissions from August 17 to August 31! Poetry Editor Betsy Aoki can't wait to see your submissions! www.uncannymagazine.com/submissions/

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Jeremy Ghooooost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Anyone want to grab Snappy from my shop? jeremycreature.bigcartel.com

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Sarah Karasek @sarahkarasek.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I made a sandwich, like with meat and cheese and mayo and stuff, cut it in half, ate half, then walked into my kitchen to find that one of my cats stole (and apparently ate, can't find it anywhere) the top slice of potato bread that didn't even have any mayo on it. Rest of the sandwich is intact.

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Why? Why Tho?

ALT: Why? Why Tho?

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I keep thinking about how people are going THROUGH IT. Everyone. It’s so important to have compassion for ourselves AND — crucially — each other.

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Jeremy Ghooooost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Snappy is available over at my Big Cartel shop. jeremycreature.bigcartel.com

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Sarah Karasek @sarahkarasek.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Just had a really fun time getting interviewed by a really cool dude! Will share once it hits the YouTube. In the meantime, check out his other stuff: youtube.com/@thecitizeni... (I highly recommend his horror short Death Shed)

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The Citizen Image

I'm here to create and talk about creations. I'm an entertainment freak. Aside from family, I live for books, film and music.

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Corey Farrenkopf @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

New story day!!!!! Wicked excited to be back in @bourbonpenn.bsky.social with my new weird dark fantasy horrorish (who even understands genre anymore) piece about a sad dude making cute animal tiktoks…that maybe aren’t so cute…or so animal? www.bourbonpenn.com/issue/39/the...

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Corey Farrenkopf > The Not-Dog-Thing > Bourbon Penn

After Mom died, Dad started making plant identification TikToks. Of course I gave him a follow. It was my idea after all. He was so depressed. So glum. Everyone needs an outlet for their grief.

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Jeremy Ghooooost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

As some of you already know, one of my many tasks as unofficial town sorcerer is to wander around local antique or thrift stores, making sure that none of the haunted objects are too haunted. Today, I'm at a thrift store checking things out.

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Sarah Karasek @sarahkarasek.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

My phone thinks I need shredded cheesecake instead of shredded cheese.

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⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.com · 09/08/2026

#AuGhost Day 9: Bedsheet Watercolor 😈🎨🦇 #AuGhost26 Mini painting, approx 4-1/2": $25 + $7 S/H If you would like to claim/reserve this ghost in advance of me putting it on my site at the beginning of Sept, you can do that by replying here. First come, first serve. DM me if not in US.

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Jeremy Ghooooost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Hey Bluesky, a sale or two would be a big help, so if you're interested, I'd love for you to check out my shop. Each Jeremy Creature is designed and hand-sewed by me and takes many hours to create. You can learn more about each Creature at the shop. jeremycreature.bigcartel.com

Here's a lovely photo of a bunch of my fabric art creatures. They're sitting together with purple fleece on the background and green fur on the ground. Samantha Shadowseed is a fabric art watermelon. She's light green with wavy darker green stripes. She has a red face with seven bulbous black eyes and an open mouth with five sharp teeth. Phantasmorgana is a white ghost bag with a gray face, twinkly black eyes, and a little frown. Her body is covered with embroidered black flowers and red markings. The top of her head is a metal coin purse clasp. She's wearing a black, magnetic, fabric witch hat. Lapina is a fabric art bunny of sorts. She's black with a gray face, seven red eyes, a little open mouth with six pointy teeth. She has long black and gray ears, and two twirly tentacles. Her body is covered with hand-embroidered stars of various sizes and colors. There's also an embroidered red planet with a yellow ring and another purple planet. She's holding a yellow fabric egg. She's sitting on a metal pink wire chair. Titania is a fabric art black cosmic spirit with a gray moon face, twinkly black eyes, and a little frown. Her body is covered with embroidered stars of various sizes and colors. I also embroidered a couple planets. One is yellow and one is purple with a red ring. She has black twirly head wispy embroidered with a line of white stars on each one. Bazletazle is a tiny black celestial spirit with a gray moon face and four black bulbous eyes. He's covered with stars of various colors. Those two are sitting on a green and pink striped chair. There are two black, cosmic spirits covered with various stars and planets of various sizes and colors. One of the cosmic spirits is a moon face with twinkly black eyes and a black frown. One of the cosmic guys is a sun face with twinkly red eyes and a red frown.

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Jeremy Ghooooost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I often think about how embracing AI is often people striving for intellectual, emotional, creative, ethical death while remaining alive. People can learn without learning, create without creating, make decisions without deciding. It reminds me of cult members who revel in being puppeted.

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Des Walsh @deswalsh.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

So it’s done I guess. Not the best job in the world by any means and seems to hold my weight and we will see how long it lasts before I have to untie and lace it up again from scratch. Hopefully I can save the rope when that happens. #woodworking

Súgán inspired and made stool with a woven Danish cord pattern for the seat using jute rope.

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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I like this saying; I like it a lot. #BookSky

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Jeremy Ghooooost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Mothman just shared some more monster-based etiquette advice over at my Patreon. www.patreon.com/jeremycreature

Here's a lovely photo of a plethora of hand-sewn fabric art creatures. There's a watermelon creature with a red face, eight black seed-like eyes, and a wide mouth with five sharp teeth. There's a white ghost trinket bag covered with purple embroidered flowers. She has a gray face, sparkly black eyes and a little frown. There's a strawberry creature with three bulbous green eyes. There's a watermelon ghost, and a black creature with sharp teeth wearing a bulbous eye earring. There's a large purple creature with many yellow eyes and an open mouth, with a little green creature popping her head out. All the creatures are sitting on green fur and there's a galaxy print fabric in the background.

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Nicole M. Wolverton (she/her/hers) @nicolemwolverton.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I don't know, but I do have mustard-scented lip balm. I assume one could use it as lube if desperate.

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Typebar Magazine (Issue 11 Out 10/26) @typebarmagazine.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

"It’s this entire punitive mindset, and not merely Omelas itself, that the walkaways of the story’s title abandon..."

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Three Walks Back to Omelas: On Suffering and Happiness

"Meaningless" cruelty implies the possibility of meaningful cruelty.

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Jeremy Ghooooost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I just shared a new haunted object search over at my Patreon. This is where I search an antique store for haunted objects and make sure they're not too haunted. This is a service I provide my community as unofficial town sorcerer. www.patreon.com/jeremycreature

Here's a lovely photo of a collapsed, haunted monkey marionette with tan fur. He's wearing a red shirt and blue pants.

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Nick Walker @dr-nicky.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Call for Submissions: SPOON KNIFE 12! The theme for the 12th volume of the annual genre-bending Spoon Knife lit anthology is BOUNCE. Call is open for the next 12 months, so you've got time. Publishing in Spring 2028 (volume 10 came out this year & 11 comes out in 2027). #writers #writesky #books

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Sarah Karasek @sarahkarasek.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

My annoying coworker saved a bird's life today, so I had to spend all day being nice to him 😑

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Eve Harms, Orph Understander @eveharms.com · 30/07/2026

We stream every Wednesday at 10am PST! Come join us and see how the fiction-writing sausage is made, ad-free

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JERK OFF THE HORSE
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S.H. Cooper @pippinacious.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Do you enjoy reading horror? Do you like free books? Do you feel good about helping out a self-published author? There's an easy way to combine all three! Request an ARC of my collection, DEATH IN ITS MANY FORMS, through BookSirens and leave an honest review on Goodreads after you read it! Links 👇

A graphic featuring the cover of Death in Its Many Forms, depicting a submerged, bound young woman under staring out of the cover, and the text ARC readers wanted, 10 short horror stories.

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Jeremy Ghooooost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I currently have 5 Jeremy Creatures remaining in my shop! Each one is designed, hand-sewn, and hand-embroidered by me and takes many hours to create. Would anyone like to grab one before I head to the post office? jeremycreature.bigcartel.com

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Kay Orchison @kayorchison.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

National emergency alert system test just now, every device in the house sounding an alarm at once, cats basically levitating To anyone in an abusive situation, if your secret phone has been found, don't wait, seek help now Call 000 if you are in immediate danger or 1800 737 732 if expecting it

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Sarah Karasek @sarahkarasek.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I don't usually worry over bad reviews. Not every book is for everyone. But I got one 3 years ago from someone with a username that raised my suspicion. It gave me vigilante vibes. Or bot vibes. Or both. Today, I looked at that user's other 1 star ratings. (1/2)

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

forest service plans $10m worth of work to create fire breaks in superior national forest in minnesota. trump allows his top donor -- a self-proclaimed expert on everything -- to ixnay that funding because... reasons! superior national forest now on fire. www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...

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‘We were shovel-ready’: A Minnesota forest hit by DOGE cuts is now ablaze

Officials said losing out on the ability to do vital prevention work at a perilous time for the region hindered them from being as prepared as they could have been.

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Stefanie 🏳️‍⚧️ @foxenlock.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

In any case, if you’re going to watch the new Blade Runner or Neuromancer, at least borrow or buy some cyberpunk from a trans person. Think of it like carbon offsetting.

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