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Lori D'Angelo

@sclly21.bsky.social
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Fiction writer. WVU MFA grad. Lover of dogs, cats, and sometimes kids. Short story collection, The Monsters Are Here, out now from ELJ editions. Loridangelo.com

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Lori D'Angelo @sclly21.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Here's me in the newsroom with my health science VPA.
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Lori D'Angelo @sclly21.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
HerStory!
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Lori D'Angelo @sclly21.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
For those of you following recent court decisions related to gerrymandering:
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Lori D'Angelo @sclly21.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
As an asthmatic, I remember quite well because I couldn't breathe.
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Mark Damon Brooks @mdamonbrooks.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
RIP Rob Reiner. One of the best to ever do it.
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Joanne Merriam @joannemerriam.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
2/9 - #DSPBposts #SmallPress #books from @theotherali.bsky.social @inhabitmedia.bsky.social @adambunch.bsky.social @dundurnpress.bsky.social @sclly21.bsky.social @emergejournal.bsky.social 💙📚 #BookSky #BooksWorthReading #bookish #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #booklovers
Book cover for The Haunted Blizzard by Aviaq Johnston (Inhabit Media). A teenage girl walks home in a burgeoning blizzard, happy to have an unexpected snow day. Ignoring an Elder’s warning about the terror the blizzard holds, she finds herself alone in her home with an unseen presence stalking and tormenting her. What does it want? And will she survive? https://inhabitmedia.com/2025/04/16/the-haunted-blizzard/
Book cover for The Toronto Book Of The Dead by Adam Bunch (Dundurn Press). Exploring Toronto’s history through the stories of its most fascinating and shadowy deaths. https://www.dundurn.com/books_/t22117/a9781459738065-the-toronto-book-of-the-dead
Book cover for The Monsters Are Here by Lori D'Angelo (ELJ Editions). Thirty stories which can be described as Kelly Link meets Bram Stoker and Nathaniel Hawthorne in a forest or an alternative universe with aliens. https://elj-editions.com/the-monsters-are-here/Book cover for Tiri Is Scared of the Dark by Nadia Sammurtok and Rachel Rupke, illustrated by Ali Hinch (Inhabit Media). Tiri has a secret: he is scared of the dark. He doesn’t want anyone to find out, but as he spends the day with his friends, he learns they are each scared of something, too. Tuktu is scared of heights. Ukaliq is scared of swimming in deep water. Will Tiri be able to open up and face his own fear? See how the friends learn to support one another. https://inhabiteducationbooks.com/collections/arvaaq-books/products/tiri-is-scared-of-the-dark
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Joanne Merriam @joannemerriam.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
2/2... The Toronto Book Of The Dead (@adambunch.bsky.social, @dundurnpress.bsky.social) & The Monsters Are Here (@sclly21.bsky.social, @emergejournal.bsky.social) and two from @inhabitmedia.bsky.social: Tiri Is Scared of the Dark ill. @theotherali.bsky.social & The Haunted Blizzard. #DSPBposts
Book cover for The Haunted Blizzard by Aviaq Johnston (Inhabit Media). A teenage girl walks home in a burgeoning blizzard, happy to have an unexpected snow day. Ignoring an Elder’s warning about the terror the blizzard holds, she finds herself alone in her home with an unseen presence stalking and tormenting her. What does it want? And will she survive? https://inhabitmedia.com/2025/04/16/the-haunted-blizzard/
Book cover for The Monsters Are Here by Lori D'Angelo (ELJ Editions). Thirty stories which can be described as Kelly Link meets Bram Stoker and Nathaniel Hawthorne in a forest or an alternative universe with aliens. https://elj-editions.com/the-monsters-are-here/Book cover for The Toronto Book Of The Dead by Adam Bunch (Dundurn Press). Exploring Toronto’s history through the stories of its most fascinating and shadowy deaths. https://www.dundurn.com/books_/t22117/a9781459738065-the-toronto-book-of-the-deadBook cover for Tiri Is Scared of the Dark by Nadia Sammurtok and Rachel Rupke, illustrated by Ali Hinch (Inhabit Media). Tiri has a secret: he is scared of the dark. He doesn’t want anyone to find out, but as he spends the day with his friends, he learns they are each scared of something, too. Tuktu is scared of heights. Ukaliq is scared of swimming in deep water. Will Tiri be able to open up and face his own fear? See how the friends learn to support one another. https://inhabiteducationbooks.com/collections/arvaaq-books/products/tiri-is-scared-of-the-dark
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
2nd daily spotlight from our latest issue 🦝 We loved the tight breathlessness of this piece from @sclly21.bsky.social Every word so intentional, the emotional nostalgic tone is wonderful. Creative use of prompts: The Year You Were Ten, Cryptid, Needle Read here: trashcatlit.com/sasquatch-in...
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
HERE THEY ARE! 25 contributors to the upcoming Prompted Stories issue. Split into new and existing Trash Family for your consumption. The issue will launch on Thursday 🦝 @leighaplin.bsky.social @madeleinewrite.bsky.social @lucimcummings.bsky.social @sclly21.bsky.social @adlibby.bsky.social 1/3
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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
"At the end of that summer, my friends were all talking about Patrick Swazye on the dance floor, but it was the Bigfoot movie [...] that affected me the most" Great micro from @sclly21.bsky.social in @trashcatlit.bsky.social trashcatlit.com/sasquatch-in...
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Sasquatch in the Woods
Lori D’Angelo At the end of that summer, my friends were all talking about Patrick Swazye on the dance floor, but it was the Bigfoot movie with that lady from Anne of Green Gables and that ki…
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Lori D'Angelo @sclly21.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Please consider reading this story about a girl and the bond she has with her horse. www.dnronline.com/news/communi... #bridgewatercollege #horses #animallovers #equestrians
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Bridgewater College student is raising money for lifesaving treatment for beloved horse
"If I did not have that horse, I don't want to think about what life would have been like," Clarissa Burrow said. "I don't even know if I'd be here."
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Lori D'Angelo @sclly21.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
The monsters are coming! I will be participating in a panel at the Fall for the Book Festival at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., in October. @fallforthebook.bsky.social @emergejournal.bsky.social #fallforthebook #shortstories #fallfeels🍂 #literature #fiction #georgemasonuniversity
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Lori D'Angelo @sclly21.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
This was such a fun poem to co-write. #poetry #writing
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Lori D'Angelo @sclly21.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Here's how federa funding cuts are impacting #Harrisonburg nonprofits. #Medicaid #refugees #churchworldservices #journalism www.dnronline.com/news/social_...
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Local nonprofits face uncertainty amid federal funding cuts
Recent federal funding cuts will negatively impact programs meant to help some of the community’s most vulnerable members, including HIV patients, Medicaid recipients and refugees, community leaders s...
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Lori D'Angelo @sclly21.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
I'm selling and signing books at James Blakey's Read Local Authors booth at the Broadway Community Market from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Come see us!
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Lori D'Angelo @sclly21.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Come see me May 8th at the MAC in Morgantown! I'll be reading at 6 p.m. #fiction #shortstories #WVU
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Lori D'Angelo @sclly21.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Come join me at Masanutten Regional Library! The Monsters Are Here, and you should be too. #shortstories
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Lori D'Angelo @sclly21.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
New story up at Microromance Magazine: open.substack.com/pub/microman...
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An Object of Great Desire
By Lori D'Angelo
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Lori D'Angelo @sclly21.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
New poem up @librelit.bsky.social!
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Lori D'Angelo @sclly21.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
She's amazing. And she doesn't need an Academy Award to prove she's successful. Still, I hope she gets one--next year.
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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
We didn’t have #FridayReads this week, so we’re doing Sunday whatever because every day is a book day. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Here’s a crime/horror hybrid full of action, magic, violence, and monsters. www.amazon.com/dp/0316427012/ bookshop.org/p/books/hous...
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Lori D'Angelo @sclly21.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I have new dark weird fiction up at Exquisite Death Zine. You can chevk out my story, "The Secret" here: www.exquisitedeathezine.com/the-secret-b...
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Lori D'Angelo @sclly21.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
New story out in issue 2. bakunawapress.wordpress.com/published-zi...
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Lori D'Angelo @sclly21.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
@nyurtsaba.bsky.social thank you for posting this lovely review of my book at Tupelo Quarterly Review. www.tupeloquarterly.com/uncategorize...
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A Review of Lori D'Angelo's The Monsters are Here by Nicole Yurcaba
In her debut short story collection, The Monsters are Here, fiction writer Lori D’Angelo establishes herself as a writer daring to venture into new spectacles of character innovation, dark humor, and ...
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Lori D'Angelo @sclly21.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Thank you to Microromance Magazine for nominating my story for this award! #romance #lovestories #fiction
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Lori D'Angelo @sclly21.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
It was really fun to collaborate with C.M. Gigliotti on this poem. #poetry #poems #writingcommunity
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Lori D'Angelo @sclly21.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Excited to have helped write a poem for this issue by providing the "flame" for another poet's "spark." #poetry #writing It was fun to participate in this unique collaborative process. #literaryjournals #writingcommunity #poetsofbluesky
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Lori D'Angelo @sclly21.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Excited to have helped to write a collaborative poem for Spark To Flame issue 4. www.s2fjournal.com
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Lori D'Angelo @sclly21.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
New story in 50 Give or Take today from Vine Leaves Press. #microfiction #shortstories #fiction #writingcommunity #booksky #fictionwriters
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James Penha @jamespenha.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
3 @newversenews.bsky.social life and death #poems : “Algorithm” by Elaine Sorrentino, “On the Death of a CEO” by @sclly21.bsky.social Lori D’Angelo, “The Truth About Cynicism” by Michael Mark. bit.ly/39DQ3WM #poetsonbluesky
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The New Verse News (always open for newspoems) @newversenews.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
NVN Tuesday at Substack... Delay-Deny-Depose: 3 @newversenews.bsky.social Poems: “Algorithm” by Elaine Sorrentino, “On the Death of a CEO” by @sclly21.bsky.social Lori D’Angelo, “The Truth About Cynicism” by Michael Mark. thenewversenews.substack.com/p/nvn-tuesda... #pietsonbluesky
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NVN Tuesday... Delay-Deny-Depose: 3 Poems
“Algorithm” by Elaine Sorrentino, “On the Death of a CEO” by Lori D’Angelo, “The Truth About Cynicism” by Michael Mark
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Doric Literary @doricliterary.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
1 month until Doric Literary becomes reality. Website goes live & fiction subs open: Jan 1/25! Free submissions $10 payment per new story 1000-8000 words Sim subs & reprints are okay We already have stories lined up from @coocoo4afropuffs.bsky.social & @jenniferfliss.bsky.social + more to come!
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The Molotov Cocktail @molotovlitzine.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Only 3 days left until our #FlashMonster soft deadline! Send those monstrous #flashfiction entries our way by December 9th. #writingcontest themolotovcocktail.com/flash-monste...
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a dragon with two heads is flying through the air with lightning coming from its mouth .
ALT: a dragon with two heads is flying through the air with lightning coming from its mouth .
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Divinations Magazine ✨️ @divinationsmag.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
🚨 Submissions Reminder! 🔮 Issue 5: Sleep opens for submissions on January 1st. Mark your calendars and get your stories ready! 💤 Details here: divinationsmagazine.co.uk/submissions
A pink skull with a white candle melting on top of it.
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Lori D'Angelo @sclly21.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Tomorrow, I'll be at Laurel Ridge Community College for their holiday book fair. Come see me! #booksky #booklovers #indieauthors #shortstories #fiction #writingcommunity #holidaygifts #virginiawriters
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Mogiwan @mogiwan.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
So say we all
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My Bad Poetry @mybadpoetrythepod.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
New episode today featuring @sclly21.bsky.social!! www.mybadpoetry.com/thursday-toi...
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Thursday, Toil and Trouble (w/ Lori D'Angelo)
Lori joins the show to bring several poems about disappointing days. Running themes are dead end jobs, let downs, and meh moments shine through in these rough poems…
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Lori D'Angelo @sclly21.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
What's your favorite season one episode of Travelers? I really love both Kathryn and Bishop. Maybe it's time for another season 1 rewatch? #travelersnetflix #scifi #sciencefiction #timetravel #stargate #canadianTV #dystopia #stargate #continuum #twelvemonkeys #timetravelTV #welcometothe21st
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Lori D'Angelo @sclly21.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Remember to support #indiebookstores this #smallbusinesssaturday. My book, The Monsters Are Here, which was published by @emergejournal.bsky.social is available at many local indie bookstores including New Dominion in #Charlottesville. #booksky #booklovers #indielit #shortstories #fiction
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Lori D'Angelo @sclly21.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Thank you to Moss Puppy Magazine for nominating my short story, "The Skeleton Sale" for the Pushcart Prize. #writing #fiction #shortstories
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Lori D'Angelo @sclly21.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
I'm presenting at the Roanoke Regional Writers Conference in January. I'll be talking about writing speculative fiction. Registration is open. I hope you can attend! www.hollins.edu/academics/co... #booksky #writingcommunity #speculativefiction #vampires #scifi #horror #ghosts #shortstories
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Lori D'Angelo @sclly21.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
The Madwoman in the Attic was such an important work. #literarycriticism #englishmajors #19thcenturyliterature
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Lori D'Angelo @sclly21.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Check out this five-star review of my book, The Monsters Are Here, on Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/en/book/show... #fallreads #debutfiction #shortstories #booksky
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K. T. Matthews @ktmatthewswrites.northsky.social · 24/11/2024
Optimist: the cup is half full Pessimist: the cup is half empty Editor: what if we moved the cup earlier in the chapter?
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Lori D'Angelo @sclly21.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
So, neither. #idontwantalotforchristmasmainlyjustnottohearchristmasmusic My two favorites are Hard Candy Christmas and Same Old Lang Syne though, neither of which fit that vibe. #dollyparton #danfogelberg #hardcandychristmas
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Lori D'Angelo @sclly21.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
The American President.
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JMWW Journal @jmwwjournal.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Hey, what's up, writer friends? Let us know if you're here, and we'll be happy to follow!
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Lori D'Angelo @sclly21.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
I really hope Grant MacLaren will come clean up this timeline soon. #Travelers #Netflix #bradwright #scifi #dystopia #welcometothe21st #scifiFri #stargate #timetravel #domelife #CanadianTV #BringBackKatMac #Vancouver
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GW @gwoltjer.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
@sclly21.bsky.social’s “Street Show Magic” harkens back to a time when the incredible was believable, when the innocence of illusion was not automatically labeled fraud, when a trick (or not!)could be laughed at and admired. It’ll be fun to think abt this piece today Cc: @emergejournal.bsky.social
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GW @gwoltjer.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
@sclly21.bsky.social comes hard outta the gates with the titular opening story to this collection. With language that flows while hitting the reader squarely in the heart, she asks a simple question: Who are the monsters? The answer: most of us. Pub’d by @emergejournal.bsky.social.
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