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Victoria Brun @victorialbrun.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

My debut novel, Finished Business, is now live!! It's a paranormal comedy about three ghosts and a demon who launch a startup company to help other ghosts finish their unfinished business. Perfect for fans of The Good Place! mybook.to/FinishedBusi... See less

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GigaNotoSaurus Magazine @giganotosaurus.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

New story up at GNS: Persephone has been avoiding Reece, but can’t any longer. She's the only one trustworthy enough to help solve a murder and watch out for shadows Read “Knots of Red and Black” by Victoria Brun @victorialbrun.bsky.social giganotosaurus.org/2026/09/01/knots-of-red-and-black

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Knots of Red and Black - GigaNotoSaurus

(Editorial Note: Starting with this month’s story, we will only post ebooks in the EPUB format as Amazon phased out the MOBI format a few years ago. Also, moving forward, we will be tagging our storie...

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Victoria Brun @victorialbrun.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

The world feels quieter than usual this #5amwritersclub. Nothing but the clack of my keyboard.

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Victoria Brun @victorialbrun.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

I just finished The Devils by @joeabercrombie.com and wow. I've never read a book that jumped between hilarious, harrowing, and heart-melting so seamlessly.

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Victoria Brun @victorialbrun.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

What's the difference between fantasy and sci-fi? Fantasy sells MUCH better.

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Rick Danforth @rickandwrite.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

This sums up short story life.

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Shaenon K. Garrity @shaenon.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

The advice "write the story you'd like to read" works a lot better for people who like to read popular things that sell.

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Victoria Brun @victorialbrun.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

I finally finished revamping my website and monthly newsletter! I'd love it if you'd sign up since I'm not on social media much anymore. I'll be talking about writing, sharing thoughts from reading slush and running a magazine, and more: victoriabrun.com/subscribe/ #5amwritersclub

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Subscribe - Victoria Bun

Subscribe to my free monthly newsletter for free stories, insights from the slush pile, and more! Legal stuff: By submitting your information, you're giving me permission to email you. I will not shar...

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Victoria Brun @victorialbrun.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

I'm so excited to be part of this incredible lineup!

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Psychopomp @psychopomp.com · 22/07/2025

PRESS RELEASE Announcing the Afterlives 2024 Table of Contents!! curated by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social "This Afterlives collection has some very powerful, gifted voices that explore liminal spaces, the veil between this world and the possible next." thread/ psychopomp.com/announcing-t...

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Announcing the Afterlives 2024 Table of Contents - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

You've been waiting for it, and now it is here, delivered hot and fresh to your browser, a table of contents for Afterlives 2024: The Year's Best Death

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Victoria Brun @victorialbrun.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

I got my first ever ARC! "The Last Soul Among Wolves" is a solid follow-up to the amazing "The Last Hour Between Worlds."

Photo of the e-book "The Last Soul Among Wolves" on top of the physical book "The Last Hour Between Worlds" both by Melissa Caruso.

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Victoria Brun @victorialbrun.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Kudos to the Submission Grinder for doing this.

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Tales to Terrify @talestoterrify.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Welcome to episode 701. A boy learns the importance of respecting old traditions, we sample an exclusive menu brimming with exotic flavours, and a woman chosen for ritual sacrifice holds her people’s future in her hands. talestoterrify.com/episodes/701-derek-alan-jones-nick-badot-victoria-brun

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.

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Victoria Brun @victorialbrun.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

No work today, so #5amwritersclub is commencing at 6am for me.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

How to be a writer, n. 284758: In sunlight, write In winter, write In summer, write In springtime, write In good times, write In tough times, write When all you want to do is curl up in a blanket and cry, write Repeat until the world ends Tea

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Victoria Brun @victorialbrun.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Just learned it's "on tenterhooks" NOT "on tender hooks." I guess I'd never seen it written before!

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Victoria Brun @victorialbrun.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

I'm scrolling on social media but I should be writing. #5amwritersclub

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Victoria Brun @victorialbrun.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

What is common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders? More than half of all published scientific studies cannot be replicated.

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Amazing Digital Carcass @amagire.bsky.social · 20/01/2024

is it time to bust out my "bigfoot is bears" photo collection again? if your mental image of a bear is a thick-furred, fat glossy male bear in autumn, you're probably not prepared for how weird their proportions can look in spring, or when walking upright, like they frequently do.

a bear walking upright, away from a trail camera

a skinny bear standing up on its hind legs, rummaging through a picnic area

a skinny bear with rangy, ape-like proportions, walking on all fours

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Victoria Brun @victorialbrun.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

And there it is! Disney has bolstered copyright protection before. Can the mouse do it again?

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Victoria Brun @victorialbrun.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Anyone have tips for writing novellas? I can write novels and short stories, and I read a lot of novellas, yet I can't hit that word count. #WritingCommunity

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Victoria Brun @victorialbrun.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

The novel is now with my first readers. Now I just need to... finish the other novel that I abandoned at 46,000 words. #5amwritersclub

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Victoria Brun @victorialbrun.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Two personal rejections today. What an oddly personal day.

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Victoria Brun @victorialbrun.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

I love the way the reptiles move, but especially large lizards. Look at 'em go!

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Victoria Brun @victorialbrun.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Belated plug for my most recent story: "Red Tide," the longest story I've sold AND my first non-drabble horror story, is now available in Tiny Terrors Vol. 1! geni.us/tinyterrors1

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Tiny Terrors Vol 1. (Spring 2025)

Get it now:

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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 02/06/2025

Lots of writing advice will tell you to avoid adverbs at all cost. Freaking weaksauce. TRUE writers will also avoid *verbs*. Wait... ummmmm.... Verbs BAD. Nouns only. (Maybe adjectives?) Verb-free writing strong. Muscular prose without unnecessary verbs. No verbs, just vibes. OK?

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Victoria Brun @victorialbrun.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

My article "This Is Your Body in Space: Lessons from the International Space Station" is live in the summer issue! 🥳🛸

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Victoria Brun @victorialbrun.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

I haven't been posting here a lot, but I've been writing a ton. #5amwritersclub

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Malibu Stacey™ @malibu-stacey.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

My stance towards AI slop like this has been "If you couldn't be bothered to write it, why should I bother to read it?" for quite some time now & I'm still waiting for someone to show me the error of my ways.

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Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · 14/05/2025

Pspspspsps (wait, is that the sound you make when you're whispering secrets or when you are talking to a cat) Diabolical Plots is tentatively planning to open for submissions from July 7-21, 2025. PS cats are welcome to submit, we hold them to the same standards as humam writers, so no AI

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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Them: “what do you do when you get a rejection on your work?” Me, an author: Make cryptic redacted weirdness out of them 🤣🤣

An email with all the words redacted, except the following, which string together to read: “ dear Philippa, I’m afraid to say, that time is subjective by nature. Yours sincerely

An email with all the words redacted, except the following, which string together to read: “dear Philippa, as you know, the publishing business is fiercely obsessed with you. All best,”

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Christina Hyun @christinahyun.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Reading makes me braver as a writer—seeing to what extremes other writers have pushed envelopes, bucked systems, taken up space as they should have, and wrote knowing there would be consequences from so many that will always pick what is self-preserving over what’s true. #writingcommunity #amwriting

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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

How could you not be impressed by a bird in your yard? This dude can fly anywhere and it came here to hang out with you

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Victoria Brun @victorialbrun.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

I'm not starting my next book instead of editing the last two chapters of my current WIP. Certainly not. ##writingcommunity #amwriting

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Victoria Brun @victorialbrun.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

From my admittedly limited experience with these animals, the difference between them is that goats headbutt you because they want to play. Sheep headbutt you because they want you gone.

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Victoria Brun @victorialbrun.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

This week's word is one I've seen misused a lot recently: Travesty (noun), a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation. #5amwritersclub

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Tauriq Moosa @tauriq.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

I can't stand this: don't use ChatGPT! Ever! Not even as a joke. Every prompt, line or engagement fuels it, taking away from you or someone else. It uses enormous resources to do nothing beneficial, except, on the surface, help lazy people do work they're paid for or steal from us writers.

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100-Foot Crow Magazine @100footcrow.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

REMINDER: We're opening to submissions on May 15! Tell your friends, tell your ex, tell your coworkers, tell Bob, tell random people on the street! All the details: 100footcrow.com/submission-g...

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Submission Guidelines - 100-Foot Crow

Submissions are currently closed. We’ll be opening again for submissions May 15 to June 15 for the theme TRAIN. We will allow one themed and one un-themed submission per writer. All submissions must b...

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Victoria Brun @victorialbrun.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

This week, my word is Susurrus (noun), a whispering or rustling sound. #5amwritersclub

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Victoria Brun @victorialbrun.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

This headline is 100% misrepresenting the research, but as a distance runner who hates the marathon, I am getting a kick out of these headlines.

Screenshot of an article "Yup, Running a Marathon Makes You Dumber."

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God @thegodshow.com · 27/04/2025

You can’t say criminals don’t deserve due process when due process is the thing that decides if they're criminals. Otherwise you're just kidnapping people you don't like.

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