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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 · 06/09/2025

Yeah, and stop reading these magazines. I canceled my FSF subscription when they started taking over a year to send authors their contracts. I don't want to support any contract nonsense from a supposedly professional venue.

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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 · 31/08/2025

Big casts are so much harder to manage!

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Victoria Brun @victorialbrun.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Yeah, definitely cycles, but I don't see sci-fi toppling fantasy anytime soon.

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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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Victoria Brun @victorialbrun.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Thank you! I don't think I've ever heard of this before.

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Victoria Brun @victorialbrun.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

I'm intrigued by the foreground. Are those pieces of bread covered in sprinkles?

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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 · 04/07/2025

That excerpt is so sad. Teaching kids not to be bullies... by violently bullying them.

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Victoria Brun @victorialbrun.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

I'd prefer a website over an ebook--as long as it's a well designed website and not something with a popup every five minutes.

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

It just looks like the mail merge just didn't work.

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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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Skull Issue @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 · 15/06/2025

I loved this! So many unexpected turns in such a short piece.

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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 · 13/06/2025

Thanks! So you think of it as a long short story, not a short novel?

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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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