Out of the darkness unfolded a massive leg.
Wynn remembered what Rawiya had told her before handing her the key. That the darkness was hungry.
Rawiya hadnโt told her that it became what it had eaten.
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Long ago, Amar had tried to keep the wiring going on inside the tall buildings.
Heโd stopped trying after Zuriโs mother passed.
Now, the interior crouched low and close around them like the den of some mystical beast. #horrorlit #booksky #speclit #writing #horror #amwriting #wipsnips
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: โI was literally begging the agent who was holding me back to let me do CPR,โ she told The Intercept.
This, the empty lower deck.The only smells that drifted through the cabin were the stink of standing water, the slow rot of damp things.His humans werenโt here. They werenโt here at all.
He supposed they werenโt anywhere, anymore.
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Ida pressed flat against a tree, her skirt and shirt melding into the bark. With her large, blue eyes framed in her heart-shaped face, she looked like a nocturnal bird of prey. A startled owl, a hungry nighthawk. โBe still,โ Ida whispered.
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Please call the Senate they will vote very soon on whether to allow dangerous sulfide-ore copper mining on the edges of Minnesotaโs Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Tell them to vote NO on House Joint Resolution 140 (H.J. Res. 140).
Thank you so much for the kind words! It's from a larger piece: "What We Lock Behind the Gates."
โช๐๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ, ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด.
Li hated the childrenโs ditty.
๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ, ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ.
๐๐ช๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ด๐ช๐น, ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ด.
Things narrowed so quickly in the caves.
๐๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต, ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ข๐ต๐ฆ.
๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ.
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Sometimes, Corey didnโt know why he got angry, but sometimes he did.
๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ช๐ณ๐ค๐ถ๐ช๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด, ๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ.
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Just finished my horror novel, "What We Lock Behind the Gates"
Before diving into editing and taking in all my amazing beta reader feedback, I'm celebrating by posting some introductions to my characters here.
And just remember: ๐๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต
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Everything the book wanted me to hear and learn and care about was suddenly there right in front of me. And that was as much because of the human translator as it was Dostoevsky himself. Please stand up for translators like you would writers and narrators and illustrators. 4/4)
My favorite book of all time is Crime and Punishment. The first time I picked it up, I couldn't get past the first chapter. No shade at all to that translator, but it wasn't for me. The second time I picked it up, the translation was like reading a whole new book. (3/4)
Translation is taking the author's style, their voice, their message, and weaving it through incredible mastery from the language they speak to one they don't. A computer program can't do this. A language learning model can't do this. It is as much a creative art as writing the book itself (2/4)
Just learned about the Harlequin France AI translator news. To me, this is completely unacceptable. Translating books is not about just taking a word in one language and changing it to another. 1/4) #harlequin #harpercollins #AIslop #writingcommunity
Picture of the front cover of Sans Press's "No Gods No Masters," which depicts two rats eating a slice of pizza on a blanket
Still can't believe I get the chance to be part of this amazing collection! My story, "Goodbye, Brielle," explores gender roles through letters sent about the Bermuda Triangle during WWI. Check out "No Gods No Masters" from Sans Press!
www.sanspress.com/shop #anthology #horror #scifi #newrelease
This is a book art commission for What We Lock Behind the Gates, an upcoming horror fantasy novel
So in love with this! Thank you so much for this wonderful piece and thank you @hyerssmith.com for such an amazing birthday gift!!โค๏ธ
Everything Will Be Okay.
Thatโs what the billboard tells Sharonda as she drives into work. But as the city crumbles around her and the Earth itself starts to tear apart at its seams, can she really trust the billboard to keep her safe in Liminal Messaging.
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/behind-the...
A Blank blue Wall with a quickly spinning set of revolving doors set within it. The title reads "Behind the Revolving Door: An Anthology of Choices Volume II
Was locked out of my account for a few days (remembering passwords is so HARD, but am very thrilled to be part of the Behind the Revolving Doors Volume II Anthology!
#release #horror #speculativefiction #writing #newrelease.
Never in the history of the US has any president openly and repeatedly called for the investigation, arrest & prosecution of his political opponents. While many continue to shrug these things off and normalize them, I will never stop pointing out that this is what autocrats do.
So, so humbled to be part of this list with so many amazing authors. It feels so much like dream to be part of this- thank you @diabolicalplots.com for such an incredible opportunity to be part of this!
@mythaxis.bsky.social has been such an incredible magazine to work with, and I'm so proud to say my story, "Murmurations," is out now in the Autumn 2025 issue. Go check it out, along with all of the amazing stories I get to appear alongside.
mythaxis.co.uk/issue-43/mur...
So honored to be named one of the cover authors for Inkd Publishing's Cthulhu Dreams Anthology! You can support with the kickstarter below or by just getting a copy when it's released to read all the amazing stories in it! #writing #Cthulhu #anthologies #horror
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ink...
Hand drawn cover showing a monster and two skulls with the title "What Lurks: A Cryptid Anthology"
It's finally here! @gravesidepress.bsky.social's What Lurks Anthology is out now. So extremely excited to be part of this amazing cryptid anthology! Check out my story "Crack Open the Shell." #writingcommunity #horror #cryptids #anthologies #newreleases
So lucky to have finally visited Mount Rainier! Beautiful in every way. #protectourplanet #nationalparks #protectourparks #mountrainier
Beautiful red dragonfly on a green leaf
Look at this handsome friend we met today on our walkโค๏ธ
We also met a spider that looked like bird poop, but my camera was too overcome by its beauty that it refused to take a clear picture.
#naturerocks #protectourearth #hiking #nature
Up in Maine celebrating the release of Courtesan's Eye by @hyerssmith.com. If you haven't already ordered it, you should!!! #writingcommunity #book #newreleases #fantasy
RELEASE DAY! ๐
She's here. She's finally here. This beautโit ties together 4 years of writing & refining the same 105k words until we wanted to feed it to our dogs. But we made it. We persevered. And we're so, so glad we did.
Thank you to @conquestpublishing for partnering with us on this journey!
Thank you for posting this. It popped up at the perfect time and swept a sea of tranquility over me when I felt I was drowning in an ocean of stress
