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Thank you to @mariahaskins.com for mentioning "It Grows Back" in this review. I'm happy to have written "one of the most unsettling horror stories I read in 2025."
Thank you to @mariahaskins.com for the kind words about “It Grows Back” in this review!
My short horror story “It Grows Back” featured on the Locus Recommended Reading List, and I’m incredibly honored
This is why for all of the dozens of stories I’ve started but not finished, I make myself write one ending that I never lead up to. I never know who the characters are or what’s happening, but it’s made me good at endings. Still terrible at middles, though
Good morning. They're going to sell you the lie of provocateurs.
margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/theyre-goi...
I’m really honored to be included, thank you!
I put together a post about some of my favorite short fiction of 2025.
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I have a new story out!
Pre-order:
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
Stories by:
@ecastroianni.bsky.social
@grantcollier.bsky.social
@gregegansf.bsky.social
Rich Larson
@kyliu99.bsky.social
James Morrow
@trnapper.bsky.social
Amal Singh
Lavie Tidier
Jay Werkheiser
@librariangoblin.bsky.social
Contract's signed! I'm excited to share that I'll have a new story coming out soon in @castofwonders.org. It'll be my second-ever published story (at "third-ever" and onwards this probably stops being a significant distinction). It's also a spooky one, on account of the oncoming season
That’s some nice scum tbh
clarkesworldmagazine.com/ha_04_25/
Just listened to this great story by @thomasha.bsky.social. I love a good stories-within-a-story story any day, and this one really uses that structure to great thematic effect. Would recommend (and am)
In the Jonas Brothers’ hit single “Year 3000,” which takes place in the year 3,000, we learn that Nick Jonas’s “great, great, great granddaughter is doing fine.” This means that she’s been alive for centuries longer than a normal human lifespan. I think she’s no longer fully human. Something’s wrong
I can’t help but notice that “white” and “male” are inexplicably missing from this list, even though their counterparts are included
Thanks to Ephiny for the recommendation! I also loved the descriptions/selling points of all the stories in this video, and now my to-read list is a bit longer:)
Thank you!
Really happy that my debut novelette “The Best Version of Yourself” (@clarkesworldmagazine.com) made the Locus 2024 Recommended Reading List, alongside many other stories that I love:) locusmag.com/2025/02/2024...
Maybe I’ve been too absorbed lately in the weeds of think-pieces and comments dismissing out-of-hand the idea that computer systems could in principle have anything close to mental states, but this preprint feels like a breath of fresh air. I’d recommend it to anyone interested in this sort of thing
This behavior (and those like it in animals) is actually the subject of one of my favorite essays of all time: thebaffler.com/salvos/whats...
Another reminder to consider “The Best Version of Yourself” for this poll :)
That’s a very cool cover
This rule is great for me, because I take about a year to write a short story. I hereby embrace this
If any one of my followers liked "The Best Version of Yourself" enough to nominate it for this poll, I would appreciate it a lot. Also there's many other good stories to vote for, but I'm keeping my ballot a secret so as to not influence anyone beyond that
This week on my blog, I explore ten of the short stories that I loved this year.
#amreading #shortfiction #shortstories #amwriting
www.blog.melodyemcintyre.com/2024/12/ten-...
Really happy and honored to make this list! Thanks:) I'll have to check out the other recs, too
Welcome to my first Official Eligibility Post:
I have one awards-eligible story this year (and also ever). I would be honored if you were to consider “The Best Version of Yourself” published in @clarkesworld for your ballots. It is a nice story full of brain
clarkesworldmagazine.com/collier_07_24/
Everyone hates wet socks, but if you step a preexisting wet foot onto a cloth, it doesn’t feel as bad — even though it’s the same sensation. The real loss comes because the sock gives an expectation of safety, which is then shattered.
In this essay, I will
Really happy and honored to see”The Best Version of Yourself” on this list