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Stories in Sonora Review, ergot., hex, Rejection Letters, and others. More at ryanshea.info. Edits fiction for cover.pub.

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A Calif. teen trusted ChatGPT for drug advice. He died from an overdose. "Who on earth gives that advice?"

Move fast and break people www.sfgate.com/tech/article...

18.01.2026 15:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The killing machine never sleeps, only pretends to need your pamphlets, spectacles, and esotericism, and exists to kill and kill again.

12.01.2026 01:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We have some new fiction for you up at cover.pub

05.01.2026 17:25 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Anyone who uses information technology terminology or schemas to describe the mind has joined the lamest death cult in history.

04.01.2026 16:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
What was 2025? Thoughts about the year 2025.

A post reflecting on 2025 ryanshea.info/2025/12/31/w...

31.12.2025 17:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Very excited about a story I accepted yesterday. Apologies that we've been a bit behind the past couple months. You know, like, work and toddler and the usual general chaos.

08.12.2025 15:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

<3

14.11.2025 20:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Compression in writing is not lossless.

27.10.2025 21:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Twice, yesterday, my dentist got my name wrong, and instead addressed me by the first name of the protagonist in the novel I’m revising.

17.10.2025 16:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
First and second drafts of novel in progress Haze

First and second drafts of novel in progress Haze

Ready for draft 3

02.10.2025 15:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Excited to share this one with you

30.09.2025 13:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Excited to see Godspeed You! Black Emperor tonight. One of the bands I’ve listened to most consistently over time.

15.09.2025 23:24 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Same, though the desire to see it for that reason came and went and still haven’t seen it πŸ§ͺ

15.09.2025 23:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ordered and you should too

10.09.2025 23:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

we're live baby! send em if you got em πŸ™

05.09.2025 14:04 πŸ‘ 60 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 7
Favorite Web Stories: August 2025 A monthly series covering my favorite web reads.

Some writing I read on the web and liked in August. There's a poem in this one. ryanshea.info/2025/09/02/f...

02.09.2025 12:57 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Favorite Web Stories: August 2025 A monthly series covering my favorite web reads.

Some writing I read on the web and liked in August. There's a poem in this one. ryanshea.info/2025/09/02/f...

02.09.2025 12:57 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Future Guidelines hex publishes flash literary fiction and prose poetry with speculative elements. We welcome the surreal, the weird, and the uncanny. Scare us, surprise us, take us to space. Show us how ...

psst: if you’d like email notice about our next submission period (very soon), please join our NEW mailing list! sign-up link is under the β€œFuture” tab on our website!

26.08.2025 19:23 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3

It’s only a nightmare if it wakes you up. Otherwise it’s a β€œbad dream.”

26.08.2025 02:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

For you tonight I pulled Cannabis Use Disorder Induced Attenuated Psychosis.

26.08.2025 02:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s exactly like tarot

26.08.2025 02:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The index of the DSM is a lot of fun

26.08.2025 01:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Author Tutorial: Finding a Link to a Story that is No Longer Available
Author Tutorial: Finding a Link to a Story that is No Longer Available YouTube video by Sam Moss

Have you ever published a story, poem or essay online, only to have the venue fold and your work disappear?

It's not fun, but there is a good technique that can help you out.

I put together a quick video that shows how to find a saved copy of your work: youtu.be/v_Pym4yd528

05.08.2025 16:49 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

One of the fucked up things abt the spam texts I receive on my work phone every day is that 70% of them are addressed to β€œPatricia” the name of my grandmother who died at 59 and who was an influence on naming my son Patrick.

29.07.2025 22:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Loved this!

18.07.2025 16:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I know I married the right human bc we hang out in the backyard dissecting Sebald’s writing tips vs his prose after our kid is asleep.

18.07.2025 00:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Drove past someone standing in their front yard during heavy downpour, watering the flowers.

15.07.2025 00:50 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats!

12.07.2025 18:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats!!

12.07.2025 18:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Fucking thrilled for Joe Koch - his STP story "These Are His Memories" will be part of Undertow's Best Weird Fiction of the Year!

Get your grubby mitts on this one, it looks sick af.

12.07.2025 17:13 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1